The University of Hawai'i at Manoa Library welcomes visitors who are not affiliated with the University of Hawai'i. We are proud to be able to provide the Hawai'i community with access to this major academic research library. In addition, for a reasonable fee, community members also may enjoy borrowing privileges.

Access services available to community users and visitors:

• Assistance in locating appropriate collections and services
• Access to selected library resources and collections on a self-help basis
• (Note: UHM has entered into license agreements with the producers of various copyrighted databases. Many of these agreements limit use of the database services to University faculty, students, staff and users on the library premises.)
• Assistance with using the online catalog
• Brief answers to reference questions. For questions that require extensive research, please contact the Library External Services Program.
• Basic assistance to persons with disabilities
• Limited telephone assistance
• Exceptions to the above will be made for users accessing official U.S. government information available through the Federal Depository Library Program.

Borrowing privileges available to community users and visitors:

While the UHM Library provides reasonable access to the collections within the Libraries for all users, there is a distinction between access and borrowing privileges. Borrowing privileges for non-UH affiliated users, age 18 and over, are provided through purchase of a UH Library Community Borrower Card or Associates Card. These policies are available on this website. With a Community Borrower Card, visitors may

• Borrow media at Sinclair Library Wong Audiovisual Center for in-house viewing. For an additional per-item fee, media items may be taken out of the library for home viewing.
• World Wide Web use of one hour/day with signup.

Temporary Visitor Internet Access (VIA)

University of Hawai'i (UH) faculty and staff may request access to the UH Wireless Internet network for their visitors. The VIA provides temporary visitor access to the ITS managed wireless services on the UH-Manoa campus and other campuses that use the ITS authentication infrastructure for access control. The VIA provides temporary visitor access to the ITS managed wireless services on the UH-Manoa campus and other campuses that use the ITS authentication infrastructure for access control. These are locations where you typically login with your UH username and password. NOTE:Visitors must be sponsored by an active member of the UH faculty or staff. Access is limited to a maximum of 30 days. Access approval will take place within 1 business day. More information is available on the ITS VIA web site [http://www.hawaii.edu/via/].

Library External Services Program

The University of Hawai'i is committed to providing library services to non-UH affiliated users such as business and industry, community groups, as well as scholars and researchers from other educational institutions. The Library External Services Program provides document delivery, material loans, preservation and photographic services, deposit and research library card accounts and customized research services on a cost-recovery basis. For a schedule of fees, contact the Library External Services Program at 808-956-5956.

Children's Use of the Library and Resources

Since the UHM Libraries collections and services are developed for the support of UH students, faculty and staff, few juvenile materials will be found here. Children should be accompanied at all times for their safety and well being by a parent or adult. Children should never be left unsupervised. Children under the age of 13 who are unaccompanied by an adult may be referred to Campus Security. Parents, not the Library, are responsible for children's use of the Library, including access to electronic resources and the Internet.

Signed: John R. Haak, University Librarian
Date: April 11, 2000