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2024 IFLA Dynamic Unit and Impact Awards 

A dynamic Professional Unit has the greatest impact on IFLA’s global work – engaging members, developing strong leadership and identity, delivering high-quality services with measurable impact, and communicating activities within IFLA and beyond. The Professional Council launched the Dynamic Unit and Impact Awards to recognise the Professional Units who have excelled in putting Dynamic Unit goals into practice. Three IFLA Professional Units were awarded this year.

The World Through Picture Books (3rd edition) is launched and ready-to-use!

IFLA’s Libraries for Children & Young Adults (C&YA) Section is delighted to be launching the 3rd edition of The World Through Picture Books catalogue, which is an amazing resource developed by librarians for librarians.

Now available: IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section Newsletter - Winter Issue 2024: I Love My Library!

IFLA C&YA: Expanding the worldview of young people

Culture and Education are at the core of the work we do in IFLA’s Section on Libraries for Children and Young Adults (C&YA), especially in literacy. We have two programs that use books to expand the worldview of young people. Our just-published World Through Picture Books 3rd Edition Catalog [repository link here if we can make it!] celebrates and promotes the language, culture, and quality of books for young people aged 0-18 from over 50 countries worldwide.

IFLA C&YA and LITREAD: Journeys into Reading

The World Library and Information Congress 2023 (WLIC) Satellite hosted by IFLA's Library Services for Children & Young Adults (C&YA) and Literacy and Reading (LITREAD) Sections saw a vibrant gathering of professionals dedicated to fostering a love for reading among young people. Titled "Journeys into Reading," this satellite event, co-organized by the Dutch reading Foundation, was held at The Hague at KB, National Library and featured a series of insightful presentations that delved into innovative approaches, challenges, and successes in encouraging our very youngest to embark on the lifelong adventure of literacy and reading.

Now available in Spanish: Infographic poster on IFLA Guidelines for Library Services to Children

This infographic provides a summary of the revised Guidelines developed by IFLA’s Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section.

Now available: IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section Newsletter – Spring/Summer Issue 2023

This newsletter issue highlights the power of collaboration and shows how much libraries can achieve when working together.

Now available: IFLA report on the 2021 Safer Internet Day survey

This report provides the results of a baseline survey of safe internet practices in libraries for children and young adults around the world.

Vacancies in IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section Standing Committee has vacancies and we are seeking nominees with an interest in library services for young people.

Role of libraries in advancing effective, inclusive early years education recognised

IFLA was present at the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education, held on 14-16 November 2022 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. With around 1500 delegates, it provided an opportunity for ministers, officials and experts to share updates and ideas. Thanks to engagement by IFLA's representative, Marianne Martens, Chair of the Section on Library Services to Children and Young Adults, libraries were recognised in the resulting Tashkent Declaration for their role in supporting early years care. 

Now available: IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section Newsletter – Autumn Issue 2022

Newsletter with articles about libraries for children and young adults, including how libraries teach about climate, environment, and sustainability.

Now available: IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section Newsletter - Spring Issue 2022

Newsletter from IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults with articles on reading promotion and early literacy.

Download the new Guidelines infographics poster

Check out the new graphic "short version" of the Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18.

Join IFLA's Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section

We are seeking co-opted members from under-represented regions including Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. In addition, we have a casual vacancy and are seeking a new member from anywhere in the world to fill that spot.

IFLA’s Safer Internet Day Survey: Report in Progress

IFLA’s Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section will soon publish the results of a survey into how libraries around the world are finding ways both to deliver on children’s right of access to information, while also keeping them safe.

Newsletter December 2021 - Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The articles in our current newsletter demonstrate how libraries truly align with the words of IFLA’s vision statement as they “inspire, connect, enable, and engage” young people around the world.

Programs and services for children with special needs

The goal of the Public Library in Croatia's Bjelovar is inclusion. Here's how they create programs and services that children with and without special needs can participate in equally.

Library programs supporting Roma children in Croatia

Under the motto "Library Accessible to All - a Library for All" the Fran Galovic Koprivnica Public Library strives for equal inclusion of a socially marginalized people.

Empowering Youth Through Art and Heritage

The Poudre River Public Library District’s bilingual art workshop IMAGINANTES offers an opportunity for Latinx youth to connect to their heritage, their community, and their future.

Choose Your Library Adventure and Discover the Wonders of the Library

During the pandemic, when schoolchildren's visits to Singapore's libraries dropped, the National Library Board innovated new ways to interact with students online.