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Library services for babies and toddlers and their families in Croatia
Ivanka Stričević
orcid.org/0000-0001-8677-7619
Kristina Čunović
orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-0057
Abstract
International library community pays a lot of attention to library services intended for children from the earliest age and their parents, so that in 2007 IFLA published the Guidelines for Library Services to Babies and Toddlers. The early age is a period of the most intense development and what is missed at the time is very hard to make up for later on in life. The guidelines are not binding but rather stress clearly that the availability of library services for this user group is of vital importance in advocating reading and oral skills development as well as promoting regular library membership
habits, thus contributing to a greater social inclusion of the family into the community. In 2011, the Commission for Library Services for Children and Young Adults of Croatian Library Association conducted research on library services for children in the early age and their parents in Croatian public libraries. The data were gathered in 61 public libraries, the half of which offer the mentioned services. The research paper includes the results of the survey and discussion in the context of contemporary findings on the importance of library services for children from the earliest age and their parents.
Keywords
public libraries; babies and toddlers; Guidelines for Library Services to Babies and Toddlers; early literacy
Hrčak ID:
115194
URI
Publication date:
3.9.2013.
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