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The Kedgwick Public Library is just 200 square metres, but this small space makes a big impact in the northern community, 80 km from Campbellton.
Rural libraries meet more than the book-borrowing needs of residents and say they need more space, staff
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Marie José Kuaté, left, and Diane Thompson are grateful more than 170 community members are willing to volunteer at the Kedgwick Public Library. (Honorine Ngountchoup/CBC)
Kedgwick Public Library may be small for a library, at 200 square metres, but it makes a big impact in the northern community about 80 kilometres southwest of Campbellton.
Offering everything from a children’s garden to a community kitchen to clubs for seniors, this is much more than a place to borrow books. In a way, it’s like a community glue.
“We have puzzles, games, we have skateboards … our best objects that we rent for free is our fishing stuff,” said manager Diane Thompson, who has worked at the library for 17 years.
“We have everything except the bait for ice fishing.”
Thompson said she’s happy to consider any ideas residents bring to her.
But more staff and a bigger space would also help,
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