ENSULIB meetings and events:

 

October 7

Venue: Paranimf Building. Escola Industrial, C/ del Compte d’Urgell, 187, 08036, Barcelona

13:00-15:00    ENSULIB Section Business Meeting

 

October 8

Venue: Paranimf Building. Escola Industrial, C/ del Compte d’Urgell, 187, 08036, Barcelona

Libraries at the Frontlines of Climate Action and Sustainability

 

14:00-14:10    Presentation ENSULIB / Video    Harri Sahavirta, Petra Hauke, Priscilla Pun and Antonia Mocatta


 

14:10-14:30    Libraries in Ukraine caught between the fronts of war and climate change    Luisiena Shum


14:30-14:50    ENSULIB’s Activities    Priscilla Pun, Rosario Toril Moreno,  Ana Zdravje and Sarah Foezon


14:50-15:00    Data information literacy for sustainable development    Rossana Morriello


15:00-15:10    Break


15:10-15:40    Round table: Sustainable cities

  • Harri Sahavirta (Finland) : Helsinki City Library environmental programme
  • Priscilla Pun (Macau SAR) : Libraries and sustainable cities: the case of Macau SAR
  • Thomas Felton (US) : The role of libraries in making cities sustainable

15:40-16:25    World café: The IFLA Guidelines for Green and Sustainable Libraries    Petra Hauke and other project members

16:25-16:35     Summary of ideas presented    Petra Hauke


16:35-16:40    Conclusion    Harri Sahavirta


 

IFLA Green Library Award Ceremony

Description
The eight longlisted Best Green Libraries/Grand Scale Projects and the Best Green Library Projects will be introduced. The winners  and the runners-up of the two groups will be announced at the subsequent ceremony, followed by short presentations by their authors. Both the winners and the runner-ups will be honored with a certificate.

17:00-17:05    Welcome and introduction to the Award   Harri Sahavirta


17:05-17:15    Report on the Award 2024 competition    Petra Hauke


17:15-17:50    Presentation of the Shortlisted Best Green Library Projects   Chair: Sarah Foezon

  • China, Foshan City, Foshan Library, “Reading in Green:the Intelligent Book Stacks Project” Pre-recorded video presentation: Huang Baichuan
  • Ireland, Dublin, UCD Library, James Joyce Building, “Beyond the Lifecycle: Libraries Supporting the Circular Economy”  James Molloy and Ursula Byrne
  • Slovenia, Nova Gorica, France Bevk Public Library Nova Gorica, “Guardians of Seeds: Preserving Our Heritage” Ana Kosič
  • Türkiye, Ankara, Uşak Banaz Public Library, “Agro Library: From a Consuming Society to a Producing Society”  Taner Beyoğlu
  • Ukraine, Kyiv, Library at Priorka for Children, “Ecological Space “Green Library”: in Search of Eco-heroes and a Way out of the Ecological Crisis” Hanna Kobets and Liusiena Shum

(in alphabetic order)


17:50-18:20    Presentation of the Shortlisted Best Green Library/Large Scale Projects   Chair: Priscilla Pun

  •  Germany, Paderborn, Stadtbibliothek Paderborn/City Library Paderborn, “Eden – a Sustainable Library” Katrin Stroth
  • Spain, Salamanca: Biology Library of the University of Salamanca: “Small, but working together it works!”, Rosario Toril Moreno
  • United States, MT, Missoula Public Library Slaven Lee, Karl Olson 

(in alphabetic order)


18:20-18:30    Ceremonial handover of the documents, photo shooting   Harri Sahavirta


18:30               Session Closed


 

October 9

Library visits

 

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