International youth library
| International youth library | |
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Blutenburg Castle with park, aerial view
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| founding | 1949 |
| Library type | Special library |
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Munich 
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| ISIL | DE-M336 |
| operator | International Youth Library Foundation |
| management | Christiane Raabe |
| Website | www.ijb.de/ |
The International Youth Library Munich ( IJB ) is a special library with the task of collecting children's and youth literature from all over the world, making it accessible and conveying it to children and adults in order to promote the idea of intercultural understanding. This world's largest library of its kind has been housed in Blutenburg Castle in Munich 's Obermenzing district since June 1983 . Before that, the library was in the Kaulbachstraße 11a in Munich district Maxvorstadt .
profile
The International Youth Library is now a center for international children's and youth literature. With a program of exhibitions, readings, workshop discussions, panel discussions, lectures and training courses as well as the maintenance of several literary museums, international children's and youth literature is given a forum. Since 2010, the International Youth Library has hosted the White Ravens Festival for international children's and youth literature every two years . In 2013, the James Krüss Prize for international children's and young adult literature was awarded for the first time and is awarded every two years to the work of an outstanding author.
Exhibition catalogs, the “White Ravens” list of recommendations and the yearbook “Das Bücherschloss” contribute to the discourse on international children's and youth literature. As the publisher of the “Ark Children's Calendar”, the library opens up cultural horizons for children.
With readings, writing workshops and workshops on exhibitions, literary museums and children's literary topics, the library is also a partner of schools, kindergartens and after-school care centers. A children's library has 30,000 current books and electronic media in around 20 languages that can be borrowed free of charge.
history
The library was founded in 1949 by the writer and journalist Jella Lepman . The idea arose from the enormous success of the International Youth Book Exhibition of 1946, the exhibits of which formed the basis for building up the library's holdings. On September 14, 1949, the International Youth Library with a book inventory of 8,000 volumes was opened to great public interest. Jella Lepman's idea of promoting tolerance, reconciliation and understanding for other forms of life and cultures with the help of international books for children and young people met with broad approval. The International Youth Library serves, on the one hand, as an archive of the precious, unique collection, and, on the other hand, as a place for encounters and activities for children to promote the stated goals.
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The library's international book holdings and historical collections are unique in the world. They are made available to a specialist audience in a scientific reading room for studies and research. A scholarship program for foreign scientists, financed by the Federal Foreign Office, aims to support research in the field of international children's and youth literature and illustration and to promote scientific exchange and international cooperation.
The inventory comprises more than 600,000 books for children and young people in 150 languages, including valuable collections of historical children's books from the 16th century. The library also has more than 30,000 international research literature and around 150 current journals in many languages. All cataloged holdings can be researched on the Internet; Different recommendation lists are also available here.
The holdings are expanded to include authors' bequests, for example by James Krüss or Hans Baumann.
Literary museums
The library in Blutenburg Castle maintains several literary museums : the Michael Ende Museum (opened in 1998), the James Krüss Tower, the Erich Kästner Room and, since July 2005, the Binette Schroeder Cabinet. In addition to numerous books and illustrations, the exhibition rooms also contain letters, diaries and personal items belonging to the people depicted.
The White Ravens
The annual catalog “The White Ravens” is a list of recommendations for children's and young adult literature. From the large number of review and donation copies that the library receives from publishers, institutions, organizations and other friends of the library, the editors select 200 new publications from over 40 countries in more than 30 languages. Titles are taken into account that are of interest to an international specialist audience because of their universal theme and / or their innovative literary and visual design quality and deserve wide circulation. Each book is presented in the catalog with a short annotation. Special symbols are used to mark “Special Mentions”, as well as books that can contribute to understanding between cultures and peoples (#) and easy-to-read texts that also appeal to older readers (°). The catalog contains books from 81 countries and in 58 languages.
Directors
- Jella Lepman headed the IJB until 1957, followed as directors:
- April 1, 1957 to April 30, 1982: Walter Scherf
- May 1, 1982 to May 14, 1983: Wolfgang Vogelsgesang (provisional)
- May 15, 1983 to August 31, 1992: Andreas Bode; Lioba Betten was assistant director until December 31, 1991
- September 1, 1992 to March 31, 2007: Barbara Scharioth, initially as managing director, since 1996 as director and board member
- Since April 1, 2007: Christiane Raabe
literature
- The book lock. News from the International Youth Library. Yearbook 2009 ff.
- Eva-Maria Ledig: An idea for the children. The international youth library in Munich. Munich: Erasmus Grasser-Verlag, 1988.
- Jella Lepman: The Children's Book Bridge. Frankfurt: Fischer, 1964. (New edition for the 50th anniversary of the International Youth Library: Munich 1999.)
- Christiane Raabe: "Let's start with the children ...". On the foundation of the International Youth Library 70 years ago . In: Bibliotheksforum Bayern, vol. 13, 2019, issue 3, pp. 198–201 ( online )
- Wolfgang Vogelsgesang (Ed.): Blutenburg. The castle and its surroundings, past and present. Wielenbach: Erasmus Grasser-Verlag, 1992. ISBN 3-925967-24-9 .
- Wally de Doncker: Like what Jella Lepman? A portrait from 50 years IBBY 'Leesgoed , 2ge jaargang 2002, deel 5, pages 190-192, Biblion Uitgeverij, The Hague.
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