Content tagged Libraries for Children and Young Adults

In particular, we show filmstrips to children as part of our entertaining and learning activities Miracles of Fairytales. Meetings for children from age 4 to 8 last 50 minutes each and take...

News - 9 June 2021

Tags: Best practices, Capacity building, Children, Cultural heritage, Education, Education and training, Information literacy, Lifelong learning, Russian Federation, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

By Salomon Hellman, Librarian, Stockholms stadsbibliotek, Sweden In 2018 we released the IFLA Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18, a completely revised version of the...

Informational Page - 23 May 2021

Tags: Best practices, Children, Guidelines, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

By Claire Stuckey, Children's Librarian retired, Central Coast Council – Gosford, Australia With this programme the Libraries for Children & Young Adults Section is...

Informational Page - 23 May 2021

Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Capacity building, Children, Collection development, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, International cooperation, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Literacy, Networking, Reading, Success stories, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Interview by Naoko Nakajima Koseki (Chief Planning and Cooperation Division, International Library of Children's Literature, National Diet Library, Japan) to Nicoletta Gramantieri (Biblioteca...

Informational Page - 23 May 2021

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Best practices, Children, Collection development, Democracy, Digital divide, Digital inclusion, Education and training, Library as place, Library outreach, Library services, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

By Ms Siti Aisyah Binte Abdul Nasir, Deputy Head (Children & Teens) | Programmes and Exhibitions, Archives and Libraries Group, National Library Board, Singapore In Singapore, the...

Informational Page - 22 May 2021

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Best practices, Capacity building, Children, Conceptual models, Digital libraries, E-learning, eBooks, Education, Education and training, Internet access, Library as place, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Lifelong learning, Social inclusion, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

News - 11 February 2021

Tags: IFLA Professional Units, IFLA Strategy, IFLAFromHome, WeAreIFLA, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

With this study, we seek to discover how librarians around the world contribute to making the internet a safer and better place for children and young adults. Results from this survey will be used...

News - 8 February 2021

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

With the lines that follow we would like to memorialize Viviana Quiñones, our dear and outstanding colleague in the IFLA section 'Libraries for Children and Young Adults'. She died...

News - 23 December 2020

Tags: Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Due to the current health-crisis and on behalf of the IFLA’s Literacy and Reading, Public Libraries, Metropolitan Libraries and Libraries for Children’s and Young Adults Professional...

News - 30 January 2020

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

The newsletter shows how libraries are engaging youth with digital tools—whether it is from simply providing access, to harnessing technology to give voice to  young people’s own...

News - 4 August 2019

Tags: book mobile, Children, Croatia, Denmark, Digital inclusion, digital skills, Education and training, Electronic collections, ICT, Internet access, Library outreach, Library services, Literacy, Nigeria, RFID, Russian Federation, Singapore, Sweden, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

In today’s digital age, there is a plethora of entertainment options available to capture a child’s attention. Many children and youth are hooked on social media and technology, hence...

Informational Page - 4 August 2019

Tags: Automation, Best practices, Capacity building, Children, Reading promotion, Singapore, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

In Russia one of the most discussed topics in the professional library community is the Internet of Things (IoT). “The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into...

Informational Page - 4 August 2019

Tags: Internet of Things, IoT, RFID, Technology, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Biblo.dk is owned and created by the Danish public libraries. This is a national online community for tweens aged 7-14 (target group 8-12), where the children’s own content is in the...

Informational Page - 4 August 2019

Tags: Children, Digital inclusion, digital library services, Digitisation, Reading, reading campaign, Reading promotion, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Digitization and online tools provide opportunities for school librarians to actively include their users in creating new library collections. One such example is Digital Collection of Students...

Informational Page - 4 August 2019

Tags: Best practices, Children, Collection development, Digital inclusion, Digital libraries, digital skills, Digitisation, Education and training, Electronic collections, empowerment, Lifelong learning, school libraries, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Dear colleagues, We are delighted that many of our section members will be able to join us for the 85th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Athens, Greece, and...

Informational Page - 4 August 2019

Tags: Best practices, Children, Digital inclusion, Digitisation, Electronic collections, Information literacy, Information technology, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

We are proud to announce that our revised Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18 are now available. After a lengthy survey process, carried out by Dr....

