Going green: implementing sustainable strategies in libraries around the world : buildings, management, programmes and services / edited on behalf of IFLA/ENSULIB by Petra Hauke, Madeleine Charney and Harri Sahavirta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hauke, Petra, editor.

Charney, Madeleine, editor.

Sahavirta, Harri, editor.

Series:

IFLA publications ; 0344-6891 177.

IFLA publications, 0344-6891 ; 177

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Environmental aspects.

Libraries.

Library administration--Philosophy.

Library administration.

Libraries and community.

Sustainability.

Libraries--Energy conservation.

Library buildings--Environmental aspects.

Library buildings.

Library buildings--Energy conservation.

Energy conservation.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

vii, 234 pages : color illustrations, 1 color map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Saur, [2018]

Summary:

This publication examines aspects of reducing the ecological footprint in libraries' workaday operations as well as the social role and responsibility of libraries as leaders in environmental sustainability. The theoretical background and practical applications of contributions made by worldwide libraries to the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are discussed. General articles and research studies from Finland, Germany, Portugal, and Brazil illuminate libraries' contributions to the SDGs. Case studies from Sweden, Kenya, Germany, Ukraine, China, and Serbia highlight challenges and opportunities in implementing sustainable approaches in public libraries. Examples of best practice from academic libraries in Hong Kong, Cameroon, Germany, Uganda, USA and Kenya, are presented. All papers published in this book are selected from the best papers of the ENSULIB Satellite Meeting 2017 in Berlin, the ENSULIB/Public Libraries Section's Open Session at the IFLA Conference 2017 in Poland, and from the IFLA Green Library Award 2017. All articles are written in English.--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

A garden on the roof doesn't make a library green / Sahavirta, Harri

Libraries sow the seed of a sustainable society / Leyrer, Katharina

Contemplative pedagogy / Charney, Madeleine, Colvin, Jenny

Public libraries' contribution to sustainable development goals / Pinto, Leonor Gaspar, Ochôa, Paula

Environmental responsibility in Brazilian libraries / Cardoso, Nathalice Bezerra

The green corner at Vaggeryd Public Library / Claesson, Lo

Action to combat climate change and its impact / Kavuri-Mutuku, Purity

The BookboXX / Kutt, Konrad

Garbage hero / Patron, Ira, Rusakova, Lilia

From a green library to a sustainable library / Huang, Qunqing, Chen, Si

Urban gardening, foodsharing and makerspaces / Schumann, Tim

Green library of the neighbourhood / Seifert, Anja, Rogge, Stefan

The green story of the public library Užice, Serbia / Vučkovič, Ratka

More than just a green building / Jones, Louise, Wong, Winky

The awareness of young African students to protection of the environment / Koudjam Yameni, Simon Jules

Challenges and opportunities in implementing a sustainable approach at academic libraries / Landes, Christopher

Information dissemination is not enough / Mulumba, Onan, Akullo, Winny Nekesa

Going green to embrace aesthetic reflections and sustainable library buildings / Mwanzu, Arnold.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3110605848

9783110605846

OCLC:

1032588091