HI Library lacks funding for books

Sad News From Paradise where The University of Hawai’i at MÄnoa will not add more than 6,000 books to its library collections until mid-summer due to the continuous rising costs of print and electronic publications.

Library administrators suspended until June a program in which UHM acquires most of its books from major academic publishers. They will further analyze the situation that resulted in a $1.5 million shortfall for both Hamilton and Sinclair Library’s 2006 to 2007 $14 million budget.