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Üniversite öğrencilerinin çevresel bilgi ve tutumlarının incelenmesi
Bu araştırma, seçmeli ders kapsamında “Çocuk ve Doğa” dersini alan 3. sınıf çocuk gelişimi bölümü öğrencileri tarafından dersin değerlendirilmesi ile öğrencilerin çevresel bilgi ve tutumları üzerine görüşlerinin belirlenmesini ortaya koymak amacıyla planlanmıştır. Nitel araştırma deseni kullanılarak yapılan bu araştırmaya çocuk gelişimi bölümü öğrencilerinden 15 öğrenci gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak, çalışma grubu için hazırlanmış yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler, betimsel analiz ve içerik analiz yöntemi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda “Çocuk ve Doğa” dersi kapsamında çevre sorunlarına yeterince yer verildiği ancak ders sayısının ve derse ayrılan sürenin yetersiz olması, dersin uygulamaya dönük olmaması gibi nedenlerden dolayı çevre sorunlarına yer verilme durumunun yeterliliğinde eksiklikler olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Çocuk gelişimi bölümü öğrencilerinin ders kapsamındaki bilgilere önem verdiği ve çevreye yönelik farkındalık geliştirme sürecindeki düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu söylenebilir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Çocuk ve doğa dersi, doğa deneyimi, çevresel bilgi ve tutum.
The purpose of the research is to put forward the relationship between secondary school and university students’ reading attitudes towards environmental issues and their responsible environmental behaviors. This research also examined the effect of political behaviors, physical behaviors, commercial and economic behaviors as well as the behaviors aimed at persuading individuals and the society, which are among the responsible environmental behaviors, on the reading attitudes. In the study, the data was collected by means of “Responsible Environmental Behavior Scale” developed by Erdoğan, Ok & Marcinkowski (2012) as well as “The Attitude Scale towards Reading Book about Environmental Issues” developed by Kahyaoğlu (2011). The model used for the research was relational survey model and the data obtained from this research was analyzed through arithmetic average, standard deviation, independent sample t-test, correlation and regression analysis. The research results revealed that there was not a meaningful difference between secondary school and university students’ reading attitudes towards environmental issues, however there was a statistically meaningful difference between students’ responsible environmental behaviors. Keywords: Environmental Education, Environmental Behaviors, Reading
Sustainable Management Requirements in Libraries of Iran: A Framework on Grounded Theory
With the implementation of sustainable management, libraries move towards sustainability and are converted into green libraries. The present study aimed to propose a model for sustainable management in Iranian libraries. This research was a qualitative and applied study. In order to obtain the required data and information, deep and semi-structured interviews with twelve experts in the fields of information and knowledge science and sustainable development were used. The interviewees were selected by a purposeful sampling method. For data analysis using grounded theory methodology, the topics raised by interviewees were coded and categorized in three steps. Fifty-five concepts from the coding stage were classified into six subcategories. In the final paradigm of sustainable management, these subcategories were classified into context, intervening and causal conditions, strategies, and consequences, which act in relation to the main category of sustainable management in order to establish a green library.
he second hand library building. Sustainable thinking through recycling old buildings into new libraries.
Old buildings are being recycled into libraries all over the world. Many buildings were given a new purpose, such as an old grain silo, a post office, barracks, a brewery, a factory, a railway station, and a horse stable, to name but a few that were transformed into a library.
The process of rededication of a building with a former different usage into a library means per se a special aspect of sustainability – it is quite obviously a matter of recycling. The transformation of an existing building with a prior non-library function into a library brings the challenge and the opportunity for sustainable thinking in library planning. As non- renewable resources are decreasing, reusing and recycling are going to become increasingly necessary in the future. The recycling of old buildings means reducing the ecological footprint of library buildings in a cost-effective and efficient way. Beside “green” aspects like water conservation, energy conservation, recycled or sustainable building materials, indoor air quality, and solar power from photo-voltaic panels, the planning of an adaptive reuse is a very different task than the planning of a library in a totally new building. Some best practice case studies from libraries, not only in Germany, but other countries in Europe will be presented as well.
From scraps to reams to mobile screens? An update on printing services in academic libraries
As a follow-up to their 2001/2002 study on printing services in academic libraries, the authors explore how the provision of print- ing services has changed over the last twelve years. This article explores how libraries are choosing to fund printing services as well as how technology, such as scanning and mobile devices, has changed the way printing services are provided. The results of the 2013 survey find a greater percentage of libraries are using a fee-based system for printing, and, while some technology is providing greater data and control for printing services, other technological advances are having unintended consequences for libraries’printing infrastructure.
Yeşil Satınalma ve Yeşil Tedarikçi Seçimi
İnsanların tüketim alışkanlığının artması ve teknolojinin gelişmesi ile üreticiler bundan 20 yıl öncesine kıyasla çok daha fazla ürünü çok daha kısa sürede pazara sunmaktadır. Arzdaki bu artışa karşılık talep artışı bu oranda olmayınca pazarda rekabet ortamı oluşması kaçınılmaz olmuştur. Üstelik tüketicilerin bilinç seviyesinin ve duyarlılığının artması ile üreticiler rekabette avantajlı kalabilmek için ürünlerinin beşikten mezara tüm süreçlerine hakim olmak durumunda kalmıştır.
Özellikle son yıllarda artan çevre bilinci ile tüketiciler daha çevreci ürünleri tercih eder duruma gelmiştir. Bu beklentiye cevap vermek isteyen üreticiler ürünlerini “yeşil” yapabilmek için ürün yaşam döngüsü boyunca tüm adımlarını çevreye duyarlı hale getirmek zorundadır. Bu döngünün ilk basamağı satınalma ve tedarikçi seçimidir.
Yeşil satınalma, bir ürünün hammaddesine, bu hammaddenin nereden geldiğine, kim tarafından üretildiğine ve nihai ürünün nasıl bertaraf edileceğine hakim olmayı gerektirir. Bir ürünün çevre etkilerini azaltmak için üretimde kullanılan hammadde, enerji, su gibi kaynakların azaltılması, çevreci üretim süreçlerinin tasarlanması, ambalaj malzemelerinin ve taşıma yöntemlerinin daha çevreci olanlar ile değiştirilmesi, yeniden kullanım gibi iyileştirmeler yapılması gerekmektedir. Ayrıca üretimde kullanılacak hammadde girdisi için de uygun tedarikçinin seçimi ayrıca önem kazanmaktadır.
Yapılan bu çalışma ile son yıllarda hem akademik çevrelerde hem de endüstride dikkat çeken yeşil satınalma ve yeşil tedarikçi seçimi konuları detaylıca incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın ilk bölümünde çevre kavramı ve çevre sorunları üzerinden durulmuş; çevreci yaklaşımların gelişimleri ile ilgili bilgiler verilmiştir. Çevre ile ilgili farklı coğrafyalarda geçerli olan yasal düzenlemeler, standartlar, direktifler ve akademik araştırmaların ortak bir sonucu olarak ortaya çıkan yeşil tedarik zinciri alt disiplinleri ile birlikte incelenmiştir. İkinci bölümde yeşil tedarik zincirinin en önemli alt disiplinlerinden biri olan yeşil satınalma ve yeşil tedarikçi seçimi konularında 1995- 2015 yılları arasındaki akademik çalışmalar, sektör raporları ve sivil toplum örgütlerinin çalışmaları derlenmiş ve detaylı bir şekilde incelenmiştir. Bu incelemeler sonucunda yeşil tedarikçi seçimi için bir karar verme modeli önerilmiş ve bir yazılım yardımıyla bir beyaz eşya üreticisinin yeşil tedarikçi seçimi için uygulama yapılmıştır.
