International Board on Books (IBBY) & International Children ’ s Digital Library (ICDL)

1. International Board on Books (IBBY) & International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) Jennifer Wilkin LIS 760

2. What is IBBY? “The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.”

3. Mission • to promote international understanding through children's books • to give children everywhere the opportunity to have access to books with high literary and artistic standards • to encourage the publication and distribution of quality children's books, especially in developing countries • to provide support and training for those involved with children and children's literature • to stimulate research and scholarly works in the field of children's literature

4. How it began… organization in Zurich, Switzerland. The founding members included: Erich Kästner, Lisa Tetzner, Astrid Lindgren, Jo Tenfjord, Fritz Brunner, Bettina Hürlimann and Richard Bamberger. 1952- Jella Lepman (German journalist, author and translator) organized International Understanding through Children’s Book in Munich, Germany. This meeting gathered authors, publishers, teachers and philosophers. A committee was appointed to create the International Board on Books for Young People – IBBY. 1953- IBBY was registered as a non-profit

5. Organization Members of the National Sections: Authors, illustrators, publishers, editors, translators, journalists, critics, teachers, university professors, students, librarians, booksellers, social workers and parents. Executive Committee: 10 people from different countries and a President, elected biennially by the National Sections at a General Assembly during the IBBY Congresses. They work on a voluntary basis. Secretariat: The daily management of IBBY's affairs is conducted from its Secretariat based in Basel, Switzerland.

6. National Sections - Receive all IBBY information (IBBY Newsletter, Press Releases, IBBY’s journal Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature). Are entitled to vote in the IBBY Membership Assembly and has the right to nominate the serving IBBY Officers. Have the exclusive right to nominate candidates for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award and titles for the IBBY Honour List. Each section pays an annual membership due and must submit a biennial report of their activities. The IBBY Executive Committee decides on the amount of dues for each National Section upon the following criteria: the member country’s economic standing, its standard of living, its children’s book production and the country’s presence on the international book market.

7. IBBY Documentation Centre of Books for Disabled Young People Activities International Children's Book Day IBBY Honour List

8. Tsunami Relief Program These projects were initiated immediately following the 2005 Tsunami disaster that hit the Indian Ocean region. Indonesia India Thailand The Maldives

9. Programs: IBBY Yamada Program Teams with 60 National Sections to help to produce and develop a book culture for children within regions with special needs and lack support. The Campaign includes the following projects: Books for Africa – Books from Africa Develop networking in Asia and in the Pacific Campaign for reading in Central America and the Caribbean Campaign for reading in the Arab speaking countries Keep national children’s literature alive!

10. Programs: IBBY Children in Crisis The purpose of IBBY Fund for Children in Crisis fund is to provide support for children whose lives have been disrupted through war, civil disorder or natural disaster. Goals: Therapeutic use of books and storytelling in the form of bibliotherapy. Creation or replacement of collections of selected books that are appropriate to the situation.

11. Asahi Reading Promotion Award The Asahi Reading Promotion Award was established in 1986 during the IBBY Congress in Tokyo. Sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper company. Presented biennially to two groups or institutions whose outstanding activities are judged to be making a lasting contribution to reading promotion programs for children and young people. Nominations are submitted by the National Sections of IBBY and may include projects from any part of the world. The jury consists of members of the IBBY Executive Committee.

12. Hans Christian Andersen Awards The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are presented biennially to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature. The Author's Award has been given since 1956 and the Illustrator's Award has been given since 1966. It is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. Nominations are made by the National Sections of IBBY and the recipients are selected by a distinguished international jury of children's literature specialists.

