When we first started researching and designing what is now the Bibliothèque Communautire Deschapelles, we hoped it could be a model for other libraries in rural areas. We worked hard to create a library with the amenities and resources familiar to us in the United States but also with the understanding that this would be… [Learn More]
Library Update: September 2020
In the last few months, the library has witnessed the installation of flushable toilets, a solar electrical system including a solar pump and is reviewing other maintenance needs. The solar system was installed with appreciation to local organizations and individuals including the Essex Rotary Club. A local rising high school senior raised funds for the… [Learn More]
Robotics in the Library: March 2018
Exciting news! In March 2018, Club Robotic de Deschapelles won second prize in the country-wide Robotics First Lego Competition! The competition took place in Cap Haitien, a long six-hour drive north from Deschapelles. This is the first time the Deschapelles Robotics Club participated. Last year, as they were beginning their club, they went as observers. The… [Learn More]
Library Update: January 2018
The Deschapelles library is thriving. On a recent Saturday morning, we arrived to see one of the librarians, Pleurette, reading to a group of children asking them questions and showing them the pictures as she went along. The group then watched a children’s film in French. Around the same time, a group of students ranging… [Learn More]
Library Annual Report: October 2017
The following is an excerpt from the Annual Report for the Deschapelles Library prepared for the SCEH Board by Terry Smith and Bob Lamothe, Co-Chairs of the SCEH Library Committee. October 2017. Library Activities/Programs and Administration We receive monthly financial reports from the Bibliothèque Communautaire Deschapelles (BCD). Although financial reporting is still a work in progress,… [Learn More]
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