Yeşil bina sertifikasyon sistemlerinin analizi
The last decade has seen a huge increase in the perceived importance of energy efficiency and the sustainable use of global energy resources. This is due to the significant and numerous benefits associated with the reduction a country’s dependence on costly foreign energy resources. In addition, there has been an increasing awareness of environmental problems and the various issues associated with them. To deal with these concerns, countries have started to take actions and set ambitious energy efficiency targets. The terms “energy, energy efficiency, energy intensity” are now frequently mentioned across many sectors and have been for the last ten years. Energy efficiency is a concept which is completely all encompassing and which horizontally cuts through key national strategic targets such as providing secure and sustainable energy supplies, decreasing the risks due to and associated with import dependence, making the energy costs sustainable, increasing efficacy of climate change reduction strategies and protecting the environment both in the long and short term. Nowadays, the importance of sustainable development is increasingly understood and as a consequence of this heightened sense of collective responsibility the value of the efforts directed to energy efficiency increases accordingly at the same rate. In this framework; enhancing energy efficiency, preventing unconscious usage and dissipation, decreasing energy density either in a sector base or at a macro level are preferential and important components of our national energy policy in all the stages from energy production and transmission to the final consumption. In the light of the extracted lessons concluded from the evaluated activities executed in the context of energy efficiency we have to take a step back and carefully consider the correct strategies with which to invest time, money and effort. The numerous and complex difficulties encountered in different application points and global affinities in the energy sector make it abundantly apparent that it is now imperative to prepare the road map of Turkish energy efficiency. This road map to energy efficiency must be developed with a strategic and dynamic point of view that is informed by sound research and not by political bias or knee jerk emotionally fuelled reactions if we are to avoid the difficulties and problems previously encountered by other countries attempting to do the same. Turkey aims to reduce its energy intensity by the significant amount of 20% by the year 2023 under the “Energy Efficiency Strategy Paper”. In order to accomplish this target, the country plans to use energy more effectively in various industries and develop financial mechanisms for energy efficiency. This strategic document has been prepared for implementation with a collaboration and a participatory approach of public sector and private sector entities and NGOs. In addition, a political support structure that is result oriented and guided by concrete targets will be in place to determine necessary actions to be made for reaching these targets and also describing the responsibilities of the entities undertaken during this multi-faceted and complex process. It is proposed to have close collaboration between the public entities and NGOs. These will be dually responsible for the realizations of the activities described in this document and the application of the measures and evaluation of the results. The subjected coordination will be provided by the General Directorate of Renewable Energy in the name of Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. “Energy Efficiency In the Buildings” is one of the most influential and important areas related to total energy efficiency. Also in Turkey as the others; a large portion of the buildings means residential homes. Therefore, energy efficiency is becoming increasingly important in our country. A country where energy costs are high and laws and regulations are formed. Thereby, volunteers’ applications, public awareness activities and measurement of energy efficiency are principal starting points on our journey to increase energy efficiency in Turkey. Therefore, the Ministries of Energy and Natural Resources, Housing and Public Works have prepared the “Energy Efficiency Law” and the closely related “Energy Performance of Buildings Regulation” to study and address the problems mentioned above. The general purpose of this law is to increase efficiency when using energy sources and energy. In other words, to use energy more effectively. This includes avoiding waste, easing the burden of energy costs on the economy and protecting the environment. This law covers principles and procedures applicable to increasing and promoting energy efficiency in energy generation, transmission, distribution and consumption phases at industrial establishments, buildings, power generation plants, transmission and distribution networks and transport. The law also includes raising energy awareness in the general public, and utilizing renewable energy sources. Outside the scope of this Law are those buildings which would have to change characteristics or appearances at an unacceptable level upon the implementation of measures for increasing energy efficiency, are used for operation and production activities in the industrial areas, are used as worship places, have less than two years of scheduled period of utilization, are used less than 4 months in a year, have less than fifty square meters of usable area, those buildings or monuments under protection, agricultural buildings and workshops. As to the legal basis; measuring the energy efficiency of buildings-residential houses and then labeling and categorizing them should be major steps. To this end an “Energy Identity License” is to be prepared for labeling the buildings. It is felt that to use this “energy efficiency label” would be a proper and acceptable scale for all the institutions to uphold energy efficiency. Due to the environmental problems arising from global warming, ways to decrease carbon dioxide emissions are becoming ever more important. According to various studies, buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of overall CO2 emissions in the world. Due to this fact, green building certification systems that aim to reduce the carbon emissions of the buildings and the negative impact of building construction on the environment are being developed worldwide. Green building assessment systems have been a hot topic in the Turkish building market for some years now. Currently, Turkey does not have a green building assessment system and building owners prefer to have their buildings assessed using well-known foreign systems. Increasing knowledge of these systems contributed to the awareness of the need for a local green building system, which some agency and institutes have been working on. Countries, when forming their own system, usually take advantage of the expertise of experienced systems such as BREEAM or LEED. The majority of the green building councils prefer the adaptation of these systems. In our country, the plan is to create a national green building assessment system by adapting BREEAM or LEED for Turkey. This study is built up on the green buildings concept and green building’s certification systems. In the light of the findings of the study, I will make certain recommendations and suggest a local certification system in our country. The first part is the introduction of the thesis, “Energy Efficiency” in terms of how it can be explained and understood both in a global and local context. It will include accounts and critical analysis of relevant attempts in the world and in Turkey that have been made and being are made to address the subject of energy efficiency. The Energy perspective and Energy potential of Turkey were detailed by numbers, the importance of energy efficiency in buildings was paid attention to and the purpose of the thesis put forth. In the second chapter, the concept of “Sustainability” is explained. Moreover, “High Performance Buildings” which integrate the concept are defined. In comparison with traditional building green buildings, the term “Green Building” is explained in detail. In the third chapter, independently from countries and institutions, With “Green Building” comes to mind and in order to make one building green, having to be applied the most important of the criteria are summarized. In the fourth chapter, the concept of sustainability is addressed, specifically the materials that to have to be used in green building and the relevant standards with using these materials has been mentioned. For internationally recognized materials, summarizing the most commonly used standards and certificates have been detailed. In the fifth chapter, in order to compare the costs of a green building certification system with its benefit to buildings, the importance of the green building certification is drawn attention to and highlighted by comparing the cost and quality of life from the pre-made designs to usage of the building. In the sixth chapter, “World Green Building Council” and members of this council, which are founded for sustainable green building work and aims at recognizing and widening the importance of the subject are listed and information is given regarding the most important. In the seventh chapter, the assessment method of green buildings, the evaluation criteria and recognized certification system in the world have been summarized. In the eighth chapter, the most commonly used in the Green Building Certification Systems BREEAM from the UK and LEED from the USA certification system are going to be explained in detail and compared. In the last chapter, the status of the Green Building Certification Systems in our country and the implementation and the adaptation of a local system is considered before the positive and negative aspects of BREEAM and LEED are put forth, discussed and assessed.
Yeşil bina projelerinde tasarım süreci için bir yaklaşım: LEED V4 sertifikalandırma süreci modeli
Global warming, pollution and the rapid consumption of natural resources, together with the concept of sustainability made environmentally friendly green building design and construction number one agenda item for the industry stakeholders.. Sustainable building design is actually not a new approach. Design approaches devised in order to take maximum advantage of natural energy sources are also frequently encountered in conventional applications. On together with the expansion of green building approaches, certification systems have developed in order to measure and classify the environmental impact of certain standards related to sustainable buildings by developed countries. In this thesis work, primarily focuses on sustainability and green building concepts, examined green building certification systems and green building certification systems used in our country are investigated. UK originated BREEAM and US originated LEED certification system of green building certification systems became widespread at the international level. According to investigations in this study, the most commonly used in our country is the LEED certification system and the demand for LEED certification system it has been found to increase rapidly today. In this study, intended to create a guiding source for green building design process and in order to demonstrate an effective design process LEED certification system model is used as a tool. In the third part of the thesis, the LEED certification system which is the final version of the revised continuously developed and updated in 2014 after a 5 year period, LEED V4 certification system have been examined. xxii This section LEED V4 certification system provides information about types, LEED V4 BD+C (design & construction) has focused on evaluation categories for new buildings in the system and credit to be taken into account at the design stage and score weights are determined. The fourth section focuses on green building design requirements. In this section firstly, passive ventilation and natural lighting should be considered in green building design strategies were announced. After that the LEED V4 for new construction BD&C design lending requirements summarized and LEED certification system strategies has been identified to be followed in the design process. In the next chapter, for the aim of assessing the design process of LEED applications in our country, two sample projects that received LEED Gold certificate in the new building category and the one project that is candidate of LEED Gold certification in core & shell category are examined. Then interpretation of the designer of projects about the LEED certification and design process has received. As a result of the samples analyzed and the interpretations of the designer, importance of the LEED natural ventilation and lighting system has emphasized in order to LEED certification decision to be given at the beginning of the project design process and meet the requirements of LEED certification. The nature of the multidisciplinary design process that increases the workload on the designers and has been found to extend the design process if not planned well. The scope of the integrated design approach with the LEED certification process for green building design process is intensive and systematic work. This process is an interdisciplinary process that must be managed well. Thus, in the last part of the thesis, the LEED certification process was defined and the green building design process model was created based on the project stage. If the target is receiving LEED certification for a project, this decision should be taken before the start of the project to achieve an effective result and the project should be developed taking into account the requirements of sustainable design. In order to have an efficient LEED design process, the registration of the project in LEED system in the initial design phase of the project is important. xxiii In conculusion, by analyzing the natural data and having maximum benefit from natural resources that should be aimed for heating, cooling and lighting systems at the beginning of the design process. Also, in order to meet the targeted LEED credit requirements natural sources may be supported by mechanical systems. One of the most important issues in the LEED certification process is also integrated process management. In this context, at the beginning and in the process of the project, regular intervals negotiations about LEED stage and process should be planned such that all disciplines of the project must participate in. In this manner, coordination of the all project team and have been mastered of the entire project team should be ensured. In this way the entire project team will have more efficient project process in terms of both time and cost, as well as a sustainable project will be made more successful. In summary, in this thesis work, primarily focuses on sustainability and green building concepts, examined green building certification systems and green building certification systems used in our country are investigated. The most commonly used in our country as the LEED certification system and the demand for LEED certification system it has been found to increase rapidly today. So that in this study, intended to create a guiding source for green building design process and in order to demonstrate an effective design process, LEED certification system model is used as a tool. Importance of the LEED natural ventilation and lighting system has emphasized, in order to LEED certification decision to be given at the beginning of the project design process and meet the requirements of LEED certification. Finally, the LEED certification process was defined and the green building design process model was created based on the project stage by taking in to consideration LEED design requirements and passive climatization techniques.
The green library planner: What every librarian needs to know before starting to build or renovate
The Discussion about Green Building and Reflect the Interaction of its Functions
The development of green building rating systems (GBRS) and sustainability metrics for buildings, including building products, is reviewed from a North American perspective. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system and the Living Building Challenge (LBC) are highlighted as primary examples of different levels of GBRS. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is introduced as a preferred method of quantifying sustainability, and its integration into current GBRS is examined a prominent building example. Two example applications of LCA to building products associated with GBRS – carpet and roof membranes – are provided. In the first example, conventional carpet was compared with carpet meeting the standards of the LBC’s materials exclusion criteria (Red List, via the Declare product labeling system). In the second example, LCA was applied to both the manufacture and use phases of roof membrane alternatives for a building retrofit project, one of which would have aided in achieving LEED certification. The Declare-listed products did not perform better in every LCA impact category, and the GBRS-preferred roof system performed more poorly in all LCA impact categories, while suggesting the need for additional LCA categories. Both examples help to illustrate the complexity and tradeoffs encountered while integrating the quantitative perspective of LCA and the qualitative perspective of GBRS.
