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librarieshawaii.org, click on “Books, links to the University Library catalog Articles and Media,” then the “Online records of where each legend is Databases” button, click on “A-Z” for found, and links to full-text digital cop- an alphabetical listing, click on “B,” ies of source books. and scroll down to “Business Insights: To access the “Hawaiian Leg- Hawaii State Public Library System November 2012 Essentials.” You will need your HSPLS ends Index,” please visit the Hawaii library card number and PIN (personal State Public Library System website, Business Insights: identification number, usually the last Hawaii and Pacific Section webpage: HSPLS Receives First Hawaii four digits of your home phone num- http://www.librarieshawaii.org/ha- Essentials ber) in order to access this subscrip- waii_and_pacific/legendsindex. HSPLS Employee- Excellence in Technology Award tion database from outside an HSPLS or the University of Hawaii at Manoa By Gail Urago, Librarian, Hawaii State Library- Team of the Year Business, Science and Technology Section library. Library’s Hawaiian Collection website: he HSPLS-Electronic Services Support Section (ESSS) has earned the first Funding for these electronic http://manoa.hawaii.edu/hawaiicollec- Winners Selected State of Hawaii Excellence in Technology Award in the category of Improv- usiness & Company Resource resources is provided by the federal tion/legends. ing State Operations. State Chief Information Officer Sanjeev “Sonny” Center (BCRC), one of the Library Services and Technology Act, Bhagowalia, and a panel of IT experts bestowed the honor which is administered by the Institute awaii State Public Library on HSPLS Chief Technology Officer Paola Saibene and Hawaii State Public Library System (HSPLS) is proud to T System’s (HSPLS) cornerstone of Museum and Library Services. her ESSS staff for their contributions to HSPLS and the people of B announce the selection of our Hawaii. business databases, is taking on a LIBRARY TOONS! 2012 Employee of the Year and Over the past eighteen months, Saibene and the ESSS staff whole new look and name - Busi- By Jerry Goff, Librarian, Kaneohe Public Library Team of the Year recipients. ness Insights: Essentials (BIE). Gale H have implemented an amazing number and variety of IT improve- Our Employee of the Year is Mary ments, and their effects continue to be realized every day by Cengage Learning combines the same Ann Collignon, Young Adult Librarian comprehensive content and analysis Hawaiian Legends patrons and staff alike. Over the past several months, HSPLS has Saibene at Kapolei been increasingly recognized by information, communications and tools of BCRC with updated, intuitive Index Now Available Public access and exciting new features. IT experts for our many accomplishments, leading some of our vendors to pursue Library. new and unique partnerships such as the Microsoft IT Academy and our upcoming Business Insights: Essentials lets Online Collignon, you search for a U. S. or international HSPLS Mobile project. who has Among the successful implementations, upgrades and enhancements accom- company, industry, brand or product. he latest version of the Hawaii an in- For example, a company search of plished by ESSS are: State Library’s “Hawaiian Leg- credible, • complete network re-design with separate, co-existing wired and wireless Lowe’s offers company profile, history, ends Index” is now available Can you recommend a good upbeat at- key financials, competitor data and plastic surgeon? networks online in an easily-searchable titude and • more. A new feature is interactive com- T design of a secure, internally-hosted virtual cloud enabling public access to format, courtesy of the University of positive parison charts which can compare com- Hawaii at Manoa Library’s Hawaiian personal- See Excellence in Technology, page 2 petitors and manipulate the statistical Collection and librarian Dore Minato- ity, has Employee of the Year MaryAnn Collignon is honored by State th data. In addition, there is market share dani. worked Aina Haina Library Celebrates 50 Anniversary information, SWOT (Strengths, Weak- Librarian Richard Burns (l) and The Hawaii State Library’s 2010 for Gov. Neil Abercrombie. nesses, Opportunities and Threats) revision of the Index offers access to Aina Haina Public analysis, and recent news and articles more than 70 publications of Hawaiian See Employee-Team of the Year, page 2 Library celebrated th from newswire services, journals and legends in English, categorized by sub- Holo I Mua (move forward, advance) its 50 Anniver- industry publications to help you make is published monthly by the jects: places, mythological and histori- Hawaii State Public Library System sary on October wise investment decisions. cal figures, plants, animals, objects and Library Development Services 20. More than 500 BIE allows saving, printing, email- 3225 Salt Lake Blvd., Suite 205 people of all ages activities, human characteristics, and Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 All public libraries will be closed to ob- ing or sending results to your social geographic features. All editions of the Tel. 831-6877 / Fax 831-6882 serve the following holidays: