The present status of library services to children and young adults in Japanese public libraries and their future

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Midori Kanazawa
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Children And Young Adults

Children and Young Adults – Hospital Patients, Prisoners, and with Developmental Disorders – Who Cannot Come to Slovenian Public Libraries: A National Survey

Libri ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Polona Vilar ◽  
Milena Bon
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Children And Young Adults

AbstractThe paper presents the first national survey of public library services to three user groups in the context of children and young adults: hospital patients, prisoners, and persons with developmental disorders. The study was two-part: first the data on potential users and their characteristics was gathered. This was used to prepare the main survey of the existing public library services in Slovenia, undertaken in 2012 and 2013. The results show that of the three user groups in question, two (hospital patients and prisoners) are more localised, being the focus of individual public libraries working in the area where hospitals or prisons are located, while persons with developmental disorders are spread throughout the country and as such relevant to a larger number of libraries. The first two groups also have more potential for development, because Slovenian public libraries offer much richer services for users with developmental disorders. Nevertheless, positive trends were observed in most areas.

The relationships between the expenditures and resources of public libraries and children’s and young adults’ use: An exploratory analysis of Institute of Museum and Library Services public library statistics data

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soohyung Joo ◽  
Maria Cahill
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Library Program ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Material Circulation

Children’s librarians have long recognized the value of libraries for the development of children and adolescents and have championed for appropriate funding to support programs and services targeted to children, adolescents, and families. Using data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Public Library Survey, this study examined the relationships between the expenditures and resources of public libraries and children’s and young adults’ use. Three groups of variables were chosen from the dataset to represent expenditures, resources, and children’s and young adults’ library use respectively. Correlation analysis results reveal that most of the expenditures and resources variables were significantly correlated with children’s and young adults’ library use in libraries of all sizes. Further, analyses of material circulation and program attendance rates reveal that children’s materials account for more than one-third of total library material circulations and 70% of public library program participants attend programs designed for children. The findings of this study provide empirical evidence to support the investment in library resources and services for children and young adults and are discussed in light of expansion of library services and programming focused on informal learning.

scholarly journals Analysis of Genre and Subject Representation in the Children’s and Young Adults’ Cataloging Program (CYAC) Bibliographic Metadata for Fiction Books

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav Zavalin
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
School Library ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
The 1960S

Bibliographic metadata that represents resources for children and young adults is important in providing access to these materials for school library users. In school library systems this bibliographic metadata exists in the form of records that are usually created in collaboration between publishers and cataloging agencies. Children’s and Young Adults’ Cataloging (CYAC) Program has been working at the Library of Congress since the 1960s to provide services for school and public libraries. This paper reports analysis of genre and subject representation in bibliographic metadata for fiction books created by the CYAC program. This metadata is important for discovery and supports genrefication efforts.

scholarly journals Professional Meetings at the Russian State Library for Young Adults

2014 ◽  
pp. 128-132
Author(s):  
M. P. Zakharenko
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
State Library ◽  
Russian Conference

There is presented an overview of held at the Russian State Library for Young Adults of the professional meetings of the All-Russian Conference of the Directors of Specialized Youth, Children-Youth and Public Libraries, working with young people, as well as the interim meetings of the Standing Committee of IFLA Section of Libraries for Children and Young Adults.

scholarly journals Popularization of Graphic Novels in Russia and the Role of the Russian State Library for Young Adults in Formation of Loyal Library Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 610-619
Author(s):  
Alexander I. Kunin
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Graphic Novels ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Evolutionary Stage ◽  
Book Market ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Russian State ◽  
State Library

The article presents the attempt to generalize the experience of working with graphic novels (comics, manga, etc.) available in the domestic book sector. The author considers the main stages of development in the historical perspective of forms and methods of popularization and distribution of graphic novels in Russia. At the first stage, formation of the segment of graphic novels in Russia was associated with the development of the festival movement. At the second stage — with the publishing boom and distribution of publications. Later — with work with a reader of graphic novels in libraries. Development of the festival movement was carried out due to the interest, first, in Japanese cartoons (anime) and Japnese graphic novels (manga), and secondly, in American comics and European graphic novels.The author presents the festival movement in the context of the main directions: anime festivals and comics festivals (with special emphasis on the work of the ‘KomMissia’ [ComMission] festival). The article gives general characteristics of these types of festivals and reveals the degree of their involvement in the processes of forming the readership and professional environment at a certain evolutionary stage.Bookstores and public libraries are the traditional operators of book dissemination and popularization of knowledge. The author explains why the integration of graphic novels into these spaces was delayed. The article notes the importance of reader communities in social networks in creating alternative channels for selling the products of publishers of graphic novels. In 2010, the Russian State Library for Young Adults (RSLYA) established the Centre for comics and visual culture, collecting graphic novels and providing methodological assistance to libraries that use graphic novels in their work. At present, it is the Centre for graphic novels and images that provides comprehensive support to libraries. The author highlights the role of the RSLYA as a methodological centre for library services to young people in the formation of loyalty to the new phenomenon among Russian library professionals. Based on the studied processes, the article gives characteristics of graphic novels as a new segment of the Russian book market with its inherent features of positioning in the reader’s environment.

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