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The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is one of the concerns present in the work of many libraries. In addition to raising awareness, training, collection development, etc., library buildings and infrastructures can also contribute to achieving the goals and objectives set out in the 2030 Agenda. The IFLA, different associations, and organizations have been working along these lines, although the percentage of actions in this vein is still in the minority compared with the other lines mentioned. In this article, the importance of sustainable library buildings is studied, as well as the measures that are being implemented and that seek to contribute to the care of the environment by improving life on the planet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The article explores the reading-relating apps available for smart speakers in the Amazon Skills store, their characteristics, and their potential as resources for promoting reading. Methodology: Eleven parameters of 30 skills were studied using the information provided by the store and the direct analysis of each one: category, type of content, update, use of the product, privacy, and user comments, etc. Result: The conclusion is that this emerging product has potential for promoting readership provided that: it applies certain specific criteria; the contents on offer are varied and high quality; full product information is available in the store, and contents are frequently updated. These features are habitually expected by users, but few readingrelated skills are available as yet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The widespread concern to protect the privacy, security and confidentiality of minors in the digital field has led to the approval of national and international laws, the incorporation of specific articles in existing ones and the creation of quality seals, trying to avoid the collection and inappropriate use of data. This regulation requires, among other things, that developers write a clear and concise privacy and security policy, that it be public, transparent and known to users. It is necessary to know if companies include this type of information in applications or their websites, and especially what data should appear. Only in this way adults will be able to decide or nor to allow the download and use of these applications by minors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years numerous reports have been published on the edition of audiobooks that reveal that it is a sector in constant expansion, although with a lower growth in the case of Spain. However, there are few reports that offer disaggregated data for children's and youth people's literature. This work explores the world of children's and young people's audiobooks in Spain, analyzing their presence in the lending platforms of public libraries and in commercial platforms. Likewise, a categorization of children's and young people's audio books is included according to their format, narration and content, stating the benefits that their use brings to children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To facilitate digital reading for children it is necessary to offer content that meets quality criteria. The problem lies in the lack of systematized criteria that serves as a guide to defining quality. The aim of this article is to select and systematize criteria or standards that serve to evaluate children's book-apps. We take the criteria used both in the selection of children's books on paper and those specific to the digital world. The elements have been grouped according to the form and content; within the form dimension, paratexts are taken into account (which in turn are divided into peritexts and epitexts) and usability are discussed. As for the content: text, image, sound, and interactivity should be evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the challenges that the child librarians of the 21st century is to integrate the collection and the activities of the library with the new contents and events from the digital environment. In this way, you can promote learning and enjoyment in the library, taking advantage of the opportunity to improve products and services and even attract new users. To archived this successfully, it is necessary to know, select, acquire, integrate, visualize and dynamize the analog and the digital, identifying the activities that will fulfill each of these functions, which is what it does in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Gamification is the inclusion of game elements in contexts other than those traditionally related to leisure and entertainment. In recent years, it has grown as a trend as shown by the increase in the number of reports, papers, meetings, platforms, and software programs, as well as the number of gamification experiences that have been developed in multiple environments. The application of gamification to the library can generate important benefits, but for this to happen, a series of requirements are necessary to guarantee successful application. With the right processes in place, libraries can take advantage of the predisposition that we all have to play. The proper channeling of the game will serve to motivate and change user behaviors related to spaces, collections, services, and activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The connectivity phenomenon and the expansion of smartphones and tablets are playing a major role among children and adolescents. One option for promoting reading is to positively align children and reading on digital devices. For that, it is necessary for all agents involved in the chain of book creation, diffusion, and consumption get involved. In addition, global strategies need to be established that describe the ideal conditions for reading development. This article presents actions that publishers, developers, mediators, and the Administration can do to reach this goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the characteristics of the digital world for children is the richness and diversity of content that can range from the merely textual and graphic, to the availability of products enriched by video, sound, movement ... with which you can interact and that are useful for reading stories, as well as listening, creating, or playing with them. Given this variety, it is necessary to know what their main features are and how to systematize them in order to facilitate their use for mediators. This article proposes a classification of digital content for children and its improvement according to different factors and including for each recommended titles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work aims to analyze, compare and characterize the supply of digital audiobooks for children and young adults through the analysis of sales and distribution platforms and library loan platforms available in Spain, in order to point out their strengths and weaknesses. To this end, data relating to collections and search and organization interfaces have been collected directly from distribution and sale platforms (Storytel, 24Simbols, Odilo and Audioteca), both subscription and unit sale, and national (eBiblio) and regional library loan (eLiburutegia and Galiciale), as well as a selection of 250 selected titles randomly in each of them. The methodology used is descriptive and has allowed us to analyze the offer of digital audiobooks for children and young adults, languages and date of publication, most significant publishers, as well as to evaluate the search systems, the ordering of the contents in the interfaces and the information provided by the descriptions of the different platforms. Based on the data collected, it is concluded that, despite the increase in consumption and publishing of this type of format, titles for children and young adults have a scarce and secondary presence in catalogs, both from publishers and platforms. It is also necessary to adapt the interfaces and adequate classification to improve their visibility and location, and a standardization in the introduction of metadata and expansion of the information provided for each product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]