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The Duke University Medical Center Library created and implemented a sustainability plan as a way of contributing to the University's institutional goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2024. An internal working group coordinated efforts to implement more environmentally friendly practices, create awareness of the importance of this project, and obtain staff buy-in. As a result, the Library was awarded the University's Green Workplace certification. This article will share not only the process for implementing sustainability initiatives, but will also detail some practices that other libraries can achieve.

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This study aims to investigate on the sustainability practices of Philippine libraries. It intends to identify where Philippine academic libraries are in the “green” continuum. Significance of the study. Greening libraries is rarely talked about in Philippine libraries. This study is a modest contribution to the dearth of literature on greening Philippine libraries. Results of the study hopes to stimulate the interest of library administrators and bring awareness to other stakeholders on the current state of libraries in the Philippines as far as “greening” is concerned, so they can either start or further advance their greening initiatives. Design, methodology, approach. Descriptive survey method was employed for this study with the Preliminary Green Assessment Checklist developed by McBane Mulford and Himmel as instrument. The respondents consisted of active members of the Philippine Association of Academic/Research Libraries, Inc. (PAARL) or those that have attended the organization’s activities in the last two years. Findings. 68.75% of the surveyed libraries received green rating; 31.25% got yellow; and none fell under red. The overall rating for all libraries is 149.12 which is within the green zone. This only proved to show that Philippine libraries are obviously taking small but crucial steps towards greening their libraries. Research limitations and implication (if applicable). While the survey questionnaire was sent to 206 librarians, only 32 (15.53\%) accomplished the form. Originality of the paper: The study is the first and so far, the only study which attempted to gauge where Philippine libraries are in the green continuum.

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IFLA has adopted the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that was endorsed in September 2015. It is therefore crucial that libraries develop a dynamic relationship around sustainable practices to achieve the SDGs. The so-called “Green Library Movement” is the consequent answer. In 2017, ENSULIB organized a two-day satellite meeting at the Philologische Bibliothek at the Freie Universität in vibrant Berlin, Germany, entitled “Collaborative Strategies for Successful Green Libraries: Buildings, Management, Programmes and Services.” Participants came from all over the world, with contributions from Brazil, Cameroon, Finland, Germany, Kenya, Spain, Uganda and the USA. The winner of the IFLA Green Library Award 2017, the Stadtbibliothek of Bad Oldesloe, Germany, was also presented. The papers submitted to be presented at the satellite meeting form the basis of this publication, supplemented by the best papers submitted for the IFLA Green Library Award 2017 competition, by papers from the Joint Session of ENSULIB and the IFLA Public Libraries Session as well as from the ENSULIB offsite meeting at the IFLA Conference 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland, and by a research study on libraries’ sustainable practices at the Freie Universität of Berlin.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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This guide started as a handout for a series of green libraries workshops.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Auf dem IFLA-Weltkongress 2021 wurden Preise für ökologisch nachhaltige Bibliotheksarbeit vergeben. Die IFLA-Sektion ENSULIB (Environment, Sustainability and Libraries) zeichnete drei Bibliotheken aus.

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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.

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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.

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