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Publication date: 1 March 1969

Judith Bumpus

INTEREST IN THE YOUNG has gradually filtered down the age scale so that now even babies come under the spotlight of serious attention. Whereas at one time children were treated as…

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INTEREST IN THE YOUNG has gradually filtered down the age scale so that now even babies come under the spotlight of serious attention. Whereas at one time children were treated as miniature adults and expected to behave as such, nowadays the character of each age group is respected and its needs are catered for. In many cases formal education from the age of two and a half replaces the free activity of the play group for the under‐fives. But parents are constantly exhorted to evoke response from their baby even earlier by dangling brightly coloured objects over his cot, filling his environment with gay pictures and selecting educational toys.

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Library Review, vol. 22 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 1 March 1969

Harry C. Bauer

PETER MARK ROGET died on 12 September 1869, Nevertheless, he is more widely known today than he ever was in his heyday. His name has endured a full century, and may indeed endure…

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PETER MARK ROGET died on 12 September 1869, Nevertheless, he is more widely known today than he ever was in his heyday. His name has endured a full century, and may indeed endure for ever, primarily because of the great popularity, extraordinary sale, and unforgettable title of his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. This astonishing collection of interchangeable parts of speech, ‘classified and arranged … so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition’, was first published in 1852, long after Roget had retired from medical practice and shortly after he had given up his post as secretary of the Royal Society. He was already 73 years old, but since he could not slacken his habitual pace, he continued to work unceasingly on revision after revision until there were twenty‐eight revisions when he died seventeen years later. After his death, his son, John Lewis Roget, edited the Thesaurus until 1908; a grandson, Samuel Romilly Roget, then took over the editorship and retained control over the legacy until 1936.

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Library Review, vol. 22 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 1 December 1971

A handsome new headquarters for Huntingdon County Library was opened on September 24 by Lord Butler. The building comprises two main elements: a two storey circular block for the…

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A handsome new headquarters for Huntingdon County Library was opened on September 24 by Lord Butler. The building comprises two main elements: a two storey circular block for the public services, and a single storey administrative wing with ancillary accommodation. A gramophone record library is installed for the first time in the service. Floor area: 16,000 square feet; total building cost £114,000, plus £9,000 for the site and £9,000 for furniture.

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New Library World, vol. 73 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 January 1989

Stuart Hannabuss

The management of children′s literature is a search for value andsuitability. Effective policies in library and educational work arebased firmly on knowledge of materials, and on…

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The management of children′s literature is a search for value and suitability. Effective policies in library and educational work are based firmly on knowledge of materials, and on the bibliographical and critical frame within which the materials appear and might best be selected. Boundaries, like those between quality and popular books, and between children′s and adult materials, present important challenges for selection, and implicit in this process are professional acumen and judgement. Yet also there are attitudes and systems of values, which can powerfully influence selection on grounds of morality and good taste. To guard against undue subjectivity, the knowledge frame should acknowledge the relevance of social and experiential context for all reading materials, how readers think as well as how they read, and what explicit and implicit agendas the authors have. The good professional takes all these factors on board.

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Library Management, vol. 10 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-5124

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