Content tagged Young adults

Library Services to People with Special Needs Section joint with Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section invite presenters from a wide range of countries to discuss how to promote...

News - 15 February 2018

Tags: accessibility, Children, Conferences, Singapore, Young adults, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Libraries guarantees people access to knowledge through literacy, innovation and creativity. Through the work of libraries, users young and old are empowered to discover, better their...

News - 6 February 2018

Tags: Children, Internet access, Young adults, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the Information Technology Section, invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held during IFLA WLIC in...

News - 1 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Acquisitions, Audiovisual and multimedia, Buildings and equipment, Cataloguing, Classification and indexing, Collection development, Collections, Communities of practice, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Electronic resources, Games, Information technology, Knowledge management, Lifelong learning, Outreach, Preservation, Services, Success stories, Young adults

The new issue of our online Newsletter is out! Read about innovative, fresh ways to redesign the Children's or YA department, how to involve young patrons or what to take into...

News - 9 December 2016

Tags: Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Introduction The IFLA Children and Young Adults Section are revising the Guidelines for Children's Libraries Services which were last published in 2003.  The IFLA standards are...

Informational Page - 9 December 2016

Tags: Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Theme: Library spaces for children and young adults Editor's note Dear colleagues Redefining the library as a physical and virtual place is one of the most...

Informational Page - 9 December 2016

Tags: articles, Children, children's department, children's involvement, Library as place, library space, Newsletter, participation, Young adults, youth department, Youth involvement, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

When the doors opened to the new Rockdale Library on July 30, 2016, the response from the community was overwhelming. There was a real energy in the air as our community embraced the new service...

Informational Page - 7 December 2016

Tags: articles, Children, children's department, Library as place, library space, Newsletter, Young adults, youth department, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The Monte Alto library is a municipal library that is located in a central neighbourhood of the city of La Coruña, Spain. It is situated on the 3rd floor of a civic centre, which is a...

Informational Page - 7 December 2016

Tags: articles, Children, children's department, Library as place, library space, Newsletter, Young adults, youth department, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

In recent years, many new libraries have opened with buildings that break the stereotype of library as warehouse for books.  Their innovative designs embody the notion of reinvention;...

Informational Page - 7 December 2016

Tags: articles, Library as place, library space, Newsletter, participation, teen department, teenagers, Young adults, Youth involvement, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

At the Medford Public Library in Medford, Oregon, Children’s Librarian Ellie Hilton and Library Associate Marne Kapule created a targeted program for 7 to 12-year-olds to meet the needs of...

Informational Page - 7 December 2016

Tags: articles, Children, children's department, children's involvement, Library as place, library space, Newsletter, Young adults, youth department, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

A safe and inspiring library space requires the freedom to explore with no fear of wrong answers. Such a place should allow you to be yourself while welcoming others' ways too. What does that...

Informational Page - 7 December 2016

Tags: art, articles, Children, children's department, children's involvement, Library as place, library space, Newsletter, Young adults, youth department, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The Glen Ellyn Public Library serves a community of approximately 27,000, in the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois USA. Recently the library went through a remodel, changing the entire look and...

Informational Page - 7 December 2016

Tags: articles, Children, children's department, Library as place, library space, Newsletter, Young adults, youth department, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The Maker Movement is awakening a sense of creativity, experimentation and curiosity in children and adults. Many libraries are tapping into this enthusiasm by creating Makerspaces and...

Informational Page - 7 December 2016

Tags: articles, Children, children's department, Library as place, library space, MakerSpace, Newsletter, Young adults, youth department, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Connecting with our youngest visitors, State Library Victoria’s Play Pod offers a range of activities for children to read, create and play. Our Play Pod space is seasonally inspired by a...

Informational Page - 7 December 2016

Tags: articles, Children, children's department, Library as place, library premises, library space, Newsletter, teen department, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Children and young adults department is often the colourful, cozy haven in the library. Libraries designed for children and YA awake imagination and welcome all visitors. The goal is to provide...

News - 10 October 2016

Tags: articles, Children, design, Library as place, library space, planinng, premises, Success stories, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

New collection of online articles around the theme How dolibraries use digital devices to promote reading? is now published. Read also about section's work and future plans.

News - 10 June 2016

Tags: articles, Children, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Dear colleagues, In the fresh collection of articles you can read about the utilization of digital devices as a tool for promoting reading and literacy. The Indian article serves as an...

Informational Page - 10 June 2016

Tags: Children, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

See the world in different ways! The world can be seen in many different ways. One way is to see it through picture books. The IFLA section Libraries for Children and Young Adults...

