Sunyeen Pai

Digital Initiatives Librarian , Kapiʻolani Community College

Sunyeen Pai, Ph.D., has served as digital initiatives librarian at Kapiʻolani Community College since 2008. She manages the college’s open access institutional repository of works by students, employees, and the community. She supports the community colleges and the University of Hawaiʻi System (UH) with open educational resources and Textbook Cost: $0 courses. Previously she worked at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa Library and the East West Center. In 2024 she serves as the president of the Hawaiʻi Library Association. Sunny received her B.A. in sociology (Brandeis University), an M.S. in systems management (University of Southern California), and an M.S. in library and information sciences and a Ph.D. in communications and information sciences (UH).