Study on Characteristics and Application of Modern Green Building Materials
Modern green building materials have the virtues of energy saving and environmental protection. They are the development direction of modern building materials. This paper introduces several modern green building materials, including concrete materials, green wood, insulation materials and green waterproof material. The material characteristics of them are analyzed detailed. Some application study cases are shown to demonstrate the good prospects of green building materials.
Keywords-green material, environmental protection, green building
Research on the Post Occupancy Evaluation of Green Public Building Environmental Performance Combined with Carbon Emissions Accounting
Keywords
- Green building;
- Post-occupancy evaluation;
- Environmental performance;
- Carbon emission ;
The aim of this paper is to show how small and locally oriented projects like the Green library project can grow and expand to a national level. The Green Library project was first initiated in 2011. by the Librarian Association of Istria, with the goal of educating the public and raising awareness about sustainable development and the necessity for environmental protection. The project was received exceptionally well in the County of Istria, and its activities were well attended. Since the beginning of 2013. Public library Fran Galović in Koprivnica implements this idea and integrates “green” topics into its regular programs. Most of the programmes were oriented on small practical steps and advices on what we can do in our everyday lives to contribute and participate in sustainable development and environmental protection. During National assembly of Croatian Library Association in October 2014. Project Green library has expanded on a national librarian level by establishing the Working group for Green libraries. The aim of this Group is to establish a network of libraries ready to be involved in an existing form of the project and to participate in the education of general public and raising the awareness about the importance of a sustainable society as well as to advocate for the environmental protection through libraries and library associations.
Keywords: Green library project, Croatia, Public libraries, sustainable development, environmental protection
Integrating Life Cycle Assessment with Green Building and Product Rating Systems: North American Perspective
The development of green building rating systems (GBRS) and sustainability metrics for buildings, including building products, is reviewed from a North American perspective. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system and the Living Building Challenge (LBC) are highlighted as primary examples of different levels of GBRS. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is introduced as a preferred method of quantifying sustainability, and its integration into current GBRS is examined a prominent building example. Two example applications of LCA to building products associated with GBRS – carpet and roof membranes – are provided. In the first example, conventional carpet was compared with carpet meeting the standards of the LBC’s materials exclusion criteria (Red List, via the Declare product labeling system). In the second example, LCA was applied to both the manufacture and use phases of roof membrane alternatives for a building retrofit project, one of which would have aided in achieving LEED certification. The Declare-listed products did not perform better in every LCA impact category, and the GBRS-preferred roof system performed more poorly in all LCA impact categories, while suggesting the need for additional LCA categories. Both examples help to illustrate the complexity and tradeoffs encountered while integrating the quantitative perspective of LCA and the qualitative perspective of GBRS.
How to become/How to identify a Green Library? Standards for Certification
Over the last decades there are libraries all over the world following the “green way”. In the US some are certified by LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), constructed and designed to fulfill these high standards for certification as a “green” building through the rating system. But there are additional criteria for libraries to fulfill the ideas and ideals of environmental sustainability. Besides being an environmental friendly building the library can act as educator and leader through driving an eco-friendly office management, eco-friendly user services, exemplary ecofriendly activities and offering information and courses in and eco-friendly lifestyle. Drawing upon a recently defended master thesis in Germany, the purpose of the paper is to propose the development of a sector-specific certificate to award libraries as a “Green library”. The certificate is awarded not only for building aspects but specifically for services and management systems. The objective of this paper, presented at the IFLA conference, is to define systematically all aspects of an environmentally sustainable library through a certification system. And additionally, to recommend Environmental Sustainability and Libraries SIG (ENSULIB), as the only official worldwide initiative for promoting (awarding?) green libraries with an “ENSULIB Green Library Certificate”.
Keywords: Green Library, Environmental Sustainability, Certification System
Go Green and Keep the Earth Clean
Environmental perceptions and health before and after relocation to a green building
Green buildings are designed to have low environmental impacts and improved occupant health and well-being. Improvements to the built environment including ventilation, lighting, and materials have resulted in improved indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in green buildings, but the evidence around occupant health is currently centered around environmental perceptions and self-reported health. To investigate the objective impact of green buildings on health, we tracked IEQ, self-reported health, and heart rate in 30 participants from green and conventional buildings for two weeks. 24 participants were then selected to be relocated to the Syracuse Center of Excellence, a LEED platinum building, for six workdays. While they were there, ventilation, CO2, and volatile organic compound (VOC) levels were changed on different days to match the IEQ of conventional, green, and green+ (green with increased ventilation) buildings. Participants reported improved air quality, odors, thermal comfort, ergonomics, noise and lighting and fewer health symptoms in green buildings prior to relocation. After relocation, participants consistently reported fewer symptoms during the green building conditions compared to the conventional one, yet symptom counts were more closely associated with environmental perceptions than with measured IEQ. On average, participants had 4.7 times the odds of reporting a lack of air movement, 43% more symptoms (p-value = 0.019) and a 2 bpm higher heart rate (p-value < 0.001) for a 1000 ppm increase in indoor CO2 concentration. These findings suggest that occupant health in green and conventional buildings is driven by both environmental perceptions and physiological pathways.
Building a sustainable digital library
Information leads to knowledge and knowledge leads to wisdom. Every human activity requiresknowledge to
accomplish their daily task. Theformat for creation/storage of information has changed with the emergence of e-publishing.
The information available in digital form should be preserved for future and for this the digital library has to be sustainable.
The growth of digital libraries, rapidly changing technological and networking infrastructure threatens the sustainability of
digital knowledge. This paperhighlightsdesigning of a sustainable digital library by providing methods to preserve the
subscribed/purchased digital information, digitally created/converted information and library databases.
The technological options to sustain the digital knowledge are discussed. “Green libraries” are the future libraries and
preserving the knowledge contained by them by making the resource sustainable is the new goal of the modern libraries.
KEYWORDS: Digital Library, Institutional Repositories, Cloud Computing, Parallel Computing, Grid Computing,
Maintenance Fees, Back- Up
A Study on Developing the Evaluation Items for the Green Libraries Certification
Weeding in libraries survey report: sprouting green weeding practises in libraries web-based training
This survey report is for a survey conducted as part of an IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grant for Libraries project. This survey intended to find out about the current state of weeding practices in libraries. An informal discussion of the data is included with many direct quotes and word cloud graphics. Overall findings suggest there is an apparent disconnect between library acquisition and weeding and there appears to be an increasing interest in repurposing and reusing library material. Suggestions for future research are included.
Üstün yetenekli öğrencilerle akranlarının çevre okuryazarlık bileşenleri açısından karşılaştırılmalı incelenmesi
Bu araştırmanın amacı, 2011-2012 öğretim yılında 6., 7. ve 8. sınıflarda öğrenim gören Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi’nde bulunan 34 üstün yetenekli öğrenci ile diğer okullarda öğrenim gören farklı sosyo-ekonomik düzeye sahip 364 öğrenciden oluşan akranlarını, çevre okuryazarlık bileşenlerinden olan çevre bilgisi ve çevresel duyuş açısından karşılaştırmaktır. Ölçme aracı olarak araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan geçerliliği ve güvenirliği sağlanmış “Çevre Bilgisi Testi (ÇBT)”, “Çevresel Duyuş Ölçeği (ÇDYÖ)” kullanılmıştır. Test ve ölçek geliştirme çalışmalarında çevresel duyuş ölçeğinin üç faktörlü olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde t-testi, Pearson Correlation Testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, Üstün yetenekli öğrencilerle alt, orta ve üst sosyo-ekonomik düzeye sahip akranların “çevresel duyuş” bileşeni açısından üstün yetenekliler lehine anlamlı farkın olduğu belirlenmiştir. Çevre bilgisi bileşenine göre ise, üstün yetenekli öğrenciler ile üst sosyo ekonomik düzeye sahip akranları arasında anlamlı bir farklılık gözlenmemiştir. Ayrıca, akran grupların kendi aralarındaki karşılaştırma sonucuna göre, cinsiyet değişkenine göre akranların “çevresel duyuş” açısından kız öğrenciler lehine anlamlı farklılık olduğu ancak çevre bilgisi açısından herhangi bir farklılık olmadığı görülmüştür; fakat üstün yetenekli öğrencilerde cinsiyet değişkenine göre “çevre bilgisi” ve “çevresel duyuş” açısından bir farklılık bulunmamaktadır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Çevre Okuryazarlığı; Üstün Yetenekli Öğrenci; Çevre Bilgisi; Çevresel Duyuş
Usefulness of green marketing literacy and purchase decisions
Let every individual and institution now thinks and acts as a responsible trustee of the Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure”. John McConnel (Founder of International Earth Day) As the components of our environment are dynamically dependent and interrelated, even a small change in its equilibrium will have serious consequences on mankind. The functioning of our ecosystem is hampered by various types of pollution resulting from anthropogenic activities, which in turn impacts life of any kind. It is time to realize our responsibilities towards nature and reduce our damage to the environment. No other creature of nature is altering the environment as human being is changing it by its selfish motives to satisfy his short term requirements and benefits. While manis in the progress of sustainable development, by sacrificing the natural environment it is not possible to attain it.One effort towards saving the environment has originated the concept of green marketing in modern business. Green marketing focuses on saving the earth’s resources in production, operating,packaging, transporting, delivering etc., for environmental compatibility with performance, affordability, convenience and environmental safety. The paper interests to share the usefulness of green marketing and to know the awareness, liking and satisfaction of people about green marketing. A survey was done in two cities of Tamilnadu Salem and Coimbatore with a sample of 200 selected customers through convenience sampling technique from different grocery stores and shopping malls in order to get an insight into the concept.The study revealed that the green products have substantial awareness among customers and they are willing to buy and pay for green products. Customers also considered awareness and availability of green products as an important deciding factor in promoting green marketing.
