‘Look Look’ micro library – Helping children to read

Serving the study needs of rural children, ‘Look-Look Volunteer Group’ was formed by Lin Zhao-xian (林兆現), Ji Xin (紀欣), Huang Zi-qi (黃子綺), Xu Ting-yu (許庭瑜), Hong Yen-ru (洪嬿如), and Wu Zhi-yi (吳芷宜), all students from National Chang-Hua Senior School of Commerce. The students became aware that due to changes in Taiwanese industry, rural communities are now unable to provide sufficient job opportunities, and many parents are forced to spend a lot of time working away from home. As a direct result of this, with nothing else to do, children tend to kill time finding amusement on the streets and playing around village temples.

In an attempt to address the situation, members of ‘Look-Look Volunteer Group’ collected second-hand children’s books and established ‘Friends of the Corner Bookshelf’ and ‘Micro Libraries’ in various community service centers. The group’s hard work has not only motivated residents and children from rural communities to jointly build reading resources, but a combination of storytelling, drama, accompanying children with reading, and calling for the participation of parents has also helped to build parent-child relationships. 

On the eve of graduation this year, group members were engaged in on-going consultations with communities regarding the future development of ‘Friends of the Corner Bookshelf’ - for which they have put forward proposals for the establishment of community reading classes. However, with regard to the actual difficulties of implementing the project and problems raising sufficient volunteer numbers, a solution has yet to be found.

With the hope of maximizing the use of such resources, Look-Look Volunteer Group reorganized the second-hand books collected for ‘Friends of the Corner Bookshelf’ and distributed them to elementary schools in rural areas, improving the reading resources at local schools. 

‘Look Look’ micro library – Helping children to read
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/238421

(以下為中文對照)

路克鹿微圖書館 帶孩童拾起書本

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就讀彰化高商的林兆現、紀欣、黃子綺、許庭瑜、洪嬿如、吳芷宜等人組成「路克鹿服務團」，「路克鹿」從Look Look（看一看）音譯而來，他們體會到由於產業的轉型，農村無法提供適量的工作機會，父母親大多到外地工作，因此偏鄉的孩子們沒事就只能到廟口玩樂。

於是成員們募集二手童書，在各社區服務中心創立名為「友角書櫥」的「微型圖書館」，帶動社區居民及孩童一起建構閱讀資源，並且藉著說故事、戲劇及伴讀，陪伴孩童讀書，也號召家長親自陪伴小孩閱讀，以增進親子關係。

路克鹿服務團透過微圖書館計畫，提升農村的閱讀風氣，增進親子間的互動，團員們今年即將畢業，他們與各社區協商「友角書櫥」的後續發展，向各社區提出成立伴讀班計畫，但由於社區實際執行上的困難及志工人數問題，而無法實行。於是路克鹿服務團將「友角書櫥」募得的二手童書重新整理，捐到當地偏鄉小學，希望讓資源多重運用，有效增進學校閱讀資源。