World-class Library Collections
Library science is transforming at a rapid pace from stacks of books and periodicals to new electronic resources – and UH libraries are in the thick of it.
UH libraries house:
- more than 3 million books and journals
- a century of Hawaiian language newspapers
- the world’s largest collection of English-language documentary videos from Asia
- photo archives
- electronic journals
- digitized rare and historical documents
- congressional papers
- botanical and fine art prints
- other special collections
- computer labs
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Bonsai Resources
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo’s Mookini Library has a comprehensive resource collection on and culture of bonsai, the Japanese art of tree miniaturization.
The Big Island Bonsai Association donated $2,000, which financed the purchase of 50 books on bonsai-related topics including art, photography and history.
The Jiro Tanaka BIBA Bonsai Book Collection is named after the Waimea BIBA member who suffered extensive damage to his bonsai collection in the 2006 earthquake. The proceeds from sales of his re-potted plants and his collection of books were donated to the library.