Resource Center
LAKA ME LONO
The Library Resource Center, Nā Waihona o Laka me Lono, presently serves the students, faculty, and staff at the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, one of the four hale of the Hawai’inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge.
The Library Resource Center, Nā Waihona o Laka me Lono, presently serves the students, faculty, and staff at the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, one of the four hale of the Hawai’inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge.
Currently, most materials in our collection best support the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies curriculum, particularly in the five Areas of Concentration. More than 6,500 items - books, journals, peroidicals, articles, theses and dissertations, course readings, sound recordings, photographs, microfilms, and more. Resources are currently non-circulating.
To access the guide to Kamakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies Resource Center, click below:
History
In 1986, the Kaʻū task force brought forth the idea of a “Lumi Waihona Palapala Manaʻo,” a repository to support Hawaiian Studies curricula, faculty, and student research. With the dedication of the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies in 1997, Professor Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa named the various rooms within the kauhale, dedicating the library to Laka and Lono, akua of learning and knowledge. For the 21st century, we now present Nā Waihona o Laka me Lono.
Our Mission
Our mission at Nā Waihona o Laka me Lono is to:
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Support Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge and it's four departments
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Promote academic excellence
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Perpetuate Hawaiian ancestral wisdom
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Emphasize Native Hawaiian perspectives in all areas of study
Our resources represent the interplay of history, culture and politics as well as the interconnectedness of all knowledge, contemporary and ancestral, from Kanaka Maoli perspectives, so that students will understand Kanaka Maoli experiences in the context of world indigenous peoples.
The community is welcomed to browse through the physical collection.
Have a research question about Hawaiian culture, stories, language, and resources?
Contact
Hina Keala, Librarian
Laka me Lono Resource Center | Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies
Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
lakalono@hawaii.edu
(808) 956-0589
Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9AM - 4PM | Friday: CLOSED
E naʻauao pū, e noiʻi pū, a e nowelo pū!
HE HALIʻA ALOHA
Marvlee Kehaulani Naukana-Gilding
"Aunty Marv" Marvlee Kehaulani Naukana-Gilding served the Center for Hawaiian Studies since 1982. She was critical in establishing Laka me Lono Resource Center and served as it's first librarian from 1997-2013.
