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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.

Children impress as talk show hosts at Stockholm Public Library

Stockholm Public Library's new program series is a recorded talk show about books - planned and run by children. Adult authors might be invited as guests, but librarians and other adults gets to stay behind the camera.

Standing on one foot - a Norwegian library's digital focus during the pandemic

The pandemic didn’t pull the rug from under our feet. It simply meant that we had to stand on one foot for a while.

Special Mention at the Dynamic Unit and Impact Award 2021 for the Libraries to Children & Young Adults Section

We are proud to accept this Special Mention as a recognition of the many efforts the Section undertakes to communicate effectively with IFLA members and library colleagues around the world.

Uploading titles for the World Through Picture Books 3rd edition catalogue has started

Country coordinators can start now uploading their selection of titles for the 3rd edition of the World Through Picture Books catalogue

“Using Retro Technologies in a Children’s Library”: Latest addition to the SC Best Practices YouTube channel

At the Russian State Library for Young Adults (RSLYA), we hold interactive meetings together with children, actively using retro technologies.

IFLA’s Libraries for Children & Young Adults Section Newsletter May 2021 is online

Streaming of Section's 2021 Midyear Meeting available

The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section held it’s 2021 Midyear Meeting online on March 19th via Zoom. Since the registrations were booked very fast we decided to stream the Midyear Meeting – for the first time in the history of the Section!