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Get Cooking: Join Big Library Read eBook Event Starting Feb. 17

"Keys to the Kitchen: The Essential Reference for Becoming a More Accomplished, Adventurous Cook" by Food Network's star chef Aida Mollenkamp, will be available for all HSPLS patrons to check out in both eBook and audiobook formats from February 17 to March 5.

"Keys to the Kitchen" is a comprehensive manual that features a collection of more than 300 innovative, contemporary recipes, color photos, informative illustrations, a substantial technique primer, and helpful how-to information for cooks.

This eBook is made available by publisher Chronicle Books LLC and our eBook partner OverDrive, as part of its Big Library Read program. This international program provides libraries and library patrons unlimited simultaneous access to a popular title for a two-week period, creating a virtual, global book club.

Interested patrons will be able borrow "Keys to the Kitchen" using a valid HSPLS library card, and enjoy it on all major computers and devices, including iPhone®, iPad®, Nook®, Android™ phones and tablets, and Kindle® without worrying about wait lists or holds. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period so there are no late fees!

Please visit www.librarieshawaii.org/OVERDRIVE and explore the more than 30,000 titles in the ever popular and ever-growing HSPLS OverDrive Collection. Partial funding for these electronic services is provided by the Federal Library Services and Technology Act, which is administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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MAIN POLICIES
Library Cards
first one free, replacement $5.00
Loan Period
3 weeks for books and CDs
1 week for DVDs/ videos
Overdue fines
25 cents per day for all ages for books, CDs, DVDs/videos
Rental fees
$1.00 per week for DVDs and videos

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CONNECT FROM HOME:
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Internet Computers -- one hour sessions with valid library card
13 internet computers for the public, one w/ ADA accommodations... printing available, donations requested

Loan Renewals:
On person with library material or call 733-8488, then press "0" -- have your library material with you when calling.

Book Drops -- for after business hours -- one by the front door or drive-up book drop in the upper parking lot

Friends of the Kaimuki Library -- support group for the library
-- Members and officers needed
-- Ongoing book sale bookshelf - $1.00 per book

2 Photocopiers
** 20 cents per page

2 Microfilm Reader/Printers
** 15 cents per page

Ongoing Book Sale
** Friends of Kaimuki Library

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