Hawaii State Public Library System
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The Hawaii State Public Library System is the only statewide public library system in the United States and is one of the largest. Its headquarters is at a historic downtown Honolulu building called the Hawaii State Library, built in 1911 by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A reincarnation of the library system of the former Kingdom of Hawaii, the system has 51 libraries on all the major Hawaiian Islands: Big Island of Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai and Oahu. The state's collection of books totals over three million. There is one library for the visually impaired and physically disabled, located on Oahu.
As part of the most centralized public education system in the country, the principal administrator of the Hawaii State Public Library System is the Governor of Hawaii. His or her authority is passed through the Hawaii State Department of Education and a limited authority Board of Education which hires a state librarian. The state librarian in turn appoints the librarians that head the fifty individual branches.
List of public libraries
- Big Island (13)
- Bond Memorial Public Library
- Hilo Public Library
- Holualoa Public Library
- Honokaa Public Library
- Kailua-Kona Public Library
- Keaau Public and School Library
- Kealakekua Public Library
- Laupahoehoe Public and School Library
- Mountain View Public and School Library
- Naalehu Public Library
- Pahala Public and School Library
- Pahoa Public and School Library
- Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library
- Kaua`i (6)
- Hanapepe Public Library
- Kapaa Public Library
- Koloa Public and School Library
- Lihue Public Library
- Princeville Public Library
- Waimea Public Library
- Lanai (1)
- Lanai Public and School Library
- Maui (6)
- Hana Public and School Library
- Kahului Public Library
- Kihei Public Library
- Lahaina Public Library
- Makawao Public Library
- Wailuku Public Library
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- Moloka`i (1)
- Molokai Public Library
- Oahu (24)
- Aiea Public Library
- Aina Haina Public Library
- Ewa Beach Public and School Library
- Hawaii Kai Public Library
- Hawaii State Library
- Kahuku Public and School Library
- Kailua Public Library
- Kaimuki Public Library
- Kalihi-Palama Public Library
- Kaneohe Public Library
- Kapolei Public Library
- Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- Liliha Public Library
- Manoa Public Library
- McCully-Moiliili Public Library
- Mililani Public Library
- Pearl City Public Library
- Salt Lake/Moanalua Public Library
- Wahiawa Public Library
- Waialua Public Library
- Waianae Public Library
- Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library
- Waimanalo Public & School Library
- Waipahu Public Library
Resources
- Official website (http://www.librarieshawaii.org/)