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Aloha kākou! Please join us at Hilo Public Library each Thursday in March for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi classes led by Kumu Edna Baker. Kumu Edna will ...
Read More ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Language Classes (Afternoon Session)

Aloha kākou! Please join us at Hilo Public Library each Thursday in March for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi classes led by Kumu Edna Baker. Kumu Edna will ...
Read More ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Language Classes (Afternoon Session)

Hawaiʻi State Public Library System (HSPLS) public libraries and staff offices on each island will be closed for one day during February 4–7, 2025 for ...
Read More Public Libraries to Close for Staff Development Training: Staff Days will be held Feb. 4-7 on various islands

If you’re still using the OverDrive desktop app to listen to MP3 audiobooks, there’s a change coming. Beginning November 13, 2024, you’ll need to use ...
Read More Desktop OverDrive Users – Change is Coming

The Library for the Blind and Print Disabled Book Club, which was supposed to happen today, February 1, 2025, will be postponed due to a ...
Read More ALERT | LBPD’s Book Club is Postponed

Enjoy the sounds of old Hawai’i with this hands-on experience most Saturdays* beginning at 10:00am. Danny K Kila, Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar player & teacher, ...
Read More Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar with Danny K. Kila: Mele & Mo’olelo

Enjoy the sounds of old Hawai’i with this hands-on experience most Saturdays* beginning at 10:00am. Danny K Kila, Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar player & teacher, ...
Read More Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar with Danny K. Kila: Mele & Mo’olelo

Enjoy the sounds of old Hawai’i with this hands-on experience most Saturdays* beginning at 10:00am. Danny K Kila, Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar player & teacher, ...
Read More Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar with Danny K. Kila: Mele & Mo’olelo

Enjoy the sounds of old Hawai’i with this hands-on experience most Saturdays* beginning at 10:00am. Danny K Kila, Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar player & teacher, ...
Read More Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar with Danny K. Kila: Mele & Mo’olelo

Enjoy the sounds of old Hawai’i with this hands-on experience most Saturdays* beginning at 10:00am. Danny K Kila, Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar player & teacher, ...
Read More Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar with Danny K. Kila: Mele & Mo’olelo

HOLIDAY CLOSURE | In state observance of King Kamehameha I Day, all public libraries will be closed on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

ALERT | Libraries will observe the Independence Day holiday July 3–5, 2026. Most libraries will be closed Friday, July 3; however, ʻAiea, ʻĀina Haina, Hanapēpē, Hawai‘i Kai, Hilo, Kahului, Kailua-Kona, Kīhei, Liliha, Makawao, McCully-Mōʻiliʻili, Princeville, Thelma Parker, Wahiawā, Waialua, Waimānalo, Waikīkī-Kapahulu, and Waipahu will be open July 3 and closed Saturday, July 4.

HOLIDAY CLOSURE | In observance of Statehood Day, all public libraries will be closed on Friday, August 21, 2026.

ALERT | In observance of Labor Day, all public libraries will be closed Saturday, September 5 through Monday, September 7, 2026.