Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 8 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Subtitle 3 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES › Chapter 200.4 - DEFINITIONS › Section 8-200.4-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise:
"Abandoned vehicle" means a vehicle which is left unattended
				  on public library grounds for a period longer than one day or overnight.
"Adult" means a person eighteen years of age or older.
"Audio material" means sound media, including, but not
				  limited to, audiocassettes and compact discs.
"Audiovisual equipment" means any device that facilitates the
				  use of media other than standard print including, but not limited to,
				  audiocassette players, overhead projectors, DVD and compact disc players, and
				  digital projectors.
"Audiovisual material" or "AV" means media including, but not
				  limited to, DVDs or videos.
"Authorized individual or representative" means a person
				  eighteen years of age or older who is a member of a group or organization using
				  a library meeting room or other portion of the library facility and designated
				  as responsible for the use of the library facility.
"AV unit" means the audiovisual unit located in a designated
				  public library or the Hawaii state library.
"Barcode" is a label with vertical lines representing numbers
				  which can be optically read. It is used for inventory control and the
				  circulation of library materials.
"Bestseller" means a book that is among those having the
				  largest sales during a given period.
"Board of education" means the policy setting and governing
				  authority for the Hawaii state public library system and the state librarian as
				  defined in article X, section 2 of the Hawaii state constitution.
"Book" means a set of written or printed sheets bound in a
				  volume.
"Card-required service" means any service provided to library
				  customers, at the discretion of the state librarian and board of education, for
				  which a valid library card is required. Card-required services include, but are
				  not limited to, loan and reservation of circulating material, in-house use of
				  desk reference material, public internet access, public printing services, and
				  remote access to the system's commercial online resources.
"Cash gift authorization" means the form prepared upon
				  receipt of a cash donation and is used to allocate a donation between
				  restricted and non-restricted funds.
"CD" or "compact disc" means an optical disc containing a
				  sound recording, moving or still images, or computer data.
"Charge" means a monetary amount that may be assessed against
				  a library customer's account for failure to follow established
				  procedures.
"Children" mean persons from birth through age twelve.
"Circulating material" means library material available for
				  loan with a valid library card.
"Complainant" means a library customer or employee of the
				  system, who submits a complaint alleging a violation of a right to
				  nondiscrimination in the system.
"Complaint" means a charge filed that alleges a violation of
				  a right to nondiscrimination in the system as provided by federal and state
				  laws.
"Counsel" means any person or persons who, upon a request
				  from the complainant or respondent, shall agree to assist with the preparation,
				  filing, or presentation of any matter arising out of a filed complaint.
"Day" means an official work day within the official hours of
				  operation established by the Hawaii state public library system.
"Department" means the department of education and any
				  division or branch thereof, including the Hawaii state public library
				  system.
"Desk reference library material" means any reference library
				  material that may be frequently used, in high demand, rare, expensive,
				  non-replaceable, fragile, or otherwise determined by the library manager to be
				  an item that should be kept at the reference desk and readily available for use
				  by library customers or staff.
"Donation" means cash or non-cash gifts given to the
				  system.
"Due date" means the calendar day by which the library
				  material must be returned to any public library.
"DVD" or "digital video disc" is a type of optical disk
				  technology [File Link Not Available] combining sound and graphics commonly used
				  as a medium for storing movies and other multimedia [File Link Not
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"Emergency library closure" means conditions beyond the
				  public libraries' control which threaten the well-being of library customers
				  and library staff, including, but not limited to, power failure, bomb threat,
				  tsunami or tidal wave, flood, hurricane or tropical storm, tornado, volcanic
				  eruption, terroristic threatening, or hostage taking.
"Employee" means a person employed by the system.
"Enhanced service" means any additional service provided to
				  library customers, at the discretion of the state librarian and board of
				  education, and for which a fee may be assessed and deposited in the enhanced
				  service special fund.
"Fee" means a monetary amount assessed to a library customer
				  for an enhanced service and for the loan of videocassettes and DVDs.
"Fine" means a monetary amount that may be assessed against a
				  library customer's account for failure to return library material by its due
				  date.
"Hawaii-based organization" is an organization that is
				  incorporated in Hawaii, or an organization that is licensed to conduct business
				  in Hawaii.
"Hearing relief" means the determination by the state
				  librarian of a petitioner's request for an agency hearing.
"Hold" means a circulating library material awaiting pick up
				  by a library customer.
"Homebound" means an individual who is confined to the
				  individual's home.
"Hot pick" means new library material in high demand and
				  which may have a shortened loan period.
"HSPLS" means the Hawaii state public library system.
"Internet" means a worldwide communications network of
				  interconnected computers linking schools and universities, businesses,
				  government agencies, libraries, organizations, and individuals.
