{"id":181201,"date":"2023-08-01T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=181201"},"modified":"2023-08-01T13:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:01:01","slug":"american-library-association-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/01\/american-library-association-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> professor earns national library history award"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Associate Professor Andrew Wertheimer in the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s Library and Information Science Program<\/a> is the inaugural winner of the Distinguished Service in Library History Award from the American Library Association Library History Round Table<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the past three decades, Wertheimer has advanced research that explores transnational aspects of Asian American library history, and built bridges with scholars and practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region. He also served as chair of the Library History Round Table and served on the editorial boards of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society<\/em>, as well as Library History<\/em> and Library Quarterly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wertheimer co-edited Library History Research in America<\/em> 25 years ago at the Library History Round Table\u2019s semi-centennial. He is currently involved in an oral history project on North American library historians.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m grateful for the award as a recognition of my exploring some less traveled paths in the history of libraries, such as Japanese American readers who were incarcerated during World War II<\/abbr>,” Wertheimer said. “People often like simple straightforward success stories, like a library\u2019s centennial, but I’m fascinated by unique contexts that help us ask deeper questions about the meaning of libraries, reading, censorship, as a more human drama with a political and social lens. These stories take longer to research, but are more satisfying. They also inform my teaching here at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. In receiving this award, however, I\u2019m really humbled too since so many people have mentored me over the years. I hope to keep passing on that gift.”<\/p>\n

According to the Library History Round Table, Wertheimer\u2019s nomination and support letters emphasized the many years he has devoted to library history, including his notable service within the organization.<\/p>\n

The Library and Information Science Program is housed in UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s School of Communication and Information<\/a> in the College of Social Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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