Volume 2 Issue 2 . June 2020

Nā Hoa Kānāwai Newsletter of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court Law Library

(SCLL)

Editorial Our library doors have been shuttered, but we have

opened our repertoire of digital services and communications to find 'novel' ways of bridging the information divide for the benefit of all patrons with legal research needs. Even though we are held apart by the social distancing order of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been working remotely to ramp up our FAQ information; we have activated a Virtual Reference Desk service and launched a virtual “Chat” feature.

With the phased reopening of the country and some sections of this state, we are in constant dialog with the appropriate authorities, to work towards slowly re-opening the library. We would like to know how best we can serve

you at this time so, drop us a line with your feedback. Did you Know?... that the Public Utilities Commission issued Order #37125 in May 2020 which addresses the Consumer Advocate’s request to sus-pend any termination or disconnection of regulated utilities such as electric, gas, water/wastewater and telecom utilities in the event of non-payment? There was also a Protec-tive Order that was issued and served on relevant public utilities on May 15, 2020.

Connect with us: Call: (808) 539-4964 Email: LawLibrary@courts.hawaii.gov | Visit: Ali’iolani Hale, 417 S. King Street. Room 115. Honolulu. HI

Hawaii Statewide Fami-

ly Engagement Center

COVID - 19 Resources

for Child Care

Hawaii Afterschool Alliance: Essential workers can check this map to find the nearest meal site or child care cen-ter. Hawaii Child Care Program News and Announcements

The YMCA will provide child-

care for keiki ages 5 to 12 of

essential workers https://

cds.coe.hawaii.edu/hfec/

covid-19-resources/

Dates to Watch

The Library will be closed for the following holidays: June 11 - King Kameha- meha Day July 3 - Independence Day Aug. 21 - Statehood Day

Digital Services Introducing LiveChat with a Reference Librarian via the Library H3lp platform. "Chat" in real-time and get answers to legal reference questions. This service will be available Monday - Friday, 1 pm - 3 pm HST (except on Hawai‘i State holidays).

We are also offering the Ask-A-Librarian option, where patrons can call or email the Reference Librarian. The Ask-A-Librarian service is available at the Virtual Reference Desk via this link: https://histatelawlibrary.com/home/virtual-reference-desk/.

Remote access to LexisNexis Digital Library is now available for the public! Members of the public now have online access to more than 1299 volumes from the Matthew Bend-er/LexisNexis treatise collection. Patrons can email LawLibrary@courts.hawaii.gov to request to be registered for this service. Patrons’ full name & email address are re-quired to gain access. A maximum of 10 items can be checked out at a time for 7days. All items are automatically "returned" after the 7 days. TEMPORARY remote access to Westlaw & LexisNexis Advance is also available. Reg-istration for temporary ID & Password is required. Information on how to access these two databases can be found on the Databases page at: https://histatelawlibrary.com/legal-research/databases/. For more services and FAQs please visit: https://www.courts.state.hi.us/

COVID –19 Life Planning (Advance Directive) The Black’s Law Dictionary (8th edition) defines an advance directive as “a document that takes effect upon one’s incompetency and designates a surrogate decision-maker for healthcare matters”. It must be in writing and must be signed by the principal, according to the Uniform Health-Care Decision Act of 1993. John Roth, founder of Hawaii Trust & Estate Counsel states that an advance directive is sometimes referred to as a Living Will or Healthcare Power of Attorney. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many of us to focus more on many areas of our lives including our age and our health status, and ultimately our mortality. The pandemic also caus-es us to reflect on possible end of life situations, with some of us never knowing if we will be able to articulate our own end of life health care preferences, if we should be presented with this crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is a recent phenomenon and was never before included as part of end-of-life planning procedures, but Compassion and Choices (CC) of Portland Oregon states that traditional advance directives are not COVID-19 specific, and can therefore be accompanied by an addendum. Please read more from CC here. For interactive forms and additional resources on advance directive, please visit LawHelp.org

This issue:

Digital Services

COVID-19 Life Plan- ning...

COVID-19 Global Facts

...COVID-19 Resources

Did you Know?

Dates to Watch

COVID –Global Facts