Tomorrow's green public library
This article provides recommendations that can be used by public library services and associated organisations when considering building or refurbishing library buildings. Recommendations range from simple and easy-to-implement practices and procedures, to large-scale building development. It also provides a framework for libraries to follow when designing a new building, refurbishing existing buildings and raising community awareness of the benefits of designing and running sustainable libraries. The article looks at sustainability and its importance within a library, refurbishment of library buildings, greener work practices and public education initiatives. Three key areas of sustainability are highlighted: building/refurbishing, sustainable practices and education. The recommendations and concepts noted in the article are demonstrated through a case study of the Melton Library and Learning Hub in Victoria. In the relative absence of relevant Victorian publications, Tomorrow’s Green Public Library also serves as a resource guide to direct public libraries to further information and publications available.
The Sustainability Literacy Test: Can universities be sure they are producing sustainability literate graduates?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THEY ENTER YOUR CLASSROOM OR YOUR COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY? DO THEY HAVE THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTAND THESE CONCEPTS? ARE YOU RISKING LOSING THEIR ATTENTION BY PRESENTING THEM WITH INFORMATION THEY ALREADY KNOW? HOW CAN YOU BE SURE THAT YOUR COURSES ARE ADAPTED TO THEIR CURRENT LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE? AT A UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE LEVEL, DO YOU HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE THAT IS? THE SUSTAINABILITY LITERACY TEST ALLOWS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO MAP THEIR STUDENTS’ BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND COMPARE THEIR RESULTS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY WITH OTHER STUDENTS.
The Environmental Literacy of Lower Secondary School Pupils, High School and College Students
It is general known fact, the environment problems are still more and more serious. So the environmental education is the important way, how to learn pupils and students about environment and its protection. The main aim of the study was to find out the environmental literacy level of lower secondary school pupils, high school students and college students. Next the influence of age, gender, residence and other variables was determined. The samples size was created by 245 respondents. As the research tool was used Children’s Responsible Environmental Behavior Scale (CREBS). The methods of descriptive (mean score, standard error) and inferential statistics (ANOVA) for the data analysis were used. The Cronbach’s alpha was used for the determination of the reliability. The results showed relatively low level of environmental literacy. Higher level of environmental literacy had boys in comparison with girls, next respondents from village in comparison with respondents from town and also the oldest respondents. Keywords: Environmental literacy, questionnaire, pupils, students.
Across the nation, states are making significant progress in advancing our national educational goals by creating and implementing plans to enrich the curriculum with environmental education. These plans to integrate environmental education into the K–12 curriculum will give teachers and students new opportunities to take learning outside; explore their communities; analyze issues; learn about connections between our economy, society, and environment; support economic growth; and become engaged citizens. Part of the No Child Left Inside initiative, state Environmental Literacy Plans (ELPs) lay out a roadmap to achieving environmental literacy in each state (the next section of this report provides an overview of ELPs and their connection to NCLI). In 2012, the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) launched the first-ever effort to gauge states’ progress in developing ELPs. NAAEE administered a national survey online and through phone interviews, and published the information in a 2013 status report.1 This second status report provides an update to that initial report. Data was gathered during the early part of 2014, from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, through an updated online survey and follow-up telephone interviews. This report details the current status of ELP development throughout the U.S., highlights several states with exemplary ELPs, and gives recommendations for successful ELP development based on the findings
Smart minds, greener future: North Carolina Environmental Literacy Plan
The plan was developed by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the N.C. Department of Public Instruction in partnership with the North Carolina Environmental Literacy Plan Working Group. We would like to thank the Environmental Literacy Plan Working Group members for their contributions
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOUR DIMENSIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING APPROACH USING SMARTPLS
The purpose of this study was to assess environmental literacy which includes the dimensions of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour among Malaysian Form 4 secondary school students. This study was also aimed to ascertain differences in environmental literacy based on students’ gender and school location. The relationships and the contribution of environmental knowledge and environmental attitudes to environmental behaviours were also studied. The ultimate goal of this study was to propose a structural model which explains the direct and indirect effects of the three dimensions of environmental literacy by using SmartPLS. This study involved administering the Environmental Literacy Survey (ELS), a version of the Green’s (1999) modified Wisconsin Environmental Survey. This study offers a snapshot of environmental literacy among Form 4 secondary school students as well as an insight on the direct and indirect effects among the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour dimensions of environmental literacy.
Keywords: Environmental literacy; Environmental knowledge; Environmental attitudes; Environmental behaviour; Structural Equation Modeling; Environmental education
Quantifying and Understanding Ecological Literacy: A Study of First Year Students at Liberal Arts Institutions
Ecological literacy measures a person’s knowledge of ecological systems, care for their immediate and global environment, and level of action to reduce his or her personal and communal impact on the environment. This study investigates the level of ecological literacy of first year students who entered seven liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania in the fall of 2013. The institutions included in the study are Allegheny College, Bryn Mawr College, Bucknell University, Dickinson College, Gettysburg College, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College. 426 students were surveyed during their first three months of college, and the data was processed to quantify the number of students who are ecologically literate and to examine the potential triggers for and pathways towards ecological literacy. The study shows that 58 percent of students have some level of ecological literacy while the remaining students are ecologically illiterate. In addition to questions that tested for ecological literacy, the survey collected demographic information and gauged a student’s level of exposure to nature. This study does not find that these factors are predictors of a person’s level of ecological literacy. Between the three sections of ecological literacy, a student’s level of care does correlate with a student’s level of action, but neither action nor caring correlate with knowledge. The aim of this research is to support schools in better catering their sustainability efforts towards students with low levels of ecological literacy, so all students who reach the undergraduate level of education will leave the educational system with a basic understanding of the major environmental issues facing today’s world, a feeling of responsibility to address these challenges, and the competencies to contribute positively towards building a more sustainable society.
Ortaokul öğrencilerinin çevre okuryazarlığı alt boyutlarının çeşitli değişkenler açısından incelenmesi
Bu araştırmanın amacı ortaokul öğrencilerinin, çevre okuryazarlığı alt boyutlarının farklı değişkenler açısından incelenmesidir. Çalışmanın örneklemi Düzce ve Bartın illerinde yer alan toplam 8 okuldan seçilmiştir. Çevre okuryazarlığına ait alt boyutların düzeyini belirlemek için bilgi testi, davranış, tutum ve duyuşsal eğilim ölçekleri kullanılmıştır. Ayrıca öğrencilerin demografik özelliklerinin belirlenmesi için kişisel bilgi formundan yararlanılmıştır. 713 öğrenciye uygulanan anketlerden elde edilen veriler SPSS yardımıyla analiz edilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda ortaokul öğrencilerinin cinsiyetlerinin çevre okuryazarlığı alt boyutlarından sadece davranış için fark oluşturduğu, sınıf düzeyinin artmasıyla tüm boyutlar için düzeylerin arttığı görülmüştür. Bunun yanı sıra babası üniversite bitirmiş olan öğrenciler ile anneleri lise mezunu olan öğrencilerin alt boyut puanları diğer mezuniyet derecesine sahip ebeveynlere göre farklılık göstermiştir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Çevre okuryazarlığı, bilgi, davranış, tutum, duyuşsal eğilim, çevre eğitimi.
İlköğretim 2. kademe öğrencileri için çevre okuryazarlık ölçeği:ölçek geliştirme ve güvenirlik çalışması
Bu araştırmada ilköğretim ikinci kademe öğrencilerinin çevre okuryazarlıklarını belirlemeye yönelik bir ölçek geliştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu; 2010 – 2011 bahar yarıyılında 6 farklı ilköğretim okulunun ikinci kademesinde öğrenim gören toplam 377 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. İlk olarak araştırmacılar tarafından 45 soruluk bir madde havuzu oluşturulmuştur. Uzman görüşleri alınarak ge- rekli düzeltmeler yapıldıktan sonra 39 maddeden oluşan bir deneme formu elde edilmiştir. Bu formun uygulanmasının ardından yapılan açımlayıcı faktör analizi sonuçlarına göre iki boyuttan (davranış ve tutum) oluşan 20 maddelik 5’li Likert tipi ölçek elde edilmiştir. Hazırlanan ölçeğin güvenirlilik çalışma- sı sonucunda tüm ölçek için Cronbach Alpha katsayısı. 84 olarak bulunmuştur. Anahtar Kelimeler: Çevre okuryazarlığı, Ölçek geliştirme, İlköğretim öğrencileri.
Green Library: An overview
A Green Library also knows as a sustainable library, is a library build with environmental concerns in mind, Green libraries are a part of the larger green building movement. Green libraries are being build all over the world, along with library 2.0 green design is an emerging trend, defining the library of the 21st century. A study of Green libraries in 2008 revealed that not only has energy conservation become important, but that spaces designed for users Rather than books have become paramount the Modular system worked particularly well for housing ever-expanding books collections but collecting growth is no longer practical goal. Users want and need a greater variety of spaces, which purpose build rooms are better at meeting.
Green libraries promoting sustainable communities
What is a sustainable community? How does the library as an institution, through the construction or renovation of a library building, promote and model sustainable behavior? The behavior and process that a library institution exhibits during the construction of a library building establishes an important community bond between the institution and the citizens it serves. Citizens not only learn from the process but they also begin to understand how to model their behavior. Libraries, in turn, learn from their citizens who are increasingly demanding a deeper commitment to sustainable practices in the construction, operation and maintenance of their libraries. Besides these community-centric relationships, the buildings themselves can model best practices. Specifically, the community dialogue and listening process is crucial to establishing trust between the institution and the citizens. Without this trust, the success of a sustainable community will falter. This paper uses examples of these best practices and discusses the lessons learned for promoting sustainable communities through library design, building and operations.