"Language learning material" means audiovisual material
				  designated by the HSPLS language selector for learning a language. These
				  materials may be borrowed for three weeks with no loan fee.
"LPBH" means the library for the blind and physically
				  handicapped.
"Library account" means a record in the library system
				  database, which contains information about a customer's transactions.
"Library administrator" means a person who oversees the
				  management, operation, facilities, collections, staffing, and budgets of
				  multiple HSPLS libraries and who is responsible for fair, consistent,
				  effective, and convenient services and programs.
"Library card" means a card with a barcode issued by HSPLS to
				  a library customer for the purpose of authorizing the customer to borrow or use
				  library material or services. A library card may contain a photograph of the
				  customer.
"Library card application" means the form which a library
				  customer is required to complete in order to obtain an HSPLS library
				  card.
"Library customer" means any person or organization using the
				  HSPLS' services and collections.
"Library facility" means a library building and surrounding
				  area, including a courtyard, meeting room, lawn or parking lot, for which the
				  library manager is responsible.
"Library for the blind and physically handicapped" means the
				  HSPLS branch which serves as the Hawaii regional library for the National
				  Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
"Library manager" means the person responsible for the
				  overall administration of a public library or a subject section of the Hawaii
				  state library.
"Library material" means any material or item that is
				  available for loan or use by a library customer.
"Library property" means the public library building,
				  contents, parking lot, and grounds.
"Meeting room" means a room designated for group programs or
				  other activities by the library manager.
"Minor" means a person less than eighteen years of
				  age.
"Non-print material" means an art object, information kit,
				  toy, resource, or material that may be offered for loan or use by a
				  library.
"Non-resident" means a person who has not established legal
				  permanent residence within the State.
"OPAC" means the online public access catalog, a public
				  inventory of books and other materials available for use or loan.
"Organization" means a licensed school, partnership, joint
				  venture, corporation, association, business, trust, government agency, or any
				  organized group of persons in Hawaii.
"Parent" means the lawful or natural father or mother of a
				  person
"PC" or "personal computer" means a library customer's own
				  computer.
"Petition" means an application to the state librarian by a
				  party who seeks relief.
"Petitioner" means a party who submits a petition to the
				  state librarian for review.
"Preschooler" means a child between the ages of three and
				  six.
"Print material" means a book, magazine, newspaper, pamphlet,
				  printed matter on microform, or other printed matter, resource, or material
				  that may be offered for loan or use by a library.
"Problem resolution officer" means any person duly appointed
				  and authorized by the state librarian to oversee the problem resolution
				  process.
"Problem resolution process" means the program in which a
				  petitioner requests review of a decision made under the jurisdiction of the
				  HSPLS.
"Public and school library" means a public library facility
				  located on public school grounds which serves both public and school
				  customers.
"Public education video (PEV) or DVD" means a video or DVD
				  designated by the audiovisual selector as containing information on public or
				  personal health, safety, or security.
"Public library" means a state-funded library available for
				  use by the general public and operated by the system.
"Public service library staff" means employees who are
				  responsible for delivering services and collections to the public in their
				  respective facilities in conformance with HSPLS' goals, policies, and
				  procedures.
"Renewal of library card" means the extension of an expired
				  library card for another period.
"Renewal of library material" means an extension for another
				  loan period.
"Resident" means a person who has established legal permanent
				  residence within the State.
"Resource" means library material.
"Respondent" means any system personnel specifically named in
				  a complaint as having allegedly taken an action which violates the
				  nondiscrimination rights of a complainant; or the system when a complaint
				  alleges systemic discrimination.
"Rule relief" means the adoption, modification, or repeal of
				  any rule by the state librarian which is initiated by petition.
"Security personnel" means designated HSPLS staff or
				  employees of a security company under contract with the system, who are
				  responsible for the protection of state property and the personal safety of
				  library customers and staff during the hours of operation of the
				  library.
"Signature" means a library customer's handwritten
				  name.
"State librarian" means the head of the HSPLS who is
				  appointed and delegated responsibility by the board of education pursuant to
				  section
				  312-2.1,
				  HRS.
"System" means the Hawaii state public library system.
"System downtime" means period(s) during which the library
				  automation system is unavailable.
"Systemic discrimination" means discrimination that results
				  when an established policy, rule, or procedure of the system has the continuing
				  effect of violating a person's nondiscrimination rights.
"Toddler" means a child less than three years of age.
"Valid library card" means an active HSPLS library card below
				  established thresholds for claims and fines, fees, and charges.
"Video" or "videocassette" means an enclosed tape commonly
				  used as a medium for storing movies and other multimedia [File Link Not
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"Young adult" means a person thirteen through seventeen years
				  of age.
"Youth Services librarian" means a young adult or children's
				  librarian.