News - 7 December 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Children, Conceptual models, Democracy, Development, Digital resources, Freedom of information, Guidelines, Information literacy, Library as place, Lifelong learning, Literacy, Management, Reading, Research support, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Most often used as a verb, the word adulting is a colloquialism millennials use to describe behaviors that involve anything an adult or grown-up would do in everyday life. This can range from...

Informational Page - 6 December 2018

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

Volunteering in libraries and other cultural institutions in Russia has always been one of the important and discussed issues. Numerous publications in both print and Internet magazines show that...

Informational Page - 6 December 2018

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

For those born in the Digital Age, it is generally assumed that all technology is ubiquitous. Yet, knowing how to navigate the newest social media app and create an entirely online...

Informational Page - 6 December 2018

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

A cooperation between Municipal Library and Mobile Youth Work in Stuttgart The Municipal Library at the Mailänder Platz was the first building to be opened in 2011 in the...

Informational Page - 6 December 2018

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

Over the last 5 years Gateshead Library Service has developed of a series of successful engagement groups across the borough, catering for a wide and diverse range of young people’s...

Informational Page - 6 December 2018

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

In December of 2012 the Munich Municipal Library inaugurated update. young & adult, a program and media offering for young adults starting at 16 years of age.  It was supposed to and was...

Informational Page - 6 December 2018

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

The Standing Committee on Libraries for Children and Young Adults has 5 places to fill in the term 2019-2023. You find all information about the procedure here https://www.ifla.org/node/81922...

News - 8 October 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, Communications, Cooperation, Development, International cooperation, Management, Networking, Nominations, Professional development, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

They held the meeting on August 23rd 2018, one day before the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) opened in Kuala Lumpur. There was a good variety of topics, ranging from establishing...

News - 1 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Children, Development, Digital inclusion, Disadvantaged persons, IFLA Satellite meeting, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library services to people with disabilities, Singapore, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

​ The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section (C&YA Section) have undertaken this revision of the Guidelines for Children's Libraries Services, last published...

Publication - 22 August 2018

Tags: Children, Guidelines, guidelines for childrens libraries, Management, Young adults, Guidelines, Standards, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

On International Youth Day 2018, IFLA released a paper exploring how libraries are working to provide safe spaces for youth. In doing so, they offer useful lessons on how to overcome the...

Publication - 12 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Homelessness, LGBTQ, young adults, Youth involvement, Briefings, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Dear Colleagues, it was nice to see so many of you at World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Colleagues from all over the world came...

Informational Page - 4 August 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Children, Children's libraries, Conferences, Cooperation, Guidelines, Lifelong learning, Literacy, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Theme: Libraries supporting curriculum Editor's note Dear colleagues This newsletter highlights the importance of the school librarian, especially through...

Informational Page - 4 August 2018

Tags: Children, cooperation, Curriculum, Libraries for children, Library as a place, Newsletter, school library, services to children and young adults, young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

2020 WLIC: virtual 2020 Midyear Meeting: virtual 2019 WLIC: Athens, Greece 2019 Midyear Meeting: Tokyo, Japan 2018 WLIC: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

A call for papers is open for papers on theme "Literacy Matters: It takes a community to raise a reader – building a nation of readers and creating a reading culture"  

News - 5 January 2017

Tags: Call for Papers, Conference, Libraries for Children and 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

A space for children, brings to the mind a colourful place, shelves within easy reach of children and a lot of space to run around. A place where children can come and go in their own free time...

Informational Page - 7 December 2016

Tags: articles, Children, children's department, Library as place, library space, Newsletter, 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

Section launches a new project: Collecting and displaying Best Practices for library services for children and young adults. The Best Practices may be events, reading promotions, campaigns...

News - 16 August 2016

Tags: Best practices, best practices, projects, 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, Communications, 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

Good ideas for better libraries – share your experience! How do I reach out to teens? How can I improve the story telling hour at my library? I want to engage parents in...

Informational Page - 28 April 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Children, Communications, Events, Library marketing, Library 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.  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Australia - NSW: Gosford City...

Informational Page - 21 January 2016

Tags: Children, Communications, 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, Communications, 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

2016, a new year has just begun. I really hope and wish that it will be a peaceful one for  everybody on this world. The world of IFLA and more specific of the section Libraries for Children...

Informational Page - 19 January 2016

Tags: Newsletter, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Registration form List of participants Brochure   Description

Informational Page - 18 January 2016

Tags: Children, Communications, 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 practices, 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

Mindfulness helps pupils to be able to take a breather and to start to understand their changing moods We are the school library of an International  Bacchelaureate (IB)  ...

