IFLA Green Library Award 2021
29 May 2021
“ENSULIB announces
6th IFLA Green Library Award 2021 Longlist
in Two Categories”
With generous sponsorship from De Gruyter Publishing (Boston/Berlin), ENSULIB circulated a Call for Submissions for the IFLA Green Library Award for the sixth year in a row. Any type of green library or any outstanding green library project, initiative or idea was invited to apply for the IFLA Green Library Award. Libraries with a small budget but a great impact were explicitly invited to participate in the competition. Deadline for submissions was 15 March 2021.
All submitted applications received by ENSULIB were firstly checked to determine if they were properly prepared and follow the guidelines for submissions. These applications were selected for the longlist.
The quality and relevance of the project, initiative or idea will be evaluated by the independent international ENSULIB Award Reviewing Committee in terms of:
- Applicability to the goals and the scope of ENSULIB
- Contribution of libraries to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Quality of the overall presentation, public visualization via website etc.
- Relevance to IFLA’s goals and values (Key Initiative 4.1)
To ENSULIB’s great delight, despite the global pandemic and its massive impact on libraries 33 submissions were received from around the world, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and United States.
See the full IFLA Green Library Award 2021 nominated longlist in two categories listed alphabetically by country below.
The reviewing process is still in progress. The IFLA Green Library Award 2021 nominated shortlist will be published in May.
The two finalists of the IFLA Green Library Award 2021 in the categories “Green Library” and “Green Library Project” will be announced during the virtual World Library and Information Congress 17/19 August 2021.
Longlist “Green Library”
|
Country |
City |
Library/Institution |
Submission Title |
|
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Library of the National Congress of Argentina |
The socio-environmental commitment of the Argentine Library of Congress |
|
Australia |
Altona |
Hobsons Bay Libraries (EnviroCentre) |
EnviroCentre @Hobsons Bay Libraries |
|
Canada |
Edmonton |
The Edmonton Public Library |
Edmonton Public Library |
|
China |
Wuhan |
Hubei Provincial Library |
To Extend the Implication of Green Library in the Context of Coronavirus Pandemic: An Example of Hubei Provincial Library in China |
|
China |
Shenzhen, Pingshan District |
Pingshan Library |
Green Efforts of Pingshan Library |
|
Colombia |
Cali |
Biblioteca Pública Daniel Guillard |
EN MI BIBLIOTECA LA TIERRA ES DE TODOS 2021 |
|
Croatia |
Karlovac |
Public Library “Ivan Goran KovaÄiÄ” |
Our Green Story – Our Green Festival |
|
India |
Panjim |
Bookworm Trust |
Envisioning a Green Library in the Panjim City |
|
Iran |
Tehran |
National Library and Archives of I.R.Iran |
National Library and Archives of Iran Green Initiative |
|
Italy |
Milan |
Bocconi University Library |
Here comes the sun. The Bocconi University Library from saving to producing energy |
|
Russia |
Moscow |
Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (RNPLS&T) |
Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology and Sustainable Development Goals. RNPLS&T is a socially responsible library |
|
Slovenia |
Ormož |
Knjižnica Ormož |
Green Library – Uniting the Local Community on its Road to Sustainability |
Longlist “Green Library Project”
|
Country |
City |
Library/Institution |
Submission Title |
|
Austria |
Linz |
Stadtbibliothek Linz – City library of Linz, |
Linzrad – Free cargo bike hire at the city library of Linz, Austria |
|
Croatia |
Zadar |
Zadar Public Library |
Zadar Public Library |
|
Croatia |
Šibenik |
Public library „Juraj ŠižgoriÄ“ |
Green library in Šibenik |
|
Cuba |
Santa Clara, V.C. |
Asociación Cubana de Bibliotecarios, Villa Clara Branch |
BiblioVerde, un espacio para compartir y aprender en armonía con la naturaleza |
|
Finland |
Oulu |
Oulu City Library |
A Responsible Library as Promoter of Environmental Awareness |
|
France |
Fontaine-Etoupefour |
Médiathèque de Fontaine-Etoupefour |
Réalisations et projets d’une médiathèque engagée pour l’environnement |
|
Germany |
Wetzlar |
Stadtbibliothek Wetzlar |
European Sustainability Week 2020 in the Wetzlar City Library |
|
Spain |
Valsaín (Segovia) |
National Center of Environmental Education (CENEAM)- National Parks – Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge |
RECIDA, The Spanish Network of Green Libraries working for Sustainability |
|
Switzerland |
Vevey |
Bibliothèque municipale |
Everything will be fine tomorrow (IoI) |
|
Ukraine |
Kyiv |
National Library of Ukraine for Children |
“Eco-lessons and practical steps”: Green program of the National Library of Ukraine for children |
|
US, NY |
Saratoga Springs |
Southern Adirondack Library System |
Farm-2-Library Program |
ENSULIB, April 2021