Informational Page - 10 June 2016

Tags: Children, exhibition, The World through Picture Books, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Lubuto Library Partners (LLP) in Zambia employed digital technology to create engaging, accessible means of teaching children to read in their mother languages.  LubutoLiteracy lessons are an...

Informational Page - 10 June 2016

Tags: Access to information, Children, Education, Information literacy, Information technology, Internet access, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The changing trends in service delivery in public libraries have brought about the innovative ways of encouraging children and young adults to read. Different digital devices have been introduced...

Informational Page - 10 June 2016

Tags: Children, Information literacy, Internet access, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Technology has become the key focus of our lives today. Indeed so many aspects of our behaviour are governed by the need to stay connected to the world through technology. Children and young...

Informational Page - 10 June 2016

Tags: Access to information, Children, Communication, digital library, Digital resources, E-Learning, Information literacy, information seeking behaviour, Information technology, promoting library, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Theme: How do libraries use digital devices to promote reading? Editor's note Dear colleagues, in the fresh collection of articles you can read about the...

Informational Page - 10 June 2016

Tags: articles, Children, Literacy, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Librarians and other people working with children and young adults all over the world can share their knowhow and benefit from the experience of others. Section launches a new...

Informational Page - 28 April 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practice, Children, Communication, Events, Marketing, Outreach, Reading, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

How do libraries use digital devices on promoting reading? Children and youth around the world have been adapting the new digital technologies such as e-readers, smart phones and tablet...

News - 25 April 2016

Tags: articles, Children, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The Libraries for Children and Young Adults Standing Committee holds its midyear meeting extended to an international conference day (organised together with Norwegian trade union Fagforbundet...

Event - 10 March 2016

Tags: Conferences, mid term meeting, Midterm Meeting, Norway, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Browse participating libraries in alphabetical order according to the country. The list is showing  active libraries only,  it has been updated according to a query to participants (...

Informational Page - 21 January 2016

Tags: Children, Communication, Communities of practice, Cooperation, programmes, Sister libraries, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

IFLA project and lately programme for Sister Libraries starts its 7th year of operation. The programme web pages and list of participants have undergone an update, in order to make searching a...

Informational Page - 21 January 2016

Tags: Children, Communication, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Sister libraries, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Last year IFLA Section published a collection of articles about sports in libraries. Now we’re taking a wider perspective: in this issue we’re viewing the impact libraries can have on...

Informational Page - 21 January 2016

Tags: Children, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

[The aim is that...] youth that are informed, independent and self-reliant through sustainably providing services that meet their educational, informational and recreational needs...

Informational Page - 19 January 2016

Tags: Access to information, Children, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Registration form List of participants Brochure   Description

Informational Page - 18 January 2016

Tags: Children, Communication, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Programs and activities, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Last year IFLA Section published a collection of articles about sports in libraries. Now we’re taking a wider perspective: in this issue we’re viewing the impact libraries can...

Informational Page - 18 January 2016

Tags: Best practice, Children, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Bibliotherapy can enhance personal insight, provide information, suggest alternatives, diminish isolation, clarify emerging values, stimulate discussion and extend the counselling process...

Informational Page - 15 January 2016

Tags: bibliotherapy, Children, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Bibliotherapeutic workshops for children and youth help them to welcome every feeling as a valuable guide in exploring their inner selves, overcoming unpleasant psychological states and making...

Informational Page - 15 January 2016

Tags: bibliotherapy, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The idea is not to make people painfully overcome themselves, but to offer knowledge in an interesting and entertaining manner; visitors are encouraged to learn more about themselves, analyze...

Informational Page - 15 January 2016

Tags: Education, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The absence of the teacher feels liberating for the pupils. The limited space and the decoration of the bus create an intimate and intense atmosphere. Abstract: The Love...

Informational Page - 15 January 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Education, Health information, Newsletter, Sex education, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The statement has a message for the children: how to enjoy online resources safely and responsibly, and how to deal with possible unpleasant situations. The statement also provides tips for the...

News - 29 October 2015

Tags: Access to knowledge, Children, Statement, Young adults

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...

Publication - 29 October 2015

Tags: Access to information, Children, Information literacy, Internet access, Young adults, Statements, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

Informational Page - 29 October 2015

Tags: Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

Informational Page - 29 October 2015

Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia, Children, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

News - 29 October 2015

Tags: Children, Conferences, poster session, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

Informational Page - 8 August 2015

Tags: Children, mid term meeting, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

News - 5 August 2015

Tags: Children, Conferences, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

News - 13 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Children, Development, Lyon Declaration, Statement, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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....

