The ISS / IRC Information Unit collects information and documentation from all over the world. The data stored in the LIBRARY DATA concerns the protection of children who are abandoned or at risk of abandonment ; prevention of abandonment ; children cared for in institutions ; substitute family care and fostering ; domestic and intercountry adoption ; children’s rights and adoption.

It includes relevant written and audio-visual documents : periodicals, professional journals, books, leaflets, manuals, written instruments designed for practice, training material, theses, research reports, green and white documents, media articles, video cassettes….