Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section

The Section's major purpose is to support the provision of the library service and reading promotion to children and young adults throughout the world. Its main objectives are to promote international cooperation in the fields of library services to children and young adults, and to encourage the exchange of experience, education and training and research in all aspects of this subject. The Section's concerns include the provision of library services to all children and young adults in different cultures and traditions in cooperation with appropriate organizations and to adults interacting with children and young adults. The Section works in cooperation with other IFLA Sections and a number of international reading and library associations, including the International Reading Association (IRA) and the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).

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Last update: 17 September 2011

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New publication : Designing Library Space for Children

How should children's and young adults' libraries look in the 21st century? What are the new ideas and concepts for library building and design in the digital age?

Continued… | 28 February 2012

Call for papers now open for IFLA Satellite Conference "Libraries for Young People : Breaking through Boundaries", Finland 2012

The Conference will be held in Joensuu (Finland) on August 9 and 10, 2012

Continued… | 8 December 2011

IBBY conference 2012 in London : registration open

IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) is having its 2012 conference on August 23-26 2012 in London,

Continued… | 4 October 2011

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