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55-543: Hamilton Library can refer to the following libraries: Hamilton Library (Hawaii) Hamilton Public Library (Ontario) , in Canada Hamilton City Libraries (New Zealand) Hamilton Library in Scotland, located at Hamilton Townhouse Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

110-644: A Japanese garden designed by Kenzo Ogata of Tokyo, and located behind Jefferson Hall, was a 1963 gift of Japanese business leaders; the Japanese tea house Chashitsu Jakuan (Cottage of Tranquility) in the garden was presented to the university in 1972 by Sen Sōshitsu , the 15th-generation grand tea master of the Urasenke Foundation . In May 1967, the Thai Pavilion , a gift of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand in 1964,

165-571: A Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West (East–West Center) at the University of Hawaii, and on August 31, 1960, signed the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1961, which appropriated $ 10 million for the center (including $ 8.2 million in capital spending for six new buildings), and on September 30, 1961, President Kennedy signed Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1962, which appropriated an additional $ 3.3 million for

220-466: A February 16, 1959, memo from professor Murray Turnbull , then acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to political science professor Norman Meller, then chairperson of the faculty senate, that proposed the creation of an International College of Cultural Affairs. However, University of Hawaiʻi President Laurence H. Snyder stated that budgetary constraints prevented proceeding at the time with

275-646: A cooperative Library of Congress acquisition program. Additional materials published outside of South Asia are also purchased. For this collection, the South Asia region includes Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Materials related to Southeast Asia are integrated into the Asia Collection of Hamilton Library. The regions covered in the collection include: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Lestem Vietnam. The Hawaiian Collection at

330-659: A number of unique/rare collections housed in the Asia Special Collections room. Materials related to Korean studies are located in the East (한글(Hangul/Korean) and Asia Collection (English & other western languages) of Hamilton Library. Materials are currently part of the Japan area studies. The Hawaii State Legislature established the Center for Okinawan Studies effective fiscal year 2008. House Bill no. 1025 of

385-631: A quasi-unit known as Special Research Collections. The Manuscript Collections document the people, history, culture, and politics of Hawaii. It includes: This collection is a repository for official and unofficial records of the history of the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, as well as selected state and local history materials pertaining to the university. It includes material on labor relations and ethnic relations in Hawaii. The UH Manoa Library maintains memberships in academic and professional consortia and organizations including: The University of Hawai'i

440-525: A request to reduce the budget by 50% (reduction by $ 10.7 million) was placed as part of the budget proposal. The outcome of this request was a $ 2 million decrease in the center's budget. Increased climate and geopolitical tensions within the region has raised the profile of the institution after years of declining budget approproations, with a return to federal funding in excess of $ 20 million under President Biden. The East–West Center Gallery presents changing exhibits of traditional and contemporary arts of

495-548: A student computer lab and provide reference and other services. During 2013-14, the library faculty and staff assisted in 21,054 reference transactions, 207,346 circulation transactions including reserves, and 25,424 interlibrary loan transactions. Through their instructional activities, the Library faculty support the Mānoa General Education and other campus requirements for student information literacy. During 2013/14,

550-514: A total of 304,265 square feet (28,267.1 m ) of space, houses the research collections in the humanities, social sciences, science, and technology, the area focus collections for Asia, Hawaii, and the Pacific; archives, manuscripts, and other special collections. The 95,000-square-foot (8,800 m ) Hamilton Library is home to the music collection, course reserve reading service, Wong Audiovisual Center, and older, bound journals. Hamilton contains

605-522: Is a digital repository for Hamilton Library research and rare materials which are digitally reformatted or scanned for digital access. It includes material which the library digitizes as part of grant projects and digital library program initiatives, and provides access via a permanent web location. The library has received funding for digital conversion from the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), National Endowment for

