Annemarie Aweau Paikai
Annemarie Aweau Paikai is the Librarian for the Edith Kanakaʻole Hawaiian Collection at the Edwin H. Mookini Library at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. Additionally, she is a Project Team Lead regarding Hawaiian Language for the Hawaiʻi Knowledge Organization System (HKOS) initiative. She holds a B.A. in Hawaiian Studies from Ka Haka ‘Ula o Ke’elikōlani Hawaiian Language College at UH Hilo and a Master’s in Library and Information Sciences (MLIS) from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She is a founding member of Nā Hawaiʻi ʻImi Loa, the professional organization whose mission is to advance Hawaiian knowledge systems, services, and research within LIS. Annemarie’s professional work is dedicated to centering and stewarding ʻike kuʻuna Hawaiʻi (ancestral knowledge), including ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, within the library profession in Hawaiʻi. She was born and raised as a part of the Hawaiʻi diaspora in the Bay Area, California and currently lives in Keaʻau, Puna on the island of Hawaiʻi alongside her husband, ʻĀina and their two children, Kapālua and ʻEmalia.
