Going green: implementing sustainable strategies in libraries around the World : buildings, management, programmes and services /

This publication examines aspects of reducing the ecological footprint in libraries' workaday operations as well as the social role and responsibility of libraries as leaders in environmental sustainability. The theoretical background and practical applications of contributions made by worldwid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Charney, Madeleine (Editor ), Hauke, Petra (Editor ), Sahavirta, Harri (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2018]
Colección:IFLA publications ; 177.
Temas:
Libraries > Environmental aspects.
Library administration > Philosophy.
Libraries and community.
Sustainability.
Libraries > Energy conservation.
Library buildings > Environmental aspects.
Library buildings > Energy conservation.
Bibliothèques > Aspect de l'environnement.
Bibliothèques > Administration > Philosophie.
Relations bibliothèque-collectivité.
Durabilité de l'environnement.
Bibliothèques > Économies d'énergie.
Bibliothèques (Édifices) > Aspect de l'environnement.
Bibliothèques (Édifices) > Économies d'énergie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
Libraries and community
Library buildings > Environmental aspects
Sustainability
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • About IFLA
  • Preface / Hauke, Petra / Charney, Madeleine / Sahavirta, Harri
  • Part 1: General
  • 1. A Garden on the Roof Doesn't Make a Library Green / Sahavirta, Harri
  • 2. Libraries Sow the Seed of a Sustainable Society / Leyrer, Katharina
  • 3. Contemplative Pedagogy / Charney, Madeleine / Colvin, Jenny
  • 4. Public Libraries' Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals / Gaspar, Leonor / Ochôa, Paula
  • 5. Environmental Responsibility in Brazilian Libraries / Cardoso, Nathalice Bezerra
  • Part 2: Public Libraries
  • 6. The Green Corner at Vaggeryd Public Library / Claesson, Lo
  • 7. Action to Combat Climate Change and its Impact / Kavuri-Mutuku, Purity
  • 8. The BookboXX / Kutt, Konrad
  • 9. Garbage Hero / Patron, Ira / Rusakova, Lilia
  • 10. From a Green Library to a Sustainable Library / Huang, Qunqing / Chen, Si
  • 11. Urban Gardening, Foodsharing and Makerspaces / Schumann, Tim
  • 12. Green Library of the Neighbourhood / Seifert, Anja / Rogge, Stefan
  • 13. The Green Story of the Public Library Užice, Serbia / Vučkovič, Ratka
  • Part 3: Academic Libraries
  • 14. More Than Just a Green Building / Jones, Louise / Wong, Winky
  • 15. The Awareness of Young African Students to Protection of the Environment / Yameni, Simon Jules Koudjam
  • 16. Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing a Sustainable Approach at Academic Libraries / Landes, Christopher
  • 17. Information Dissemination is Not Enough / Mulumba, Onan / Akullo, Winny Nekesa
  • 18. Going Green to Embrace Aesthetic Reflections and Sustainable Library Buildings / Mwanzu, Arnold
  • Appendix
  • Abbreviations
  • Contributors

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