Publication - 13 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Children, Development, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Lyon Declaration, Statement, Young adults, Statements, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

News - 23 June 2015

Tags: Children, Communication, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

News - 23 June 2015

Tags: Children, Conferences, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Sister Libraries Programme Coordinator Ulla Pötsönen has been participating in two international and national conferences, presenting IFLA and Section's projects and disseminating...

Informational Page - 18 June 2015

Tags: Children, Conferences, Education for librarianship , Outreach, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

Informational Page - 18 June 2015

Tags: articles, Children, Communication, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

Informational Page - 18 June 2015

Tags: Children, Education, MakerSpace, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

Informational Page - 16 June 2015

Tags: 3D printing, Children, MakerSpace, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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....

Informational Page - 16 June 2015

Tags: Children, Development, Education, Library as place, MakerSpace, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

Informational Page - 16 June 2015

Tags: Children, Education, Literacy, MakerSpace, Networking, Reading, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

Informational Page - 16 June 2015

Tags: 3D printing, Audiovisual and multimedia, Children, Communication, Cooperation, Development, Digitisation, Education, Information literacy, Library as place, MakerSpace, Networking, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

Informational Page - 1 June 2015

Tags: Best practice, Conferences, Literacy, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award - ALMA - 2015 goes to PRAESA, the South African project for early and multilingual literacy. The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section is...

News - 31 March 2015

Tags: Awards, Young adults

Dear Colleagues, You probably know much about the section’s activities in the last and future months, if you follow our Facebook page but let me tell you about them briefly here...

News - 20 January 2015

Tags: Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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,...

News - 20 January 2015

Tags: Children, Communication, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Introduction Chair speaks Editor's note Theme: Creating content in libraries with young users Croatia Australia Session on content...

Informational Page - 15 January 2015

Tags: Children, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

News - 19 December 2014

Tags: Children, Communities of practice, Conferences, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Leaflet of Section's aims, activities and contacts. Feel free to print and distribute in your national conferences etc. when presenting IFLA. Download PDF

Publication - 17 October 2014

Tags: Young adults, Leaflets, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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!

News - 7 October 2014

Tags: Children, Communities of practice, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Sister Libraries for Children’s and Young Adults’ reading: evaluation Carolynn Rankin (Leeds, UK) Sister Libraries...

Informational Page - 6 October 2014

Tags: Censorship, Communities of practice, Networking, Professional development, Reading, Young adults

Subjects of interest: ▪ Reading Activities to Engage Children and Young Adults in “Joy of Reading” - Ways to develop reading habits for preschoolers and children - Ways...

News - 24 January 2014

Tags: Children, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The digital age is introducing new reading practices. In this context of deep change in the reading landscape, transmedia could be a means of attracting new readers and developing new reading...

News - 13 January 2014

Tags: Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

We are interested in presentations on content creation and publishing in libraries, for and/or with children and young adults - by librarians; by librarians in partnership with other...

News - 19 December 2013

Tags: Children, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

What are young people's needs and are libraries meeting them? How are public libraries, school libraries and community libraries working today? What are the challenges they face? What are...

News - 11 December 2013

Tags: Children, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Theme: 15 to 20 year olds reading across the world: Why? Where? How? Date: August 23, 2014, associated to the 80th Annual IFLA conference in Lyon (August 16-22, 2014) Venue: Bibliothè...

News - 9 December 2013

Tags: Reading, school libraries, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

News - 6 December 2013

Tags: Children, Development, Grants, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

News - 10 September 2013

Tags: Best practice, Children, Reading, Russian Federation, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The Sections invite case studies on the theme of collaboration between the two types of libraries that are mostly to be found in communities.  Theme: Friends or Foes – Public...

News - 31 December 2011

Tags: Partnerships, Public Libraries, Young adults, School Libraries

The Library Services to People with Special Needs Section has been nominated for the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award! This award scheme seeks to promote the best in contemporary children's...

News - 26 November 2009

Tags: Awards, Young adults, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Croatia - The Medvescak Public Library, Zagreb Japan - Fukuoka Prefectural Public Library Netherlands - Public Library Groenlo, Groenlo Application Send us your best...

Informational Page - 27 May 2009

Tags: Best practice, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Croatia – The Medvescak Public Library, Zagreb Japan – Children's Services, Yokohama City Libraries Japan – Fukuoka Prefectural Public Library...

Informational Page - 27 May 2009

Tags: Best practice, Children, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults