“We Want You” for Chaminade Archival Journal

“It’s good for the world for a writer to bear witness, and it’s good for the writer, too. Especially if she can bear witness with love and humor and, despite it all, some fondness for the world, just as it is manifesting, warts and all.” - George Saunders, “A Letter to My Students As We Face the Pandemic” The New Yorker

“So you’re telling me that school was put fully online for the first time? That you were forced to stay at home and you could be arrested for going to the park? ” This is a question you might be asked 20 years from now. What would your answer be? Instead of telling them, why not show them?

That’s the premise behind our Chaminade University of Honolulu (CUH) Archival Journals. We want to create a record of this time to share, to help us process what is happening in the world, and to help us reflect on it all. In our CUH Archival Journals will be journal entries submitted by CUH students, faculty, and staff throughout this school year. Once completed, they will be kept in the Chaminade University Archives within the Sullivan Family Library alongside other historic Chaminade University records.

Tai Arakawa, Circulation Supervisor, got the idea for this interactive display from a webinar that contrasted responses from epidemics years ago to today. Without the journals of the past those lessons would be lost and cultural patterns, both good and bad, would be forgotten. That’s why a journal for the University is important. “It will provide a record of how we as a university community are responding to the events that are happening here and abroad,” says Tai, whether it be to COVID-19, the Black Lives Matter movement, or economic struggles. 

Journaling not only creates quality history but it can also improve your mental health.  “Journaling in general is a good way to relieve stress.” Tai mentions, “It allows people to work through and order their thoughts as they put it down on paper. It’s a relatively cheap and easy method of self-care, and people are welcome to write multiple entries in the journals.”

Student ‘Aulani Oka posing at the selfie station next to the journals.

Submissions are open-ended questions that encourage members of the CUH ʻohana to respond to via pictures, poems, or other artifacts. If you’re not sure what to submit there are several prompts to choose from. The staff at Sullivan Family Library encourages all CUH students, faculty, and staff to leave your thoughts, reflections, and vents in this journal and leave a part of themselves in history.

You can submit your journal entries at the Sullivan Family Library, email them to circulation@chaminade.edu, or use the Google Form linked here

Please only share things that you are comfortable with other people seeing. Your name and other personal information is optional. The submissions we collect will become a permanent part of the University Archives and will be available for research. If you include other people in your submission, please make sure they are aware that the material will be archived and available  to the general public. We’ll ask you for submission of supporting documentation regarding permission.

Submitted by Elijah A., Student Employee at the Sullivan Family Library

Welcome Back!

Aloha mai kākou!

Welcome to the Fall 2020 semester.  We are looking forward to welcoming you back to the Sullivan Family Library with some new policies in place to ensure the safety of our staff, students, and faculty members.

• Please do not come to campus if you are sick or have come into contact with someone who is sick.
• When entering the library, masks must be worn at all times.
• Our sanitation stations are set up throughout the library with disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer for your personal use.
• Please maintain a minimum of 6-feet between yourself and others to comply with social distancing guidelines. 
• Books will undergo a 3-day quarantine as part of our mission to reduce the spread of COVID-19. If you see a book is available in our catalog but not on the shelves, please visit our Circulation Desk to see if the book is still undergoing quarantine. 
• If you are unable to physically visit the library but need assistance with reference or need to renew a checkout, please email library@chaminade.edu for assistance.

Below is general information that we would like to share as a service to both new and existing members of the Chaminade University ʻohana.

Fall Library Hours

Monday to Friday
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Saturdays

11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Location of the Library
The Sullivan Family Library is located between the 2nd and 3rd roads of the Chaminade campus, next to Eiben Hall. The entrance to the library is located on the 2nd floor and elevator assistance is available for individuals needing accommodation. Please call the library main line at (808) 735-4725 and someone will assist you with the elevators. (Click on the map below to expand).

Services at the Library
Borrowing
We hope to make use of library materials as easy as possible and our friendly circulation staff is available to make sure you are able to borrow library materials with ease. Some things to remember:

• Your current, validated Chaminade ID card is used for borrowing. Get your ID by bringing a photo ID to the Client Services Office (2nd road, Sullivan Family Library 101) and be sure to update your validation sticker every semester.
• New library users will need to show proof of Chaminade affiliation (e.g. current CUH ID) and complete a short application form.
• Most of the general collection can be checked out. Some materials are restricted to library use (Hawaiian/Pacific collection, magazines, newspapers, etc.). See the loan page for more information. 

Group Study Rooms
We have 6 rooms available for academic group study or Chaminade affiliated functions.  Please note:

• Rooms accommodate 2-5 people.
• Valid, current Chamin-ade ID is required to check out rooms.
• Rooms are available on first come, first serve basis.
• Use limit is 3 hours ($5 fine per hour will be charged if you go over).
• See a list of our complete Study Room Rules here.

Laptops
If you forgot your device at home or find yourself needing a laptop, the library has a collection of laptops available to lend to Chaminade students, faculty, and staff. Our policies can be found here but please remember, laptops are for library use, only!

Available Resources
Our librarians work to create a comprehensive collection to support your academic, research, and recreational needs. At the Sullivan Family Library, you will find not only books and eBooks but also scholarly journals, popular magazines, current and historic newspapers, DVDs, etc.

Librarian and Assistance
Research librarians are available to assist the students, faculty, and staff of Chaminade University with their research and informational needs. For research help, please email library@chaminade.edu  or contact your department liaison librarian for specialized assistance:

Valerie Coleman (808) 739-4661

Education, Humanities

Bro. Thomas Jalbert (808) 739-8366

Archives

Krystal Kakimoto (808) 739-8521

Hawaii/Pacific, Nursing

Sharon LePage (808) 440-4263

Natural Sciences, Mathematics

Lynette Teruya (808) 735-4860

Behavioral Sciences, Business & Communication

LibGuides Online
LibGuides are created by librarians to organize and share library resources with users. They contain information, resources, and links relevant to courses offered at Chaminade University.  Here is a link to all of the current Library Research Guides available.

