{"id":41531,"date":"2016-01-05T11:36:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T21:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=41531"},"modified":"2019-05-23T08:36:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:36:03","slug":"uh-librarians-visit-university-partners-in-okinawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/01\/05\/uh-librarians-visit-university-partners-in-okinawa\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> librarians visit university partners in Okinawa"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> representatives with University of the Ryukyus Library staff and scholars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Irene Herold with archivist Yoshie Nakasone, showing Taro Higa (Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>) archival photos at the Okinawa Prefectural Archives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> Librarian Irene Herold<\/strong>, Tokiko Bazzell<\/strong> of the Asian Collection Department<\/a> and Lonny Carlile<\/strong> of the Asian Studies Program<\/a> had a very successful trip to Okinawa between December 13-20, 2015. Herold is the first UH<\/abbr> Mānoa librarian to visit Okinawa.<\/p>\n

The joint symposium, “The world of the Sakamaki\/Hawley Collection” with the University of the Ryukyus<\/a> attracted many participants on December 16. Bazzell gave a presentation, “Okinawa Resources without Borders,” regarding the Sakamaki\/Hawley Collection<\/a> collaborative digitization project. Herold presented a koa wood plaque to President Hajime Oshiro to show the library’s gratitude and to commemorate the close relationship that has developed between our two institutions. On December 18, Herold also visited the Okinawa Prefecture Government and briefed Vice Governor Mitsuo Ageda on the collaborative project.<\/p>\n

Their trip was packed with productive meetings with the university’s partners in Okinawa, which include the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum<\/a>, Okinawa Prefectural Archives<\/a> and the International Institute for Okinawan Studies at the University of the Ryukyus. Herold and Bazzell were also shown historic Battle of Okinawa sites and Futenma Air Base, the current US<\/abbr> military base.<\/p>\n

The trip afforded them the opportunity to reunite with several UH<\/abbr> Mānoa alumni and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Uchinanchus (Okinawan immigrants) who are living in Okinawa.<\/p>\n

“Ms. Bazzell, Dr. Carlile and I were honored to be the invited guests at the University of Ryukyus symposium,” said Herold. “There was not only evidence of scholarly use of our joint project, but much enthusiasm for future ventures. The warmth of our reception in Okinawa reinforced our sister institution relationship.”<\/p>\n

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Irene Herold and Tokiko Bazzell with the librarians from left, Fujiko Uehara (UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa library and information science graduate), Chinatsu Tomita and Kumiko Koja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Mānoa librarians Irene Herold and Tokiko Bazzell had a very successful trip to Okinawa in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[134,207,128,9],"class_list":["post-41531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-international","tag-library","tag-manoa-library","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t