Going green : implementing sustainable strategies in libraries around the world : buildings, management, programmes and services

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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, Por...

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Libraries Energy conservation

Libraries Environmental aspects

Libraries and community

Library administration Philosophy

Library buildings Energy conservation

Library buildings Environmental aspects

Sustainability

Part of a Series:

IFLA publications IFLA publications ; 177 IFLA publications ; volume 177

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ISBN:

9783110605846

Description:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

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

LCCN:

2018957796

Control Number:

2628863

Other Authors:

Charney, Madeleine, editor, contributor
Hauke, Petra, editor, contributor
Sahavirta, Harri, editor, contributor

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