The World Indigenous Nations University Hawaii Pasifika

The World Indigenous Nations University Hawaii Pasifika (WINUHP,) in partnership with ULUKAU: Hawaiian Electronic Library at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Na Hawai'i 'Imi Loa, the Hawaiian Librarian Professional Association, and Hawai'inuiakea: School of Hawaiian Knowledge at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, will implement the Lau A Lau Ka Ike project to provide culturally-appropriate organization and representation within library catalogs and other digital collections. The project will improve access for Native Hawaiian users, particularly Hawaiian language speakers, information professionals, and the Hawaiian community as a whole. Lau A Lau Ka Ike includes development of a work plan and best practices for creating collaborative, community-driven controlled vocabularies across collections using appropriate cultural protocols with the goal of allowing users to be able to use the first controlled Hawaiian vocabulary developed for Hawaiian digital repository.