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660-969: Is a participant in the Open access (publishing) community. In December 2010 the faculty of the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa committed to disseminating its research and scholarship as widely as possible by adopting an Open Access Policy. (See: Open access mandate ) ScholarSpace is an institutional repository for the digital scholarly output for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) faculty, researchers and students. Contributors maintain copyright to their submissions and can control access to their collections. The digital repository serves to capture, index, store, makes searchable, disseminate, and preserve digital materials which include scholarly communications, theses and dissertations, technical reports, teaching materials, images, multimedia clips, interactive teaching programs, data sets, and databases. ScholarSpace uses

715-450: Is a predominantly graduate student dormitory and most of the residents are mainly recipients of East West Center scholarships or are affiliated with their programs. Hence here there are EWC Graduate Degree Fellows , Asia Pacific Leadership Program participants, EWC Affiliates and others who are not directly funded by the EWC. A large majority of the residents are international students from

770-821: Is located at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa , at 2550 McCarthy Mall. It is composed of a circulating research library combined with a non-lending research library system. As of June 2013, the Library has a full-time equivalent of 46 library faculty and 31 other professional staff, 58 support staff, and 46 student assistants. The collections contain 3,102,696 volumes, 2,353,143 microform units, 5,933 feet (1,808 m) of manuscripts and archives, 112,000 audiovisual items, 200,000 maps and 100,000 aerial photographs, over 150,000 digital maps and aerials and approximately 70,751 current serial/journal titles received in paper, microform and/or electronic format. Total expenditures for monographic and serial materials in all formats and personnel were $ 14,426,748 in 2013. The Library operates by using

825-604: Is organized primarily into Communities, Sub-communities, and Collections. Communities are groups that present content to the database and may include departments, labs, research centers, schools, or another unit within an institution. Communities may be further separated into Sub-communities. Collections are housed within these Communities and/or Sub-communities and contain the actual content which includes individual audio, visual (photographs & illustrations), and textual files (articles, papers, notes, dissertations, theses, etc.), as well as web pages, videos, computer programs. eVols

880-532: The U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States as part of Cold War diplomatic efforts. Suzanne Vares-Lum serves as its president and chief executive, where it is headquartered in Honolulu at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa . The East-West Center was established to facilitate Cold War-era diplomacy between

935-548: The U.S. House by Delegate John A. Burns ( D - T.H. ); the Mutual Security Act of 1959, a renewal of the original Mutual Security Act , signed by U.S. President Eisenhower on July 24, 1959, called on the State Department to study the idea and report back to Congress by January 3, 1960. On May 14, 1960, President Eisenhower signed the Mutual Security Act of 1960 which authorized the creation of

990-469: The U.S. invasion of Cambodia by endorsing a general strike by the university community and issuing a statement condemning the U.S. escalation, which the association described as demonstrating the contradictions between the East-West Center's stated goals and U.S. foreign policy. In 1977, John A. Burns Hall, located south of Hale Manoa on the 21-acre (85,000 m ) East–West Center campus,

1045-454: The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the largest research library in the state of Hawaii . The Library serves as a key resource for the flagship Manoa campus (a land, sea and space grant institution) as well as the other University of Hawaiʻi system campuses. It was designed by George Hogan who designed numerous houses on the island including Plantation Estate which was used by Barack Obama as his Winter White House . Hamilton Library

1100-577: The 2013 Hawaii State Legislature Relating to the Center for Okinawan Studies provided funding for a full-time Okinawan studies librarian position at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa library. The Philippine Collection at the University of Hawai'i is one of the largest Philippine collections in the United States. It has research and rare materials in various formats, integrated into the Asia Collection. The South Asia collection in Hamilton Library acquires materials published in South Asia through

1155-749: The 5th floor of the Hamilton Library Addition. The Archives & Manuscript unit also includes the Hawaii War Records Depository (HWRD) and the Japanese American Veterans Collection (JAVC). The Jean Charlot Collection is a standalone unit located across the hall from the Hawaiian/Pacific Collection. Other rare materials are located in various parts of the Library and from 2009-early 2015 were accessed via

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1210-658: The Asia Pacific Region). Most of education program participants reside in EWC dormitories like Hale Manoa Dormitory . East–West Seminars bring professionals from government, civil society, business and the media together for short-term dialogue and exchange programs to share knowledge and address issues of regional and global concern. Included in the Seminars Program are the Media Program (provides journalist with first-hand examination of issues in

