General Information
The University of Hawai'i at Manoa Library is open to anyone who wishes to use its resources in the Hamilton Library and Sinclair Library buildings. Children 13 years of age and younger must be supervised by an adult. Certain resources are restricted to University students, faculty and staff. Limited borrowing privileges may be approved for visiting scholars.
About the Library
See also the Strategic Plan 2003-2010 (pdf format)The University of Hawai'i at Manoa Library serves as a resource for both the Manoa campus and for all other UH system campuses. Located in Honolulu's Manoa Valley, the Manoa campus is a land, sea and space grant institution with a Fall 2006 full-time enrollment of 14,427 students. It is rated as a Carnegie Research Universities (Very High Research Activity) institution. Doctorates are granted in 50 fields of study. Extramural grants and contracts were in excess of $300 million in 2002-03.
As of June 2006, the Library has a staff of 70 FTE library faculty and other professional staff, 89 FTE support staff, and 44 FTE student assistants. The collections contain 3,277,155 volumes, 2,315,258 microform units, 4,748 computer files, 5,933 linear feet of manuscripts and archives, 63,942 audiovisual items, 15,752 maps and aerial photographs, and approximately 25,000 current serial/journal titles received in paper and/or electronic format. Total expenditures from all sources of funds were $15,686,380 in 2005-2006 (materials, operations, supplies, and personnel). The Library manages its operations using the Ex Libris Voyager integrated library system.
Collections are housed in three on-campus and one off-campus buildings: Hamilton Library, Sinclair Library, Jefferson Hall on campus, and Dole Cannery in downtown Honolulu. Hamilton Library, with a total of 304,265 square feet of space, houses the research collections in the humanities, social sciences, science, and technology, the area focus collections for Asia, Hawaii, and the Pacific; archives, manuscripts, and other special collections. The 95,000 square foot Sinclair Library is home to the music collection, course reserve reading service, Wong Audiovisual Center, and older, bound journals. Both Hamilton and Sinclair contain a student computer lab and provide reference and other services.
During 2005-2006, the library faculty and staff assisted in 72,239 reference transactions, 503,403 circulation transactions including reserves, and 22,018 interlibrary loan transactions. Through their instructional activities, the Library faculty support the Manoa General Education and other campus requirements for student information literacy. During 2005-2006, the Library faculty guest lectured in 211 undergraduate and graduate classes involving 3,523 students. In addition, Library faculty taught courses in the Library and Information Science Program of the Information and Computer Science Department and in several other departments and programs.
The UH Manoa Library maintains memberships in many academic and professional consortia and organizations including the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), the Research Libraries Group (RLG), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Among the 114 North American university research library members of ARL, UH Manoa Library is ranked 79th in strength based on factors such as collection size, current serial subscriptions, staffing, and budget.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa Library Administrators
| Name | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Caroline (Carrie) P. Green | 1907 to 1908 - Acting Librarian 1908 to 1912 |
| Elizabeth Bryan | 1913 to 1919 |
| Clara Hemenway | 1919 to 1928 |
| Mary Pringle | 1926 to 1928 - Acting Librarian |
| Mary Pringle | 1928 to 1943 |
| Carl G. Stroven | 1943 to 1966 |
| Ralph R. Shaw (Appointed as Dean of Library Activities) |
1966 to 1969 |
| Stanley West | 1969 to 1977 |
| Donald L. Bosseau | 1977 to 1982 |
| Robert Stevens | April to August 1982 - Acting Librarian |
| Ira Harris | August to December 1982 - Acting Librarian |
| John R. Haak | 1983 to 2000 |
| Jean H. Ehrhorn, Interim University Librarian | July 2000 to December 2001 |
| Diane Perushek | 2001 to 2006 |