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WINNER
- Friends of the River John Library Society
The River John submission
received top marks from our judges for their initiative, membership involvement
and impact on membership, and bonus credits for Friends and Library Board joint
project. They built the River John Library and Innovation Centre. The facility
is leased back to the municipality to house a public library and to develop
community technology opportunities.
The Friends formed in 1999 in
order to build the community facility. Membership includes volunteers, municipal
councilors, regional library staff and Community Access Program committee
members.
The new 3,000 square foot
building houses the library, training area, community boardroom and a community
office. The project supports the three goals of self-education, community
technology development and economic innovation.
The Friends have mortgaged
the cost of the building over 15 years, and their goal of raising $50,000 over
three years was revised after they raised $60,000 in six months.
More details of this project
will be found in our Summer 2002 Focal Point newsletter.
Visit their website at:
http://www.parl.ns.ca/pages/rj.html
Honourable
Mention - Friends of the Trail Public Library
The Friends of the Library in
Trail British Columbia wanted to celebrate the community’s centennial year. A
vision of a cookbook of local Italian recipes formed, as a project that would
both raise funds for the library and promote it as a contributor of local
culture.
The Friends Chair Lana Rodlie
promoted the "Trail Cooks Italian!" project to local businesses, service clubs
and individuals, and over 250 traditional recipes were contributed. The cookbook
was released in March 2001, and the first 500 copies sold quickly. By Christmas
the last of the 1900 copies sold out, which involvement of a local restaurant
and grocery store..
In addition to their high and
successful sales rate, community partners were created, media coverage was
excellent, and the Friends project was viewed as being of cultural and
historical value. The book included stories and information about the local
residents and Italian heritage.
Visit their website at:
http://www.traillibrary.com/trailcooks.html |
