An example of community-based programming is the After-School Homework Club at the May Hakongak Community Library located in Kiilinik High School in Cambridge Bay.
The tent, painted by local artists and volunteers, was to serve as a site similar to those elders would recognize as a gathering place.
[7] The May Hakongak branch also facilitated the creation of an oral history centre where visitors can listen to community members recount their experiences.
Once the project was finished, and the centre created, the library saw its circulation rate rise from an average of 300 borrowed resources per month to over 1000.
Working with groups such as the Nunavut Literacy Council and the City of Iqaluit, the library offers a summer camp for reading, and a story time event.
The Arviat Iglu Web Site[11] features igloo-building demonstrations and a collection of elder oral history interviews conducted by the students.
The project incorporated many priorities of the community: in addition to emphasizing and honouring traditional skills, the children were also learning how to work with new technologies.
In addition to providing the computers, libraries assist patrons with learning the skills for navigating the web, and retrieving good information from it.
[17] With snow and ice covering much of the area throughout the year, there is no farming, and the construction of railways and highways to connect the cities and settlements is impossible.
[17] Despite the isolation and dispersion of the population, modern technology has increased the ability of Nunavut residents to interact and receive information from the rest of North America.
[19] These challenges provide the Nunavut Public Library Services with an important role to play in acting as a centre for information and resource for learning.