These materials are also being made available to the neighbor island libraries at their September meetings. The forms are designed to ease the way for those requesting public records from State and county government agencies. In addition, Director Gray will be meeting with the Oahu branch library managers in October to continue the dialogue between the two agencies. The public libraries present a familiar and highly visible face of government in the communities throughout Hawaii. Each library is a neighborhood center of information and lifelong learning, a point of access for all citizens, and a resource for reaching out to the larger community, including Internet access at each library.
Librarians play a critical role in our society as defenders of the First Amendment and democracy.
The Office of Information Practices welcomes this new cooperative effort. We salute the efforts and ideas of State Librarian Virginia Lowell, Special Assistant John Penebacker, Hawaii State Library Director Caroline Spencer, and all the State's librarians and employees. Together with the State libraries we look forward to a valuable association that will benefit the people of Hawaii. Here's the short list. It's Freddy Form's quick guide to favorite sites on the Internet.