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Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section

Strategic Plan
2009-2010

Mission

The Section's overall mission is to raise awareness of the importance of lifelong learning, lifelong literacy, children's reading and their rights to information by advocating and encouraging the development of library services for children and young adults all over the world.

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Goals

1. Encouraging the roles of the children's and young adults' librarians in the future

Professional priorities : (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (f) Promoting resource sharing; (h) Developing library professionals; (i) Promoting standards, guidelines and best practice.

Actions

1.1 To translate the three Sections Guidelines (Babies and Toddlers, Children, Revised Young Adults) in as many languages as possible

Continually

1.2 To present and promote all three Sections Guidelines in journals, at conferences and on IFLANET

Continually

1.3 To disseminate all three Sections Guidelines, encourage the translations and international networking among professionals and to continue the education and training of young adults' librarians

Continually

1.4 To collect the best practices on IFLANET

Continually

1.5 To translate as many as possible the Children's Guidelines Background text on IFLANET

Continually

1.6 Start working on sister libraries

2008-2009

1.7. Pilot Youth International Project

2009

2. Raising awareness of the importance of literacy and encouraging the role of children's and young adults' libraries and librarians in literacy promotion and training.

Professional priorities : (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (c) Promoting literacy and reading; (f) Promoting Resource Sharing; (h) Developing library professionals.

Actions

2.1 To publish and translate the statement on literacy training in libraries for children and young adults in IFLA and other languages

2009-2010

2.2 To publish and translate the statement on Children and Internet in libraries in IFLA and other languages

2009-2010

2.3 To disseminate statement on literacy training in children's and young adults' libraries and statement on Children and Internet in libraries (conferences, IFLANET, SCL News)

2009 and future

3. Promoting and advocating for excellence in children's literature and in reading projects/programs by nominating them for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Professional priorities : (c) Promoting Literacy, Reading and Lifelong Learning; (f) Promoting resource sharing

Actions

3.1 To complete the nomination for the author or illustrator of children's books and the nomination for reading project or person promoting reading among children for ALMA

May 2009

3.2 To present the nominations and winners in SCL News

Continually

4. Networking with the professionals in children's and young adults' librarianship

Professional priorities : (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (f) Promoting resource sharing; (h) Developing library professionals; (j) Supporting the infrastructure of library associations

Actions

4.1 To update Section's web page on IFLANET

Continually

4.2 To publish two issues of the SCL Newsletter a year

2009-2010

4.3 To update the Section's leaflet

2009-2010

4.4 To provide information about the work of the Section and Standing Committee (Minutes, SCL News, mailing list)

Continually

4.5 To include in the SCL Newsletter articles about successful projects in children's and youth librarianship or related to it (International and local projects)

Continually

4.6 To organise a mid-year SC meeting (business meeting and library visits)

2009

5. Promoting the partnership within IFLA by working on a joint programmes and projects with other sections and with the Division III

Professional priorities : (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (f) Promoting resource sharing; (h) Developing library professionals; (i) Promoting standards, guidelines and best practice; (j) Supporting the infrastructure of library associations

5.1 To set up joint programmes with section Libray buildings and equipment at the Milan conference.

2009

5.2 To produce common papers/statements

2009

5.3 Participating in the Open Forum of the Division III ( Quebec and Milan Conferences)

2008-2009

6. Partnership and co-operation with IGO's and NGO's in library, literature, literacy and reading promotion

Professional priorities : (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (c) Promoting literacy, reading and lifelong learning; (f) Promoting resource sharing; (h) Developing library professionals

Actions

6.1 To co-operate with IRA (International Reading Association) and IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) according the Memorandum of Understanding 2005; to advocate for the Memorandum on global and local level

ongoing

6.2. To work on a joint project with IRA, IBBY on reading promotion

2009

6.3 To support and promote the ICDL (International Children's Digital Library) according the Agreement on Partnership Between IFLA/Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section and the International Children's Digital Library agreed in Oslo 2005

ongoing

6.4 To review the Agreement by the SC each two years

2009

7. The preparation and realisation of the Section's CHILD Milan 2009 Conference programme

Professional priorities : (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (c) Promoting literacy, reading and lifelong learning; (d) Providing unrestricted access to information; (h) Developing library professionals; (i) Promoting standards, guidelines and best practice; (j) Supporting the infrastructure of library associations.

Actions

7.1 To prepare the Milan conference: "Libraries create futures: building on cultural heritage" with section Library buildings and equipment for a joint session

2009

7.2 To disseminate the information on the Conference's programme and activities (by SCL News, IFLANET, e-mailing and post)

2009

7.3 Preparing the agenda of the session, meetings, visits of libraries and other conference activities

2009

7.4 To work together with the Sections Literacy and Reading on the joint pre-conference Raising a Nation of Readers: Libraries as Partners in National Reading Projects and Programmes in Rome, Italy

2009

7.5 Preparing the poster for the Poster Session to promote the Children's, YA and babies Guidelines and/or The Section

2009

8. The preparation of the Section's CHILD Brisbane 2010 Conference programme

Professional priorities : (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (c) Promoting literacy, reading and lifelong learning; (h) Developing library professionals; (j) Supporting the infrastructure of library associations

 Actions

8.1 To work on the 2010 Conference programme under the overall Conference theme

2009

8.3 To issue a call for papers and to disseminate the information on the Conference's programme and activities (by SCL News, web page, e-mailing and post);

2009

8.4 Preparing the agenda of the session, meetings, visits of libraries and other conference activities

2010

8.5 Preparing the poster for the Poster Session to promote the Children's, YA and babies Guidelines and/or The Section

2010