Libraries & sustainability : programs and practices for community impact

Libraries & sustainability Programs and practices for community impact

Book - 2022

"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"--

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Subjects
Libraries > Environmental aspects.
Libraries and community > United States.
Libraries and society > United States.
Sustainability.
Published
Chicago, Illinois : ALA Editions 2022.
Language
English
Physical Description
xiii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780838937945
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction Sustainability as a Journey Bather than a Destination
  • Part I. Leadership
  • 1. Walking the Path to Sustainable Library Certification
  • 2. Rapid Library Disaster Response and Recovery for Community Resiliency
  • 3. Changing Staff Behaviors around Waste Reduction and Diversion Using a Community-Based Social Marketing Approach
  • Part II. Planning
  • 4. Demystifying Sustainability in Library Buildings
  • 5. Using Permaculture in Rural Libraries to Help Save the World
  • 6. Sustainable Event Planning for Libraries and Library Organizations
  • Part III. Programming
  • 7. How Repair Events at Libraries Can Build Social Infrastructure and Create Sustainable Culture
  • 8. Modeling Sustainable Choices
  • Practical Suggestions for Librarians Working with Children and Families
  • 9. Connecting Community through Sustainability
  • Seeds, Climate Action Kits, and Repair Cafés
  • Part III. Transformation
  • 10. Why We Can't Talk about Sustainability in Libraries without Also Talking about Racism
  • 11. Community-Based Librarianship
  • A First Step toward Sustainability
  • 12. Libraries in the Doughnut Economy
  • About The Editors
  • About The Contributors
  • Index
Review by Booklist Review

Sustainability is a worldwide goal, and this book showcases how libraries can contribute. The four editors and 17 other contributors are public and academic librarians (and two library architects), who all have substantial experience in this area. The editors assert that sustainability is created by environmentally sound, socially equitable, economically feasible practice. They also consider sustainability to be a professional core value that involves organizational culture, engaged staff, facility features, and underlying infrastructure. The book is arranged in three parts--covering leadership, planning, and programming--that detail nine library sustainability projects, and include end notes. Examples range from in-house waste reduction to green buildings and from public repair events to climate-action kits. The last three chapters are thought pieces about factors that can lead to sustainable and socially minded library transformation. Librarians will appreciate these practical strategies for community-based sustainability.

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