Sechelt
Public Library Collection, Volunteers, Page 1
The
Sechelt Public Library was started by volunteers with the first collection
of books being stored in Mrs. Bea Swanson's house until a suitable
location could be found to house them. Mrs. Ada Dawe contacted Mr.
Jack Redman, a local grocer, who donated space above his store on
Cowrie Street, for the first public library. From 1961 until 1966
the library operated out of this space. It then moved for a year to
a ground level floor in a donated cottage on the south side of Cowrie
Street, where the Sechelt Hospital Auxiliary store is today. A Centennial
grant paid for a new building to be built on Trail Avenue behind today's
Shell Gas Station. It was completely staffed with volunteers until
the mid-1980s when the first paid librarian was appointed.
In
1995 plans were approved for a new library which was built and opened
in 1996 with the District of Sechelt offices located on the second
floor. This present library is staffed by full-time and part-time
trained librarians but is still dependent on many volunteers who help
in the library and the Friends of the Library group who raise funds
for equipment.
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