Conferences and highlights
2023
- Sister Libraries Webinar: Collaboration and partnership library initiatives for children and young users, 9 February, on Zoom.
Watch a recording of the webinar on YouTube - Midyear Meeting: 23-27 May, Singapore
- WLIC Satellite Meeting: Young Children’s Journeys into Reading, 19 August, The Hague, The Netherlands
- WLIC: 21-25 August, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2022
- Midyear Meeting: 24-27 March, Oslo, Norway
- WLIC: 26-29 July, Dublin, Ireland
Session 111: Engaging Youth Services Librarians: Enabling Collaborations to Update the IFLA Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18
Session 143: Read, Play, Learn – Safely!: Inspiring Youth Services Librarians with Global Connections
Session 152: Climate Action in Libraries: Creating a More Sustainable Future by Engaging and Inspiring Youth
2021
- Midyear Meeting presentations: March 19, virtual event
Challenges and Opportunities of Dealing with Covid-19
Watch a recording of the presentations on YouTube
1. Actions for children in kinder gardens and how we handled the cancelling of a large festival – Søren Dahl Mortensen, Denmark
2. Children’s Library Services in the “New Normal” – Melanie Ramirez, Philippines
3. Keep distance, stay connected : new practices at Tokyo Children’s Library – Emiko Goeku, Japan
4. Navigating Children and Teens programmes in the “New Normal” – Huey Bin Heng, Singapore
5. Remote work: documents, communications, planning – Anton Purnik, Russia - WLIC: August 17-19, virtual event
Session: Librarians Figure It Out: Safer Internet, Pandemic Lessons, and Reading around the World
2019
- Midyear Meeting: Tokyo, Japan
- WLIC Satellite Meeting: New Library Professionals for Children and Young Adults, Belgrade, Serbia
- WLIC: August 24-30, Athens, Greece
Session 274: Digital Opportunities and Challenges for Library Services to Children and Youth
1. Mixing it up! Coding in classical reading promotion – Benjamin Scheffler, Germany
2. The making of Bibblix – a library e-book app for children – Salomon Hellman, Sweden
3. Providing Electronic Services Through Readers’ Mobile Devices at the Russian State Library for Young Adults – Anton Purnik, Russia
4. Sommarles – reading as a competition. What impact a reading campaign has on a small library in Norway – Jorun Systad, Norway
2018
- Midyear Meeting: Florence, Italy
- WLIC Satellite Meeting: August 23, Singapore
- WLIC: 24-30 August, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2017
- WLIC: 19-25 August, Wroclaw, Poland
2016
- WLIC: August 13-19, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Literacy matters: strategies, awards and campaigns for supporting development through literacy and reading Session 165- Literacy and Reading with Libraries for Children and Young Adults, Public Libraries and School Libraries
2015
- WLIC: August 15-21 Cape Town, South Africa
Dynamic partnerships for access development and transformation in libraries for young people – session 76Dynamic African Libraries for Young People: showcasing best practices to inspire us all – session 162
Dynamic Libraries for Young People: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Section, Working Internationally Now for Stronger Libraries1. IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults: 60 Years Working for Stronger Library Services for Young People – Viviana Quiñones, France
2. Yesterday into Tomorrow: The Exciting Progress of South African Literature for Young Readers – Jay Heale, Author and Critic of Children’s Literature, Editor of Bookchat, South Africa
3. The Section’s Programmes: Achievements and Perspectives. The New Edition of The World Through Picture Books Professional Development Through Sister Libraries
The New Edition of The World Through Picture Books – Annie Everall
Professional Development Through Sister Libraries – Ulla Pötsönen
2014
- WLIC: August 16-22, Lyon, France
Libraries creating content for/with children and young adults – Session 120
Libraries in Africa meeting the needs of children and young adults – Session 144
Transmedia as a cultural approach for children and young adults – Session 168
Opening up to the world – IFLA participative programs for children’s and young adults’ libraries – Session 222 - Post-conference: August 23 Paris, France
Theme: 15 to 20 year olds reading across the world: Why? Where? How?
2013
- World Library and Information Congress: August 17-23, Singapore
Theme: Future Libraries – Future Librarians – Future Skills: Directions for the education and training of children’s and youth librarians – the challenge of identifying competencies and encouraging professional development in the digital age - Pre-conference: August 14-15, Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: Creating the future: preserving, digitizing and accessing all forms of children’s and young adults’ cultural heritage
2012
- World Library and Information Congress: 11-17 August, Helsinki, Finland
Theme: Picture books in libraries now! - Pre-conference: 9-12 August, Joensuu, Finland
Theme: Libraries for Young People: Breaking through Boundaries
2011
- World Library and Information Congress: 13-18 August, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme: Can we keep up with the changes or are the children our teachers?Offsite presentations:
- The magic of Libraries for children and young adults in Puerto Rico (La magia de las bibliotecas para niños y adolescentes en Puerto Rico)
CINDY JIMÉNEZ-VERA - An introduction to children’s books or Puerto Rico (Introducción a la literatura infantil puertorriqueña)
ANGÉLICA CARRILLO-TOSTE - The art to motivate children to read through technological strategies (El arte de motivar niños a la lectura a través de estrategias tecnológicas)
ANGÉLICA CARRILLO-TOSTE - The creation of comic strips by children to solve mathematical problems (La creación de tirillas cómicas por niños para la solución de problemas de matématicas)
MARGARITA DELGADO-RODRÍGUEZ
2010
- World Library and Information Congress: 10-15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden
Theme: Children’s libraries: Open access to different cultures?
2009
- World Library and Information Congress: 24 August 2009, Milan, Italy
Theme: If I was the director…
Keynotes and presentations Milan
Keynotes and presentations Rome satellite conference; Raising a nation of readers
2008
- World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada
Theme: Setting sail for new horizons: what tools do we need and do we want?
Other conferences
Programme & Proceedings of Pre-conference, Stavanger, Norway, 10-11 August 2005
Theme: Public Libraries – from Public Education to What? Designing a new strategies for Public Paradises to Adults, Children and Young