New Orleans 儿童资源中心翻新重开：118 年历史图书馆变身幼儿学习中心，市长 Helena Moreno 剪彩
位于路易斯安那州奥尔良堂区的新奥尔良市，New Orleans 公共图书馆的儿童资源中心（Children's Resource Center）10月3日（周六）剪彩重开。这座图书馆位于 Magazine St 与 Napoleon Avenue 转角，1908年1月31日开放，是 New Orleans 现存两座 Carnegie 图书馆之一，也是全市第二古老的在营图书馆馆址，其前身是 Napoleon 分馆。
该建筑去年5月因重大结构维修关闭，图书馆借此机会，把它恢复为早期学习中心的定位。这一决定来自图书馆的十年战略计划，该计划把早期读写率偏低列为社区重点关切。中心服务出生至5岁的幼儿及其照护者，由 Morgan Hanrahan 带领一支早期读写专业团队运营，设有专为婴幼儿与学龄前儿童设计的互动游戏区、支持早期学习与入学准备的精选馆藏；各年龄段儿童均可入馆，成人也可在此取还图书。
市长 Helena Moreno 出席剪彩，称该中心是「送给我们社区的一份礼物」。她说：「这个项目显示了我们投资 New Orleans 儿童未来的承诺。这对我们城市的健康与力量很重要，因为每个孩子都值得拥有一个可以发现图书、培养阅读热爱、运用想象、单纯做孩子的地方。」
市图书馆馆长兼执行主任 Emily Painton 说，1990 年代图书馆界就已注意到早期读写的需要并首次设立儿童资源中心；此次重开，把一个「经过精心设计的地方」交还给亲子家庭。重开当日举办开放日活动，包括音乐、故事会、手作与消防车参观。
据 New Orleans 公共图书馆消息，经 NOLA Newswire 10月13日发布。
New Orleans Cuts Ribbon at Renovated Children's Resource Center; Mayor Helena Moreno Joins Reopening of 118-Year-Old Library
New Orleans is a city in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The New Orleans Public Library cut the ribbon at the Children's Resource Center on Saturday, October 3, unveiling a newly renovated space dedicated to early learners and their caregivers. Located at the corner of Magazine St. and Napoleon Avenue, the building opened on January 31, 1908, is one of New Orleans' remaining two Carnegie Libraries and the second-oldest operating library location in the city; it was formerly the Napoleon Branch Library.
When the 118-year-old building closed last May for significant structural repairs, the library returned it to its original purpose as an early learning center, guided by the library's 10-year strategic plan, which identified low early literacy rates as a key community concern. Led by Morgan Hanrahan, the center is staffed by early literacy professionals and serves as the library's hub for early learning, with interactive play areas for babies, toddlers and preschoolers and a curated collection supporting school readiness. Children of all ages are welcome, and the center also holds a small collection of new and popular adult books.
Mayor Helena Moreno helped cut the ribbon, calling the center "a gift to our community." "This project shows our commitment to investing in the future of the children of New Orleans," said Moreno. "It is important to the health and strength of our city, because every child in this city deserves a place where they can discover books, develop a love of reading, use their imagination, and simply be a kid."
City Librarian & Executive Director Emily Painton noted that library leaders first created the Children's Resource Center in the 1990s in response to the same early-literacy need. The reopening was celebrated with an open house featuring music, storytimes, crafts and a firetruck visit.
Source: New Orleans Public Library, via NOLA Newswire, October 13, 2026.
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