Informational Page - 15 January 2016

Tags: Children, mindfulness, Newsletter, school libraries, 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

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 resources, 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 IFLA Children and Young Adults Section have been given approval by the Committee on Standards to revise the Guidelines for Children's Library Services, last published in 2003. A Working...

News - 23 September 2015

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

The Book Donation Box will be at the LIASA Stand in the South African Hub at the exhibition, stand G110.  Donated books for children can be dropped off there from Sunday afternoon to...

News - 12 August 2015

Tags: Africa, Children, 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, Communications, 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, Library and information science education, Library 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, Communications, 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 resources, Children, Communications, Cooperation, Development, Digitisation, Education, Information literacy, Library as place, MakerSpace, Networking, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

"15 to 20 year olds reading across the world: Why? Where? How?" IFLA Satellite Conference in Paris 2014 - Review of a participant Satellite Conference organised by...

News - 8 June 2015

Tags: Conferences, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The Gosford City Library team was thrilled to launch the IFLA “World Through Picture Books” exhibition at Erina Library on March 5th 2015. The author and illustrator Bruce...

News - 1 June 2015

Tags: Australia, Children, 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 practices, Conferences, Literacy, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The Gosford City Library team was thrilled to launch the IFLA “World Through Picture Books” exhibition at Erina Library on March 5th 2015. The author and illustrator Bruce Whatley...

Informational Page - 1 June 2015

Tags: Children, Library collections, Reading, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The 2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) has been given to PRAESA, the South African project for early and multilingual literacy. In early summer the laureate is...

Event - 13 May 2015

Tags: ALMA, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Awards, Event, Sweden, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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...

News - 24 March 2015

Tags: catalogue, Children, Literacy, Project, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

We are very happy to publish the second edition of The World through Picture Books, enriched with sixteen new annotated lists. This new edition proves even more the very enthusiastic, skilled...

Publication - 27 February 2015

Tags: Literacy, Reading, Publications, Libraries for Children and 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, Communications, 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

IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults opens a call for papers on an off-site session during WLIC conference 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. Theme: Dynamic African...

News - 12 January 2015

Tags: Conferences, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults has an open call for papers for a session in Cape Town WLIC 2015 conference. Theme: Dynamic partnerships for access, development...

News - 12 January 2015

Tags: Conferences, 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

NB: The draft of the complete Minutes can be read from Section Minutes of Meetings webpage. The section has 99 members by now, which is status quo for the last years. We encourage all...

News - 24 October 2014

Tags: France, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Leaflet of Section's aims, activities and contacts. Feel free to print and distribute at your national conferences etc.  Download [English – 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

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 practices, Children, Reading, Russian Federation, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

   [Click on Image to access newsletter site] CONTENTS Section News & Announcements 2: THE CHAIR SPEAKS 3: EDITOR’S NOTE 20: MID-YEAR...

News - 25 July 2013

Tags: Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Children’s Librarians all over the world understand how important picture books in both traditional and digital formats are for children: for their development, their cultural identity, as a...

Publication - 7 June 2013

Tags: Literacy, Reading, Publications, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Every Spring, publishers, authors, international organisations and librarians visit this most prestigious Fair offering exhibitions and a rich programme. This year, IFLA had a stand where...

News - 5 June 2013

Tags: Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Theme: Creating the future: preserving, digitizing and accessing all forms of children's and young adults’ cultural heritage Date: August 14-15, 2013, associated to the 79th Annual...

News - 11 January 2013

Tags: Preservation, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Children’s and young adults’ culture exists in multiple forms and media, from nursery rhymes and oral storytelling to videogames, from printed books to eBooks......

Event - 11 January 2013

Tags: PAC, Preconference, Preservation, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Call for Papers International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults “Unlimited Potential: Children’s Library” June 13-14, 2013, South Korea...

News - 4 January 2013

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The National Library for Children and Young Adults (NLCY) invites speakers to present a paper for the 7th International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults. The symposium...

Event - 4 January 2013

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Dear colleagues, It is in shock and with great sadness that we must announce the sudden decease, in an accident, of Maha Alwan, member of our Standing Committee. A very special...

News - 4 January 2013

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Libraries for Children and Young Adults : Call for Papers Singapore 2013 Future Libraries – Future Librarians – Future Skills : Directions for the education and training of...

