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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!
IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) is calling for expressions of interest for four, co-opted members to join our Standing Committee. We would like to see nominees especially from Asia, South-America and Africa to strengthen our diversity, but are also open to interest from other continents.
We would like to invite everyone to share their stories/articles/announcements with the IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) for publication in our forthcoming newsletter.
The volume will be published on behalf of IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) by de Gruyter/Saur Publisher, Berlin/Boston, in print and digital online format with open access, provided to be published in the IFLA Publications Series.
Can libraries afford to wait for others to fix the world while toxic waste, climate change and pollution harm our environment? How much of a difference can we make anyway? This webinar aims to raise ambitions for greener library buildings, provide examples of how library services can lead by example as sustainably managed organisations and highlight the opportunities to work in partnership with users to work together and move towards a smarter, sustainable world.
IFLA WLIC in Rotterdam is in sight and the sections are busy with their arrangements. However, it is necessary to focus on some recent events on sustainability.
On 19 August, IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) and Public Libraries Section (PLS) , in collaboration with Bibliotheek Midden-Brabant, LocHal (Tilburg), are organising a Satellite Meeting before the 2023 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The recording is available via YouTube and the slides/resources are available on SlideShare.
The IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section together with the Public Libraries Section in collaboration with De Bibliotheek LocHal are excited to host a satellite conference prior to the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2023 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
ENSULIB has created a template [in ppt] for a "What is a Green Library?" poster. This is intended for use by all kinds of libraries, and can be translated into your own language.
We would like to invite everyone to share their stories /articles / announcements with ENSULIB for publication in our forthcoming newsletter.
Full list of ENSULIB meetings and programmes at IFLA WLIC 2023
This presentation explores how reflective practice can be used to share the impact of Library services using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework. Emilia and Carmel share examples of the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) Library’s approach to reflection as a key part of evidence-based practice.
The application deadline for the IFLA Green Library Award 2023 has been extended to 14 March 2023. The call for submissions is still open.
We are glad to inform that the definition from the IFLA ENSULIB Section "What is a Green Library?" is now available in 25 languages:
IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section publishes its official newsletter twice a year, which reviews ENSULIB’s activities and achievements and provides a platform for presenting interesting stories, events or projects from libraries all over the world, that follow a clear green and sustainable commitment.
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!
IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries (ENSULIB) Standing Committee Member and Librarian at the Parliament of Ghana, Amanda Delali Fie, discusses the role of preservation in information transmission in Parliamentary Libraries.
The recording is available below via YouTube and the slides/resources are available on Slideshare.