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dated every 30 minutes. Analysts’ reports bring crucial information into greater focus. To give this a try, go to www.librar- ieshawaii.org click on “Other Databases” State Public Library System August 2007 (in the left column), and select “Refer- enceUSA International.” [either “in the 7-day loan period. No renewals. ReferenceUSA library” or “from home” link]. If you are To get a copy: Place a reserve by doing this from home or office: 1) type telephone, on the library’s comput- Join Us for the Joy International in your library card number, 2) click on er, with a library staff member, or from your home computer at www. By Gail Urago, Librarian, Hawaii State Library – “Submit,” 3) choose “ReferenceUSA,” Kailua Library Court- Business, Science & Technology Section 4) select “International Businesses” from librarieshawaii.org of Reading the top or side menus, and 5) choose your yard Shares Top By Paul H. Mark eferenceUSA International is search option. AUGUST TITLES: an exciting business reference ReferenceUSA International is pro- Landscape Award BONES TO ASHES by Kathy Reichs Are you looking for a group of people in your database which covers 3 million in- vided through Federal Library Services community who love to read? If you are, then look ternational businesses and publicly- and Technology Act (LSTA) funding, THE BURNT HOUSE by Faye Keller- ailua Public Library’s Court- R man no further because The Big Read Hawaii project traded U. S. companies. One can search which is administered by the Institute of yard, which features a beautiful by company name, industry, executive, Museum and Library Services (IMLS). CRITICAL by Robin Cook fountain created by local artist is coming this fall! THE FIRE PRAYER by Deborah company variables, news and reports. Next month: MasterFILE Premiere Thomas Deir, has been selected as Turrell Atkinson K A major benefit to us in Hawaii is the co-winner of the “Award of Excellence” hanks to the Hawaii Capital Cultural District and its extensive information about Asian com- WHEEL OF DARKNESS by Douglas for the Scenic Hawaii Inc. 2007 Betty partner affiliates, The Big Read Hawaii project is panies provided by Asian and non-Asian Preston & Lincoln Child Crocker Landscape Awards. scheduled to offer a variety of free programs state- sources. This database uniquely garners PLAY DIRTY by Sandra Brown Nominated for this award by the T wide in selected communities centered on The Joy information from a wide cosmopolitan Friends of Kailua Library, the courtyard Luck Club by Amy Tan in October. array of reputable sources. DVD TITLES: reopened last year after undergoing a With support from Gov. Linda Lingle, a kick-off $150,000 renovation project. This Wind- Searching this database is straight- BLADES OF GLORY launch is scheduled for Sept. 24. A steering committee ward library shared top honors in forward. A search of Sony produced a WILD HOGS composed of representatives from the Hawaii Council list of the parent company and its public the Community Gardens category with for the Humanities, Hawaii Capital Cultural District, the and private subsidiaries. One selects a Nui Botanic Garden. Foundation, the State Dept. of Human Services, choice and gets a company profile and In a ceremony at the Outrigger and the Hawaii State Public Library System applied and description with key executives and an- Canoe Club, Patti Meerians, Kailua was successful in securing a $20,000 grant from the Na- nual sales and assets and market value. A Public Library Manager, accepted the tional Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to fund a statewide handy sidebar offers more choices such award along with Kalena Hayden of the Big Read project. This grant will enable The Big Read as financial reports, income statement, Friends of Kailua Library, Lynn Rogers Hawaii project to promote and carry out month-long, balance sheets and cash flows. There’s Holo I Mua and Sharon Geary, who assisted with community-based programs. even a helpful OneStop Report link that or the second consecutive year, (move forward, advance) the landscape design and volunteered to The Big Read is a national program by the National is published monthly by the maintain the magnificence of the Court- will allow you to choose from a menu of First Insurance Company of Hawaii, Hawaii State Public Library System Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the Institute reports. Ford Motor Co. lists the parent one of