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Sustainability and Libraries


Sustainable development challenges in libraries: A systematic ...

This paper aims to increase readers' understanding of sustainable development challenges in Library and Information Science (LIS) in terms of complexity and ...

Enduring, Disrupting, and Thriving | American Libraries Magazine

Sustainable thinking aligns a library's core values and resources with both the local and global community's right to endure, bounce back from disruption, and ...

50 Ways the Library is Sustainable

The Library Sustainability Committee (LSC) put together this list of ways in which we have been sustainable over the years.

Green Libraries Partnership - CILIP

The Green Libraries Campaign aims to enable public libraries in England to address Environmental Responsibility and to work with their communities to build ...

Greening libraries: Sustainability in libraries

Group members: Jane Garner, Kasey Garrison, Sabine Wardle, Karen Bell & Sarah Redshaw This project was funded by the Australian Library and Information ...

Sustainable Libraries | Rebekkah Smith Aldrich

The San Diego County Public Library is the first library in California to be certified under the Sustainable Library Certification Program!

Sustainability and Academic Libraries - European Sources Online

Universities across the world have joined with government and industry to declare a climate emergency and set in place policies and strategies ...

Resources for Sustainable California Libraries Projects

The Sustainable California Libraries grant program funds climate and sustainability programming for all ages.

Sustainability and Public Libraries: STLS Sustainability Policy

The STLS Board of Trustees adopted the following Sustainability Policy at their April 2024 meeting. This policy outlines the institutional ...

How Libraries Are Becoming 'Sustainable' - Our Towns

They belong in the ecosystem of sustainability, where “resilience” is an extension of the definition of sustainability, and generators are the ...

Resilience vs. Sustainability: The Future of Libraries

Resilience theory tells us traditional ideas of sustainability (reducing our carbon footprint, recycling, restoring habitat) aren't going to buy us a stable, ...

What Being Sustainable Means for Libraries - Information Today

Libraries that promote seed libraries, recycling bins, energy-efficient lighting, stations to refill water bottles, and solar power support ...

Libraries model sustainability: The results of an OCLC survey on ...

The similarities between academic and public libraries' adoption, contribution, and use of the Sustainable Development Goals are reported. The results indicate ...

Why Libraries Should be Leaders in Sustainability

Libraries are inherently sustainable; they're designed to reduce and reuse, and by nature they support the community sharing resources.

Sustainability at the Libraries

The Sustainability Committee promotes sustainability by adopting policies and practices committed to environmental justice, social equity, and economic ...

Sustainability & Environment - Oak Park Public Library

The library sustains, shares, and respects community resources, including the natural environment. Environmental work includes:

Libraries and Sustainability: Programs and Practices for Community ...

Practices should aim to be environmentally sound, socially equitable, and economically feasible to be considered sustainable. This book aims to explore how ...

Green Libraries Worth Checking Out in 2024 - gb&d magazine

Some of our favorite green libraries also incorporate clever daylighting solutions, have multiple methods of bringing the community together, incorporate ...

#LibrariesResist - Sustainable Libraries - Google Sites

How can library practices, facilities, and funding be more sustainable, carbon-neutral, or "green"? How do we prepare for and respond to climate change? How do ...

Sustainable Libraries - Sustainability Research Guide - LibGuides

Books ... Going green is now a national issue, and patrons expect their library to respond in the same way many corporations have. Libraries are going green with ...