Mission Statement
The Friends of the Osborne Collection is a volunteer organization to support and promote the Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books of the Toronto Public Library. The Osborne Collection (which now includes the Osborne Collection itself, the Lillian H. Smith Collection and the Canadiana Collection and the Jean Thompson Collection of Original Art) is one of the world’s great collections of children’s literature and, as part of the public library system, it is open and available to all.
Mandate
The Mandate of the Friends of the Osborne Collection is:
1. to encourage awareness of and interest in the Osborne Collection;
2. to support the Library to help maintain and enhance the collection and its services to the public and, in consultation with the Library staff, to advise on issues pertaining to the Collection;
3. to raise funds for special acquisitions and other special projects, including improvement of the physical facilities;
4. to advise the Toronto Public Library on policy matters concerning the collection, in consultation with Library staff;
5. to foster connections and act as a bridge between the wider community of children's book enthusiasts and the Osborne Collection within the TPL
Goals and Objectives
In pursuit of this mandate, our objectives include: maintaining and building relationships with donors, maintaining and building our membership; supporting special digitization and conservation projects; and sponsoring lectures on topics of interest to our members and the broader children’s book world.
1. to encourage awareness of and interest in the Osborne Collection;
2. to support the Library to help maintain and enhance the collection and its services to the public and, in consultation with the Library staff, to advise on issues pertaining to the Collection;
3. to raise funds for special acquisitions and other special projects, including improvement of the physical facilities;
4. to advise the Toronto Public Library on policy matters concerning the collection, in consultation with Library staff;
5. to foster connections and act as a bridge between the wider community of children's book enthusiasts and the Osborne Collection within the TPL
Goals and Objectives
In pursuit of this mandate, our objectives include: maintaining and building relationships with donors, maintaining and building our membership; supporting special digitization and conservation projects; and sponsoring lectures on topics of interest to our members and the broader children’s book world.