The Library Services to People with Special Needs Section has been nominated for the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award!

This award scheme seeks to promote the best in contemporary children’s and young adult literature from all over the world. Candidates have been nominated by experts from many different countries and include authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and promoters of reading, working in various literary traditions and languages. The LSN Section is listed under the name “Libraries for the Disadvantaged (IFLA)”. The winner(s) of the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be announced at an event at the birthplace of Astrid Lindgren in Vimmerby, Sweden on March 24th.

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