Hoerning, Beate (2019). Going to a library conference for talking about ecological sustainability – but what’s about our own carbon footprint? Paper presented at IFLA WLIC 2019, Athens, Greece.
Whenever people get together at face-to-face meetings – there will always be an extra consumption of resources for travelling to the conference and for staying at the venue. More and more of them feel confident that they need to strive to reduce their environmental impact to the most possible minimum. There are already several studies that have analyzed the ecological footprint of conferences. On the basis of their conclusions, the wide range of possible options for conference attendees (at conferences generally and in particular at library conferences) will be shown and discussed. Basically, there are two main kinds of complementary options: 1. Measures, steps, and actions for reducing the own carbon footprint and 2. Options for making an impact on the meeting organizers for the conference’s footprint as a whole. The discussion will be carried out in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (especially SDGs No. 7, 12, 13, 15) and to the degrowth movement.
Gonda, Thalia (2022). Green & sustainable academic libraries in the post-COVID era. IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter, 2(2), 8-9
On 19-21 October, 2022 the Ionian University Library and Information Centre hosted the 28th Panhellenic Academic Libraries Conference, in Corfu, Greece. This year's topic was ``Green & Sustainable Academic Libraries in the post-COVID Era''. The Panhellenic Academic Libraries Conference is an important institution for the Greek academic library community, and consequently for all Greek librarians, as it is a valuable opportunity for learning best practices and networking. After two years of real-time online conferences, this year we had the joy and opportunity of returning to a real-life get-together.
Akbulut, Müge; Alaca, Erdinç; Büyükçolpan, Tubanur; Cevher, Nilay; Kurbanoğlu, Serap; Soylu, Demet; Yıldırım, Banu Fulya (2018). Green (environmentalist) approaches to university libraries: A research across Turkey. Bilgi Dünyasi, 19(2), 203-230. DOI: 10.15612/BD.2018.693
This study was carried out in order to identify green (environmentally friendly) practices in university libraries in both institutional and individual contexts. Within the scope of this research, descriptive method was used, and also two questionnaires were used as data collection tools from library directors and librarians. Within the frame of the study, online questionnaire was sent to 165 directors and 1614 librarians working in 165 university libraries (out of 182 in total) in Turkey. 45 directors and 341 librarians responded to the survey. The directors' survey has six main sections including sustainable environment, water saving, energy saving, sustainable resources and materials, indoor air quality, innovation in design and implementation, and aims to collect information on an institutional basis. The librarian survey consists of three main parts which are demographic information, environmental awareness and attitude in daily life, and green libraries. The obtained data were analyzed by IBM Statistics SPSS 23.0 software package. In the study, it was found out that even though university libraries in Turkey fulfill some criteria such as proximity to public transportation, use of alternative options in transportation and water-efficient plumbing, monitoring water use, turning off electrical appliances when not in use, use of double glazed windows, taking precautions against paper waste with recycling or donation of printed resources, there are still deficiencies. Also, differences between universities have been identified in terms of green approaches /implementations and some libraries such as Atilim, Bilkent, Bacskent and Yacsar University libraries have been observed to be greener than others within sustainable environment, water and energy saving, sustainable materials-resources, indoor air quality and design and application innovations. Although librarians have a low level of perception and awareness in green libraries and environmental sustainability issues, they have positive opinions about the initiatives promoting education and awareness. Bu çalışma gerek kurumsal gerek bireysel bağlamda üniversite kütüphanelerinde gerçekleştirilen yeşil (çevre dostu) uygulamaları belirlemek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Betimleme yönteminin kullanıldığı bu araştırma kapsamında veri toplama tekniği olarak kütüphane yöneticilerine ve kütüphanecilere olmak üzere toplam iki