{"id":58361,"date":"2013-03-04T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T16:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=58361"},"modified":"2013-03-04T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T16:51:16","slug":"gari-melchers-home-and-studio-creates-little-free-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/04\/gari-melchers-home-and-studio-creates-little-free-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Gari Melchers Home and Studio Creates &#8220;Little Free Library&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont is the site of a new public book exchange, part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlefreelibrary.org\/\">Little Free Library<\/a> movement. The international movement encourages literacy and community-building through free book exchanges, known as Little Free Libraries. Visitors may pick up and drop off books at any location, completely free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>When Susan Taylor-Schran, Museum Shop and Marketing Manager at Belmont, heard about the movement, she knew it would be a fit for the historic landmark, given the Melchers\u2019 lifelong love of books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/04\/gari-melchers-home-and-studio-creates-little-free-library\/melchers-little-free-library-web-size\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58371\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58371\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/melchers-little-free-library-web-size\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"810,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-58371\" title=\"Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size-600x450.jpg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Melchers-Little-Free-Library-web-size.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Local woodworker Ken Smith built the wooden structure, located near the entrance of Belmont, and incorporated design elements from Belmont\u2019s studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea of placing a Little Free Library at Belmont is in keeping with the charitable works of Gari and Corinne Melchers, whose concern for the citizens of Falmouth and surrounding areas is still remembered by many of our elderly citizens,\u201d said Taylor-Schran.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Little Free Library movement, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlefreelibrary.org\/\">http:\/\/www.littlefreelibrary.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/04\/gari-melchers-home-and-studio-creates-little-free-library\/little-free-library_book\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/little-free-library_book\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/Little-Free-Library_book.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 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