Green Libraries Coming Up! National and international initiatives fostering environmental sustainable libraries and library services
The paper will give an overview of worldwide international and national initiatives for “Greening Libraries” in order to draw attention and to raise awareness to both public as well as scholarly libraries to take a clear stand and create a visible green image for the library as an important part of their social responsibility. The paper will promote the idea that the mission of libraries should include the taking on of a leading role in teaching environmental responsibility to the public. Because a “green” image is a good image libraries should use their way of “going green” to promote a powerful green image towards their stakeholders, customers and sponsors. The upcoming LIS future generation should be encouraged to spread the “Green library movement” in their home libraries, their home library associations and their home countries.
Green consumption, ecolabelling and capitalism's environmental limits
Green consumption attempts to reduce capitalism’s environmental impacts by influencing consumer behaviour. It is based on the premise that consumers can be provided with information about the environmental conditions of production through ‘eco’ labels and brands, enabling them to make choices about their consumptive patterns. In response to the growth in green consumerism, there has been a flourishing theoretical and empirical body of work in a wide range of social science disciplines critiquing green consumption from a broadly Marxian perspective and raising questions about capitalism’s environmental limits. In this paper, I explore how recent scholarship has advanced Marxian and Green Marxian theory and consider its implications for green consumerism. I focus on the following three arguments: (i) that capitalism’s emphasis on profit and a relentless pursuit of economic growth tends to create a ‘metabolic rift’ so that people are increasingly separated, spatially and socially, from the ecosystems that support them; (ii) whilst green consumerism plays up the ability of individual consumers to influence production, power tends to lie with large producers and retailers; and (iii) whilst in principle green consumption empowers consumers by providing with them greater information about the conditions of production, it tends to obscure more fundamental problems such as the intensity of resource consumption.
Graduate Students, Study Of Environmental Literacy and Sustainable Development
The purpose of this study was to assess environmental literacy which includes the dimensions of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour among Malaysian Form 4 secondary school students. This study was also aimed to ascertain differences in environmental literacy based on students’ gender and school location. The relationships and the contribution of environmental knowledge and environmental attitudes to environmental behaviours were also studied. The ultimate goal of this study was to propose a structural model which explains the direct and indirect effects of the three dimensions of environmental literacy by using SmartPLS. This study involved administering the Environmental Literacy Survey (ELS), a version of the Green’s (1999) modified Wisconsin Environmental Survey. This study offers a snapshot of environmental literacy among Form 4 secondary school students as well as an insight on the direct and indirect effects among the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour dimensions of environmental literacy. Keywords: Environmental literacy; Environmental knowledge; Environmental attitudes; Environmental behaviour; Structural Equation Modeling; Environmental education
Fen ve teknoloji öğretmen ve öğretmen adaylarının çevre eğitimine ilişkin metaforik algıları
Bu araştırma fen ve teknoloji öğretmen ve öğretmen adaylarının “çevre eğitimi” kavramı ile ilgili algılarını metaforlar aracılığıyla ortaya koymak amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, araştırmaya gönüllü olarak katılan 47 fen ve teknoloji öğretmeni ile 2012-2013 öğretim yılında Erciyes Üniversitesi Fen Bilgisi Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı’nda okuyan 40 öğretmen adayı oluşturmuştur. Öğretmen ve öğretmen adaylarından “Çevre eğitimi ……………….. gibidir, çünkü ……………………………………..” şeklindeki formu doldurmaları istenmiştir. Bu formda yer alan ilk boşlukta “çevre eğitimi” kavramı ile ilgili bir benzetim yapmaları, ikinci boşlukta ise bu benzetmenin nedenini açıklamaları istenmiştir. Araştırmada 9 kişinin formu eksik veya yanlış doldurulduğu için değerlendirilmeye alınmamıştır. Katılımcılardan, öğretmenler çevre eğitimi kavramına ilişkin 34 farklı metafor üretmiş, öğretmen adayları ise 31 farklı metafor üretmiştir. Bu metaforlara bağlı olarak öğretmenlerin ve öğretmen adaylarının “çevre eğitimi” algıları farklı kategoriler altında toplanmıştır. Kategorilere ilişkin sonuçlar yorumlanmıştır. Anahtar Sözcükler: Metafor, çevre eğitimi, fen ve teknoloji, algı.
Evaluating strategies for inclusion of environmental literacy in the elementary school classroom
The purpose of this study was to assess environmental literacy which includes the dimensions of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour among Malaysian Form 4 secondary school students. This study was also aimed to ascertain differences in environmental literacy based on students’ gender and school location. The relationships and the contribution of environmental knowledge and environmental attitudes to environmental behaviours were also studied. The ultimate goal of this study was to propose a structural model which explains the direct and indirect effects of the three dimensions of environmental literacy by using SmartPLS. This study involved administering the Environmental Literacy Survey (ELS), a version of the Green’s (1999) modified Wisconsin Environmental Survey. This study offers a snapshot of environmental literacy among Form 4 secondary school students as well as an insight on the direct and indirect effects among the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour dimensions of environmental literacy. Keywords: Environmental literacy; Environmental knowledge; Environmental attitudes; Environmental behaviour; Structural Equation Modeling; Environmental education
Environmental Literacy Knowledge: Content Analysis of Non-formal Environmental Education in Southwest Florida
This study analyzed the physical and ecological knowledge content of local and regional non-formal environmental education (EE) programs for K-12 students. Non-profit, nongovernmental, and governmental organizations that currently provide EE assistance to schools throughout the school year were examined. Data were collected from EE programs in the fivecounty district of Southwest Florida during 2010-2012; however, only data from the top two most populous counties (Lee and Collier) were used in the comparative content analysis. Physical and ecological knowledge offered in the region was analyzed through a modified Delphi technique. Participants in the modified Delphi study compared national literacy frameworks in ecological knowledge to the description of each EE program. The results show programs offered in Lee and Collier counties have a focus on conservation biology and Earth science content, and gaps in climate, ocean, atmospheric science and—the greatest gap—in energy literacy content. The overall objective of this research was to identify the scope of environmental education programs in Southwest Florida and serve as a model for analysis of other regions.
Environmental Knowledge, Attitude and Participatory Behavior towards Land Degradation in Injibara Secondary and Preparatory School, Northwestern Ethiopia
The study investigates the level and relationship of environmental knowledge, attitude and participatory behavior among study participants towards land degradation. A total of 286 study participants take part in the study. They were assessed using the Likert scale for environmental attitude and participatory behavior and multiple-choice for environmental knowledge. In addition, to strengthen the data obtained through questionnaire, Focused Group Discussions and interview were used and the data obtained analyzed using SPSS version 15.0 for windows. The result of the study communicates that both students and teachers have fair level of environmental knowledge, attitude and participatory behavior towards land degradation. Furthermore, results of correlation and linear regression revealed that there is a significant moderate positive bivariate correlation and positive predictive power among environmental knowledge, attitude and participatory behavior across students and teachers.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Participatory Behavior, Land Degradation, Bivariate Correlation, Predictive Power.
Effectiveness of Blogging as a Teaching Aid in Environmental Education Activities
The study aimed to compare the efficacy of the use of blogs as a teaching aid for environmental education activities for high school students was conducted. Materials and Methods: In this quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group respectively. Ramhormoz all the high school students in the study population. Statistical sample by sample size determined by Morgan and by stratified random within each class of 88 students into four groups (two experimental groups and two control groups) of both sexes (each n = 22) were selected. The data gathering tool was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results from the questionnaires showed that the level of cognitive (sig>0.05), attitude (sig>0.05) and environmental behavior (sig>0.05) is the result of environmental literacy groups there is a significant difference. The learning outcomes in boys compared with girls, and this effect was statistically significant in favor of boys. The results show the effectiveness of blogging as an educational activity for a group training environment is examined. Key words: Environmental education, Blogging, Communication.
Doğa eğitimi ile öğretmen adaylarının çevre okuryazarlık düzeylerindeki değişimin ve görüşlerinin incelenmesi
Bu çalışmada, TÜBİTAK tarafından desteklenen bir çevre projesi ile gerçekleştirilen doğa eğitiminin öğretmen adaylarının çevre okuryazarlık düzeylerindeki değişimine etkisi ve doğa eğitimi ile ilgili görüşlerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma tek grup öntest – sontest deneysel desende tasarlanmıştır. Araştırma katılımcılarını farklı üniversitelerin eğitim fakültelerinden ve eğitim fakültelerinin farklı bölümlerinden katılan 20 öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplamak amacıyla ön test ve son test olarak çevre okuryazarlığı testi ve etkinliklerin gerçekleştirilmesinden sonra uygulanan açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir form kullanılmıştır. Nicel olarak elde edilen verilerin analizinde ön test ve son test puanlarının karşılaştırılabilmesi amacıyla eşleştirilmiş örneklemler t-testi kullanılmıştır. Açık uçlu sorulardan elde edilen nitel verilerin analizinde ise içerik analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre; çevre okuryazarlığının ele alınan boyutları ile ilgili katılımcıların son test puanlarında artış olduğu görülmektedir. Bu artış çevresel algı puanlarında anlamlı düzeydedir. Katılımcıların doğa eğitimi ile; çevre konusunda farkındalık sağlama, çevre bilincini geliştirme, mesleki gelişimlerine katkı sağlama ve teorik bilgilerin uygulamasını görme gibi kazanımlar elde ettikleri belirlenmiştir. Anahtar sözcükler: Çevre eğitimi, çevre okuryazarlığı, doğa eğitimi, öğretmen adayı
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY SCALE FOR ADULTS (ELSA)
In this study, the development and validation of the Environmental Literacy Scale for Adults (ELSA) is explained. The data were collected from 332 adults whose ages ranged from 18 to over 56. The principal component analysis rotated to varimax rotation was used to obtain evidence for the validity of the scale. The scale was composed of 20 items and had three main dimensions: “environmental consciousness”, “environmental anxiety” and “environmental awareness”. A reliability analysis of the instrument revealed Cronbach-Alpha coeffi cients of 0.881 for the whole of the scale, 0.807 for the fi rst dimension, 0.765 for the second dimension and 0.715 for the last dimension. Considering the results obtained from the validity and reliability studies, it can be asserted that ELSA can be used to determine adults’ views and levels of environmental literacy. Key words: adults, environmental literacy, scale development.
