Pacific bibliography is both an old and a new endeavor.
There are classic examples of bibliographic art in the Pacific region, e.g., Patrick O'Reilly's exemplary work on Tahiti and French Polynesia, and at the same time contemporary work in online catalogs and networking that is revolutionizing the sharing of information across the Pacific. This course examines the nature of the effort to compile knowledge about the Pacific Islands in subject and area focus bibliographies and the new data bases. Graduate students in library and information science will gain depth in a highly specialized field of study, one that is most desirable for librarians who will be working in Hawai'i and the Pacific region. Students from other disciplines, such as those from history, geography, anthropology, and most pertinently, Pacific Studies, will find a means of broadening their knowledge of resources available for their research, and should emerge with a much clearer understanding of the vast nature of publications on the Pacific Islands and how these are accessed. Students are fortunate in that UH possesses the world's finest comprehensive collection of Pacific holdings, and these can be utilized for study and for bibliographic compilation.