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Photograph of Patricia Polanksy Patricia Polansky
Russian Bibliographer
Hamilton Library Rm 409
University of Hawai'i
Honolulu, HI 96822

phone: (808)956-6308
fax: (808)956-5968
email: polansky@hawaii.edu
Current Projects

The Russians in Hawaii: a history
      Written by Amir Khisamutdinov; edited by P. Polansky. Covers from 1803 to the present based on extensive archival materials from St. Petersburg, Vladivostok and Honolulu.

The Russian Collection at the University of Hawaii Hamilton Library
      Covers the beginning of Russian studies and the first Russian books added to the collections from 1937 to the present. Highlights distinctive subject areas.

The Russian Press in China: Shanghai
      A history of libraries and publishers in the city of Shanghai. Accompanied by an extensive bibliography of Russian books, journals and newspapers printed in this city.

A history of the publishing connections between Northeast Asia and the Russian Far East
      Detailed study of libraries and publishers in this region from the creation of the Vostochnyi institut in Vladivostok in 1899 until after WWII.

A chronology of activities for the Russian-American Library Cooperation in the Pacific Rim


Educational Background
B.A. 1967 University of Hawaii, Russian Language
M.L.S. 1969 University of Hawaii, Library Science

Professional Experience
Russian Bibliographer, UH Hamilton Library, September 1970-- to present
Director, Center for Russia in Asia [CeRA], School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, Univ. of Hawaii, September 1988-June 1992

Academic Awards and Honors
IREX Graduate Student/Young Faculty Grant, 1977
Council on Library Resources Fellowship, 1979
Association for Asian Studies honoraria, 1978--1994
Title IIC Project Consultant, UC Berkeley, 1983
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, 1984
IREX travel grants -- 1984, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1996
Fujio Matsuda Fellowship, 1986
IREX Library and Archive Program Grant, 1993 and 1994

Selected Publications
Russkaia pechat' v Kitae, IAponii i Koree: katalog sobraniia Biblioteki imeni Gamil'tona Gavaiskogo universiteta=Russian publications in China, Japan and Korea: catalog of a collection at Hamilton Library University of Hawaii (Mosvka: Pashkov Dom, 2002. 201 p.)
Russian writings on the SouthPacific area: preliminary ed. (Univ. of Hawaii Pacific Islands Program, 1974. Misc. work papers, 5) "Regionalism and Siberian publishing in late Imperial Russia, 1880-1917," Pacifica, 1989, 1/2, p. 77-100.
"Published sources on Russian America," in S. Frederick Starr, ed., Russia's American Colony (Duke Univ. Press, 1987), p. 319-352.
"Resources for current research on Siberia and the Soviet Far East: a bibliographic profile," in Rodger Swearingen, ed., Siberia and the Soviet Far East: strategic dimensions: multi-national perspectives (Hoover Institution Press, 1987), p. 273-289.
"The Russians and Soviets in Asia," International Library Review, 1982, v. 14, p.217-262.
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