Developing Awareness of Connections Between Science, Technology and the Environment through Participation in a Game-Like Approach to Curriculum
If we are ever to achieve the goal of redirecting technological development along more environmentally and socially responsible lines we need to provide students with opportunities to examine the processes of science and technology, the possible costs and consequences of this work, and the choices available to us. The purpose of this study is to examine students’ developing environmental literacy in the Heat Game. The Heat Game is a game-like approach to curriculum designed to support students developing their environmental literacy while addressing curriculum requirements for a grade 7 unit, Heat in the Environment, in Ontario, Canada. Based on principles of learning in video-games, the Heat Game recreates a simulation of a science and technology setting wherein studentparticipants role-play junior professional scientists communicating online within a community of scientists. In their roles they work to solve a virtual challenge to design energy-efficient housing, and reflect on possible environmental and societal consequences of their designs. This study, which is part of a larger design-based research study of The Heat Game, uses discourse analysis to examine online role-playing conversations generated within the game as well as online correspondence between students and their teacher after the game. The study demonstrates that through actions and online conversations in the Heat Game students developed their environmental literacy, including understandings of the relationships between science, technology and the environment and the consequences of choices we make. In addition the study provides support for the ideas of Gee (2007) regarding how we can use the principles of learning in video games to create opportunities for students to develop a literacy; in this case environmental literacy.
Keywords: Environmental literacy; STSE education; discourse analysis; learning through video games; middle school education.
Çevre sorunlarına yönelik farkındalık ölçeğinin geliştirilmesi ve öğretmen adaylarının farkındalık düzeylerinin belirlenmesi
Bu araştırmanın amacı, öğretmen adaylarının çevre sorunlarına yönelik farkındalık dü- zeylerini belirleyebilmek için geçerli ve güvenilir bir farkındalık ölçeği geliştirmek ve fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının çevre sorunlarına yönelik farkındalık düzeylerini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Araştırmada tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın farkındalık ölçeği geliştirme aşamasında, 2009-2010 eğitim-öğretim yılı bahar döneminde, Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi İlköğretim Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenliği Anabilim Dalı’nda 4. sınıfa devam eden toplam 203 öğretmen adayı çalışma grubu olarak seçilmiştir. Araştırmanın diğer çalışma grubunu ise yine aynı yıl Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi İlköğretim Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenliği Anabilim Dalı’nda 3. sınıfta öğrenim gören toplam 93 öğretmen adayı oluşturmuştur. Çalışmanın sonunda geçerliği ve güvenirliği sağlanan 44 maddelik Çevre Sorunlarına Yönelik Farkındalık Ölçeği geliştirilmiştir. Daha sonra hazırlanan ölçek fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarına uygulanmıştır. Sonuç olarak öğretmen adaylarının farkındalık düzeylerinin ölçekte bulunan maddelere göre değişiklik gösterdiği ve farkındalıkların istenen düzeyin altında olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Çevre sorunları, farkındalık, öğretmen adayları
Case Study the Environmental Literacy of Fast Learner Middle School Students in Indonesia
Awareness in environmental ethics among students becomes a complex problem that is trying to be addressed through environmental education in schools. But it is considered difficult given many factors that affect, especially cultural factors. Parental, background, social life, and systems in developing countries such as Indonesia are still lack of concern for the environment. In fact there is occurred in group of fast learner students in middle school, their intelligence is above average, they also gain access to a lot of environmental knowledge, but none in implementation. To capture the phenomena, measured students environmental literacy levels by using the Environmental Literacy Instrument. The result, for all environmental literacy components, students were high in components of environmental knowledge and cognitive skills, but have not been satisfactory for the affective and responsible behavior components. Performed a correlation analysis between the components, demonstrate the behavior is not influenced by the environmental knowledge, but more influenced by his attitude towards the environment
Are libraries sustainable in a world of free, networked, digital information?
The evolution of libraries through three stages –modernization, automation and digitization- is analysed. A formula is presented to evaluate the importance of libraries to our society, and it is applied both retrospectively and futuristically, extrapolating a 2030 scenario. The conclusion is that if the current generation of librarians does not introduce radical changes in the role of libraries, their future is seriously threatened. Keywords Analysis, Sustainability, Values, Roles, Functions, Libraries, Extrapolation, Future developments, Prospects, Trends, Forecast
The Green Library – Die grüne Bibliothek
Contributions and case studies from Germany and other European countries, as well as from Asia, Australia and the US, demonstrate different aspects of reducing the “ecological footprint” in libraries. As well as looking at everyday procedures, the social role and responsibility of libraries as leaders in environmental sustainability are considered as are achieving a positive image for the library and the role of sustainability in marketing. The book also includes examples of sustainability in libraries through short papers presenting interesting cases. Contributions by experts in their field are written in German or in English and all have German and English abstracts. The publication will be of interest to librarians from public, business, special and university libraries, teachers and students of library and information science as well as anyone interested in ecological solutions such as architects, library users, library governing bodies, certification agencies and professional library associations.
Green Library- A new concept of library
The creation of green libraries is approaching a tipping point, generating a Green Library
Movement, which is comprised of librarians, libraries, cities, towns, college and
university campuses committed to greening libraries and reducing their environmental
impact. Constructing a green library building using a performance standard is a way some
libraries are choosing to become green and sustainable. Environmental challenges like
energy depletion and climate change will influence the type of information resources and
programs libraries will provide to their communities
The amount of information available on green libraries and green library practices is
limited but continues to grow
Green Libraries Are More Than Just Buildings
Many colleges and universities across the United States have adopted sustainability in their
curriculum and operations. Academic libraries need to support the mission of their university and
therefore must also play their part in sustainability education and operations. The library and
information science literature shows the term “green library” to be a hallmark for a library building
with an environmentally friendly design. However, there are very few academic libraries in the
United States that are LEED certified. I argue that a green library is more than what the architecture
entails. By using example initiatives and providing recommendations for green library operations,
it is determined that a green library does not necessarily entail a green building, but it does involve
a green mission.
Going green or not: realities of the Indian metropolis Libraries
India is fighting severe problems, as for e.g. pollution explosion, dwindling resources,
illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, threats of terrorism, among others. In this perspective, little
emphasis is given on emerging issues like hygienic and environmental awareness.
Very recently, Indian libraries started to have provisions for natural lights as much as
possible, energy saving bulbs in the reading rooms and other places within library premises,
provision of natural air, emphasis on cleanliness, hygienic toilets, adequate provision of waste bins at
appropriate places, proper disposal policies for weeded library materials/equipments, etc. This paper
will present the report of a survey of some important libraries in the four metropolises (Kolkata,
Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai) of India.
Going green as a marketing tool for libraries: environmentally sustainable
This paper deals with libraries’ awareness of ecological sustainability as part of the marketing
strategy with high impact on both clients and stakeholders. Libraries are particularly responsible not
only for disseminating information on environmental sustainability but also for serving as examples
to follow. Small steps in going green can have a big impact on the library’s image. Activities in this
field can be developed in cooperation with unpaid partners like NGOs, Friends of the Library groups
etc. The paper will give examples from libraries in different countries from all over the world, dealing
with ideas of how to gain recognition with a green identity, which conveys an attractive market
image.
The ancient pairing of architecture and books has always been an interesting topic for debate, and the increasing popularity of electronic books has recently added fuel to the fire. However, the bonfires built for the printed version remain unlit. Research undertaken for this publication suggests that the traditional reading room is currently enjoying a renaissance in many different guises, with print and digital media enjoying a symbiotic relationship.
The digital revolution is just one of the many challenges faced by the library architect. To satisfy the varied requirements of library users, flexible, future proof, indoor and outdoor spaces must now support both passive and active pursuits. These often contrasting demands can vary dramatically from quiet, contemplative reading to audible public performance.
This publication explores in detail the evolution of the eco-library, focusing on how design teams cope with diminishing resources in diverse geographic and climatic conditions. The featured projects demonstrate measurable reductions in both construction and operating costs through innovative designs that utilise the ecology of a selected site in a positive way. A library development will now inevitably seek to lead by example, visibly demonstrating sound environmental practice, and providing an enhanced user experience for increasingly more discerning patrons.
Eco-Library Design provides a worldwide perspective on 21st century trends in library architecture.
The second hand library building: Sustainable thinking through recycling old buildings into new libraries
Old buildings are being recycled into libraries all over the world. The process of rededication of a building with a former different usage into a library is quite obviously a matter of recycling. The transformation of an existing building with a prior non-library function into a library brings the challenge and the opportunity for sustainable thinking in library planning. As non-renewable resources are decreasing, reusing and recycling are going to become increasingly necessary in the future. The recycling of old buildings means reducing the ecological footprint of library buildings in a cost-effective and efficient way. Beside ‘green’ aspects like water conservation, energy conservation, recycled or sustainable building materials, indoor air quality, and solar power from photo-voltaic panels, the planning of an adaptive reuse is a very different task than the planning of a library in a totally new building. Some best practice case studies from Germany, and other countries in Europe are presented.
Sustainability Hides in Libraries.
Services, buildings, logistics, IT-equipment and much more – that is the library of today. These items are normally viewed from an economical point of view in a library’s yearly budget, but have libraries ever considered that they also have an impact on a library’s ecological sustainability? When you want to observe where and how ecological sustainability occurs in a library you should go beyond a purely economic analysis. By creating conditions for sustainable de- velopment, adding eco-e ciency as a measuring tool and generally acting in an environmentally friendly manner, library sta can assist in realizing the sustain- ability of the library.