adet anketten yararlanılmıştır. Türkiye’deki 182 üniversite kütüphanesinden 165’inde görev yapmakta olan toplam 165 yönetici ve 1.614 kütüphaneciye çevrim içi anket gönderilmiş, 45 yönetici ve 341 kütüphaneci anketi yanıtlamıştır. Yönetici anketi, sürdürülebilir çevre, su tasarrufu, enerji tasarrufu, sürdürülebilir kaynak ve materyaller, iç mekân hava kalitesi, tasarım ve uygulamada yenilikler olmak üzere altı ana bölümden oluşmakta ve kurumsal bazda bilgi toplamayı amaçlamaktadır. Kütüphaneci anketi ise demografik bilgiler, günlük yaşamda çevresel farkındalık ve tutum, yeşil kütüphaneler olmak üzere üç ana bölümden oluşmaktadır. Anket aracılığıyla elde edilen verilerin değerlendirilmesinde betimleme yönteminden yararlanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 paket programı aracılığı ile analiz edilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda, Türkiye’deki üniversite kütüphanelerinin yeşil kütüphane olma yolunda bazı kriterleri (toplu taşıma araçlarına yakınlık, ulaşımda alternatif seçeneklere yönelim, su tasarruflu tesisat kullanımı, su tüketiminin takip edilmesi, elektronik araç gereçlerin mesai saatleri dışında kapalı tutulması, binalarda çift cam özelliği, basılı kaynakların bağış ya da geri dönüşümü ile kâğıt israfına karşı önlem alınması) sağlamakla birlikte önemli eksiklerinin bulunduğu, çevresel yaklaşımlar/yeşil uygulamalar açısından üniversiteler arası farklılıklar olduğu ve bazı kütüphanelerin (Atılım, Bilkent, Başkent ve Yaşar Üniversitesi kütüphaneleri gibi) sürdürülebilir çevre, su ve enerji tasarrufu, sürdürülebilir materyaller-kaynaklar, iç mekân hava kalitesi ve tasarım ve uygulamada yenilikler kapsamında diğerlerinden daha yeşil olduğu görülmüştür. Kütüphanecilerin yeşil kütüphaneler ve çevresel sürdürülebilirlik konularında algı ve farkındalık düzeyleri düşük olmakla birlikte bu konularda eğitime ve farkındalık artırıcı girişimlere sıcak baktıkları belirlenmiştir.
Czolkoß-Hettwer, Michael (2022). Green IT und Bibliotheken: Eine große Bandbreite möglicher Maßnahmen / Hardware im Fokus. BuB, Forum Bibliothek und Information, 74(4), 184-186
Die Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt und mithin die digitale Transformation in den Bibliotheken ermöglicht an vielen Stellen das Einsparen von Ressourcen. Bewerbungen über Online-Portale oder die Umstellung von gedruckten auf elektronische Informationsressourcen (um nur zwei Beispiele zu nennen): Dies alles spart unter anderem Papier und trägt durch das Wegbleiben von Transporten zu einem abnehmenden Verkehrsaufkommen bei. Allerdings hat auch das Arbeiten im Digitalen einen ökologischen Fußabdruck, denn die eingesetzte Hardware hierfür muss hergestellt sowie regelmäßig ersetzt werden und das Arbeiten am Computer verbraucht genauso Strom wie das Betreiben von Rechenzentren (auch diese Beispielliste ließe sich fortführen). Zu bedenken ist ferner, dass vermeintlich analoge Prozesse auch eine digitale Komponente haben. Um beim Bewerbungsbeispiel zu bleiben: In aller Regel läuft eine postalische Bewerbung so ab, dass eine Person Bewerbungsunterlagen am Computer erzeugt, redigiert, zusammenführt und (gegebenenfalls langfristig) abspeichert. Die Unterlagen werden dann ausgedruckt und postalisch versendet. Nicht selten werden die Bewerbungsunterlagen beim Adressaten für die Weiterverarbeitung zumindest teilweise digitalisiert. Wie die einführenden Bemerkungen angedeutet haben, ist das Thema Green IT beziehungsweise die Frage der Nachhaltigkeit von Informationstechnologien ein äußerst vielschichtiges. Im folgenden Beitrag soll der Begriff Green IT zunächst genauer definiert und abgegrenzt werden. Anschließend wird beleuchtet, wo und inwieweit das Thema für Bibliotheken relevant ist.
Kumar, G. Kiran; Shivakrishna, S. D.; Chikkamanju (2020). Green Libraries for Sustainable Development: An overview. Journal of Information and Computational Science, 10(3), 585-590
The green library or sustainable library is a new concept and it is gaining popularity among the library professionals. The paper highlights the conditions of environment, their impacts on society and efforts of leading organizations towards an eco-friendly earth, developed standards for the betterment, green India, green library, features of green library, Initiatives in India and outside India. The papers also discuss role of initiatives like United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).It also give an overview of green library and role of modern librarian to make green library. Furthermore the paper focus the importance of green library in ongoing era and green library initiatives in India.
