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:

Charney, Madeleine, editor.

Sahavirta, Harri, editor.

Hauke, Petra, editor.

Series:

IFLA publications ; 0344-6891 Volume 177.

IFLA publications ; Volume 177

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Environmental aspects.

Libraries.

Library buildings--Environmental aspects.

Library buildings.

Library buildings--Energy conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

About IFLA

Preface / Hauke, Petra / Charney, Madeleine / Sahavirta, Harri

Part 1: General

1. A Garden on the Roof Doesn't Make a Library Green / Sahavirta, Harri

2. Libraries Sow the Seed of a Sustainable Society / Leyrer, Katharina

3. Contemplative Pedagogy / Charney, Madeleine / Colvin, Jenny

4. Public Libraries' Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals / Gaspar, Leonor / Ochôa, Paula

5. Environmental Responsibility in Brazilian Libraries / Cardoso, Nathalice Bezerra

Part 2: Public Libraries

6. The Green Corner at Vaggeryd Public Library / Claesson, Lo

7. Action to Combat Climate Change and its Impact / Kavuri-Mutuku, Purity

8. The BookboXX / Kutt, Konrad

9. Garbage Hero / Patron, Ira / Rusakova, Lilia

10. From a Green Library to a Sustainable Library / Huang, Qunqing / Chen, Si

11. Urban Gardening, Foodsharing and Makerspaces / Schumann, Tim

12. Green Library of the Neighbourhood / Seifert, Anja / Rogge, Stefan

13. The Green Story of the Public Library Užice, Serbia / Vučkovič, Ratka

Part 3: Academic Libraries

14. More Than Just a Green Building / Jones, Louise / Wong, Winky

15. The Awareness of Young African Students to Protection of the Environment / Yameni, Simon Jules Koudjam

16. Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing a Sustainable Approach at Academic Libraries / Landes, Christopher

17. Information Dissemination is Not Enough / Mulumba, Onan / Akullo, Winny Nekesa

18. Going Green to Embrace Aesthetic Reflections and Sustainable Library Buildings / Mwanzu, Arnold

Appendix

Abbreviations

Contributors

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110605990

3110605996

9783110608878

3110608871

OCLC:

1059253337