The Warren Street Center for Children and Families, located in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn, offers after-school and summer camp programs that engage elementary school children ranging in age from 5 to 12 years. Teachers engage children in enhanced art, drama and other creative educational opportunities, academic tutoring, math and science enrichment activities and technology instruction in the center's computer lab.
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to volunteer through my graduate school and create an organized lending library system for the learning center.
On my first day at Warren Street, I was overwhelmed by the amount of books the library held. The Center's Education Director Gloria Elena Martinez explained to me that many of the books were donated by the community. This was undoubtedly, a wonderful gift from the community; however, the fact that a lending library system had not been put in place was preventing the library from being utilized to its fullest potential. This is when I stepped in to use my knowledge from my studies in library information science and formulate a system that would benefit the students, teachers, and parents.
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to volunteer through my graduate school and create an organized lending library system for the learning center.
On my first day at Warren Street, I was overwhelmed by the amount of books the library held. The Center's Education Director Gloria Elena Martinez explained to me that many of the books were donated by the community. This was undoubtedly, a wonderful gift from the community; however, the fact that a lending library system had not been put in place was preventing the library from being utilized to its fullest potential. This is when I stepped in to use my knowledge from my studies in library information science and formulate a system that would benefit the students, teachers, and parents.
A before picture of the library book shelves. This picture shows the books in desperate need of some organizing TLC.
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