S2 Ep 21 - Lillyput Libraries - Bridget Schaumann
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Across Aotearoa, tiny libraries are quietly popping up in front yards, cafes and community spaces. Places where books are shared freely, stories circulate and connection matters more than ownership. Today, we're talking with a Lilliput librarian about what these small libraries tells about generosity, reuse and how communities care for one another. Welcome to Rethinking Waste, the podcast dedicated to reducing, reusing and recycling in Otipoti Dunedin. I'm Lisa De Clark and with me is my co-host Rob Brittle-Tiger. Each episode we explore innovative approaches, practical tips and the latest trends in recycling to help you rethink and refine your waste practices. Join us as we challenge old habits and discover new ways to make a meaningful impact on our environment.
Let's dive in and start Rethinking Waste Recycling. In this episode, we're chatting to Bridget Shorman, a representative from Lilliput Libraries. Welcome to the show, Bridget. Thank you so much, Rob. Do you want to introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about you? Okay.
Well, I am a resident of St Kilda in Dunedin, and I am a librarian. I currently work for the National Library in the Services to Schools part of part of the service and so I work with schools promoting the taonga of the nation. But I'm about to start a new job going back to my roots as a school librarian. So I'm inherently part of the book fabric of the world. I love books and have always been a reader and I I just basically want everybody to feel the joy that I feel when I'm reading.
So to start us off really, Bridget, obviously Lilliput Libraries is a really cool phenomenon. What is a Lilliput Library? Can you explain to us kind of the theory behind it as well?
Well, the Lilliput Library movement has been around in the world for quite a number of years, a long time now. And it sort of started off with these things called little free libraries in America. And they would sort of pop up on people's front lawns and people would just stock them with books that they no longer had any use for or they wanted to share. Maybe they had two copies of the same book or something. And they didn't have any sort of formal design, they used an old fridge that maybe was repurposed, and that's still something that happens, and they just started to appear, and people in library circles started to notice them, and then of course communities build online, and people would share what was going in and out of their libraries, and it just became a little bit of a phenomenon.
So Lilliput means the little part of it. So they're little and they're free and they're all about sharing.
Excellent. And obviously here in Dunedin, the Lilliput Libraries has a really strong movement.
Yeah, that's due to the fabulous Ruth Arneson who dreamed up the plan to have these lovely little libraries that are all individually decorated and And she started, she had an idea and she has continued to promote them and to find new guardians for Lilliputs and to basically, they're now nationwide. They're all over the place. So you can just, people love the idea of sharing their love of reading, but also it gives books another home to go to. after you've finished with them. So they are small, bespoke, tiny little boxes that we call a Lilliput library.
I'm actually a Lilliput Library guardian myself. And I remember renting and chafing at the bit to become a guardian because I wanted to make sure that I had the roots down before I became a guardian. And I think I was pretty lucky in that I had the lovely Tyree Bloke's shed make my Lilliput Library for me. Carpentry skills are great. beyond me, I think. And then my children and I painted the library together. And, oh, I can't believe how excited I was when I finally got it up and what have you. And the library is actually out at Waikoaiti. And so there's a lot of people who are there for UBMBs and walking down the pathway. And honestly, I've never had a single day where nobody's ever been to that Lilliput library.
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