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Libraries begin furloughs
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091217/NEWS03/912170320/Libraries+begin+f
urloughs

Library staffs furloughed, too
15 days off a year over 2 fiscal years equivalent to 8 percent pay cut
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091202/NEWS03/912020353/-1/nletter01/Libra
ry-staffs-furloughed--too?source=nletter-  

$130,000 collected to assist libraries
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090930/NEWS03/909300371/-1/nletter01/-130-
000-collected-to-assist-libraries?source=nletter-

Parents and keiki learn to love reading together \ New library program aims to strengthen
family bonds, promote lifelong love of books for all ages
http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2009/09/23/read/a_and_e/arts06.txt