Șirna Public Library from Romania — an Empowered Green Library Date: 4 April 2023 Time: 6 pm AEST / 10:00 am CET Speakers: Iuliana-Camelia Pîrvu, Claudia Șerbănuță The inspiring story of the small rural library of Șirna, Romania and its path towards a more sustainable development of its community started in 2014… Read More
We are glad to inform that the definition from the IFLA ENSULIB Section "What is a Green Library?" is now available in 25 languages: Read More
The Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section is going to have its mid-term Standing Committee Meeting at 4:00 – 5:00 pm CET on 23 January (Monday) virtually. Meeting agenda: 1. Presentation about climate empowerment (by Ms. Claire McGuire) 2. Discussion on co-operation with other units and agents, including plans for… Read More
IFLA Green Library Award is divided into two categories: The Best Green Library/Grand-Scale Project and the Best Green Library Project. Applicants should address one of these categories, but the final category allocation is made by the Award committee which prechecks all submissions. The Award Committee will select the longlist… Read More
Any type of Green Library or library with an outstanding Green Library Project may apply for the IFLA Green Library Award. Libraries with a small budget but a great impact are explicitly invited to participate in the competition! Read More
We would like to invite everyone to share their stories /articles / announcements with ENSULIB for publication in our forthcoming newsletter. Articles should be submitted in Word format and cover subjects relevant to environment, sustainability and libraries, preferably with images (in JPEG format) or other media under a CC-BY… Read More
“Making the future yourself!” was the motto of this year’s Sustainability Days, organised by “SUSTAIN IT!” – the initiative for sustainability and climate protection. Read More
Under the motto “Inspired and Engaged on Sustainability” the IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) with the Management and Marketing Section (M&M) and the Preservation and Conservation Section (P&C) held a Satellite meeting from 22–23 July 2022. Read More
Full list of ENSULIB meetings and programmes at IFLA WLIC 2022 in Dublin. Read More
The recording is available now! This presentation explores how libraries can be proactive in putting climate equity on the top burner in their user communities. Read More