It’s quite easy to start a library. If you’ve read about us and how the Write to Read BC project works, …
and if you are interested in a library for your isolated BC community, …
and you want a library that could offer …
- books, other print media, and recordings,
- remote attendance to conferences and courses via Internet,
- a place for reading, story-telling, and exchanging knowledge,
then let’s explore this together.
Together means you—as a participating Indigenous community— partnered with Rotary Clubs and Write To Read BC volunteers.
Please get in touch. A volunteer will reply quickly.
Not sure you’re ready to start a library?
Check out the list of communities we’ve partnered with, and get in touch with them directly.
Or, read about the impact Write to Read BC has had on other communities.
Read:
Read about our approach to partnerships with Indigenous communities, fundraisers, and volunteers
Here’s the whole process.
- Envision. When you invite us to your community, we’ll begin a discussion to explore your needs and goals. We’ll send a design response team to meet and listen to your team. What challenges, opportunities, and priorities do you have? We’ll gather input and ensure everyone’s voice is heard. Together we’ll capture your vision.
- Design. Using insights from our discussion, we’ll ask the design response team’s architect to develop a library design that reflects your goals, community values, and cultural priorities. The design can use an existing structure or build a new space. Of course we’ll adjust the design and build consensus with you until the design captures what you want.
- Create. Once you’ve agreed on the design, our construction response team figures out the costs. Then we arrange partners, such as Rotary Clubs across BC, to supply the materials and construction equipment. We also find volunteers. In either case, we engage your community to make sure you’re ready for visitors to work with you on the building.
- Install. When the space is ready, our library response team installs the shelving, library furniture, books, and computer equipment. We work with the community members who will run the library to provide training, and support them in bringing your library to life. Then we leave the library in your capable hands.