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Libraries & sustainability : programs and practices for community impact / edited by René Tanner, Adrian K. Ho, Monika Antonelli, and Rebekkah Smith Aldrich.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libraries--Environmental aspects.
- Libraries.
- Libraries and community--United States.
- Libraries and community.
- Libraries and society.
- United States.
- Libraries and society--United States.
- Sustainability.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Libraries and sustainability
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : ALA Editions, 2022.
- Summary:
- Library workers at all types of organizations, as well as LIS students learning about this newest Core Value of Librarianship, will find this book an easy-to-digest introduction to what staff at a range of libraries have accomplished in incorporating sustainability into their decision making and professional practices. In addition, a discussion about the role of economics and sustainability will challenge readers to stretch in new ways to positively impact their communities.
- "This book explores a sustainability lens through which operational and outreach decisions can be made, discusses why sustainability matters to libraries and their communities, shares real-life examples of sustainability programming, and provides recommendations from library workers who have been active in putting sustainability into practice"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780838937945
- 0838937942
- OCLC:
- 1263022674
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