1265-506: The Asia, Hawaii, Pacific and Rare collections. Association of Public and Land-grant Universities University of Hawai'i Library Histories 25 full-text open access documents, retrieved February 6, 2015 East-West Center The East–West Center ( EWC ), or the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West , is an education and research organization established by

1320-468: The Asia-Pacific region and beyond. The East–West Center Foundation expands and enhances support for the EWC with private resources that support scholarships, research, and seminar initiatives not covered by core Congressional funding. Approximately half of Center funding comes from the U.S. government, with additional support provided by private agencies, individuals, foundations, corporations, and

1375-573: The East-West Center library. The East-West Center administration and student associations sent an observer to Chen's July 1968 trial where he was convicted of sedition and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. Over the course of his incarceration, students protested at the University of Hawaii campus, the ROC consulate, and the East-West Center Chancellor's office. Chen was released in 1971 after receiving amnesty. In 1969,

1430-524: The East-West Center. Due to this association, HIFF prominently featured academic seminars and discussions in its early years, consisting of seven films from six countries which were viewed by an audience of 5,000 in its inaugural year. Although the festival decided to move independently of the East-West Center 1994, it still continues in its mission to elevate Asian and Indigenous voices in film, screening 300 films from 35 countries in 2022, and currently attracts more than 50,000 viewers annually from throughout

1485-651: The East–West Center. EWC program areas include Education, Research, Seminars, a Washington, D.C. office, an Office of External Affairs and the East–West Center Foundation. University of Hawaii art professor Murray Turnbull served as interim director and acting chancellor of the East–West Center through 1961, when anthropologist Alexander Spoehr , the former director (1953–1961) of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu,

1540-684: The Ex Libris ALMA library services platform and PRIMO Discovery system. Among the 115 North American university research library members of ARL, UH Manoa Library is ranked 79th in strength based on factors such as collection size, current serial subscriptions, staffing, and budget. UH Manoa Hamilton Library is ranked 77th in the nation's largest libraries by the American Library Association. Collections are housed in two on-campus buildings: Hamilton Library and Sinclair Library (Student Success Center). Hamilton Library, with

1595-749: The Humanities (NEH), the Library of Congress , the Oakland Museum of California, the Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance (PRDLA) and University of the Ryukyu. eVols stores digitized rare books, archived newspapers, full-text journals, photographs, video, and sound files. Hamilton Library offers almost 40 Digital & Digitized Collections showcasing important, previously hidden, visual and archival material from

1650-589: The Japanese Department. The Oriental Institute was established in 1930 to support study of China, India and Japan. The East-West Center (EWC) acquired the vernacular language (CJK( materials of the Oriental Library in 1962. The Research Libraries of the EWC expanded the scope of Asia regional studies to include Korea and all countries in South and Southeast Asia. In 1970, the Asia Collection

1705-541: The Library faculty taught 528 undergraduate and graduate instructional sessions involving 7,382 students. In addition, Library faculty taught courses in the Library and Information Science Program of the Information and Computer Science Department. The Asia Collection is the most significant collection of Asian materials in the State of Hawaii. It dates from 1920, when the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents established

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1760-438: The Pacific region. The gallery is located on the campus of the University of Hawaii, and is open daily except Saturday. Cultural performances are also presented. Hale Manoa is the East–West Center's student dormitory . This 13-story building, constructed in 1962, was designed by American architect I. M. Pei , and is located in the University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu. The dormitory has a housing capacity of more than 400. This

1815-656: The Research umbrella is the Pacific Islands Development Program (the research and training arm and regional secretariat of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders representing 22 Pacific island nations). The Education Program offers educational opportunities for students and professional development seminars and workshops for educators from the U.S. and the region. The Student Program is carried out in partnership with

