Hawaii State Public Library System

The Hawaiokinai State Public Library System is the only statewide public library system in the United States. The flagship Hawaiokinai State Library, built in 1911 and designed by architect Henry D. Whitfield, was funded in part by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is a historic downtown Honolulu building. The system has 51 libraries on all the major Hawaiian Islands: Big Island of Hawaiokinai, Kauaokinai, Lānaokinai, Maui, Molokaokinai and Ookinaahu. The system's collection of books and other library materials totals over three million. There is one library for the blind and physically handicapped, located on Ookinaahu. The Hawaiokinai State Public Library System is headed by the Hawaiokinai State Librarian, who reports to the statewide Board of Education.

List of public libraries in the system

*Big Island (13)
**Bond Memorial Public Library
**Hilo Public Library
**Hōlualoa Public Library
**Honokaokinaa Public Library
**Kailua-Kona Public Library
**Keaokinaau Public and School Library
**Kealakekua Public Library
**Laupāhoehoe Public and School Library
**Mountain View Public and School Library
**Nāokinaālehu Public Library
**Pāhala Public and School Library
**Pāhoa Public and School Library
**Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library
*Kauaokinai (6)
**Hanapēpē Public Library
**Kapaokinaa Public Library
**Kōloa Public and School Library
**Līhuokinae Public Library
**Princeville Public Library
**Waimea Public Library
*Lānaokinai (1)
**Lānaokinai Public and School Library
*Maui (6)
**Hana Public and School Library
**Kahului Public Library
**Kīhei Public Library
**Lahaina Public Library
**Makawao Public Library
**Wailuku Public Library
*Molokaokinai (1)
**Molokaokinai Public Library
*Ookinaahu (24)
**okinaAiea Public Library
**okinaĀina Haina Public Library
**okinaEwa Beach Public and School Library
**Hawaiokinai Kai Public Library
**Hawaiokinai State Library
**Kahuku Public and School Library
**Kailua Public Library
**Kaimukī Public Library
**Kalihi-Pālama Public Library
**Kāneokinaohe Public Library
**Kapolei Public Library
**Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
**Liliha Public Library
**Mānoa Public Library
**McCully-Mōokinailiokinaili Public Library
**Mililani Public Library
**Pearl City Public Library
**Salt Lake/Moanalua Public Library
**Wahiawā Public Library
**Waialua Public Library
**Waiokinaanae Public Library
**Waikīkī-Kapahulu Public Library
**Waimānalo Public & School Library
**Waipahu Public Library

External links

* [http://www.librarieshawaii.org/ Official website]