Dear Colleagues, A lot has happened in our Section since January. To begin with, we have prepared three sessions for the next IFLA conference (August 16-21 in Cape Town, South Africa). The first one is on libraries’ partnerships and includes a presentation by Carole Bloch from PRAESA, recipient… Read More
Sister Libraries Programme Coordinator Ulla Pötsönen has been participating in two international and national conferences, presenting IFLA and Section's projects and disseminating the results and good practises. BOBCATSSS is an international conference of LIS students nad new professionals. January 2015 it was held in Brno, Czech Republic. Read More
IFLA's Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults has asked the library community to share their experiences on providing spaces, tools and activities for children's and young adults' MakerSpaces. Here are some of the results from around the world. Introduction The… Read More
Teen community members are becoming more interested in creating content for themselves or others, not only in “consuming” it, so this is the main reason why the public libraries should assume new responsibilities. Libraries should facilitate the creation of knowledge in the community they serve, as they are considered… Read More
ITLAb in Municipal Public Library of Piekary Śląskie, Poland The Municipal Public Library in Piekary Śląskie, Poland, is a place open for everyone, who feels the need for personal development, sharing knowledge and taking part in innovative actions. The idea of creating an… Read More
Generally, a MakerSpace is considered a place where informal, collaborative learning and discovery take place through hands on creation, via use of any combination of art and technology. MakerSpaces facilitate both analog (low-tech) and digital (high tech) creation. Teen library programming and services that include… Read More
MakerSpace gives young people access to space, materials and tools to be creative, with a splash of library awareness. Note: the term ‘MakerSpace’ in this article refers to the specific activity and event held at Moree library, the term ‘makerspace’ is used to refer to… Read More
The overall aim of Oslo Public Library MakerSpace is to bring new forms of knowledge production into the library, through creating space that is available for anyone who wants to come to the library to learn, create, tinker, fix, and share. Background of the MakerSpace… Read More
IFLA Satellite Conference in Paris 2014 – Review of a participant The Satellite Conference organised by the Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section & School Libraries Section was held at Bibliothèque nationale de France (the National Library of France) in Paris on 23rd August 2014. Read More
The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section is very proud to have nominated PRAESA for this award. Read More