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Rich the Treasure
88 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1953
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September 30, 2013as quoted in "Public Library Service to Children" by Elizabeth H. Gross: (p.8-9)
Children's Librarians have long held as their foremost objectives those so well formulated by Harriet Long in her book "Rich the Treasure:"
1. To make a wide and varied collection of books easily and temptingly available
2. To give guidance to children in their choice of books and materials
3. To share, extend and cultivate the enjoyment of reading as a voluntary, individual pursuit
4. To encourage lifelong education through the use of public library resources
5. To help the child develop to the full his personal ability and his social understanding
6. To serve as a social force in the community together with the child's welfare
(Gross continues) Although the morals of the population change and values shift in relative importance, the children's librarians' basic beliefs and philsophy remain the same - an unshakeable conviction that reading and the other communicative arts are of intrinsic importance to the happiness and well-being of children. That as citizens of a democracy whose ultimate failure or success rests with an informed people the individual's right to select and choose from a variety of sources on any given subject, is of the greatest importance. To enlarge his knowledge, to pique his curiousity and to thus enable the child to think for himself as an individual and not as part of a mass mind, are the principals upon which library to service to children rests.
Children's Librarians have long held as their foremost objectives those so well formulated by Harriet Long in her book "Rich the Treasure:"
1. To make a wide and varied collection of books easily and temptingly available
2. To give guidance to children in their choice of books and materials
3. To share, extend and cultivate the enjoyment of reading as a voluntary, individual pursuit
4. To encourage lifelong education through the use of public library resources
5. To help the child develop to the full his personal ability and his social understanding
6. To serve as a social force in the community together with the child's welfare
(Gross continues) Although the morals of the population change and values shift in relative importance, the children's librarians' basic beliefs and philsophy remain the same - an unshakeable conviction that reading and the other communicative arts are of intrinsic importance to the happiness and well-being of children. That as citizens of a democracy whose ultimate failure or success rests with an informed people the individual's right to select and choose from a variety of sources on any given subject, is of the greatest importance. To enlarge his knowledge, to pique his curiousity and to thus enable the child to think for himself as an individual and not as part of a mass mind, are the principals upon which library to service to children rests.
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