Conferences

2017

• WLIC August 19-25, 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 76

  Dynamic 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 Libraries

  1. 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: Aufust 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

Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Last update: 3 August 2018