VT-Haiti-Schools-PreSchoolLibrary

Schools and PreSchoolLibrary

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Schools in Duchity Area:

• Government elementary school
• Many smaller Private schools
• Catholic High School supported by parish in Chicago
• Baptist High School – better resources
• Vocational school http://www.vermonthaitiproject.org/despagnes-vocational-school.html
  • Ages: 16-60s
  • A MakerSpace Idea: (CLICK)
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Preschool Library:

• Preschool Library and other library information:
  • No existing library at vocational school
  • Community library: space
  • Preschool curriculum at Vocational school
    • Teacher training program
    • Books
      • Humid environment
      • Flooding/water
      • Water proof containers
      • Concept of library
      • Reference library used on school grounds
      • Reading time
      • Story time
      • Multiple languages
        • French
        • French Creole
        • English
• Needed for Preschool Library:
  • Set up water proof storage boxes
  • Paper inventory
  • Preschool books in Creole and English
  • Reading program at the school
  • Someone who would take ownership of the program
  • Preschool literacy
• Possible Sources for Books
  • http://www.worldreader.org/ Worldreader is a non-profit on a mission to bring digital books to every child and her family, so that they can improve their lives.
  • Books for Haiti, great list of sources here: http://www.libraryforall.org/blog/2015/8/20/books-for-haiti
  • Language Lizard http://www.languagelizard.com/Haitian-Creole-Bilingual-Children-s-Books-Language-Lizard-s/29116.htm
  • World Language http://www.worldlanguage.com/Products/Creole/ChildrensBooks/Page1.htm
  • Haiti Reads http://www.haitireads.org/
  • Creole Children's Books http://creolechildrensbooks.blogspot.com/
  • IBBY http://www.ibby.org/1000.0.html
  • One Moore Book http://onemoorebook.com/bookstore/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2
  • Editions Universite Caraibe http://www.editionsuniversitecaraibe.com/
  • Educa Vision https://www.educavision.com/
  • Mother Tongue Books http://matenwaclc.org/mother-tongue-books/mother-tongue-books-2/
• Open Source Cataloging Software
  • The Creative Librarian
    http://creativelibrarian.com/library-oss/
  • ALA Factsheet http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet21
  • Comparing Evergreen and Koha https://cynng.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/comparing-open-source-integrated-library-systems-circulation-module-of-evergreen-koha/
• About Library Projects Already Happening in Haiti
  • Libraries in Haiti:
    http://www.haitireads.org/libraries-in-haiti.html
  • Haiti Library Relief http://www.ala.org/offices/iro/iroactivities/haitirelieffund
  • American Library Magazine http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2012/07/03/haiti-rising-from-the-rubble/
  • FOKAL http://www.fokal-usa.org/haiti.htm
  • Rethinking Libraries http://haitiprojects.org/rethinking-libraries/
  • UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/education/haiti_66400.html
  • Libraries without Borders http://www.librarieswithoutborders.org/index.php/what-we-do/our-programs/abroad/caribbean/haiti
  • Story Box http://www.librarieswithoutborders.org/index.php/what-we-do/our-programs/abroad/transversal-programs/training-pole/item/155-the-story-box-library-kits-for-children-in-haitian-refugee-camps

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