IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults has published a statement on safe usage of social media for children and young adults. The document offers tips on protecting safety and privacy online as well as good online behavior. Read More
Statement on Social media concentrates on children’s and young adults safety, privacy and online behavior and it was approved on IFLA WLIC at Cape Town, 2015. The statement has a message for the children: how to enjoy online resources safely and responsibly, and how to deal with possible unpleasant… Read More
With them, not for them. Croatian book blogs bring together youth from different parts of the country, providing safe online environment for book discussions and virtual socializing. Two book blogs were created in 2011 as a joint project of… Read More
We're a small rural library system that serves a community of 15000 people in New South Wales, Australia. At library conferences, we hear a lot of buzzwords like ‘gamification’ or ‘makerspaces’. For a little country service it can seem intimidating – like you MUST have a 3D printer or… Read More
Are you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work that you would like to discuss with or show to other congress attendees? Why not present your work in the IFLA Poster Sessions? Read More
The Standing Committee of IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section held its spring meeting in Bucharest and Brasov, Romania, March 26-29 2015. Our hosts were the Metropolitan Library of Bucharest and The public library of Brasov. Ruxandra Nazare and the Romanian librarians managed and delivered… Read More
Are you coming to Cape Town IFLA conference? Come visit our sessions: Sunday 16.8. 13.45-15.45: Dynamic partnerships for access, development and transformation in libraries for young people Wednesday 19.8. 8.30-12.45 Dynamic African Libraries for Young People: Showcasing Best Practices to Inspire Us All NB! This… Read More
Section gave a brief on a statement about libraries’ role on supporting development, according to the principals of Lyon declaration. Read how libraries for children and young adults are supporting development by providing access to information. See also the broader context of statement and the other briefs. Read More
How do libraries, librarians and library services support development? Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults gave a brief on a statement based on Lyon declaration principals. Library services for children and young adults are essential for acquiring literacy, participation and other civic skills. See the… Read More
MakerSpaces have been one of hot topics in the library world for some time now. More and more libraries provide opportunities for people to gather together and learn, discuss, discover, test and create. They can be called MakerSpace, Library Lab, Incubator, HackerSpace or something else. The activities can be… Read More