Liholiho Elementary School students visit the library

Librarian talks to students in lobby near loanable tech display case

Students and guides assemble in the library lobby

Teacher points to a map as students look at it

Librarian talks to group of students outside freezer, holding a book, to explain how it's used to kill insects

Two librarians explain why freezer is used for pest control on books.

Boy reacts after coming out of the cold freezer

Girl embraces her friend because of cold freezer; other kids are inside freezer room

Girl smiles because of being in cold freezer

Students standing, looking down at books

Looking through window at librarian talking to group of students

Photos by King James Mangoba

On Dec. 2, 70 Liholiho Elementary School 5th graders and their chaperones came to visit Hamilton Library. Allison Arakawa, Courtney Nomiyama, Sarah Nakashima, Krickette Pacubas, Ani Kawada, and Sachiyo Kawaiʻaeʻa guided six groups of students around the library, where they visited:

Carla Hose and Patty Tanoue in Access Services, who showed them our loanable technology gear.
Jonathan Young, who shared about our Science & Technology Collection.
Leilani Dawson, Dawn Sueoka and Helen Wong Smith, who talked Archives & Manuscripts.
Mitsu Nakamura, who wowed them with our Asia Collection.
Jodie Mattos, who organized the tour, and showed students some of the coolest stuff from our Hawaiian Collection.

A highlight of the tour was when Kazuko Hioki and Anna Maupin took students into the freezer, which is used to mitigate insect and mold damage and help preserve valuable collections. You can see a video of their reaction here.

The purpose of the Liholiho Elementary students’ visit was to encourage them to go to college – mahalo to all who helped do just that!