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RAL OBTNC TIVES

1.

To establish, maintain and preserve, in en organized
collection, books and selected educational, aultural
and recreational material in order to promote an

enlightened citizenship and to enrich personal lives.

Te serve the community as a centre of reliable
information,

To provide opportuntty and encouragement for contine
uous education to all the people in the cemipanity.

To sBurnort educational, civie and cultural activities
of groups and organizations,

To seek continually to identify comaunity needs, to
provicse service to meet mush heeds, and tc co-operate
with other organizations, omencies and inetitutions

which can provide prograns or services to meet
community needa,

CX

POLI

In moving toward quality library service, thia
coumittee accepts as its standazds the Canadian
Library Association's

PUBLIC LIBRARY STANDARDS (Ottawa 1967, 1969)

and the British Golumbia Library Development
Conmission'tg

QUANTITATIVE STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES, 1972

IBRARY USE

Tre library will serve all residenta of the
community and the surrounding rural area. Service
will not be denied or curtailed because of religious,
radical, social, economic or political status,

LIBRARY SERVICZT3

1.

The library will select from the whole range of
available materials, and organize, for ease of access,
these books and materials which best meet the needs
of the community.

The library staff will provide guidance and assistance
to enable people to find the information they seek,

The library will tnitiate Programs to stimulate she
use of library materials for the enlightenment of

People of all ages,