2012 satellite meeting in Joensuu, Finland

Libraries for Young People: Breaking through Boundaries

Papers:

• TenThirteen – A library for all senses / Amanda Stenberg, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
• The “Geography of yes” / Leonee Derr, City Library of Melbourne, Australia
• Creating library environment deisgned to stimulate young adults / Irina Mikhova, Russian State Library for Young Adults, Moscow, Russia
• Popcult – the revenge of the nerd library / Stig Elvis Furset, Buskerud County Library, Drammen, Norway
• Houses of Literature / Ann Catrine Eriksson, Sörmland County Library and Tinne Wennerholm, Gävleborg County Library, Sweden
• Libraries on the move, reaching out to the less-fortunate and marginalized /Darrel Manuel O.Marco and Ann Grace Bansig, De La Salle Santiage Zobel School, Muntilupa City, Philippines
• The Politzer reading resource centre in Guyancourt / Cecile Trevian, Rousselot Library, Guyancourt, France
• Digifolio – a library support programfor meaningful, creative and applied learning/ Claudia Popescu and Ruxandra Nazare, Public Library George Baritiu, Brasov, Romania
• Discovering new horizons: an Indian School Librarians experience/ Rashmi Kumbar, Adani Vidya Mandir, Makarba, India
• Community Learning Centre: Gonokendro and Library of HOPE/ Safigul Islam, BRAC Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Searching for new library models: two South African case studies og services to youth / Genevieve Hart, University of Western Cape, South Africa
• Designing the library for young people with young people/ Virpi Launonen, Mikkeli City Library, Finland
• Breaking through perceptual boundaries: the essential contribution of library services for children and youth to national development of low-income countries/ Jane Kinney Meyers, Lubuto Library Project, Washington, USA
• Working with borders: partnership for creating child friendly spaces in East African libraries/ Omar Abdi, Kenya National Library Service, Kenya and Karen Sharkey, Programmes and Operations at Book Aid International, London, UK
• Borderless libraries: Community Center STEJ /Celine Huault, Community Center Stej, Lomé, Togo
• The challenges in translating Korean children’s books into five languages / Wooseob Jeong and Bonnie Withers, University of Wisconsin, USA and Sook Hyeun Lee, National Library of Seoul, Korea