| Stacy Judy was hired July
23 as the Circulation Services librarian. Born and raised in
Petersburg, Alaska, she decided in second grade, after working
as a helper in the elementary school library, that when she grew
up she would be a librarian. She worked as a page and then
as a clerk, in her local public library through high school and
during holidays from college. While working on her B.A.
in English at the University of Hawai‘i, Manoa, she worked
at Sinclair Library as a student assistant. After beginning
UH Library School, she worked as assistant head of stacks at
Hamilton Library. Upon graduation she worked for two years
as young adult librarian at the Hawai‘i Kai Public Library
before coming to Meader Library. |
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Cassandra Kam was
hired Sept. 8 as a Periodical Services library assistant. Born
and raised in Hawai‘i,
she attended Honolulu Community College, the University of Chicago,
and the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, where she earned,
respectively, an A.A.S., a B.A. in Psychology, and a Master’s
degree in Education. After teaching high school science,
she worked in law and retail before coming to HPU. Kam has
been studying and playing the violin since 1983, and she has
performed with the Maui Symphony and the Kona Community Chorus
and Orchestra. She has served as library assistant
with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and Hawai‘i Opera
Theatre since 1998. She spends her leisure time with her
family and friends and her dog and rabbit.
Linda Mediati was hired Sept. 11 as a Reference Services librarian.
The newest librarian at Atherton Library, she graduated with
a B.A. from UH-Manoa in English and worked as a VISTA Coordinator
at Royal School and taught English in Japan. Seeing the trend
towards a more technology-literate society, she returned to
school to get a two-year degree in information technology at
Kapiolani
Community College, and went on to combine her newly awakened
interest in computer technology with her fondness for literature
by obtaining a Master’s in Library and Information Science
at UH-Manoa, where she also worked as a library intern at the
Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences Department (BHSD)
of Hamilton Library. She has also worked in the public library
system
and conducted research for the Moiliili Community History Project
and participated in the editing and development of Web sites
and the creation of a library handbook assessment tool.
Sharman Meehan was hired Sept. 22 as the head of Reference
Services. She comes to HPU from the Chicago Public Library
where she worked
for 17 years in the Social Sciences and History Division and
was, in her last position, head of the Education, Philosophy,
and Religion Department. She has a B.A. in philosophy and an
M.L.I.S. from the University of Texas at Austin, but did most
of her undergraduate course work at a number of schools across
the county. Five and a half years in the U.S. Air Force accounted
for the moving around. She feels her last move – to Hawai‘i
and HPU – will prove to be the best. |