Sander, Marietta (2022). Green Libraries in MENA-Region. IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter, 2(2), 22-23
The United Nations have set 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) that will create a better world, now and in the future. To reach the goals, every institution, including libraries, should prioritize sustainability. The project ``Green Libraries -- Middle East and North Africa (MENA)'' does exactly that, it aims to include libraries in promoting sustainability. ``Green Libraries -- MENA'' has set up a platform to highlight concrete contributions of libraries to achieve the SDG`s. To determine the baseline knowledge and experience of the various library types, a survey has been sent to libraries in Israel, Morocco, Egypt and Sudan. A multilingual website has been developed with an introduction to the topic ``Green libraries'' and enrichment with content based on the results of our survey from 2021. Furthermore articles, best practice examples and helpful links are presented on the website.
Valkama, Anni; O'Connor, Martin (2022). Green Libraries tackling environmental challenges: University College Cork. Library Journal, 147(Feb 23)
In the 21st century, we are faced with news about the global environmental crisis on a regular basis. Rising temperatures, melting polar ice caps, loss of wild life, and deforestation are but a few examples of the coverage we are all too accustomed to. When faced with something with a global all-encompassing impact, it is sometimes difficult not to feel helpless and struggle to see the value individual contributions can have on fighting these challenges. So, what might libraries do to help reduce the carbon footprint and what could the impact of such efforts be?
Hauke, Petra (2019). Green Libraries towards Green Sustainable Development - Best practice examples from IFLA Green Library Award 2016–2019: Paper presented at IFLA WLIC 2019, Athens, Greece.
This paper gives a broader definition of a “Green Library”, followed by an overview of the aims and intentions of the IFLA Green Library Award including the criteria for the award. It highlights some outstanding projects submitted to the IFLA Green Library Award competitions 2016–2019. The very different selected examples come from (1) Ireland, (2) Kenya, (3) Ukraine, (4) Germany, (5) Croatia, and (6) Colombia.
Werner, Klaus U.; Hauke, Petra (2017). Green Libraries. Worldwide. A librarians’ tool. 4 Years later…: Poster presented at IFLA WLIC 2017, Wrocław, Poland.
The project we launched in 2013: A checklist as an easy-to-use tool that will allow librarians worldwide to see what they can do to make their libraries greener: a checklist available in many languages, so that it will be understood by colleagues even with little or no command of one of the official IFLA-languages. They will be enabled to communicate with their staff and their users in their native languages about green topics. Our starting point was the IFLA-Conference 2013 in Singapore and our book project The Green Library. The challenge of environmental sustainability (published in 2013 as IFLA Publication 161). Where are we now? The checklist was originally devised in English and German; during the last 4 years we were busy finding colleagues willing to translate the checklist into as many languages as possible – a tool for greening libraries worldwide! There are 20 language versions available at present on our website: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, English, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Usbek. The project is definitely to be continued: We are looking for more translation and adaptations, even into the multiplicity of “smaller” languages – for greener libraries worldwide.
Barnes, Laura (2019). Green Libraries: Home: Resources to help libraries go green: Green Library News
This guide started as a handout for a series of green libraries workshops.
Thomas, Raysh (2017). Green Libraries: India vs international scenario. Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, 4(37), 8645-8654. DOI: 10.21922/srjis.v4i37.10786
Concept of Green Libraries gradually attracting attention of library administrators worldwide and the efforts to develop green libraries are on rise. This isbecoming a kind of movement now and has started gaining momentum in Indiaas well though it initially started in USA,UK and Canada who are leading countries to adopt the concept. The present paper discusses about current scenario of green libraries development in India and other developing countries. LEED is the major performance standard in countries abroad and IGBC is an Indian standard to measure the performance. The attempt is made to understand the concept, role of various associations and training available on green libraries, existing standards to measure the performance and pros and cons of the green libraries in general.
Kubihal, Vinayak; Sudharsan, Rao V. (2019). Green Library. International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 4(9), 739-745
A Green Library also knows as a sustainable library, is a library build with environmental concerns in mind, Green libraries are a part of the larger green building movement. Green libraries are being build all over the world `Go Green' has become a buzz word in the 21st century. Recently libraries too have imbibed this phenomenon enormously. Green Library Movement, which comprises of librarians, Libraries, cities, towns, college and university campuses committed to greening libraries and reducing their environmental impact. Constructing a green library building using performance standards like Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) and Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) is a way some libraries both abroad and in India are choosing to become green and sustainable. Environmental challenges like energy depletion and climate change will influence the type of information resources and programs libraries will provide to their communities. The present paper focus on the concept of `Go Green Library' in general and `Green Libraries' in particular. The attempt is also made to give information on different standards being followed, existing green libraries, practices and initiatives globally and locally.