Blog
The Sullivan Family Library also hosts its own blog with information about the library, the collection, exhibits/displays, and anything of interest our librarians want to share with you. The blog can be found at: http://sullivanfamilylibrary.blogspot.com/.

Contact Us:
We hope that you feel more comfortable with the library after reading this blog post but if you have any more questions or want to get in touch with us, below is our contact information:

Sullivan Family Library
Chaminade University of Honolulu
3140 Waialae Avenue
Honolulu, HI, USA 96816
PH: (808) 735-4725
FAX: (808) 735-4891

Our Librarian and Staff directory can be found: http://lib.chaminade.edu/about-staff.php.

SUMMER 2020 LIBRARY HOURS

SUMMER 2020 (begins on Monday, May 11)
http://lib.chaminade.edu phone: 735-4725

Hours Open:
Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED

Holidays Closed:
Monday, May 25 Memorial Day
Thursday, June 11 Kamehameha Day
Friday, July 3 Independence Day

Hot summer picks!

Along with scholarly material to assist in your studies, the library also collects popular fiction for your enjoyment. If you find yourself wanting to settle down with a good book, here are a couple recommended by our librarians.

Atkinson, Kate. (2014). Life after life. Little, Brown, and Company. 

"What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snow night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as soon as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways... Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny?" -- from publisher

Carmon, Irin. (2015). Notorious RBG: the life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. DEY ST.

"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg never asked for fame -- she was just trying to make the world a little better and a little freer. But along the way, the feminist pioneer's searing dissents and steely strength have inspired millions. Norotious RBG takes you a behind the myth for an intimate, irreverent look at the justice's life and work. As America struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stays fierce." -- from publisher

Murad, Nadia. (2017). The last girl: my story of captivity and my first against the Islamic State.  Tim Duggan Books. 

"Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in Northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life... On August 15, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years old, Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves... Nadia was taken to Mosul and forced into the ISIS slave trade. Today, Nadia's story -- as witness to the Islamic State's brutality, has forced the world to pay attention to the ongoing genocide. It is a call to action. -- from publisher

Schechter, Harold. (2009). The whole death catalog: a lively guide to the bitter end. Bellantine Books. 

"In the tradition of Mary Roach's bestselling Stiff comes this meticulously researched, refreshingly irreverent, and lavishly illustrated look at death from acclaimed author, Harold Schechter. With his trademark fearlessness and bracing sense of human, Schechter digs deep into a wealth of sources to unearth a treasure trove of surprising facts, amusing anecdotes, practical information, and timeless wisdom about that undiscovered country to which we will all one day travel." -- from publisher

Sepetys, Ruta. (2012). Between shades of gray. Speak. 

"In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like her by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil." -- from publisher

220th Anniversary of the Birth of John Papa ʻĪʻī

August 3, 1800 marked the birth of one of the most influential people in the history of Hawaiʻi. John (Ioane) Kaneiakama Papa ʻĪʻī was born near Hanaloa fishpond on the ʻEwa side of the island of Oʻahu. From his early years, he was trained for service and, at age ten, he was taken to Honolulu by his Uncle, Papa ʻĪʻī who served as kahu (an honored attendant, advisor, caretaker) to Kamehameha the Great.  When he arrived to Honolulu, John served as companion and personal attendant to Liholiho who became King Kamehameha III in 1819.

Upon the death of King Kamehameha III, John Papa ʻĪʻī continued to stay active in the political, religious, and social aspects of life in Hawaiʻi. Among his numerous achievements was serving as kahu to Victoria Kamāmalu as well as to the children at the Chiefs' Children's School in 1840. Throughout his adult years, he served in numerous offices working to advocate for the rights of people of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.

Below are a selection of resources related to John Papa ʻĪʻī and the Hawaiʻi that he lived in.

Brown, M. A. (2016). Facing the spears of change: the life of John Papa ʻĪʻī. University of Hawaiʻi Press. 

"This book takes a close look at the extraordinary life of John Papa ʻĪʻī. Over the years, ʻĪʻī faced many personal and political changes and challenges in rapid succession, which he skillfully parried or seized, then used to fend off other attacks. He began serving the household of Kamehameha I as an attendant in 1810, at the age of ten, and became highly familiar with the inner workings of the royal household... As a privileged spectator and key participant, his published accounts of aliʻi and his insights into early nineteenth-century Hawaiian cultural-religious practices are unsurpassed." -- from publisher.

Hommon, R. J. (2013). The ancient Hawaiian state: origins of a political society. Oxford University Press. 

"The Ancient Hawaiian State offers a history of the ancient Hawaiians' transformation of their Polynesian chiefdoms into primary state societies... Tracing the roots and emergence of the Hawaiian states, this innovative study offers a detailed model that will advance the analysis of Polynesian political development and shed light on the nature and dynamics of primary state formation." -- from publisher

Osorio, J. K. (2002). Dismembering lāhui: a history of the Hawaiian nation to 1887. University of Hawaiʻi Press.

"Osorio investigates the effects of Western law on the national identity of Native Hawaiians in this impressive political history of the Kingdom of Hawaii from the onset of constitutional government in 1840 to the Bayonet Constitution of 1887, which effectively placed political power in the kingdom in the hands of white businessmen... Osorio plots the course of events that transformed Hawaii from a traditional subsistence economy to a modern nation, taking into account the many individuals nearly forgotten by history who wrestled with each new political and social change." -- from publisher

Find more information at our following LibGuides: Annexation, Colonization, Sovereignty, and general Hawaiian history.