attended the festive media device, and can also be translat- Website: www.librarieshawaii.org “Hawaiian Legends Index” have been Richard Burns, State Librarian Nov. 6 – General Election Day event that featured ed into multiple languages. Your search researched and compiled by librarians Paul H. Mark, Editor Nov. 11 – Veterans Day Holiday (hours a performance by can be refined by using various criteria Board of Education: may vary; call your local library) of the Hawaii State Library (HSL), in- For info. visit: www.hawaiiboe.net the Aina Haina Nov. 22 – Thanksgiving Day Holiday such as content type. cluding retired librarians Lillian Ching School Chorus, BIE is one of more than 80 online Don Horner, chairperson Visit www.librarieshawaii.org or call your Balloon Artist and Masae Gotanda. The 2010 revision Keith Amemiya local library for public service hours. databases available as a free service was coordinated by Patrick McNally, Nancy Budd Dwain Williams, to library patrons through the HSPLS Charlene Cuaresma Holly Kwok, Aina Haina Public Library Branch Manager (2nd from Louise Storm, Linda Sueyoshi, and Brian DeLima Nov. 10-12 – Friends of the Library face painting, and website. It can be accessed any time former HSL librarian David Del Rocco. Kim Gennaula of Hawaii 3-2-1 Booksale at Harbor “Make Your Own left), welcomed (l-r) Rep. Barbara Marumoto, Stacie Kanno, Public via an Internet-connected computer. Wesley Lo Warehouse; fundraiser for Hawaii’s public Libraries Branch Director; Elsie Tuttle, Friends of the Aina Haina The Index database and web , Cheryl Kauhane Lupenui Robot,” a presenta- libraries. All books set-prices: $3-Sat., Public Library (FAHPL) Secretary; Sen. Sam Slom; Lenore John- Searching is now much richer, intuitive designed and maintained by Minatoda- Jim Williams tion by the Kalani son, FAHPL President; Pattie Black, FAHPL Board Member; and Danicia Honda, $2-Sun., $1-Mon. For information, visit and user-friendly. To access Busi- High School Ro- City Councilmember Stanley Chang to the Library’s 50th Anniversary ni, enhances search capability, provides student representative www.friendsofthelibraryofhawaii.org or Event. Photo courtesy of Gordon Shintaku ness Insights: Essentials, visit www. useful summaries of search results, call 536-4174. botics Team. 2 • Holo I Mua • November 2012 Holo I Mua • November 2012 • 3 Excellence in Technology the recipient of the 2012 HSPLS Team the “HSPLS Year in Review”: http:// Robin Benway from front page of the Year Award. Team members vimeo.com/34686676. THE EXTRAORDI- Lahaina Library a virtual desktop offering 35 lan- include: Susan Nakata, Section Head; Irene Pavao, Library Assistant III NARY SECRETS OF guages, and staff access to all core Paul H. Mark, Information Specialist of Hana Public and APRIL, MAY AND Grand Re-Opening applications and networks from III; Edwin Kamikawa, Illustrator/Pho- School Library, is the By Linda Mediati, Young Adult Librarian, JUNE Set for Nov. 18 any device tographer; Laurence Cabanting, Library 2012 Sustained Superi- Liliha Public Library (Gr. 9-12) At the time of • wireless internet connectivity Technician V; Susan Nakagawa, Library or Performance Award their parents’ divorce, Grand Re-Opening Ceremony statewide and replacement of Assistant IV; Reynold Tamayei, Office winner. Pavao has Marissa Meyer three sisters: April, May, and Blessing for Lahaina Public 1,400 desktop & laptop computers Assistant III; and Tom Mato, Offset served for more than CINDER and June recover strange and magical Library will be conducted on courtesy of the State, Broadband Press Operator II (recently retired). 20 years at the Library, (Gr. 7-12) powers from their childhood. When November 18 from 3:30 p.m. to Technology Opportunity Program With a remarkably small budget including several years Irene Pavao Cinder works hard April gets a vision of disaster, the girls A 5:30 p.m. The public is invited to at- Access for All Grant, and Bill & and staff, the Library Development as branch manager. to support her two must come together to save the day, and tend this free event which will include Melinda Gates Foundation Oppor- Services Section, under the exemplary The HSPLS Employee of the Year stepsisters and evil their family. the awarding of certificates by Senator tunity Online funds leadership of Susan Nakata, has an (Collignon) and HSPLS Team of the stepmother. In this Rosalyn Baker, tours of the library, ice • a new email system and unified impressive list of accomplishments, Year (Library Development Services loosely-based story of Kady Cross cream and refreshments. communication components especially in the past year. LDSS works Section) were honored along with other Cinderella, the heroine THE GIRL IN THE Lahaina Public Library, located • new Public Access Portal with many groups and individuals to departmental award winners at the Gov- is a cyborg and mechanic, caught up in STEEL CORSET at 680 Wharf Street, has been closed “Each of these projects involved present a wide variety of programming ernor’s Awards Ceremony in the State a forbidden romance and in the center (Gr. 8) The year is 1897 since August 14 for an interior renova- many hours of planning, design, opportunities for our patrons, including Capitol Auditorium