Children's library - Jido toshokan (English) children's library

Japanese: 児童図書館 - じどうとしょかん（英語表記）children’s library

In addition to referring to the section of a public library that provides services for children, this is a general term that includes children's rooms, children's corners, and independent libraries specializing in children. It is primarily a place where children can encounter materials, and an institution that guarantees children's freedom to know by providing them with materials. In addition to lending and reference services, story time events are also held. The main target audience is children from infants to elementary and junior high school students. Secondly, it also provides services to adults (including young adults) who want to read children's books, and adults who conduct research on children's reading and children's libraries. In this case, the main target audience is children's book lovers, organizers of children's libraries and parent-child reading groups, students and researchers studying children's literature and children's library science, children's book writers and artists, and children's book editors. [References] Ishii Momoko | Story Time | Home Library

Source: Dictionary of Library and Information Science, 4th Edition Dictionary of Library and Information Science, 5th Edition About Information

Japanese:

公共図書館の児童サービスが行われる部門を指すほか，児童室や児童コーナー，児童専門の独立図書館を含む総称．第一義的には，子どもと資料との出会いの場であり，子どもの知る自由を資料提供によって保障する機関である．貸出サービスやレファレンスサービスとともに，お話し会などが行われる．主なサービス対象は乳幼児から小学生，中学生までの児童である．第二に，児童図書を読みたい成人（ヤングアダルトを含む），子どもの読書や児童図書館について調査や研究を行う成人へのサービスをも行う．この場合の主な対象は，児童図書愛好者，子ども文庫や親子読書会の世話人，児童文学や児童図書館学を学ぶ学生，研究者，児童図書の作家や画家，児童図書編集者などとなる．[参照項目] 石井桃子 | お話し会 | 家庭文庫

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