Libraries & sustainability : programs and practices for community impact / edited by Ren�e Tanner, Adrian K. Ho, Monika Antonelli, and Rebekkah Smith Aldrich.
Walking the path to sustainable library certification / Jill Davis, Jennifer Ferriss, and Lisa G. Kropp -- Rapid library disaster response and recovery for community resiliency / Michele P. Strickler -- Changing staff behaviors around waste reduction and diversion using a community-based social marketing approach / Amanda Foster Kaufman, Brian Cohen, and Jeff Eller -- Demystifying sustainability in library buildings / Lan Ying Ip, Tamar Warburg, Lauren Stara, and Andrea Bunker -- Using permaculture in rural libraries to help save the world / April Griffith -- Sustainable event planning for libraries and library organization / Evan Meszaros and Mandi Goodsett -- How repair events at libraries can build social infrastructure and create sustainable culture / Gabrielle Griffis -- Modeling sustainable choices : practical suggestions for librarians working with children and families / Larissa M. Clotildes -- Connecting community through sustainability : seeds, climate action kits, and repair caf�es / Jennifer Rowan, Aiyang Ma, and Karen Sharkey -- Why we can't talk about sustainability in libraries without also talking about racism / Erin Elzi -- Community-based librarianship : a first step toward sustainability / Ling Hwey Jeng -- Libraries in the doughnut economy / Monika Antonelli, Ren�e Tanner, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, and Adrian K. Ho.
Summary:
Library workers at all types of organizations, as well as LIS students learning about this newest Core Value of Librarianship, will find this book an easy-to-digest introduction to what staff at a range of libraries have accomplished in incorporating sustainability into their decision making and professional practices. In addition, a discussion about the role of economics and sustainability will challenge readers to stretch in new ways to positively impact their communities. "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"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.