What is the Spring Village Library Project?

The
library project was born out of a desire to supplement the educational needs of
the community of Spring Village. The
goal is to establish a functioning library where villages of all ages and
levels of education can come to further their knowledge. This will be a place
where ideas can be exchanged and independent research done. The library will
have areas for study, internet browsing and places where free form discussions
can be conducted. Various books on all disciplines are needed. The Library
material will cover any category and at any level one can imagine.

Library Location

The
library is established as part of the Spring Village Training Centre but will
operate independently and be accessible to all villagers. The project is
currently endorsed by the Spring Village Development Foundation and will
consist of a partnership between villagers locally and abroad. It is located on
the northern end of the training Centre (closest to the primary school) and
will consist of two levels. As the planning continues, it will become clearer
how the space will be utilized.

Current Objectives

So far,
the goal is to run two phases of the project in parallel. One phase is to make
the existing book rooms functional for general use. This requires shoring up of
what is already established, stocking additional items and cataloging them. The
other phase is the actual expansion where additional space will be created for
future use.

We need your Support

All
villagers worldwide are invited to lend their support through donations of
supplies or cash where appropriate. This can be done through your respective
library committee. There are book drives already in progress. Please collect
books and send them to your local chapter for mass shipment. The committees
exist in Spring Village, Canada, U.K. and USA.

Please
visit the website frequently for updates.

Book Drives

Over 6000 Books already shipped!

See our Pictures

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Latest Pictures

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Refurbishing 07

·
Book Shipment July 2007

·
Book Shipment April 2006

Proposed
Library Layout:

Click here to see the Preliminary
Layout!!

Types of equipment needed

o
Computers

o
Computer Networking Devices.

o
Scanner (full page)

o
Scanner (Bar code for book check-out)

o
Photo Copiers

o
Printers

o
Audio Visuals

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CD Player

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DVD Player

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VCR (VHS)

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TV

o
Library Furniture

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Tables

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Desks

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Chairs

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Shelving

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Computer Carts

o
Educational Software

Library Committees

Jamaica         –Ucal
(Gurvin) Gayle, Jeannie Cobern,
Craig Erickson, Racquel Morgan,

Canada         –Paul (Sawdy)
Brown, Latoya Christian

USA              -Rosie Cameron, Jerry Nelson, Dimple Bryan

U.K.                 -Norrace (Cheryl) Harris, Jacqui Banton-Lawrence, Humroy Whyte

Recent
Highlights

·
We have collected in excess of 10,000 books and
have already sent over 6000. These books are on numerous subjects and a wide
variety of disciplines. They cover Art, Science, Mathematics, Languages,
Computer Technology, Automotive Technology, Medicine, Psychology, Hotel
Management, Political science, History, Children’s readers, Electrical
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Education, Culinary, Sports, Economics,
Nursing, Stock Market, Religion, Business, space exploration and many more.

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The local chapter is conducting regular meetings
and has been coordinating the implementation effort. This involves some of the
following:

1.      Planning
and arranging the facility to make it operational.

2.      Working
with the Jamaica Library Association to train their local librarian.

3.      Coordination
of second floor expansion.

·
The NY chapter continues their book drive and is
currently up to over 10,000 books.

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Members of the NY chapter have purchased and
delivered software to manage the circulation.

·
The collection is now searchable on the internet
due to contributions form the NY Chapter.

·
Basic expansion to create space on the first floor
has been completed and as a result regular library use is increasing with
membership over 80 and counting. This is very significant since just over two
years ago we were just trying to find a location.

·
The library is being operated by volunteers while
we seek to get funding for a permanent librarian.

·
There are now five Computers in the library. The Librarian
uses one and the other four available to patrons.

·
The Computers are now networked with free high
speed internet access provided by Jamaica Broilers. Thank you Broilers!!!!!

·
The Florida chapter
has sent a 40-foot container filled with furniture for the library, centre and
Primary school. Thank you Florida!!!!

·
There are plans to partnering with other external
groups with interests in funding libraries. There will also be ongoing
fundraising efforts by chapters.

·
Plans are starting to take place for second floor
expansion.

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Thanks to all for helping to get our library off
the ground.

Future plans:

·
The team is working on a few proposed layouts so if
anyone is good with architectural programs and would like to volunteer please
let us know.

·
Launch fundraiser for the library expansion.

From the above you can see that
we are on the move! We are doing a great thing to shape the future of our
village. In the mean time you can show your support for the library by placing
your comments on our discussion link.

Created
By: Jerry & Dahlia Nelson

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