Showing the Green Way. Advocating green values and image in the Vallila Library, Helsinki, Finland.
Vallila Library is a medium sized public library and belongs to the Helsinki City Library. It was the first public institution to seek and receive the EcoCompass environmental label (2011). We created our own environmental strategies and policies, and reviewed such activities as recirculation and recycling. However, we could not decide alone on what kind of greener actions should be adopted; we are not independent actors. It was not always clear what kind of actions should be taken and what to measure. The greatest challenge was nobody had spelled out the concept of ‘green library’: we were forced to view the issue on a broader scale. It seemed that the best option was to show others the road to becoming green(er). Our commitment to environmental responsibility shows that we consider green values to be important. We offer easy access to information on ecological issues and arrange events that focus on environmental issues. We have to tell the world (and decision makers) that libraries are responsible actors and promote environmental sustainability. Commitment to green values may increase environmental sustainability and help libraries to take a new and visible role in changing society.
Partnering for paper reduction.
The article reports on the collaboration between the Gerstein Science Information Centre, or Gerstein Library, at the University of Toronto and its Sustainability Office (SO) to reduce paper waste on campus. By changing the settings of library printers to double-sided, the author states a large amount of waste was avoided. Also included is information on the SO advertising this campaign and its use in other libraries.
Normalisation environnementale pour des bibliothèques vertes.
The strong involvement of standards in the areas of libraries and documentation, is illustrated by the best known standards such as cataloging formats, transliteration, the quality management (ISO 9001) and indicators of library performance (ISO 11620).The least known of the standards that must be the emblem of each library: – ISO 14001 for organizing and integrating the consideration of the environment in organizations’ functioning; -The last recommendation of the ISO 26000 standard provides an understanding of the social responsibility of organizations.
In addition, there are national standards and labels that should be known, such as the French Environmental Quality (HQE) and incorporated for creating awareness of sustainable development and environmental protection in the various activities of libraries and documentation services. Few librarians know these environmental standards. To make Libraries environmentally and socially responsible, IFLA must disseminate these environmental standards and make them intelligible to our libraries and documentation committees and communities.
National Library of Singapore to open world‟s first green library for kids.
The library has been designed to create an enchanted forest ambience with fun spaces for hands-on learning and reflections. “My Tree House” takes its name aptly after the centrepiece which is a tree house structure constructed with recyclable materials. It will evoke the feeling of a special place for children as featured in story books.
Targeted for completion in mid-2013, the library will be home to 70,000 books. About 30% of these books will focus on green topics such as animals, plants, nature, water resources, environment and climate change. NLB plans to work with other public agencies such as the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, National Climate Change Secretariat, National Environment Agency, National Parks Board and PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency in developing the library’s collection and on using the library for environmental education and outreach. A wide range of tailored activities like games, storytelling and craft-making to spur interest in children ages 4 to 12 are being planned. NLB is also gathering feedback and suggestions to customise the experience for child visitors. Members of the public can provide suggestions through email or forms at the library.
Nachhaltigkeit beim Bibliotheksbau.
Lemieux Library and McGoldrick learning commons, Seattle University.
It‟s so beautiful, I could live here!” The Tommy Douglas Library – two years later.
How a small net-zero energy library got the world‟s attention.
Greening Libraries.
It is difficult to turn on the television or read a news story today without learning about how green and sustainable practices are being implemented throughout society. Libraries are not exempt from these broader trends. In some cases, libraries and librarians have been at the forefront of these efforts. Greening Libraries provides library professionals with a collection of articles and papers that serve as a portal to understanding a wide range of green and sustainable practices within libraries and the library profession. The book’s articles come from a variety of perspectives on a wide range of topics related to green practices, sustainability and the library profession. Greening Libraries offers an overview of important aspects of the growing green library movement, including, but not limited to, green buildings, alternative energy resources, conservation, green library services and practices, operations, programming, and outreach.
Green@library – Ecological Sustainability of Libraries.
Green library projects underway.
Green Initiatives for Libraries: An Environment for Next Generation
Due to continuous use and easy availability of Information and Technology more libraries are evolving all over the world. They are providing numerous opportunities to us of quick retrieval of correct Information. Libraries have adopted advanced technology to cater to ardent information users. Hence a new revolution in the form of green libraries is emerging that is not only thought provoking but also needs to follow for long time sustainability in the library world. The need for green technology services to the users are also growing and becoming very essential day by day. Libraries are in good position in promoting environmental awareness. Libraries can lead to develop ecological sustainability practice, re-using of materials, reducing waste and toxic products and developing alternative technologies. Green Technology focuses on natural environment in rapidly growing world population. This technology paid great attention in organizations and libraries also are not exception from it. Library architecture must also go in par with the concept of green building, which has no adverse effect on its natural surroundings. This paper highlights green initiatives that may be possible in libraries. It also suggests possible issues, trends, challenges to be faced by future library and Institutions in developing countries. It is an attempt to discuss this new emerging thought along with the librarians role in making the libraries more greener for good and healthy environment.
Green buildings as sustainability education tools.
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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of green building technologies and practices and illustrate how public libraries can use them as tools to teach their communities about sustainability and foster behavior change.
Design/methodology/approach
– Through literature searches, case studies analysis, and individual phone and e‐mail interviews, the author identified ways that public libraries can use their buildings to demonstrate green technologies and practices and show their patrons how to apply them at home, at work, and in the community.Findings
– Education is a component of LEED certification. Many LEED certified libraries publicize a list of the green technologies used in their building projects. Some sponsor programs related to the green building and include permanent displays in the library to explain how the technology works. The Fayetteville Public Library went beyond these basic techniques to not only improve the sustainability of their operations but also become a community test bed for a renewable energy project.Originality/value
– This paper sheds light on how building projects can be used not only to educate the public about green technologies and practices, but also inspire others to begin using similar techniques at home, at work, and in the community.
Going green behind the scenes. Implementing environmentally friendly interlibrary loans and collection development.
The article looks at the problems facing the Yellowhead Regional Library (YRL) in Alberta, Canada as it attempted to make the interlibrary loan system more “green,” or efficient. Studies showed the number of library materials being shipped resulted in capacity issues at sorting stations. The process by which the YRL reduced travel and shipping necessities as well as paper use is outlined.
Environmental Literacy and the Emerging Roles of Information Professionals in Developing Economies
Environmental degradation has become a serious source of concern for contemporary society, giving rise to efforts in the way of advocacies, conferences and awareness campaigns at different levels. While information professionals in developing economies are positioned to contribute to environmental sustainability; they need to apply creativity and innovation to overcome issues like low literacy levels, poor infrastructures, political apathy of environmental information to achieve the intended goal of environmental literacy. New roles are evolving beyond mere provision of information; these include information professionals as change agents, educators, electronic experts and partners to other change agents. The paper argues that information professionals could be more relevant to the needs of sustainable environment by repositioning themselves in terms of their roles in their various communities. Some recommendations made in the paper include revitalizing public libraries, training in Information and Communication Technology skills and collaboration with interest groups.
Keywords environmental literacy, environmental sustainability, information professionals, developing economies
Ein Plädoyer für die Grüne Bibliothek. Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit im Bibliotheksbau. Ökologische Projekte und Konzepte.
Crafted for a new worldview.
Colouring the library green.
The article reports on the environmental and science-themed programs offered to children and families at the Calgary Public Library in Calgary, Alberta. The programs were designed to promote environmentally friendly practices and awareness. The article describes the impact of these programs on the library, community, and environment, including developing programs for the future, less fee-based programs, and increased library outreach.
An agenda for green information retrieval research.
Nowadays we use information retrieval systems and services as part of our many day-to-day activities ranging from a web and database search to searching for various digital libraries, audio and video collections/services, and so on. However, IR systems and services make extensive use of ICT (information and communication technologies) and increasing use of ICT can significantly increase greenhouse gas (GHG, a term used to denote emission of harmful gases in the atmosphere) emissions. Sustainable development, and more importantly environmental sustainability, has become a major area of concern of various national and international bodies and as a result various initiatives and measures are being proposed for reducing the environmental impact of industries, businesses, governments and institutions. Research also shows that appropriate use of ICT can reduce the overall GHG emissions of a business, product or service. Green IT and cloud computing can play a key role in reducing the environmental impact of ICT. This paper proposes the concept of Green IR systems and services that can play a key role in reducing the overall environmental impact of various ICT-based services in education and research, business, government, etc., that are increasingly being reliant on access and use of digital information. However, to date there has not been any systematic research towards building Green IR systems and services. This paper points out the major challenges in building Green IR systems and services, and two different methods are proposed for estimating the energy consumption, and the corresponding GHG emissions, of an IR system or service. This paper also proposes the four key enablers of a Green IR viz. Standardize, Share, Reuse and Green behavior. Further research required to achieve these for building Green IR systems and services are also mentioned.
"Rediscover Green" at Red Deer Public Library
The article looks at the “Rediscover Green” project at the Red Deer Public Library (RDPL) in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada that encourages citizens to develop an environmentally friendly and sustainable community. According to the article, the project provided the community information on the topic of sustainability and also held meetings to discuss effective practices. Outcomes of the project are listed, including staff development, community engagement, and increased library outreach.
Yes, libraries are vital to sustainability
With a green roof, automated storage and retrieval system, and flexible space, Macquarie University‟s new library fulfils its mission from top to bottom and in between
UAMS Library Green Team: making recycling work!
The article features the recycling program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) spearheaded by the UAMS Library Recycle Team. It describes the work of the team composed of volunteers in cooperation with the UAMS Sustainability Officer, from collection of segregated recyclable materials to disposal and recycling.
