To expand a reduced documentary fund in ashes, Noumea media libraries call for book donation

The “clicked-retired” will soon be only a memory. In addition, In Bernheim Villa. Meanwhile, the space that replaces the large library while waiting for its new premises, this was called “reading baskets”, before obtaining authorization to welcome the public. Nevertheless, Impossible to open the room of the orphanage to readers: here. However, there are small parts filled with shelves which are crumbling under the books. For example, The subscriber makes her selection online, before coming to recover it.

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“Fortunately, it is coming to an end, Because it is still a degraded emergency service that we offer usersestimates Elodie Lalenet. Similarly, head of the service of the conservation and valuation of heritage at the Directorate of Culture of Nouméa. DIn October, we will open a new little library, even if it remains temporary and there will be only one part Documents that we managed to recover. HASU less, there will be a reading room.“It will be installed in the temporary exhibition hall of the Museum of the City of Nouméa.

In Rivière-Salée, the works have burned. In Kaméré. a good part could be recovered: first thanks to the initiative of a family, which alerted the municipality and allowed the rescue of nearly a thousand works. Then the Noumeans brought back their loans. “”Meven if it is a very small fund. it is still balanced, we have everything: pfor the child, the teenager, the adults, documentaries, fictions, film.“There were also donations. expand reduced documentary fund ashes, And finally, orders were received. In all, Noumea is in possession of 16,000 documents, against 50,000 before the riots.

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“Where we lack things, et It was cruel, it’s the local fund. Local and peaceful, since most was in Rivière-Salée. Finally, it is a literature that is little borrowed because it is really little known. Difficult to find, knowing that we no longer had a lot of budget, and that certain things are not more edited. That’s why we launched A call to donations.”

It lacks volumes in the series, and enough to expand the radius of children’s literature. “”On part in fishing and on keep faith. On The local fund, We had very beautiful donations. We are very grateful What people do for us. Right now, what we are looking for, It is really children’s literature: Caledonian, Pacific and in the broad sense. As Lchronic of the country Kanakand a collection entitled Caledonian discovery “, details Elodie Lalenet.

Children’s literature remains the most borrowed. “”Children are very consumers. They read quickly, they come to resume. For us, these are also books that are also easy to animate. Our goal, even if we keep a small fund, is that it is of excellent quality so that users continue to recognize which made all the interest of the media libraries from Rivière-Salée and Kameré, expand reduced documentary fund ashes, with collections in perfect condition, Well followed and recent.”

In September, the mediatiches will return to these neighborhoods, to participate in School literature festival Caledonian, organized in a college and a school by the Bookmark from New Caledonia. In the meantime, perhaps, the start-up of Bibliobus.

The future of the Bernheim library being suspended from drastic savings. access to the book could still restrict itself in the coming months. A brand new building on one side. a literary fund on the other: the meeting of the Noumea libraries seems obvious.