The foundation Svenska barnboksinstitutet, SBI (The Swedish Institute for Children's Books), is a special library open to the public and an information centre for children's and young people's literature. The aim is to promote this kind of literature in Sweden as well as Swedish children's and young people's literature abroad. The charter is dated December 7, 1965 and operations commenced in 1967. From July, 1, 1989, the Institute has had the Royal Library as a supervisory authority. The board is made up of representatives from all the founders and the chairman is appointed by the Government.