The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-09-13
County Library to
Begin Its Service
To Public at Once
Viii Open Tomorrow and Use
Old Library Rooms While
Alterations Are Being Made
to Its New Home.

Maui County Free Library will be-
gin to function tomorrow and to rem
der service to the Maui reading pub
lie. 1t will occupy the old library
room in the Alexander House Settle
ment building until alterations can
be made in the new building which
the county purchased for it. Miss
Marion Ross. the librarian, arrived
by the Wilhelmina on Friday and
met with the library board Saturday
afternoon
For the time being the library
will be open on Tuesday Thursday
and Saturday evenings, Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons and Saturday
mornings. The Saturday opening
hours are a change of policy, the
morning hours being especially for
the benefit of teachers who come in
from up country on Saturday and the
Saturday evening hours for the bene-
fit of those who have neglected to
get a book to last them over Sunday,
until the last minute. When the Ii
brary enters it's new home the hours
of service and use of the library will
be increased.
The first decision reached by the
librarian and the board was for the
purchase of the books from the old
Maui library Miss Morse looked the
collection over and says it will
make an excellent nucelous. She has
started looking them over and listing
them so as to determine what is
available before starting on the list
of new books, the purchase of which
she will ask of the library board.
She will be glad to receive from
those who desire to use the library
suggestions of books which they de-
sire purchased and such suggestions
will receive full consideration in
making selections for purchase
though with the funds available it
will not be possible to buy all that
are desired at the outset.
New Building Plans
Miss Morse has started on plans
for the alterations of the interior of
the building. These would remodel
the house as there will be large
reading and service room, mems
meeting and lounging room, wom-
ems meeting and rest room, ship
ping room and the living quarters of
the librarian. The chairman of IL
brary board went before the board OF
supervisors Friday and secured per-
mission for the county engineer to
make the necessary alterations within
the amount previously appropriated
by the board for the purchase and re-
modelling of tie building.
Mr.. Low sayS he will start work
as soon as there is labor available,
following the completion of some OIL
the school buildings now in construc-
ton which will not be until well on
toward the end of the month.
The proposal to have meeting rooms
for men and for women is recent
suggestion and the carrying of 1t out
| is dependent upon voluntary contribu-
tions from those who desire to have
the suggestion carried out for the Ii
brary funds are available for library
equipment, books, maintenance and
service and not for the furnishing of
such rest or meeting rooms.
Under the plans of cooperation the
| Library of Hawaii will loan" to the
| Maui Library books from its inter
| Island department but such books
| Will De III all DuI netille thS PAoPSi'y
| of the county library The territorial
institution will also supply from its
| shelves books for which application
is made by Maui readers through IN the
| Maui library and which are not in the
collection in the county library but 1t
| is expected that such books will be
| other than fiction works, generally.
| More Books Needed
| Questions of the character of books
| to be bought, the proportion OF Juye-
| nile reading, current fiction and stand
| ard and reference works is yet to be
worked out as is the question of the
magazines and periodicals that will go
| into the reading room.
The library board will be glad to
| receive and add to the library any
| and all donations of books that may
be given. 1t is believed that there are
| large numbers of residents of Maui
who have books which they have read
| and may not care to keep longer, es-
| pecially current fiction, and such
works, in fact any and all books will
| be a useful addition to the library
| which has available for use until Jan
uary 1928 only $4,000 of territorial
| funds