1870-490: The United States and its allies through technical interchange. Hawaii had become an important site for U.S. cultural diplomacy , military training, research, and as a staging ground for the U.S. war in Vietnam . In its early stages, the East-West Center only admitted students from countries deemed friendly to the United States. "The East–West Center originated as a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty initiative with

1925-411: The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library is a comprehensive collection of retrospective and current materials pertaining to Hawai'i. Material pertaining to all aspects of Hawaii and at all levels of writing are collected in print and non-print formats. It is housed on the fifth floor of Hamilton Library in the combined Hawaiian/Pacific Collection. The Pacific Collection is internationally recognized for

1980-792: The University of Hawaii and other universities in Hawaii and the continental U.S. scholarships are awarded annually in an international competition. Also under the Education Program are the Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) (a certificate program for graduate-level students and mid-level professionals), AsiaPacificEd and the Asian Studies Development Program (both work with primary, secondary, and college educators to infuse Asian Pacific content in curricula), and Education 2020 (a focus on new approaches to educational challenges in

2035-399: The center for "lefties" and "reds". On May 9, 1961, then U.S. vice president Lyndon Johnson was a guest at groundbreaking ceremonies for the East–West Center's first six buildings. Five of the new buildings, designed by architect I. M. Pei , were built along the new East–West Road where a new 21-acre (85,000 m ) East–West Center campus just west of Manoa Stream on the east side of

2090-518: The center. On October 25, 1960, the University of Hawaii signed a grant-in-aid agreement with the State Department to establish and operate the East–West Center, and received its first installment of $ 1.1 million in federal funding on November 8, 1960. From its founding, the East-West Center's oversight from, and relationship with, the federal government resulted in scrutiny and disagreements. Among those favoring strong federal control

2145-583: The excellence of its holdings and has materials relating to the island regions of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. It is housed on the fifth floor of Hamilton Library in the combined Hawaiian/Pacific Collection. Audiovisual materials related to the Pacific are housed in the Wong Audiovisual Center at Sinclair Library. Hamilton Library has several special collections, many are combined in the Archives & Manuscripts Department, located on

2200-623: The former vice president of International Christian University in Tokyo, who had lived in Asia for sixteen years. The first Native Hawaiian woman to become a general officer in the U.S. military, Major General Suzanne Vares-Lum , was appointed as president of East-West Center in 2021, becoming its first woman and the first Native Hawaiian to lead the organization since its founding. The Research Program conducts studies on economic development, trade, energy, governance, politics, security, conflict reduction, population, health, and environment. Under

2255-516: The four-story wing of Moore Hall designed by architect Hideo Murakami was built with East–West Center federal funds on the west side of East–West Road across from Lincoln Hall. Harlan Cleveland was president of the University of Hawaii . During 1969-1974, the university added a medical school, a law school and an international astronomy project. In 1970, the East-West Center Students Association responded to

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2310-406: The governments of the region. In 2005 the EWC received a total of $ 37 million (including $ 19.2 million from the U.S. Congress). On May 7, 2009, President Barack Obama requested a reduction in federal funding for the EWC, from $ 21 million in fiscal year 2009 to $ 12 million for fiscal year 2010. The outcome of the 2010 request was a $ 2 million increase in the center's budget. Subsequently, in 2011,

2365-510: The idea". Two months later, following radio reports of an April 16, 1959 speech in Washington, D.C. by then Senator Lyndon Johnson ( D -Texas) that proposed the creation of an international university in Hawaii "as a meeting place for the intellectuals of the East and the West," history professor John Stalker and Meller urged President Snyder to respond at once to Johnson's suggestion. With

2420-481: The open-source software, DSpace , that provides a permanent and stable storage. DSpace was developed by MIT Libraries and Hewlett-Packard Company. The database is maintained and coordinated by Desktop Network Services of the UHM Library. The project focuses on developing a system to support the storage and use of digital materials for undergraduate, graduate, and faculty learning and other purposes. ScholarSpace

2475-604: The participation of 13 women entrepreneurs from the Asia Pacific Region. The Office of External Affairs (OEA) connects the resources and research of the EWC with the local, national, and international community through educational outreach, public programs, briefings, and media relations. Within the OEA is the News and Information office (provides EWC research findings, opinion pieces, and analysis of issues to journalists and

