Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 39, Number 6, 1 June 2022 — A New Vision for the Ulukau Hawaiian Electronic Library [ARTICLE]

A New Vision for the Ulukau Hawaiian Electronic Library

By Robert Stauffer Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, is one of the most-used Indigenous language websites in the world with patrons from across Hawai'i, all 50 states including the District of Columbia, and at least 122 countries. Speakers of olelo Hawai'i around the world may be delighted to know that Ulukau receives over 50,000 hits per day, nearing 400 million hits since its inception in 2002. Ulukau has always been ffee and was built, and is maintained, on a shoestring budget all thanks to dozens of community partners and loeal supporters. Twenty years after its beginnings, Ulukau is having its first major overhaul. Go to ulukau.org today and you will see a niee image and new and modern ways to see and retrieve its 20 eollections, hundreds of books, and tens of thousands of newspaper pages. Likewise, go to wehewehe.org, the most popular part of Ulukau, and view its niee new image and its solid and trustworthy ways to look up words ('Ōlelo Hawai'i-English and En-glish-'Ōlelo Hawai'i). Use its default two standard dictionaries or choose any combination of up to eight dictionaries. An exciting advance is a major overhaul of the books eollection (puke.ulukau.org). Visit this section of the libray and its modern design. You ean now interact with the books in so many new ways from your computer, laptop, tablet, or phone. In the coming months, Ulukau will expand its upgrade across its other collections. 'Ōlelo Hawai'i speakers across the world deserve no less ffom this legendary online library. On this 20th year celebration the founding organizations of Ulukau - Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at UH Hilo and Alu Like - wish to extend its appreciation for the two decades of community support from its many eontributors, partners and patrons as it strives to perpetuate and advance olelo Hawai'i and 'ike Hawai'i access into the future. ■