PATRICIA POLANSKY Russian Bibliographer Hamilton Library Rm 408 University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI 96822 phone: 808.956.6308 fax: 808.956.5968 e-mail: polansky@hawaii.edu Current Projects Abbreviated c.v. Russian Collections at the University of Hawai'i Center for Russia in Asia at SHAPS UH

Current Projects

All of these projects are in various stages of completion. E-mail me for further information.

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.

Survey of the GPNTB's publications on Sibirskoe knigovedenie from 1980 to 1990

Nearly 50 titles

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

Patricia Polansky

Born: April 6, 1944

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

Membership in Professional Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
Western Slavic Association

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. (Moskva: Pashkov Dom, 2002. 201 p.)

Russian writings on the SouthPacific area: preliminary ed. (Univ. of Hawaii Pacific Islands Program, 1974)

"Russian America: Soviet research and bibliographical lacunae," in Richard Pierce, ed., Russia in North America (Limestone Press, 1990), p. 47-61.

"Russian books on the Pacific: a review essay, 1984-1988," Contemporary Pacific, 1990, 2/2, p. 377-388.

"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. August 17, 1996