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SERVICES

In order to better serve the Native Hawaiian community, the library offers the following services:

Books by Mail – This is a convenience that we offer for people on the Neighbor Islands, and those who have difficulty in getting to the library.

Book Deposits – This service enables schools and other agencies to borrow large numbers of our books to circulate to their students.

Summer Reading Program – This annual program is open to children from Kindergarten through fifth grade in Native Hawaiian communities.

Other services offered by the library include:
• Library Exhibits
• Lectures, Workshops and Library Orientations
• Storytelling
• Special Programs to Celebrate Reading and Families:
  National Library Week (April)
National Children’s Book Week (November)


Books-By-Mail Service

For those who are not able to visit us in person at our library, we provide a Books-By-Mail (BBM) service. Anyone who has a library card can use the BBM service.

You can search for book titles through the Hawai´i State Public Library System’s public access catalog [to http://librarieshawaii.org/catalog/index.html] or the Native Hawaiian Library’s online catalog [to I-A]. You may order your books by mail or by phone (808) 535-1360 on O’ahu, or 1-800-682-0525 on the Neighbor Islands. You may also e-mail your request to us at library@alulike.org

We will mail you the books that you request. When finished using the library materials, you can return them to us or to any public library branch by the due date, and then e-mail or call us to let us know that you have returned them. Or you can simply send the books back to us in the same envelope, free of charge. Just make sure that you pull out your address card from the plastic pocket on the envelope and put it inside the envelope. After you have removed your address card, our library’s address card will show through the plastic on the outside of the envelope for sending the books back to us for free.

If you have any questions about our Books-By-Mail service or any other part of the Native Hawaiian Library, please call (808) 535-1360, or e-mail library@alulike.org.



Book Deposit Service

The Book Deposit Service allows schools and other educational agencies to borrow large numbers of our books to keep at their locations for an extended period of time for circulation to their students.

The borrowing school/agency must execute a Loan Agreement with us, providing the address and phone number of the contact/responsible person, and specifying the terms of the loan. The borrowing school/agency is required to report monthly circulation statistics to the Native Hawaiian Library.

For more information about our Book Deposit Service, please call (808) 535-1359, or
e-mail library@alulike.org



Summer Reading Program

This program focuses on Native Hawaiian children living in our communities Statewide. All applicants must submit a birth certificate for both age and Native Hawaiian Ancestry.

Children are eligible to participate as long as they have a Native Hawaiian Library Card. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to all participants at the end of the program. All Participants who meet and finish program requirements will receive a School Supply Starter Kit as their incentive.

Download NHL Summer Reading 2007 Application

For more information about this and other library programs, please call (808) 535-1360
or e-mail library@alulike.org

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