Two objectives: A Municipal Library up to Standards and the Preservation of the Roussell House

Brownsburg-Chatham, Québec, Canada
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About Us

We are a non-partisan coalition of citizens of Brownsburg-Chatham, who have at heart the fate of our library and our architectural heritage. We believe that the library should be relocated to a bigger house, better equipped and be endowed with sufficient human resources to meet the needs of the population. The Roussell house (Principale/des Érables) is one of the last heritage building of interest to be located downtown.

The coalition has acknowledged the lack of support among the population for the relocalisation of the library in the Russell house. We now consider them as two separate files.

Luc Bélisle, Hélène Boivin, Michel Brisson, Jean Careau, Gilles Desforges, Cynthia Dubé, Anik Ferland, Pierre Gagnon, François Jobin, Sophie LaRoche, Diane Leduc, Mylène Mondou, Gilbert Poupart, Maurice Rochon, Claire Thivierge, Kathleen Wilson.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

The Library As Is Today


The current library, adjacent to the arena, is antiquated in several respects:


  • premises too small (24% of the Québec standard)
  • lack of space for entertainment, conferences
  • lack of seating for consultation and study
  • Collection insufficient for the population
  •  Insufficient human resources
  • activity area of storytime and youth section in front of the toilet doors, in the draft
  •  Hot, humid summer, cold in winter
  • no ramp





Nevertheless, attendance is increasing year by year, the computer room is a big success and inter-library loans are many proofs that the needs of the population is real.

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