International Youth Library
| International Youth Library | |
|---|---|
| Internationale Jugendbibliothek | |
| 48°09′48″N 11°27′26″E / 48.16339°N 11.45716°E | |
| Location | Blutenburg Castle, Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Type | Research and Public Library |
| Scope | International children's and youth literature |
| Established | September 14, 1949 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, electronic media, periodicals, author estates, illustrations |
| Size | 600,000+ volumes |
| Other information | |
| Director | Christiane Raabe (since 2007) |
| Parent organization | Funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and the State of Bavaria |
| Website | www |
The International Youth Library (IYL) (Internationale Jugendbibliothek, IJB) in Munich is a library that specializes in the collection of children and youth literature from around the world in order to make them available to the public, focusing on the international community. This library is the largest of its kind worldwide, and has been operating since June 1983, in Blutenburg Castle in the Munich district Obermenzing, before this time the library was located in Schwabing.