Join Us at Our Special Centennial Social Event

Bishop Museum | Saturday, November 19 from 5-9pm

HLA conference registrants can enjoy a 50% discount to tour the Bishop Museum before the reception begins at 5pm! Museum tickets to view exhibits will be at discounted prices for 3:00-5:00 p.m. viewing. Regular price is $24.95- discount $11.95 adults and $7.95 children.
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Image: Bishop Museum by Mark Miller has a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Catering will be provided by Course Hawaiʻi, who will offer guests heavy pupus and beverages. Vendors will be showcasing their products and our silent auction is sure to attract your attention. Kicking off the event will be our Poster session, where presenters will detail research and findings on varying topics related to librarianship in Hawaiʻi. 

Scheduled Speakers:
  • Lessa Pelayo-Lozada, ALA President [Welcoming Remarks]
  • Andrew Wertheimer, HLA Centennial Committee
  • Solomon Robert Nui Enos, a Native Hawaiian artist, illustrator, and visionary
Parking: FREE
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Cost:
  • $25 for HLA members
  • $50 for non-HLA guests
  • $15 for UHM LIS students

How to Register: If you would like to register, please contact hawaii.library.association@gmail.com. 

About the Presentations

Andrew Wertheimer

Celebrations & Challenges: Reflections on a Century of Librarianship in Hawaiʻi
Centennials are usually all about celebrating. At 100 years old, HLA indeed has a lot to celebrate. The last few years have shown us much about the challenges of sustainability and adaptability during times of crisis, like COVID-19. However, in order to thrive as a reflective profession, especially one in an occupied land, it is important for us to reflect critically on our profession’s past, including the many challenges. Within 15-20 minutes, Dr. Wertheimer will do his best to share some of the highlights from his ongoing research on 100 years of librarianship here and history of the Hawaiʻi Library Association. He will also draw some personal critical reflections on challenges faced, overcome, and some historical challenges and injustices that may be baked into our system, which might form part of the basis for our next hundred years of promoting libraries that meet the needs of our diverse communities. 

Solomon Enos

The Moʻo are the Meta
Solomon will talk about creating new Moʻo to protect our sources of truth in an age of disinformation, and how new media can be a conduit for ancient wisdom. He will also share some of his travels in the Pacific from this summer when he was working on his Robert Louis Stevenson project with the University of Edinburgh; a project that is all about the nature of adaptations, and how this leaves plenty of room for remediation. 

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