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April 2020 Newsletter on Children’s Libraries' Services during Corona Pandemic is online

Our April 2020 Newsletter brings best practices and interesting reports on library services to children and young adults in times of Corona pandemic from around the world to you.

27 April 2020

Satellite Meeting on Reading Journeys in Oxford August 12/13-2020 has been postponed

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 Units we announce with disappointed heart (and a logical head) that the IFLA Reading Journeys Satellite Conference in Oxford in August 2020 will not proceed. We might be able to set up another date if the situation allows future planning again.

30 January 2020 | Libraries for Children and Young Adults, Children, Literacy, Reading, Young adults

Newsletter on "Digital Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries for Children and Young Adults" is online

4 August 2019 | Libraries for Children and Young Adults, Children, Digital inclusion, Education and training, Electronic collections, Internet access, Literacy, Library outreach, Library services, Young adults, Croatia, Denmark, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Singapore, Sweden, digital skills, RFID, book mobile, ICT

Newsletter on Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Call for papers

20 March 2019 | Best practices, Children, E-learning, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, eLending, Freedom of information, Information literacy, Information policies, Young adults

Revised Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18 years published

We are deeply grateful for the contribution of the international library community on the work with the guidelines.

7 December 2018 | Libraries for Children and Young Adults, 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

Call for Nominations for Section Standing Committees 2019-2023 is online

8 October 2018 | Libraries for Children and Young Adults, Advocacy, Capacity building, Communications, Cooperation, Development, International cooperation, Management, Networking, Nominations, Professional development, Young adults

Satellite meeting on “Inclusive Library Services for Children and Young Adults” in Singapore

Together the Sections "Library Services to People with Special Needs" and "Libraries for Children and Young Adults" organized a satellite meeting on “Inclusive Library Services for Children and Young Adults”.

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

Call for online Articles: Young Adults at the Library

The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section invites proposals for online articles to be included in the December 2018 Newsletter with the special theme: Young adults at the library.

9 August 2018 | children, services to children and young adults, Library, public library, Young people, young adults, Newsletter

Let your voice be heard: an invitation to a discussion in Florence

In cooperation with AIB Toscana, AIB Commissione Biblioteche e Servizi per ragazzi, Biblioteche Comunali Fiorentine, DILL International Master Digital Library Learning (Università di Parma), IFLA Standing Committee Libraries for Children and Young Adults: "Let your voice be heard: an invitation to an Italian discussion about the new IFLA guidelines for libraries for children and young adults."

1 March 2018

Call for Proposals for "Catalysts for environmental and social sustainability" - Open Session in Kuala Lumpur

DEADLINE EXTENDED: The IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group joined with Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section, invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held during IFLA WLIC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 24-30 August 2018.

10 January 2018

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