ALU LIKE

ALU LIKE, Inc.’s Native Hawaiian Library will use its funding to continue to provide library and information services to Native Hawaiians in both urban and rural communities through its central library in Kaka‘ako (O‘ahu) and its three satellite libraries in Papakolea (O‘ahu), Miloli‘i ( Hawai'i Island), and Ho‘olehua (Moloka‘i). These sites have a combined collection of 25,000 Hawaiian resource materials. In addition, the Native Hawaiian Library branches will continue to provide computer access, genealogy and language workshops, Hawaiian cultural demonstrations, homework assistance, storytelling, tutoring, summer reading programs, Native Hawaiian book launches, and family nights. Library staff will also conduct information literacy workshops and Motheread parent literacy workshops to develop skills for success in work and family life within the Native Hawaiian community.