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| Established | 1908 |
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| Location | Honolulu, Hawaii |
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| Population served | 53,006 students (University of Hawaii) |
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| Budget | $14,699,735 |
| Director | Irene Herold, University Librarian |
| Staff | 135 |
| Website | http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/ |
The Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the largest research library in the state of Hawaii. The Library serves as a key resource for the flagship Manoa campus (a land, sea and space grant institution) as well as the other University of Hawaii system campuses.
It was designed by George Hogan who designed numerous houses on the island including Plantation Estate which is used by Barack Obama as his Winter White House.
Hamilton Library is located at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, at 2550 McCarthy Mall 21°18′2″N 157°48′58″W / 21.30056°N 157.81611°WCoordinates: 21°18′2″N 157°48′58″W / 21.30056°N 157.81611°W. It is composed of a circulating research library combined with a non-lending research library system.
As of June 2013, the Library has a full-time equivalent of 46 library faculty and 31 other professional staff, 58 support staff, and 46 student assistants. The collections contain 3,102,696 volumes, 2,353,143 microform units, 5,933 feet (1,808 m) of manuscripts and archives, 63,942 audiovisual items, 15,752 maps and aerial photographs, and approximately 70,751 current serial/journal titles received in paper, microform and/or electronic format. Total expenditures for monographic and serial materials in all formats and personnel were $14,426,748 in 2013. The Library operates by using the Ex Libris Voyager library system. Among the 115 North American university research library members of ARL, UH Manoa Library is ranked 79th in strength based on factors such as collection size, current serial subscriptions, staffing, and budget.
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