Library and Media Education

• 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

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

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  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

31st cross-state training course for children's and youth libraries from Hesse, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia

From story to experience: innovative methods of creative reading promotion, review of the event on April 28 and 29, 2026 in Frohburg

The now very popular exchange and training format was organized and carried out this year under the leadership of the Saxon State Office for Libraries in cooperation with the Frohburg City Library. Under the motto "Creative reading promotion", 60 employees from children's and youth libraries came together in Frohburg at the end of April to learn about and develop new ideas and impulses for contemporary reading promotion and to network across state borders.
The event focused on the question of how stories can not only be told and communicated, but also designed as holistic experiences. In view of declining reading skills among children and young people, new approaches are needed to promote reading. After all, reading skills begin with a fascination for reading - with enthusiasm for language, stories and books. But how can we get people excited about reading in the long term? Through experiences that appeal to the senses, emotions and creativity - with fun and games, scenic and creative approaches, with the inclusion of animals and nature and often in very special places.
The practical impulses from libraries and workshops with experts offered a diverse spectrum of new ideas: from innovative cooperation projects and the inclusion of nature, theater and movement elements to new forms of storytelling, memory work and animal-assisted approaches. A central concern of the event was also to emphasize the importance of cooperation. Collaboration with museums, theaters, music schools and associations in particular creates new opportunities to bring stories to life and strengthen local cultural networks at the same time. The choice of the town of Frohburg in a rural area was an impressive example of how interdisciplinary partnerships can make projects possible even under challenging conditions.

Practical impulses from libraries

• "The magical library" - Leipzig City Library, regional studies and literature archive
• "Journey into the past" - Görlitz City Library
• "The traveling museum" - cooperation between Frankfurt City Library and Frankfurt museums
• "Die BücherBühne" - cooperation between Rudolstadt City Library and Schillertheater Rudolstadt
• "How do you bring an audio guide into a museum?" - cooperation between Gerstungen municipal library and museum
• "Reading fun with a cold snout" - Leipzig City Library
• "Animal-assisted reading promotion - encounter formats for senior citizens" - Leipzig City Library
• "Children read to cats" - cooperation between Nordhausen City Library and animal shelter

Workshops on storytelling, literature, nature and theater education

• Adventure reading hike - Marleen Schulz-Döring
• Simply tell stories! - Erzählraum e.V.
• Creative storytelling with and in nature - Susanne Brandt
• Curtain up in the library - Marc Mascheck

In addition to the specialist program, it was particularly important to the event management to convey appreciation to the participants for their commitment in children's and youth libraries. The creative supporting program - from the impulse hike through the castle to the campfire evening - as well as the integration of the castle park created a special atmosphere and, according to the participants, felt "like a little short vacation or family celebration".

What remains of the two-day event?

The two days of training once again showed how lively, creative and forward-looking the work of staff in children's and youth libraries in the field of reading promotion is today. At the same time, it became clear how important spaces are in which stories are not only communicated, but can be rethought and experienced together.
The numerous positive feedbacks reflect the special atmosphere of the event, the inspiring exchange with intensive encounters and new ideas, a strengthened sense of networking and a deep motivation for one's own work with children and young people.

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.

► KJL Leipzig

Library Media Education Network

► DBV project to strengthen libraries as places of media education

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. 

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.

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) Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMBFSFJ).

Die 10. Ausschreibungsrunde findet vom Dienstag, 01.09.2026 bis Mittwoch, 30.09.2026 statt.

Programm-Webseite