2530-411: The prospect of federal funding, President Snyder appointed a faculty committee chaired by Turnbull to rapidly prepare a substantive proposal for creating an international college. On June 9, 1959, Senator Johnson introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate to establish an educational center in Hawaii to provide for "cultural and technical interchange between East and West," with a companion bill introduced in

2585-578: The public), the Arts Program (presents performances and exhibitions illuminating the cultural values and art forms of national and ethnic traditions in the region), and the Alumni Office (works with an international network of professionals from more than 50 countries who have had a past affiliation with the EWC). The Hawaii International Film Festival was founded in 1981 as an outreach project of

2640-573: The region and the U.S.), Senior Policy Seminar (brings together top level foreign affairs and security officials, private sector and civil society leaders to discuss key regional issues), and the Asia Pacific Executive Forum (brings to American cities discussions on topics that affect the economics and business of the region). The East–West Center also organizes various women empowerment programs. It recently organized 2014 Changing Faces Women's Leadership Seminar at Hawaii which saw

2695-501: The title Hamilton Library . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Library&oldid=386847252 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hamilton Library (Hawaii) The Hamilton Library at

2750-1094: The university campus replaced chicken coops , temporary wooden buildings for faculty housing, and the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. A sixth building built under the federal grant for the East–West Center was Edmondson Hall, designed by architect Albin Kubala and built on McCarthy Mall. Four of the six buildings were completed and opened in September 1962: Edmondson Hall (a four-story building containing classrooms and laboratories), Kennedy Theatre (an 800-seat theatre), Hale Kuahine (a four-story women's dormitory for 120 students), and Lincoln Hall (a four-story residence hall for senior scholars and faculty). The other two buildings: Jefferson Hall (a four-story conference center, cafeteria, and administrative office building) and Hale Manoa (a 13-story men's dormitory for 480 students) were completed and opened in September 1963. "Seien" (Serene Garden),

2805-399: Was Congressman John Rooney, who in 1962 criticized the East-West Center for what he described as "not properly screening applicants" and thereby allowing "left wing foul balls" into the program." The East-West Center was staffed with U.S. diplomats and foreign service staff. According to academic Wendy Cheng, the Center's assistant director for American Studies was widely believed to monitor

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2860-585: Was appointed as the East–West Center's first chancellor, serving for two years before resigning at the end of 1963. University of Hawaii president Thomas H. Hamilton served as acting chancellor of the East–West Center for a year and a half from January 1964–June 1965. In July 1965, he was succeeded by former newspaper publisher and diplomat Howard P. Jones , the former U.S. ambassador to Indonesia (1958–1965), who served as chancellor for three years before being succeeded in August 1968 by linguist Everett Kleinjans,

2915-535: Was assembled just in time for King Adulyadej's dedication of the pavilion on June 6, 1967; it is located between Lincoln Hall and Jefferson Hall, in front of Hale Kuahine. In 1968, recent East-West Center student Chen Yu-hsi was arrested by the Republic of China's (ROC) Kuomintang (KMT) government based on KMT surveillance of Chen in the United States. The Taiwan Garrison Command alleged that he had read communist literature including works by Mao Zedong while at

2970-499: Was completed. The four-story building for administrative offices was designed by architect John Hara to integrate with the style of the other East–West Center buildings (its windows mimic those of Lincoln Hall). It was built with State of Hawaii funds to compensate the federal government for the university's use of Edmondson Hall, the Kennedy Theatre, and the 4-story wing of Moore Hall, which had been built with federal funds for

3025-493: Was transferred from the EWC back to the University of Hawaiʻi Library. The collection has specialist librarian faculty for the following areas: Materials related to China are integrated into the East (Chinese language) and Asia Collection (English & other western languages) of Hamilton Library. Materials related to Japan are integrated into the East (Japanese language) and Asia Collection (English & other western languages) of Hamilton Library. The Japan Collection also holds

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