Purohit, Sangita (2013). Green Library - a new concept of library.
The creation of green libraries is approaching a tipping point, generating a Green Library Movement, which is comprised of librarians, libraries, cities, towns, college and university campuses committed to greening libraries and reducing their environmental impact. Constructing a green library building using a performance standard is a way some libraries are choosing to become green and sustainable. Environmental challenges like energy depletion and climate change will influence the type of information resources and programs libraries will provide to their communities. The amount of information available on green libraries and green library practices is limited but continues to grow.
Vang, Lynda; Männikkö, Minna; Rodriguez, Ramon A. Manso; Portugal, Katharina (2021). Green Library Award. Büchereiperspektiven, 2, 76-77
Auf dem IFLA-Weltkongress 2021 wurden Preise für ökologisch nachhaltige Bibliotheksarbeit vergeben. Die IFLA-Sektion ENSULIB (Environment, Sustainability and Libraries) zeichnete drei Bibliotheken aus.
David, Shirley; Ramachandran, Sreeja; Manoharan Pillai; Franklin, J. (2022). Green Library Initiatives of academic colleges in Kerala for sustainable eco-friendly libraries. International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology, 9(3), 844-849
Libraries of today, not only follow the traditional functions but are also involved in modern technique and in maintaining environmentally friendly approaches by implementing standards for sustainability to serve mankind. Limiting the use of paper, electricity- saving, Rainwater recharging and reusing and consumption of natural resources are the ideal way to maintain a sustainable library. Greening the indoors of the library, creates mindfulness within the library ambiance, and above all will create a great impact on the library's image. The Greenery helps to maintain the serenity, calm and peaceful atmosphere for the users which may help the learners to be more attentive and tranquil.
Dombai, Szilvia (2022). Green Library Meeting in Szekszárd (Hungary). IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter, 2(1), 15
A two day-long conference for green libraries was organized by the Gyula Illyés County Library and Europe Direct Tolna. Speakers and workshop participants spoke about the popularisation of the library greening processes and their experiences in this area.
Druaipandi, R. (2016). Green Library initiatives in India: Reshaping the future: Paper presented at ICLIM 2017, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Seifert, Anja; Rogge, Stefan (2018). Green Library of the neighbourhood: Collaborative green sustainable library strategies for successful urban quarter development in Berlin, Germany. In Hauke, Petra; Charney, Madeleine; Sahavirta, Harri (Hrsg.), Going green: implementing sustainable strategies in libraries around the world (S. 135-141). De Gruyter Saur. DOI: 10.1515/9783110608878-014
Located in the centre of Berlin, next to the Potsdamer Platz, is one of the smallest public libraries in Berlin, the Bibliothek Tiergarten Süd. Overcoming the threat of closing due to financial struggles, the library now finds itself in a process of transformation. Since 2013 neighbourhood volunteers have been working for the library to form a new focus based on the do-it-yourself philosophy, including urban gardening and other ecologically sustainable practices. With EU-funded support, it is now possible to establish a new community centre for the urban quarter. The diversity of language, culture and income in this urban quarter is reflected in several activities that take place in the library, such as a Repair Café, literacy events and informative meetings about gardening topics. Supported by the first Leih-Sämerei in a public library in Germany, there is also a shelf with home-grown seeds from the surrounding gardens that patrons may borrow. This array of projects and programming shows the multiplicity of a small urban library.
Malode, Amit V. (2014). Green Library: An overview. Research Journey: International Multidisciplinary E-Research Journal, 1(4), 13-17
A Green Library also knows as a sustainable library, is a library build with environmental concerns in mind, Green libraries are a part of the larger green building movement. Green libraries are being build all over the world, along with library 2.0 green design is an emerging trend, defining the library of the 21st century. A study of Green libraries in 2008 revealed that not only has energy conservation become important, but that spaces designed for users rather than books have become paramount the modular system worked particularly well for housing ever-expanding books collections but collecting growth is no longer practical goal. Users want and need a greater variety of spaces, which purpose build rooms are better at meeting.
Laštro, Kata (2022). Green Literacy. IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter, 2(1), 29-30
The educational project under the named `Zelena pismenost' (Green literacy) is aimed at preserving cultural heritage, natural (herbal) heritage, and language. Collaboration between Kata Laštro, the project's author, and Knjivznica Velenje (City Library Velenje, Slovenia) began in 2014.
Please send comments, additions or suggestions to the bibliography to Beate Hörning.
The Bibliography Green Library is created in cooperation with the IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB).
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