Going Green Implementing Sustainable Strategies in Libraries Around the World : Buildings, Management, Programmes and Services

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 lib...

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Main Authors Hauke, Petra, Charney, Madeleine, Sahavirta, Harri
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany De Gruyter 2018
De Gruyter Saur
Edition1st edition.
SeriesIFLA Publications
Subjects
Bibliotheksbau
Energy conservation
Environmental aspects
Libraries
Libraries and community
Library & information sciences
Library administration
Library buildings
Nachhaltigkeit
Philosophy
Sustainability
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ISBN3110608871
9783110608878
3110605848
9783110605846
DOI10.1515/9783110608878

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Table of Contents:
  • 5. Environmental Responsibility in Brazilian Libraries --
  • 4. Public Libraries’ Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals --
  • Contents --
  • Part 3: Academic Libraries --
  • Preface --
  • 3. Contemplative Pedagogy --
  • 16. Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing a Sustainable Approach at Academic Libraries --
  • Part 2: Public Libraries --
  • 7. Action to Combat Climate Change and its Impact --
  • 6. The Green Corner at Vaggeryd Public Library --
  • Contributors
  • 15. The Awareness of Young African Students to Protection of the Environment --
  • 13. The Green Story of the Public Library Užice, Serbia --
  • Abbreviations --
  • 17. Information Dissemination is Not Enough --
  • 10. From a Green Library to a Sustainable Library --
  • 12. Green Library of the Neighbourhood --
  • About IFLA --
  • 18. Going Green to Embrace Aesthetic Reflections and Sustainable Library Buildings --
  • 2. Libraries Sow the Seed of a Sustainable Society --
  • Frontmatter --
  • 9. Garbage Hero --
  • 14. More Than Just a Green Building --
  • 1. A Garden on the Roof Doesn’t Make a Library Green --
  • Appendix --
  • 8. The BookboXX --
  • Part 1: General --
  • 11. Urban Gardening, Foodsharing and Makerspaces --