Working with children and youth in public libraries of Labin, Rijeka and Pula

Kako bismo stvorili aktivnog čitatelja, redovitog i aktivnog korisnika knjižnica, korisnika koji će znati prepoznati kvalitetne knjižnične usluge i programe te važnost kvalitetnog provođenja vremena uz knjigu, važno je postaviti čvrste temelje od najranije dobi. Način na koji će dijete koje po prvi puta dolazi u knjižnicu nju doživjeti i hoće li je poželjeti češće posjećivati ovisi o nizu čimbenika kao što je sam prostor, knjižničar, knjižnična građa, programi i sadržaji koje knjižnica nudi. Upravo narodne knjižnice, bile one specijalizirane dječje knjižnice ili dječji odjeli imaju tu važnu i presudnu ulogu jer činjenica je da će dijete koje je steklo naviku posjećivanja i korištenja usluga narodne knjižnice, biti njezin aktivni korisnik i u budućnosti. Ovaj diplomski rad će se u svom teorijskom dijelu baviti važnošću narodnih knjižnica za djecu i mlade, preporukama za rad s djecom i mladima u narodnoj knjižnici, programima i sadržajima za njih kao korisnike, kompetencijama knjižničara koji radi s djecom i mladima, važnosti društvenih mreža u radu narodnih knjižnica. U istraživačkom dijelu istraženi su načini i oblici rada s djecom i mladima triju narodnih knjižnica: Gradske knjižnice Labin, Gradske knjižnice i čitaonice Pula te Gradske knjižnice Rijeka proučavajući njihove web stranice i intervjuiranjem samih knjižničara, te uvidjeti što te knjižnice nude za djecu i mlade, koliku važnost pridaju uslugama za djecu i mlade, koliko su ti sadržaji atraktivni i raznovrsni, te u krajnjem slučaju, privlačni za djecu i mlade.It is very important to set up firm base from the earliest ages to create an active reader, a customary and active user of public libraries, the user who will know how to recognize a high quality of the librarian services and programmes and the importance of the high quality carrying out time with books. There are so many factors that influence on the first impression when a child visits the public library for the first time. The child wishes to come back again into the library if the child's experience after the first visit makes the child to visit the library more frequently. It depends about the range of facts like the space of the library, about the librarian, the library material, programmes and the contents that the library offers. It is very important become an adult active user of the public library services. The public libraries whether specialized children's libraries or the children's departments have important and crucial role because there is a fact that a child has gained the routine of visiting the library and has had a routine of using the services of the public library. This child will become an active user of the library in the future. This degree essay will be active in its theoretical part of the importance of public libraries for the children and youth. It will be active in the recommendation for work with children and youth in the public library, programmes and the contents for them as their users, competences of the librarian who works with children and young people and the importance of social networks in the work of the public libraries. In this reaserch will be examined the way of work with children and youth in three public libraries: public libraries of the town of Labin, Rijeka and Pula, by studyinig their web pages and by interviewing the librarians, so we could become aware of what these libraries offer to children and young people, how much are the contents attractive and diversified and finally how much are they fascinating to children and young people