This library guide was first created in 2018 in collaboration with Thomas Mangloña II, Betsy Rohney, K.L. Parker, and Carly Kajiwara, members of Oceania Asian Pacific American Student Development center, and Sine Hwang Jensen of the Ethnic Studies Library. The Critical Pacific Islands Library Research Guide launched in September 2018. See a video created by Oceania Connects with a performance by poet Terisa Siagatonu, remarks by Dr. David Ga'oupu Matthew Palaita and Dr. Craig Santos Perez.
Since 2023, this guide as well as collection development for Pacific Islander materials at the Ethnic Studies Library are now managed by the Native American Studies Librarian, Melissa Stoner.