Libraries

Main Campus Libraries

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World-class Library Collections

Library science is transforming at a rapid pace from stacks of books and periodicals to new electronic resources – and UH libraries are in the thick of it.

UH libraries house:

  • more than 3 million books and journals
  • a century of Hawaiian language newspapers
  • the world’s largest collection of English-language documentary videos from Asia
  • photo archives
  • electronic journals
  • digitized rare and historical documents
  • congressional papers
  • botanical and fine art prints
  • other special collections
  • computer labs

Visit individual campus libraries using the links in the left-hand menu.

Learn about UH Manoa’s School of Library and Information Science

Recent Library News

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Okika o Hawaii ~ Pressed for Time exhibit on display
Jan. 29, 2010, Windward Manoa — The traveling exhibit features botanical prints and rare orchids native to the Hawaiian Islands.
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Hamilton Library presents the Jingju Collection
Jan. 28, 2010, Manoa — The China Collection will be on display from January 27 through February 28 during building hours.

Spotlight

Digitized newspaper

Historical News Online

University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s Hamilton Library received an award of $140,920 to support the continuation of the Hawai‘i Digital Newspaper Project for 2009-2010.

The Hawai‘i Newspaper Digitization Project, a part of the National Digital Newspaper Program, will digitize approximately 100,000 English-language newspaper pages between the years of 1880 and 1922 during the two-year grant period.

In addition to the Hawai‘i Ditigal Newspaper Project, Hamilton Library is involved in the Hawaiian Language Newspapers project to make select, heavily used Hawaiian language newspapers available online to students throughout the state of Hawai‘i.

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