Sustainability and Libraries
Sustainability and Libraries: ALA and Sustainability - ALA LibGuides
This introductory page of the Sustainability and Libraries resource guide highlights activities from the American Library Association that focus on ...
Sustainable Libraries Initiative: Home
The Sustainable Library Certification Program and the SLI community of practice focuses your leadership to enable your library, and ultimately your community, ...
Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section - IFLA
Green and Sustainable libraries are particularly predestined to take on the role as exemplars, educators, and enablers. Green and Sustainable libraries take ...
Libraries and Sustainability: A Guide | by EveryLibrary - Medium
Libraries have become beacons of sustainability alongside their importance as community centers. Here's how.
Sustainability in Libraries: A Call to Action
As an association striving to respond to the needs of its membership, the American Library. Association named sustainability as a core value of the profession ...
Supporting sustainability: what can librarians do? - Springer Nature
This post takes a look at what's meant by sustainability and some simple ways librarians can put sustainability on their library agenda.
Step Up Your Library's Green Programming
iREAD provides high quality, low-cost resources and products that enable local library staff to motivate children, young adults, and adults to read.
6 Ways to Make Your Library Greener - De Gruyter Conversations
By implementing eco-friendly practices, librarians can contribute to a healthier environment and inspire patrons to adopt sustainable habits. If ...
100 Ways to Make Your Library a Little Greener
But libraries are also a great place to educate the public and your students about the environment, from eco-friendly lifestyle choices to organizations that ...
The IFLA Guidelines for Green and Sustainable Libraries
These guidelines aim to provide a set of concrete recommendations and best practices that can be applied to libraries or information centres of any size and ...
Sustainability in public libraries: What three institutions are doing to ...
Whether it's hiring environmentalists in residence, pursuing their LEED certification or reducing their carbon footprint by embracing digital resources,
Recommended Reading | Sustainable Libraries Initiative
Books · The Disaster Planning Handbook for Libraries by Mary Grace Flaherty Borrow (2022) Borrow | Buy · Fostering Wellness in the Workplace: A Handbook for ...
Sustainability in Libraries - LibGuides
This resource on "green" libraries, emphasis is on stewardship of resources and impact on the natural environment.
Sustainability in public libraries: leading by example
Libraries are a great example of sustainability in action: patrons check out books and other materials, make use of them, and then return them to the library.
Full article: Environmental Sustainability and Libraries
One way to lessen the environmental impact of libraries is to invest in library buildings that are more sustainable. When building a new library ...
“From Information Literacy to Green Literacy: Training Librarians as Trainers for Sustainability Literacy.” http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2147/1/116- hauke- ...
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 ...
3 Ways Libraries Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet - collectionHQ
Libraries can also contribute significantly to sustainability efforts through how they choose to deal with their unwanted books. The Sustainable ...
Sustainable Libraries: Resources and Webinars for Climate Action
WebJunction and the Sustainable Libraries Initiative are collaborating to offer a set of resources to support libraries as they address the ...
Sustainable Libraries - Green Libraries - LibGuides
This section of the Green Libraries LibGuide focuses on sustainability resources specifically designed for libraries.