the generous sponsors of Library Development Services yard garden. of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Arts Midwest, that encourages literary company in Michigan and subsidiaries F the 2007 HSPLS Children’s Sum- 680 Iwilei Rd., Suite 528 The Kailua Public Library would reading by asking communities to come together to read and discuss one book. in Brazil, Canada, etc. Market research mer Reading Program, donated $500 , Hawaii 96817 like to thank the women of the Wind- Participating communities, ranging in population from 7,000 to more than four is much easier by searching the industry. which provided DVD/video rental cou- Tel. 587-8397 / Fax 587-8396 ward Oahu Correctional Center who million, will read and celebrate one of eight classic American novels. In addition to One can examine the Hotels and Motels pons to the 51 public libraries for lucky Website: www.librarieshawaii.org have volunteered their time to help The Joy Luck Club, other classic novels include: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, industry by current reports on market drawing prizes. At last month’s special Jo Ann Schindler, State Librarian maintain the beauty of the garden. My Antonia by Willa Cather, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Farewell to Storytime at the Hawaii State Library, size, industry trends, forecasts, top play- Paul H. Mark, Editor Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, ers, news, analysts’ reports and links Derek Kanehira (left), First Insurance To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Company of Hawaii’s Human Re- Board of Education: to professional associations. One can The Hawaii State Public Library System is scheduled to provide meeting rooms sources Manager, presented a check For info. visit: www.boe.k12.hi.us compare the Motion Pictures industry in and other facility space for readings, discussion groups, film showings, and perfor- to Maile Davis, Section Head, Hawaii India, Europe and the UK with current Karen Knudsen, chairperson State Library-Edna Allyn Room, as The John R. Penebacker, 1st vice chairperson See Joy of Reading, page 3 profiles. Cat in the Hat (costumed character Another major strength about this Herbert Watanabe, 2nd vice chairperson from Barnes & Noble) looked on. Davis Dr. Eileen Clarke Dr. Lei Ahu Isa Mark Your Calendars database is the top-notch news sources. and guest reader John Foster, First Mary J. Cochran Kim Coco Iwamoto They include Reuters, LexisNexis’s Cor- Insurance Company FIRMS Manager, Maggie Cox Denise Matsumoto All libraries will be closed: porate Affiliations, The Financial Times, read aloud “The Cat in the Hat” and Breene Harimoto Garrett Toguchi Aug. 17 – Statehood Day Holiday, visit www.librarieshawaii.org for re-opening RMA, Datamonitor, Knight Ridder news “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back” to a Cec Heftel Darren Ibara, student dates or call your local library. Sept. 1-3 – Labor Day Holiday, visit www.librarieshawaii.org for holiday hours or call service, Kyodo News Service, Herald large, appreciative audience of children Donna Ikeda representative your local library. Asahi & Asia Pulse. News reports are up- and adults. 2 • Holo I Mua • August 2007 Holo I Mua • August 2007• 3

gifted and charming classmates pursue time when a woman’s place was to be Laura Ruby Joy of Reading, from front page sex, sport, and higher education. married. Good Girls (Gr. 9-12) mances. In addition, HSPLS can offer its Mabuhay with Stomp the A compromising pic- customers copies of The Joy Luck Club Aloha Yard By Gayle Hirohata-Goto, Young Adult Librarian, ture of Audrey Porter in regular and large print, in foreign lan- Documentary A troubled 19-year- -Kapahulu Public Library has changed her life. guages, in eBook format, and in video produced by Emme old street dancer is Now people don’t see and DVD, as well. Information about By Sally Walstrum, Librarian, Tomimbang, which able to bypass juve- Michael Dylan Scott her as a good girl but author Amy Tan and materials about the HSL – Art, Music, Recreation Section uses interviews and nile hall by enrolling Alchemyst: The as a tramp. Can she Chinese-American experience, as well amazing archival in the historically Secrets of the salvage her reputation? as the many other immigrant groups Bobby footage to trace the black Truth Univer- Immortal Nich- who found a different life and a home in The story of the as- journey of Filipinos sity. His efforts to olas Flamel Kiyoko Arai the , are also available in sassination of U.S. from plantation get an education are (Gr. 6-12) Beauty Pop public libraries. Senator Robert F. workers to proud members of the state’s sidelined when he discovers ‘stepping,’ The lives of 15-year- (Gr. 7-12) Please join us in reading or re- Kennedy on June third largest ethnic group. an old traditional dance performed by old fraternal twins Is beauty in the eye of reading The Joy Luck Club and in 6th, 1968, centering African-American fraternities, and soon Sophie and Josh Newman are changed the beholder? To an discussing the themes of the immigrant around 22 people Miss Potter finds himself in the middle of a fierce forever as they are whisked into a world elite group of make- experience, inter-generational issues, who were at the Rene Zellweger stars rivalry between the top two campus of folklore and myth. It turns out the over artists called the assimilation, and cross-cultural re- Ambassador Hotel as Beatrix Potter, the fraternities. hip bookseller Nick Fleming, who Josh Scissors Project, beau- lationships with family, friends, and where he was killed. Victorian-era author works for, is actually an immortal alche- ty is in their hands. other community members. For more of the children’s Surviving mist named Nicholas Flamel. The twins Talented Kiri Koshiba information about The Big Read Hawaii History Boys classic The Tales of Paradise: Ha- and Flamel begin a whirlwind journey to does not agree with their philosophy and project, visit www.hawaiicapitalculture. Film version of the Peter Rabbit. Tells waiian Monk save mankind from the Dark Elders. begins to topple their ideals by giving org. Tony Award win- of Potter’s life and Seals makeovers to those deemed unsuitable. ning play with the loves, and how she The northwest Sherri and Mark original Broadway wanted nothing Hawaiian Islands are Devaney cast. A group of more than to live independently at a a refuge for nearly Barack Obama unruly yet extremely 30 species of sea (Gr. 7-12) birds, endangered This biography about green sea turtles and a Hawaii-born presi- a living fossil: the Hawaiian monk seal. dential hopeful gives Once sheltered in the clear waters of a great overview of remote atolls, this oldest living seal is the road to becoming now on the brink of extinction. a national political figure.

Blake Nelson LIBRARY Paranoid Park (Gr. 7-12) The 60th Annual Friends of the TOONS! A 16-year-old skater Library of Hawaii Booksale (June 29-July 8 at McKinley High By Wayne Kaneshiro, LBPH is involved in the School Cafeteria) raised more than gruesome death of a $200,000, which was over $20,000 security guard. Will more collected than last year’s he go to the police total gross sales of $177,466. Sale our Rural Library Sustainability Workshops were conducted earlier this year or will he keep this a proceeds benefit the Hawaii State at the Pearl City Public Library, courtesy of a grant from the Bill and Melinda secret? Public Library System by provid- Gates Foundation. These workshops provided Hawaii’s public library staff with ing public libraries and staff with F great ideas and resources to expand and promote library services in their Aranzi Aronzo books, equipment, performance communities. At Workshop # 3, participants included: back row, from left Christine The Cute Book programs and continuing educa- Mogilewicz (Waipahu Public Library), Carole Suzui (Hawaii State Library, Federal (Gr. 7-12) tion grants. Above, on opening Documents Section), Susan Werner (Wailuku Public Library), Sri TenCate (Molokai day hundreds of book lovers Crafty teens and Public Library), Thomas Coleman (Kailua Public Library), Richard Burns (Kapolei patiently waited their turn at the Public Library), Trisha Murakami (-Palama Public Library), Lisa Cabudol young adults are sure door. Center, Honolulu Mayor Mufi (Naalehu Public Library), Maurice Zane (Kahului Public Library). Sitting, from left: to adore sewing their Hannemann finds a book that Pamela Akao (Thelma Parker Memorial Public & School Library), Lorraine Tsun- own felt mascots. piques his interest. Below, AV and ezumi (Pahoa Public & School Library), Barbara Gambsky (Mountain View Public “YOU tell him to go to the Instructions are easy printed items were available at & School Library), Debbie Wong Yuen (Pahala Public & School Library), Ann Mori- “The Pavilion.” reading room!” to follow and patterns yama (Hawaii Kai Public Library), and Linda Mediati (Kaimuki Public Library). are provided. Photos by Rosemary Chong