News - 20 December 2012

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The conference is organised by IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults and IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), in collaboration with the Thai Library...

News - 14 December 2012

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International Research Abstracts: Youth Library Services 1996-97 (IRAYLS) To help librarians share resources and skills, the Children's Section of IFLA sponsors a database containing abstracts of...

Informational Page - 2 August 2012

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Latest Section SCL Newsletter ~June 2012 issue~ A glimpse of what to expect in this issue :   Family literary efforts in Polish Public Libraries - Pg 4 Best practices...

News - 1 August 2012

Tags: Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The aim of The-World-Through-Picture-Books programme is to create an annotated list of picture books from around the world, recommended by librarians. The programme is led by IFLA ...

Informational Page - 23 July 2012

Tags: Children, picture books, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Libraries for Young People: Breaking through Boundaries Papers: TenThirteen – A library for all senses / Amanda Stenberg, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden...

Publication - 13 June 2012

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How should children's and young adults' libraries look in the 21st century?  What are the new ideas and concepts for library building and design in the digital age? This new book offers a...

News - 28 February 2012

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Session 147 Libraries for Children and Young Adults with Library Services to Multicultural Populations 15 August 2010 Theme: Children's Libraries: open access...

Informational Page - 22 December 2011

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In recent years the library community has seen a renewed interest in library architecture and design. This is due to the change of focus from content and collection development to how libraries...

Publication - 13 December 2011

Tags: Library buildings and equipment, Publications, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The conference, organised by IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults in collaboration with Joensuu Regional Library, Finland, and the Finnish Library Association, will be held in...

News - 8 December 2011

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

IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) is having its 2012 conference on August 23-26 2012 in London, on the theme "Crossing Boundaries: Translations and Migrations...

News - 4 October 2011

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Some of the libraries participating in the project "Sister Libraries for Children's and Young Adult's reading" have made short videos on the work they are doing together. Here are the...

News - 4 October 2011

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Children and young adults services: a voyage in past, present and future Half a century for and with librarians all over the world! We started in Brussels in 1955 — we...

Publication - 7 June 2011

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Your School Librar y's conference on Advocacy, Evidence and Image will help teacher librarians develop strategies to explain the value of the library to administrators, colleagues and parents...

Event - 7 February 2011

Tags: Conference, Conference, Online, Professional development, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The chair of the Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults will be presenting a paper on the experiences in the Netherlands regarding the project: 50+ reading aloud. It is a project that...

News - 12 January 2011

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

Mölnlycke Bibliotek Biblioteksgatan 2 435 30 Mölnlycke, Sweden Off-site meeting information [PDF] Programme [PDF] Contacts: Ingrid Källström Nilsson...

Event - 5 August 2010

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The Section of Libraries for Children and Young Adults issues a regular newsletter for members containing news of children's issues worldwide. There are also news of conferences and projects...

Publication - 8 January 2010

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YALSA announced the finalists for our second annual Morris Award, which honors a first time author writing for YA.  For more information, please see the press release.  The winner...

News - 5 January 2010

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  Ein neues Programm der Sektion Kinder- und Jugendbibliotheken der Internationalen Bibliotheksvereinigung IFLA fördert Partnerschaften zwischen Kinderbibliotheken, die...

Informational Page - 30 December 2009

Tags: Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Browse participating libraries in alphabetical order according to the country: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Argentina: Secundaria Básica N...

Informational Page - 1 November 2009

Tags: Partnerships, Sister libraries, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

  Este es un nuevo programa de la sección de IFLA Bibliotecas para niños y jóvenes: un programa cuyo fin es que las bibliotecas para niños se...

Informational Page - 1 November 2009

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  Il s'agit d'un nouveau projet de la Section Bibliothèques pour enfants et adolescents de l’IFLA. Le but est de permettre aux bibliothèques pour...

Informational Page - 1 November 2009

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  مكتبات شريكة من اجل المطالعة عند الاطفال والناشئة انه مشروع جديد تقوم به شعبة مكتبات الاطفال والناشئة: مشروع بقصد بناء روابط شراكة بين مكتبات الاطفال، مشروع تبادل وجهات...

Informational Page - 1 November 2009

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 Programme Description :  English | وصف البرنامج | Description du programme | Descripcion del programa...

Informational Page - 1 November 2009

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It is a programme of IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults for children’s libraries to build a partnership, exchange views and experiences, collaborate and develop...

