Children
Libraries
Challanges &
Aspiration
Despite
the accelerating technical development, in all countries
of the world, which left deep grooves in Arab and global
cultures. Arab cultural arena still suffers from numerous
dilemmas. For instance, children books currently faces
many challenges, imposed by multi-media that attracts
children through interesting audio-visual shows, accompanied
by special tempoes and sound effects along with lovely
lines, forms and attractive coluors.
One question, occures to ones mind, namely: From Where
does child culture begin? In fact children culture, in
its wider conception, starts from infancy; when an infant
begins to explore the world around him, he drops, breaks,
holds and tries to dismantle his toys, in order to discover
the secrets inside them. Hence, the role of the parents
begins. They start to instruct the child in culture, in
order to wedge a strong base of science, fine arts and
literature in his personality. Child library plays an
important role in moulding the childÕs personality,
sowing the seeds of benevolence, love and aesthetics in
it.
Children books are considered one important aspect of
children culture, which represents the human life as a
whole, with its ideas, contemplations and facts . Through
it, a child acquires knowledge on different life styles,
discovers himself and others, and how to deal with them,
together with the answers it conveys for miscellaneous
questions, entertainment, pastime and profit it provides
through pictures, drawings and the way of presentation
of information. Therefore children books are considered
an important cultural container, through the book , the
children can investigate far-away places and times, along
with different life styles.
Due to the great technical development in the world now
days , children library should be upgraded in a way coping
with such development, by introducing modern technology
. For children library should be not restricted to books
and magazines, but also contains visual materials such
as microfilm slides, television, video films and recorders.
Computer is also important as an essential tutorial means.
It also provides entertainment and liesure to the child
in both an entertaining and tutorial way.
Books that are preferable to children should be available
at children libraries, such as simplified scientific,
geographical, historical and arts books including painting
and music; in addition to children serials periodicals,
and games that help to improve the mental and experimental
capabilities of children.
Children books are governed by certain standards and rules
upon their writing and presentation to the children, its
numerous materials and subjectmatters must comply with
age categories, together with the specialities of each
society .
We as Arabs are still facing big difficulties in this
field. Yet there are big efforts and well studied plans
to present a Perfect children literature in an age of
threatened values and manners.
Head
of the Arab Club for Information
Dr. Abdel Majeed ALRIFAI