on September 28. of an intergalactic struggle between a in Victorian London. tion project that included floor resur- testing, implementation, review, and programs for Teen Read Week, Nation- wicked queen and a dangerous tempta- Sixteen-year-old Finley facing, repainting of walls, and instal- troubleshooting,” said State Librar- al Library Week, tours for two Hono- tion. Jayne has no one… ex- lation of new shelves, furniture ian Richard Burns. “We are extremely lulu Theater for Youth performances, cept this “thing” inside and circulation desk. The 56-year old grateful to Mrs. Saibene and her ESSS a selection of fall programs, and our Jennifer A. Nielsen her. Just when she thinks her life is Free OverDrive App library overlooks the historic Lahaina staff for working long and hard to Summer Reading Programs, which set THE FALSE turning around, a criminal mastermind boat harbor. provide these enhancements for HSPLS records again this year for both partici- PRINCE appears on the scene … Available for NOOK The Rotary Club of Lahaina, in and our patrons.” pants and books read. (Gr. 7-12) cooperation with the Hawaii State LDSS staff also created and pre- Users In an effort to unify Lissa Price Public Library System and Maui sented publicity campaigns for all our the divided people, STARTERS Friends of the Library, completed this new programs and services, includ- ood news for NOOK users! A Conner, a nobleman (Gr. 8-12) In a future Employee-Team of the Year, $280,000 renovation project at no cost from front page ing the HSPLS HI Tech Academy, free OverDrive Media Console of the court, devises a Los Angeles, sixteen- to the State. In this unique partnership, the availability of ADA accessible app, courtesy of Barnes and cunning plan to find an impersonator year-old Callie discov- the Rotarians obtained $40,000 in HSPLS for 23 years on the Bookmo- workstations with JAWS and Zoom- Noble, provides users a con- of the king’s long-lost son and install ers the Body Bank G grants, $155,000 worth of free servic- bile, as a Young Adult Librarian and as Text software in all our libraries, email venient way to borrow and him as a puppet prince. Four orphans where teens can rent es from 16 contractors, and provided Branch Manager at Ewa Beach Public notifications, online renewals, live audiobooks wirelessly from Hawaii’s are recruited to compete for the role, their bodies to seniors more than 1,000 volunteer hours for and School Library for two years. streaming legislative webcasts, wireless public libraries. including a defiant boy named Sage. who desire being young again. How- the project. She has coordinated the Teen’s Internet access in all our libraries, and Library patrons can first visit the Sage knows that Conner’s motives are ever, when Callie awakens in her rich In addition, sixty volunteers Top Ten Lists and NOOK Apps storefront: http://www. more than questionable, yet his life bal- renter’s mansion, she discovers the packed 35,000 books. A total of 750 the Best Fiction for barnesandnoble.com/w/overdrive-me- ances on a sword’s point. surprise of her life! Young Adults for dia-console-overdrive-inc/1113021293 banana boxes to hold the books were many years, is a to install the free OverDrive Media collected by one of long-time member Console app (an Adobe ID is needed More than 350 people of all ages attended the volunteers for the first annual Star Wars Reads Day 40 straight days, and of the Young Adult for setup). Then visit the HSPLS web- (SWRD) event on Oct. 6 at six public libraries Statewide Selection site: www.librarieshawaii.org, go to on Oahu and Kauai: Aiea, Aina Haina, Ka- 5A Rent-A-Space Committee, and cur- the eBooks site, select a title to check huku, McCully-Moiliili, Mililani, and Princev- provided free storage rently coordinates out and the app will download the title ille. The libraries offered free Star Wars- and transportation. themed items and lucky drawings for prizes, For more informa- the teen volunteers directly to your NOOK HD, NOOK conducted meet-and-greets with costumed for Kapolei Public HD+, NOOK Tablet, or NOOK Color characters, and some libraries showed Star tion and to see a daily Library’s Children’s device. There are no late fees to worry Wars movies. The national event celebrates photo timeline of and Teen Summer about since the title will automatically reading and the popular “Star Wars” movie progress, visit series created by George Lucas. “Your Ha- http://lahainalibrary- Reading Programs expire. waii State Public Library System library card (50 volunteers this To assist new NOOK users, please is the best deal in the Galaxy!,” said special facelift.wordpress. summer). see OverDrive’s step-by-step Help guests Boba Fett (2nd from left), Imperial com/?ref=spelling. The Library De- Library Development Services Section Team members (l-r): Paul H. article at http://help.overdrive.com/ar- Storm Trooper, and two Sith Cheerleaders Mark, Edwin Kamikawa, Susan Nakata, Reynold Tamayei, Susan from the 501st Legion Pacific Outpost (Star velopment Services Nakagawa, Laurence Cabanting and Tom Mato. ticle/0905/How-to-install-OverDrives- Wars’ “bad guys”) at McCully-Moiliili Public Section (LDSS) is Photo courtesy of George Kodama mobile-app-on-your-NOOK. Library’s event.