Content tagged Children

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

Safer Internet Day is an annual event that brings together diverse stakeholders from around the globe to empower young internet users, raise awareness and support skills-building to...

Publication - 21 January 2021

Tags: Children, Digital inclusion, Young adults, Publications

Drawing on the library sector’s experiences, IFLA has prepared a response to the call for inputs launched by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR) Special...

Publication - 1 October 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Children, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Human rights, Privacy in libraries, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Libraries work to protect the online safety and wellbeing of their patrons and communities by promoting digital literacy and offering inclusive ICT skills training and assistance. On Safer...

News - 10 February 2020

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

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

Loving the Rural Community Children with Open Spaces for ICT in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges The incorporation of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to enhance children...

Informational Page - 4 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Best practices, Children, digital gap, digital skills, Digitisation, Education, empowerment, Internet access, Nigeria, Social inclusion, 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

The first selection from the SDG Book Club, in all official UN languages, is now online. This offers an excellent starting point to get discussions going around SDG 1 – No Poverty...

News - 2 April 2019

Tags: Children, Development, Literacy, Sustainable development, Literacy and Reading

IFLA’s Standing Committee on Libraries for Children and Young Adults is seeking articles for our next newsletter about youth services librarianship and best practices from around the world...

News - 20 March 2019

Tags: Best practices, Children, E-learning, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, eLending, Freedom of information, Information literacy, Information policies, Young adults

IFLA is participating in the SDG Book Club, an initiative launched by the United Nations alongside organisations representing publishers, booksellers and books for youth. Through this, we hope to...

News - 15 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Children, Development, Literacy, SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

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

The Global Alliance for Literacy Policy Forum offers an opportunity for governments, international institutions and others to come together to find effective ways to tackle illiteracy. IFLA will...

Event - 11 November 2018

Tags: adult learning, Children, children, Conference, Information Literacy, Lifelong learning, Literacy, Mexico, UNESCO, Young people, Literacy and Reading

Children deserve access to the education, opportunities, and resources needed to read. Be an advocate for every child, everywhere. Download the poster and learn more about every child's right...

News - 5 October 2018

Tags: Children, Literacy, Reading

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

IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2018 - Satellite Conference Singapore 23 August The Satellite Conference was organized by the Library Services to People with Special Needs and...

Informational Page - 25 August 2018

Tags: Accessibility, Children, Conferences, Library services to people with disabilities, Young adults, Library Services to People with Special Needs

​ 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

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

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 “Relindial Cartonera” project is one easy way to highlight the input of libraries in the diversity dialogue. It is supposed to be driven by a librarian or a group of librarians...

Publication - 29 January 2018

Tags: Children, Religions, Resource Guides, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

The Relindial cartonera project This “Relindial Cartonera” project is one easy way to highlight the input of libraries in the diversity dialogue. It is supposed to be driven...

Informational Page - 15 June 2017

Tags: Children, Education, Multicultural populations, Religions, Sustainability, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

Libraries have always been about giving people access to the knowledge they need to take on the world. Through promoting literacy, innovation and creativity, they empower users to discover new...

News - 7 February 2017

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

Public libraries are at the heart of many communities. They welcome people from all backgrounds, providing a safe space, and often a source of pride. Throughout history, they have been...

Informational Page - 18 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Children, Copyright, Minority groups

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

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

The LSN session this year focuses on library services to persons experiencing homelessness from different perspectives, including the users perspective. It is also part of the work on developing...

News - 12 August 2016

Tags: Children, Conferences, Disadvantaged persons, Displaced persons, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs

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

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

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

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 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

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

Italy coordinator's personal experiences on participating on prject The World through Picture Books It seems impossible but it's true: Italy didn't participate in the first...

Informational Page - 24 June 2015

Tags: Children, projects, The World through Picture Books

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tags: Children, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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

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

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

Tags: Children, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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

Tags: Children, 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

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

Tags: Children, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

For the Classification & Indexing Section Open Session we invite presentations showing new and innovative ways of providing subject access to users from all types of libraries –...

News - 10 January 2012

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Children, Classification and indexing, Conferences, Digital resources, Electronic collections, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Finland, Indexing, Information technology, Library collections, Metadata, Online public access catalogues, Resource discovery, Subject Analysis and Access

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

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

Tags: Children, Sister libraries, 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

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

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