We are very happy to announce the publication of the expanded second edition of The World through Picture Books, enriched with sixteen new annotated country selections and with ideas on how to use them at the library. This new, illustrated edition features fifty-two country lists of picture books recommended… Read More
A very good new year for everyone! Welcome to read the renewed format of collecting news and uppdates of Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults. The Newsletter has served well, now it’s time to publish its content directly here on IFLA… Read More
Introduction Chair speaks Editor's note Theme: Creating content in libraries with young users Croatia Australia Session on content creating in Lyon, see the presentations A Section's project: The World through Picture Books reports Japan: travelling exhibitions Italy: a personal experience… Read More
A selection of pre and post-conference presentations from past IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section’s satellite meetings are now available: 15 to 20 year olds reading across the world: Why? Where? How? Paris, France 2014 Creating the future: preserving, digitizing and accessing all forms of… Read More
Updates on web pages: Sister Libraries partnership presentations from Lyon WLIC session about Section’s projects on ‘Conferences‘ page. Browse, enjoy and feel free to benchmark!… Read More
The National Library for Children and Young Adults (NLCY) invites speakers to present a paper for the 8th International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults. The symposium will take place between June 19 and 20, 2014 in South Korea. The NLCY annually holds the International Symposium to improve library services for children and young adults and promote reading habits among them. The theme this year is “Reading Towards a Broader World!” Read More
Libraries creating content for/with children and young adults Libraries have always created content, writing reviews, organising writing clubs or collecting oral tradition for instance, and editing and publishing it in different ways, confidential or not. But content development has greatly increased in the last decade, thanks to the much larger inclusion of readers in library life and of course, thanks to technology. It makes collecting, recording, creating, publishing and accessing so much easier and more possible to most, not only to librarians but to young readers and their families. How is this content creation happening? What kind of content is being created, how, who by, with what goals? How are these actions helping children and/or young adults and their families engage with reading? How is local content being published and preserved? How is it being received all over the world? Read More
Libraries in Africa meeting the needs of children and young adults Read More
EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme has launched a new call for proposals – for library projects serving the needs of children and youth. This exciting opportunity is open to public and community libraries in developing and transition economy countries. To apply, libraries must identify a local need… Read More
The Scientific Council on Reading of the Department of Education and Culture of the Russian Academy of Education, Research Center for the History of Book Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, K.D. Ushinsky State Scientific Pedagogical Library, Russian State Children’s Library, Russian Library Association, Russian Reading Association invites… Read More