Informational Page - 31 October 2009

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The document is an introduction for librarians new to Web 2.0 and Social Media, and who are interested in using publicly accessible social media tools to serve Young Adults in any types of...

Publication - 23 September 2009

Tags: Social Media, Web 2.0, Young people, Guidelines, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Rome Conference list of speakers Kerstin Keller-Loibl, The necessity of language and reading promotion in early childhood: experiences at public libraries in Germany Giovanna Malgaroli ,"...

Publication - 23 September 2009

Tags: Congress papers, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

IFLA Conference Paper PowerPoint slides Kerstin Drotner; Children’s media culture: a key to libraries of the future? Karen Bertrams; Library of 100 talents...

Publication - 21 September 2009

Tags: Congress papers, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Xiamen Pupils’ Cartoon Summer Camp ,which with a theme “Love for the South of Fujian and China” , was holding an opening ceremory in Xiamen Children’s Library on Jul.6th,2009...

News - 4 September 2009

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

Particularly useful to others… It is difficult – and this is confirmed by the survey– to find nowadays a French youth who has not been at least once in his life in a public...

News - 4 September 2009

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

The Young People's Library at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt achieved the Platinum award (1st Level ) in the International CyberFair competition that are described as the largest educational...

News - 12 August 2009

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

Theme: If I was the director..... – How to create/design/decorate libraries for children and young adults in the 21st century Session 103 of the World Library and Information...

Event - 11 August 2009

Tags: Children, Italy, Programme, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The 1st international Conference on children and young adults literature "Postacards from no man's land. Promoting teen literature" will be held in Cagliari, November 12-14, 2009. ...

Event - 11 August 2009

Tags: Conference, Italy, Reading, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

At the Hotel Sheraton, and with the assistance of more than 300 people of the editorial, academic, and intellectual world, the Cámara Chilena del Libro celebrated 59 years of life. In the...

News - 11 August 2009

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

The TD National Reading Summit is the first step towards developing a Canadian national reading strategy, which will foster a reading culture in communities across the country. Three successive...

Event - 5 August 2009

Tags: Advocacy, Canada, Conference, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

From 11 till 13 November 2009 a reading Summit will take place in Toronto, Canada. One of the speakers will be Ingrid Bon, Chair of IFLA section Libraries for Children and Young Adults. More...

News - 5 August 2009

Tags: Canada, Reading, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

      The aim of the first ever International Conference on Children’s Libraries is to deliberate on the potential and scope of Children’s Libraries in...

Event - 5 August 2009

Tags: Advocacy, Children's libraries, Children's literature, Conference, India, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Australia -  Gosford City Library, Gosford Application Send us your best practice using the form in Microsoft Word format or in PDF format.

Informational Page - 27 May 2009

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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 practices, 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 practices, Children, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The recent WLIC presentations are stored in IFLA Library. Click the title of session to read the presentations.   2018 Satellite Conference ...

Informational Page - 25 May 2009

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New in 2021: Safer Internet Day The Safer Internet Day working group started with an initiative at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) Athens in August 2019. With support...

Informational Page - 25 May 2009

Tags: Collaboration, cooperation, projects, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

This publication, IFLA 'Guidelines for Library Services for Young Adults' provides a framework for developing services to young adults and libraries, for the international community. It...

Publication - 25 May 2009

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The purpose of these Guidelines is to inform decision makers, to give guidance to the international library community about children's needs and rights on information, literacy and reading and...

Publication - 25 May 2009

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The Guidelines are developed as a joint project (2006-2007) of all sections of IFLA Division of Libraries Serving the General Public, and coordinated by the Libraries for Children and Young Adults...

Publication - 25 May 2009

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Members of the Standing Committees of the IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section and the Reading Section, gathered in Durban for the annual World Library and Information Congress...

Publication - 25 May 2009

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"Literacy Training for Children and Young Adults in Public Libraries (2008)" "Internet and Children’s Library Services (2007)" This statement is offered...

Publication - 25 May 2009

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Publication - 25 April 2009

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Publication - 25 April 2009

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Scope The Section's major purpose is to support the provision of the library service and reading promotion to children and young adults throughout the world. Its main objectives are to...

Informational Page - 31 March 2009

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The Section's major purpose is to support the provision of the library service and reading promotion to children and young adults throughout the world. Its main objectives are to promote...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Sections, Libraries for Children and Young Adults