Review article
Library services for children in Croatian public libraries: developments and perspectives
Ivanka Stričević
; Knjižnica Medveščak, Zagreb
Hela Čičko
Durđica Križanić Delač
Abstract
Following the emergence of library services for children in countries with a developed public library system, Croatian public libraries started developing special sections and services for children. This paper provides a review of the development of children’s library services in Croatia from 1950’s to 2005, describing the situation in children’s libraries based on the data presented in 2004 by the Commission for Children’s Libraries of the Croatian Library Association. The latter indicated a significant difference in the development of children’s libraries in Croatia, both in terms of specific activities and in terms of the context in which they operate. This suggests a need for setting the basic standards which would define in more detail the conditions for performing activities focused more on the needs and rights of the users of children’s libraries. The development of a clear operating strategy for children’s services, as part of the general public libraries strategy, is yet another precondition for the development and successful operation in the field of children’s library services in Croatia.
Keywords
children’s libraries; public libraries; history of children’s libraries; children’s libraries; library services for children; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
165708
URI
Publication date:
15.3.2006.
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