#Hawaii State Public Library System

Digital Navigators are available by appointment at all 50 public libraries throughout the state, offering free, personalized help with everyday technology needs to make it less stressful and more accessible.

Readers in grades kindergarten through 12 participating in the winter reading challenge that runs through Feb. 22 can win prizes from U.S. Olympic figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi.

At Pāhoa Public Library, Branch Manager Katy Tipton spearheaded numerous successful programs such as “Craft Nights,“ “Thinking Money for Kids,” “Preschool Jamboree” and “Lei Po‘o Nights.”

Participation in this year’s statewide Hawaiʻi State Public Library System’s Summer Reading Challenge surged 44%.

Several libraries around the island also have adjusted hours today, Christmas Eve, and on New Year’s Eve.

The transit hub and library are intended to support comfort and safety for transit riders, promote other multi-modal uses such as walking and biking, and provide amenities and gathering spaces for the greater Pāhoa community.

“Libraries Hawaii” App by ChiliFresh is now available to download.

Join Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library on July 29 for the Seeds of Knowledge Community Fair, a free and family-friendly event that celebrates its end-of summer reading challenge.

Artist Lorrie Taylor will launch the program on April 1 with Watercolor Coral Reef.

The county is looking for feedback on the final site selection of the proposed project.

The BIg Island library had been closed temporarily due to damage caused by the Oct. 14 earthquakes on Mauna Loa’s flanks.

Students on the Big Island can pick up free ocean learning kits on Oct. 1 at sites sponsored by the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

All Hawai‘i State Public Library System locations are closed today due to an unspecified threat.

All public libraries and library support offices will be closed this weekend and Monday, Sept. 5.

All of the state’s public libraries will be closed Saturday through Monday, July 2-4, in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.

In observance of Presidents Day, all state public libraries and library support offices will be closed Feb. 19-21.

In observance of the upcoming holidays, all of the state’s public libraries and support offices will be closed on Saturday, Christmas Day, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2022.

All libraries and support offices of the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System will be closed for Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and Thanksgiving, Nov. 25.

The Hilo Public Library is temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, Aug. 18.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) has partnered with the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System and the Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to bring COVID-19 health and digital navigators and telehealth services to 15 libraries in underserved and rural areas statewide.