- Actionbound (consortium for Saxon libraries, more information on the learning application)
- AR (Augmented Reality)
- Beebot
- Picture book apps
- Picture book cinema
- Coding
- Dash
- Reading aloud in a digital format
- Edurino
- Reading stand
- Escape Games
- Escape Fake
- Fake Hunter
- Fake News
- Galakto
- Gaming case
- Kamishibai
- Kekz
- Reading start
- Media boxes (compilation on individual request for each topic)
- Ozobots
- Onilo (consortium for Saxon libraries, further information on the reading learning portal)
- Robotics
- SAMi - Your Reading Bear
- Storytelling
- Tellimero pen
- Tigerbox Touch
- Tonie
- Reading out loud with apps and other tools
- VR glasses
Library and Media Education
Here you will find our specialist department for children's and youth libraries. The state specialist department advises, informs and supports Saxon children's and youth libraries on current topics, trends, event work and the local media service. We focus on language and reading promotion, media and information literacy, media education, democracy education and ESD. We also promote networking and professional exchange among employees in children's and youth libraries with formats such as "KiJuBi-Meet&Greet".
Today, language and reading promotion and media education are closely linked. The boundaries between analog and digital offerings are becoming increasingly blurred. If you would like to integrate a new media or event format into your library education work, please take a look at the resources available to you from the regional specialist unit (in German).
Our offer from A-Z
Formats of the LFS
KiJuBi - Meet & Greet
- June 15, 2026 in Riesa
- November 11, 2026 in Bautzen
Online exchange of ideas
- May 29, 2026, "Media education with senior citizens"
- September 09, 2026, "AI in children's and youth libraries
Previous topics and impulses:
- Early childhood language and media education, Michaela Haake, Kita Dialogital project
- Inclusion begins in the children's library, Caroline Schürer, library marketing and reading promotion at dzb lesen
- Mobile senior citizen work and media education, Stefanie Tscholitsch, Media Education Lab Leipzig City Library
- Network of children's and young adult book authors, Boris Koch, children's and young adult book author from Saxony
- Secret Santa campaign for the pre-Christmas period, Julia Schunk, Riesa City Library
Cuddly toy sleepover party: read-aloud event in conjunction with a cuddly toy sleepover (Chemnitz City Library, AP: nancy.mickel@stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de)- "The search for the moonstones": combined digital and board game for the whole family (Hartha City Library, AP: Sophia Just: stadtbibliothek@hartha.de)
- Pen & paper role-playing game: cooperative communication game with pen and paper for game fans (Chemnitz City Library, AP: katrin.kropf@stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de)
- Manga Cosplay Event: Manga day with a competition for the best comic or anime costume (Riesa City Library, AP: julia.schunk@stadtbibliothek-riesa.de)
- VR experience: offer from the state specialist department for the use of VR glasses (Saxon State Specialist Department for Libraries, AP: isabel.kittler@slub-dresden.de)
- Pub quiz: entertaining evening with quiz questions, snacks and drinks in the library (Borna City Library, AP: patricia.saupe@borna.de)
- Film screening: Films with screening rights for libraries
- Filmfriend
- Filmland Saxony
If you are interested in the individual topics, please contact the respective initiators or the Saxon State Office for Libraries
Cross-national training event for children's and youth libraries
The cross-state training event of the four specialist children's and youth libraries in Hesse, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia takes place annually.
From story to experience: innovative ideas for creative reading promotion
31st cross-state advanced training course for children's and youth libraries, 28.04.2026 to 29.04.2026
Cooperations and other offers
Coordination office "State program for day-to-day integrated language education in child day care in Saxony"
► Information on the coordination office
► Flyer of the coordination office
► "Cooperation for language education integrated into everyday life": Language mentors in dialog with libraries. Coordinator Franziska Angermann presented the state program at the KiJuBi-Meet&Greet.
KJL - Children's and Youth Literature Leipzig
Are you planning an event with regional players from the children's and young adult literature sector? Then the website of the Leipzig children's and young adult book authors and illustrators KJL Leipzig will support your research. You will find direct contact details for event requests, and the e-mail address kontakt@kjl-leipzig.de is available for general inquiries.
Library Media Education Network
► DBV project to strengthen libraries as places of media education
Lesestart 1-2-3
Mit Lesestart 1-2-3 werden Eltern angeregt, bereits Kleinkindern vorzulesen, ihnen Geschichten zu erzählen und gemeinsam Bilderbücher anzuschauen. Hierzu erhalten sie in drei aufeinanderfolgenden Jahren Lesestart-Sets, bestehend aus einer kleinen Stofftasche, einem Bilderbuch und Begleitmaterial für Eltern mit Alltagstipps zum Vorlesen und Erzählen.
Künftig mehr Lesestart-Sets
Die Mittel für das Lesestart-Programm konnten dank einer Aufstockung des Deutschen Bundestages erweitert werden, so dass Kinderarztpraxen und Bibliotheken künftig ausreichend viele Lesestart-Sets für alle Familien mit Kindern von 1 bis 3 Jahren zur Verfügung gestellt werden können. (Pressemitteilung Stiftung Lesen).
Im Herbst/Winter 2025 startet die 3. Lesestart-Runde für die Bibliotheken und damit die letzte Auslieferung von Lesestart-Sets. Teilnehmende Bibliotheken sollen bis Ende 2026 allen dreijährigen Kindern bei einem Bibliotheksbesuch ein Set überreichen.
dbv-Programm Gemeinsam Digital! Kreativ mit Medien
Mit dem Programm „Gemeinsam Digital! Kreativ mit Medien“ fördert der Deutsche Bibliotheksverband e.V. (dbv) lokale Projekte der digitalen Leseförderung für Kinder und Jugendliche im Alter von drei bis 18 Jahren. Ziel ist es, insbesondere Kinder und Jugendliche aus Risikolagen zu erreichen und ihnen zusätzliche Bildungschancen zu eröffnen. Das Programm ist Teil der dritten Förderphase des Bundesprogramms „Kultur macht stark“ (2023-2027) des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF).
Die 8. Ausschreibungsrunde findet vom 15. März bis zum 15. April 2026 statt.
Please feel free to contact us!
Consultant for children's and youth libraries
Sandra Rudolph
Phone: +49 351 4677-597
Email: Sandra.Rudolph@slub-dresden.de
