{"id":16550,"date":"2017-09-22T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T16:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=16550"},"modified":"2017-09-17T15:55:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T19:55:22","slug":"on-the-road-with-alsc-at-ifla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/on-the-road-with-alsc-at-ifla\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Road with ALSC\u2026 at IFLA!"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALSC members Christine Caputo and Marianne Martens recently attended the 2017 International Federation of Libraries and Associations and Institutions<\/a> (IFLA) in Wroclaw (pronounced something like vrot-slav), Poland. Wroclaw is a beautiful city in western Poland, that in 2016 was both the European capital of culture and also the world book capital. The world book capital makes perfect sense based on the number of bookstores in the city, and the beautiful libraries.<\/p>\n

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Wroclaw Poland Centennial Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The conference was held in Wroclaw\u2019s Centennial Hall, designed by architect Max Berg, and built in 1913. It has a 23 meter high concrete dome that rivals some of the biggest domed buildings in the world, and is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage centers. If that is not impressive enough, IFLA\u2019s attendance included over 3,000 people from over 120 countries. To experience the \u00a0international flavor of the conference, one needs look no further, than to the members of IFLA\u2019s standing committees.<\/p>\n

Three such standing committees focus on youth: the Section on Libraries for Children and Young Adults<\/em><\/a>, the School Libraries Section<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> and the Section on Literacies and Reading<\/em><\/a>. Additional related sections include the Public Libraries Section<\/em><\/a> and the Metropolitan Libraries Section<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marianne Martens is currently serving as ALSC\u2019s representative on the Section on Libraries for Children and Young Adults, and is chairing the World Through Picture Books Working Group. This standing committee is comprised of members from Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Norway, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This committee has three primary projects<\/a>:<\/p>\n