Smith Aldrich, Rebekkah (2024). National Climate Action Strategy for libraries under development | Sustainability. Library Journal, 149(Mar 07)
The American Library Association (ALA) and the Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI) have teamed up to create a National Climate Action Strategy for Libraries to be released later this year. Both organizations have been working to raise awareness in the profession for the need to act with urgency to create communities of practice that can help library workers understand the issue and that can provide the practical approaches to manage the predicted impacts and systemic nature of climate change.
Schumann, Tim (2024). Öffentliche Bibliotheken und Gemeinschaftsgärten. In Baier, Andrea; Müller, Christa; Werner, Karin (Hrsg.), Unterwegs in Die Stadt der Zukunft (S. 257-263). transcript Verlag
Interview mit Tim Schumann, Leiter der Böll-Bibliothek in Berlin- Pankow und einer der zentralen Akteure des bundesweiten Grüne-Bibliotheken-Netzwerks. Auf dem Dach seiner Bibliothek plant Schumann einen Gemeinschaftsgarten.
Goldman, Ben (2024). Understanding and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in academic libraries. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 24(1), 7-19. DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a916987
It is now widely understood that societies must rapidly decarbonize to avoid the worst impacts of future climate change. To contribute to this urgent effort, academic libraries should develop an understanding of the carbon footprint resulting from their activities. This article shares the results of an effort at the Penn State University Libraries to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions generated in one year. It will define the elements of a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, explain the context and process for undertaking this effort at Penn State, share findings, and discuss potential implications for academic libraries.
