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International Board on Books (IBBY)
International Childrens Digital Library (ICDL)

• Jennifer Wilkin
• LIS 760

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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.

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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

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How it began

• 1952- Jella Lepman (German journalist, author and
  translator) organized International Understanding
  through Childrens 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

organization in Zurich, Switzerland. The
founding members included Erich Kästner, Lisa
Tetzner, Astrid Lindgren, Jo Tenfjord, Fritz
Brunner, Bettina Hürlimann and Richard Bamberger.
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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.

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National Sections

• - Receive all IBBY information (IBBY Newsletter,
  Press Releases, IBBYs journal Bookbird A
  Journal of International Childrens 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 countrys economic
  standing, its standard of living, its childrens
  book production and the countrys presence on the
  international book market.

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Activities

• IBBY Honour List

IBBY Documentation Centre of Books for Disabled
Young People
International Children's Book Day
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Tsunami Relief Program

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

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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 childrens literature alive!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Books for AfricaBooks from Africa

• This virtual exhibition has chosen and reviewed
  84 books from Africa for Africa.
• Picture Books
• Childrens Fiction
• Folk Tales
• Young Adult Fiction
• Others

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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

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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

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Donations to IBBY

• -IBBY Appeal for Japan (2011)
• -IBBY Appeal for Pakistan (2010)
• -IBBY Haiti Appeal (2010)

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International Childrens 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.

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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 Librarys
  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.

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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.

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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)

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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

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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

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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.

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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)

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Bibliography

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