Welina mai,
a bit about me:

With a background in Hawaiian Studies (BA), Library Information Science (MLIS), and Indigenous Politics (current PhD study), I am a librarian, archivist, and educator whose work centers Hawaiian knowledge systems within research library and archival practice. I currently serve as the Kahoʻiwai Archivist at UH Mānoa’s Hamilton Library and as Project Director for the Hawaiian Ancestry – Moʻopono Project under Professor Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa.

 

My professional work spans reference services, library instruction, archival description, and ethical digital stewardship, with a focus on Hawaiian-language, genealogical, and archival materials. I approach librarianship as a form of kuleana—grounded in scholarship, service, and instruction—and committed to restoring and sustaining community access to Hawaiian knowledge.