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The world in which children are growing up is changing at enormous speed. The way they engage with media technologies are developing at an unprecedented rate. Social networking is transforming the ways in which they communicate. Modifications to educational policies and practices will have a profound impact on what they are taught and how they learn. Views about what childhood and family mean are constantly evolving.
What are the implications of all these changes for library provision? How should libraries respond? What should their role be in relation to children? How can they maintain their relevance? These are questions of vital importance. The future of public library services will be in the hands of the children of today.
Benefits of attending
This new course provides an opportunity to explore childhood today and how public library services can and should fit into children’s lives. The course will focus on provision for 0-12 year-olds.
By the end of the event participants will:
- considered how it feels to be a child today
- explored the transformations to children’s lives over recent years and what they mean for public library provision
- discussed the implications of changes to the school curriculum, teaching methods and the extended schools initiative
- broadened their understanding of the role of community engagement
- examined children’s engagement with social media and appropriate library responses
- identified ways to work effectively with children and families
Who should attend?
Heads of children’s services, children’s librarians, others with an interest in children’s library services.
Programme
- Children’s lives today
- The role of the library
- Effective service delivery
- Strategies for action
Places are limited to: 16
9.15 Registration & coffee - 12.45 Lunch - 4.30 Close
Course leader: Anne Harding
Fees
CILIP personal members: £185 plus VAT £217.38
CILIP organisation members: £225 plus VAT £264.38
Non members: £265 plus VAT £311.38
Updated: 28 May 2008