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A lack of volunteers is being blamed for the closure of the Tapora Library, but students at Tapora School have started a project to look at how the service can meet the needs of the community.
The library closed last year after the volunteer managing the service left the area and did not arrange a replacement.
Last month the library missed out on $518 from Rodney Local Board’s annual rural voluntary libraries grant.
The library was run from a room in the Tapora Hall, next to Tapora School.
School principal Ingrid Stewart says the students were looking to running the library as part of a community service module, but they were now going to conduct a survey to see if changes to the service might better serve the needs of the community.
“It’s an opportunity to change the service to something the community really wants.”
Last year, the library opened two hours a week on a Wednesday morning. It has about 30 members with a stock of 900 books.
Auckland Council libraries service delivery manager Vicki Clarke says anyone interested in managing the library should contact Megan Livick at Wellsford Library, or call Council on 09 301 0101.
The funding for Tapora was reallocated to Point Wells Library, which received a total of $2588 from the Board. Leigh Library received $2588.
