About |
Lau Ā Lau Ka ʻIke can be understood as "Knowledge Overflowing" and describes knowledge as being ever-multiplying. In recognizing the expanse of Hawaiian knowledge, this project drew from Hawaiian ancestral methodologies to make Hawaiian knowledge in libraries more accessible for future generations. Ultimately, this project sought to normalize the use of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language) and increase access to ʻike Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian knowledge).
Lau Ā Lau Ka ʻIke was a two year project (2018-2020) awarded to the World Indigenous Nations University Hawaii Pasifika by the Institute of Museum and Library Science's Native Hawaiian Library Services Program. Through this project, we began to develop a collaborative, Hawaiian language controlled vocabulary. Additionally, Lau Ā Lau Ka ʻIke fostered a community of practitioners, scholars, and cultural experts focused on improving access to Hawaiian collections via metadata, in turn providing a platform for raising further discussions of linking digital collections. Finally, to contribute to scholarly research, to cultural heritage institutions, and to Hawaiian and other Indigenous communities, Lau Ā Lau Ka ʻIke identified a prioritized work plan with best practices for creating collaborative, community-driven controlled vocabularies across collections with appropriate cultural protocols. |
Overview of Project Activities
He ui, he nīnauInvestigate the current state of descriptive metadata and related workflows in local repositories housing
significant Hawaiian collections |
He waipunaBring together working groups, composed of educators, practitioners, and other experts in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and culture, to develop the framework and terminology for a Hawaiian knowledge organization system
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He wai, e inuConvene Hoʻokele Naʻauao: A Hawaiian Librarianship Symposium to share project findings and establish a network around Lau Ā Lau Ka ʻIke
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He wai, e manaDevelop Indigenous controlled vocabularies (CVs) in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and map these CVs to MARC standards for pilot testing
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