13. Books for AfricaBooks from Africa This virtual exhibition has chosen and reviewed 84 books from Africa for Africa. Picture Books Children’s Fiction Folk Tales Young Adult Fiction Others

14. Congress IBBY's congress is a biennial gathering of IBBY members and other people involved in children's books and reading development from all over the world to network and exchange ideas. Every two years a different National Section hosts the Congress. Several hundred people attend the lectures, panel discussions, seminar sessions and workshops on relevant congress themes. An IBBY Congress is also allotted time for the presentation of different exhibitions and awards such as the Hans Christian Andersen Awards and the IBBY Honour List. Congress 2012

15. IBBY Partnerships CODE: Canada's International Literacy Agency for Children “In developing countries, we support a network of partner organizations to design, deliver and evaluate quality literacy programs. We also engage Canadians to participate in education initiatives on global issues. Our programs support libraries and teacher training as well as national and local book publishing in about 20 languages in Africa and the Caribbean.” International Reading Association – IRA “Since 1956, IRA has been a nonprofit, global network of individuals and institutions committed to worldwide literacy. More than 70,000 members strong, the Association supports literacy professionals through a wide range of resources, advocacy efforts, volunteerism, and professional development activities. Our members promote high levels of literacy for all.” International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions – IFLA

16. Donations to IBBY -IBBY Appeal for Japan (2011) -IBBY Appeal for Pakistan (2010) -IBBY Haiti Appeal (2010)

17. International Children’s Digital Library “The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children.”

18. Foundation Goals Collection Create a collection of more than 10,000 books in at least 100 languages that is freely available to children, teachers, librarians, parents, and scholars throughout the world via the Internet.  Each collection should reflect similarities and differences in cultures, societies, interests, lifestyles, and priorities of peoples around the world. Identify proper materials that help children to understand the world around them and the global society in which they live. It is hoped that through a greater understanding of one another that tolerance and acceptance can be achieved. Education - Build a stronger understanding of the relationship between children's access to a digital collection of multicultural materials and children's attitudes toward books, libraries, reading, technology, and other countries and cultures. Technology - Seek assistance from children worldwide in the design and development of computer interface technologies that support children in searching, browsing, reading, and sharing books in electronic form. Business - Develop a program that insures the Library’s growth in accordance with its strategic priorities and in a manner that supports its outstanding human and intellectual resources to achieve the Library's mission of reaching as many children as possible with the best of children's literature.

19. Fast Facts The ICDL collection includes 4643 books in 61 languages. ICDL users come from 228 different countries. The ICDL has been visited by over 3 million people since it was developed in November, 2002.

20. Top Ten (2009): United States (53%)Peru (4%)India (4%)Canada (3%)United Kingdom (3%)Israel (2%)Australia (2%)Spain (2%)Taiwan (2%)Mexico (2%)

21. Kidsteam ICDL works with children from around the world for help designing and testing the ICDL interfaces, reviewing books, and sharing their impressions about the role of books, libraries, technology, and culture in their lives. ICDL researchers currently work with 19 children at 5 different international sites. To learn about these sites and the children at each one, select from the list below. College Park, MD, USA Chicago, IL, USA La Ceiba, Honduras Munich, Germany Wellington, New Zealand

22. Partners Organizations American Library Association (ALA) Center for the Book International Youth Library  (IJB), Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section/International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Library of Congress (LOC) Advisors Librarian advisory board, International advisory board, Additional suthors, illustrators and researchers Collection development Publishers, Book Contributors Volunteers Translators Sponsors

23. Research International Research with ChildrenFunded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the International Research with Children project works in four countries to explore how children perceive other cultures outside of their own and to describe the role of books, libraries, technology, and culture in children's lives. ICDL CommunitiesFunded by the NSF, the ICDL Communities research project works to enable communities of children to develop around the ICDL book collection by building tools that allow intercultural communication between children. Research ProgramsFunded by a large number of concerned individuals and organizations, The International Children's Digital Library Foundation supports directly a number of research projects in Library Sciences, Computer Science and Education. This support provides the foundation upon which the Library has been built.

24. Get Involved Member/Sponsor Book contributor Volunteer Library Translator Library ambassador Recommend a book for featured books Check out the Gift Shop Get the Apps (ICDL for iPhone/iPad or StoryKit)

25. Bibliography International Board on Books for Young People. IBBY, 4 July 2012. Web. 1 July 2012. <http://www.ibby.org/>. International Children's Digital Library. ICDL Foundation, n.d. Web. 1 July 2012. <http://en.childrenslibrary.org/>. Paul, Sturges, and Neill Richard. "An Alien Implant." The Quiet Struggle: Information and Libraries for the People of Africa. 88-114. Print.