This Old Library: Strategies for reducing energy consumption
Sustainable building construction is the major issue facing the architectural profession in the United States and around the world. Consider the implications of ignoring it: Today, 300 million people living in the United States represent approximately 4.3% of the world’s population, which is now nearing 7 billion. All 300 million of us use 21% of the world’s energy resources every year. Of that 21%, approximately 43% is used to heat, cool, and construct buildings in this country. To continue with the math, the United States annually uses slightly more than 9% of the world’s energy for buildings.
As a nation and as architects, we are constantly developing ways to reduce energy consumption in the new buildings we design and construct. In fact, we are looking for ways to create new buildings that will be energy neutral—that is, they will produce as much energy as they consume. However, if we focus only on new buildings, we will not reduce our consumption; we will only increase it at a slower rate. Thus, the critical problem is to address the sustainable improvements we can make to existing buildings. (Sustainable buildings are designed to take maximum advantage of the natural setting and climate while causing the least possible damage to the environment. As a result, they are efficient in their consumption of energy.) We can reduce energy consumption in the building sector only by dramatically reducing the amount of energy consumed by all the buildings that currently exist.
The environmental sustainability of academic libraries
The Chicago Experience, making green routine
Sustainable practices: thinking green is a good option for libraries.
The article provides a broader context of the history of environmental movements in the U.S. The American history discussed covers the Dust Bowl of the 1930s when meager corps were destoryed by drought and swarms of locusts, the Great Depression which devastated the economy and the public awareness of ecological problems during the 1960s and 1970s. The article presents the author’s insights into how green movement and sustainable practices can be a good option for libraries.
Sustainable libraries, sustainable services: a global view
Developing buildings that are sustainable and walk softly on the landscape is an area where libraries have shown considerable accomplishment, and in so doing, have served as examples of both ingenuity and ethical leadership. This paper presents direct experiences and research on sustainable library buildings that are inspiring, functional, and successful. The paper consists of two sections. The first section answers the questions: what does sustainable mean? what are examples of library building projects across the world that have developed sustainable, green buildings? what are the characteristics of those buildings that define sustainability, effectiveness, and cost efficiency? The focus is on well-developed, full-size library facilities and includes two case studies of awardwinning green libraries and interviews with the architects who designed them. The second section suggests that developing a green building is only the first step to assuring integrated sustainability. Other necessary, long-term components are required, such as understanding the needs of the community being served, developing strategies to deliver services, building organizations, and providing leadership relevant to the community. Two examples of creative and innovative responses to challenging situations are offered in this section. The first shows solutions that have been critical to the survival of a number of communities in East Africa, and the second example from Greece illustrates how leadership strategies, unique services, and the use of technology to build community, promote collaboration and market their successes has brought significant benefit to their community, assuring the long term continuation of library services even in tough economic times.
Sustainability in collection development. Seeing the forest and the trees
One of the things that makes academic publishing such a pleasure is that we create new ways for people to get information from the world’s experts, and new ways for those experts to reach a wider audience. I myself became an expert on environmental living, and a “green” author with books published in many languages, because as a young mother in London I asked so many questions about my baby’s food, water, air, and future. Today, I continue to ask questions and have the privilege of working with hundreds of experts on all aspects of environmental sustainability. I’m dazzled by the range of analysis that’s being done. When it comes to understanding the impact of our everyday choices, however, we haven’t come far enough. There’s far more knowledge of specific issues than there was 20 years ago but not much more awareness of the big picture. We see the trees, but we still are not seeing the forest. That expression has a concrete application when it comes to libraries and publishers. The “Building Sustainable Libraries Survey” we ran recently (see preliminary details on p.16) shows much emphasis on reducing paper use but little awareness of the impact of digital technologies. We seem still to be, quite literally, seeing only the trees. I wrote about this issue in Against the Grain last January, as well as in the UKSG Serials journal, and now present a group of articles in this “Sustainability” issue that will help readers see the forest — the bigger picture. Our focus here is environmental sustainability, which means using resources and interacting with the natural world in ways that will not reduce what is available to future generations. Merilyn Burke, University of South Florida, provides a fine overview of collection development challenges, while Tony Horava, University of Ottawa, digs into how sustainability affects collection management. In “Getting There from Here,” environmental historian Michael Smith, Ithaca College, also looks at travel and professional conferences in terms of social welfare, an aspect of sustainable development. Maria Jankowska, UCLA, well-known for her work in the library community, contributes an overview on “Practicing Sustainable Environmental Solutions.”
Sustainability as a driving force in contemporary library design
The drive for energy efficiency arising from a growing awareness of the dangers of climate change is leading to new approaches to library design. The article explores the interaction between library architecture and sustainability by reviewing the many complex strategies employed for saving or recycling evermore scarce natural resources. Although the focus is upon energy consumption, the article also investigates how concepts of comfort and climate are changing under the impact of environmental sustainability. These topics are discussed mainly in the context of public and university libraries built over the past decade, with some reference to library designs still awaiting construction. The methodology is developed primarily through comparative case studies, exploring the approach to environmental sustainability under a number of headings drawn from widely employed environmental assessment methods such as BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), commonly employed in the United Kingdom and much of Europe; and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the assessment tool frequently used to anticipate the environmental credentials of projects still on the drawing board in the United States and Asia. In many ways the architectural approach to the twenty-first century library is returning to the roots of the modernist library found in Scandinavia with its emphasis upon high levels of daylight, natural materials, social harmony, and contact with nature.
Stunning open air library in East Germany wins the 2011 Brit Insurance Architecture Award
Smart Choices, Greener Action. Eco-Action Plan 2009–2011
Showing the green way: advocating green values and image in the Vallila Library, Helsinki, Finland.
Vallila Library is a medium sized public library and belongs to the Helsinki City Library. It was the first public institution to seek and receive the EcoCompass environmental label (2011). We created our own environmental strategies and policies, and reviewed such activities as recirculation and recycling. However, we could not decide alone on what kind of greener actions should be adopted; we are not independent actors. It was not always clear what kind of actions should be taken and what to measure. The greatest challenge was nobody had spelled out the concept of ‘green library’: we were forced to view the issue on a broader scale. It seemed that the best option was to show others the road to becoming green(er). Our commitment to environmental responsibility shows that we consider green values to be important. We offer easy access to information on ecological issues and arrange events that focus on environmental issues. We have to tell the world (and decision makers) that libraries are responsible actors and promote environmental sustainability. Commitment to green values may increase environmental sustainability and help libraries to take a new and visible role in changing society.
Sheep River Library, Turner Valley, AB [Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification; offers various programmes including talks about computers, wildlife and travelling]
The article features Sheep River Inter-municipal Library which opened in April 2011 in Turner Valley, Alberta. The library has been built to be functional and environmentally conscious, in which it earned a Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Moreover, the library offers various programming which include talks about computers, wildlife and travelling.
Sentiment and sustainability in the modern library.
Secondhand – aber exzellent! Bibliotheken bauen im Bestand
Practicing sustainable environmental solutions. A call for green policy in academic libraries.
Our zero-carbon campaign. We have a responsibility to make carbon reduction part of our mutual mission.
Öko-logisch! Die Modernisierung der Stadtbibliothek Diez als Pilotprojekt.
Meeting: Abstract: Building a ‘storehouse of wisdom’ with an environmental conscience: a work in progress
The University of Melbourne has embarked upon a bold strategy to ensure its place as one of the finest universities in the world, a strategy founded upon excellence in research, learning and teaching, and engagement. Released in July 2008, Melbourne’s Scholarly Information Future is a ten-year strategy to guide the development of the University’s scholarly information services, collections, systems, technologies and infrastructure.
The implementation of this strategy will see the creation of physical library environments that support the development of the scholarly communities and facilitate a sense of belonging as well as providing an information environment that is distinguished by ease of use, equity of access, quality of content and richness of possibility.
The University is now two years into an ambitious programme of library redevelopments. Key deliverables for these new buildings and infrastructure are linked to the effective delivery of services to support the academic community but also high on the agenda as a key deliverable is reducing the environmental footprint to improve environmental sustainability
in line with the University’s environmental commitment, as well as maximising operational effectiveness in the current financially constrained environment.
As 2010 drew to a close we had delivered two new innovative libraries incorporating flexible learning spaces, each unique and a significant improvement on the original building in terms of environmental sustainability and innovative use of space. In parallel during 2010 planning began in partnership with architects and the University Property and Campus Services staff for the redevelopment of the flagship Library of the University (Baillieu Library) as well as vision for the Research and Cultural Library which will be potentially the largest capital project in the history of the University. In this planning phase significant attention is being given to sustainable building design and reducing the building footprint through the innovative use of automation as well as other environmental sustainable measures. This presentation will outline the learning from previous redevelopments and the potential we hope to realise for redevelopment of the Baillieu Library and the building of the Research and Cultural Library to continue to create environmentally responsible, innovative, integrated and flexible learning spaces.
Library by Design Building Tour. A green beacon. A branch renovation and expansion in Minneapolis moves a community forward while referencing the local area‟s past.
Innovation of using renewable energy resources instead of conventional systems in public libraries of Tehran: an Iranian experience
Information in place. Integrating sustainability into information literacy instruction.
Academic librarians have not fully approached the role they could play in embedding sustainability into information literacy: the process of critically accessing, evaluating and using information. This area is a rich opportunity for libraries to help train students to shift their thinking toward more sustainable models. Because libraries are central to students’ academic investigations, the work of librarians in embedding information literacy across the curriculum is an obvious place to transform the practices of knowledge inquiry. By adapting the national ACRL standards to the cultural, historical, ecological, economic and local environment at the University of Montana, students will be led to recognize the importance of the sustainability, place and impact of the information.
Green Libraries LibGuide
Green and growing: the impact of a LEED Library on an organization‟s sustainable practices.
In 2009, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened a new library designed to meet the rigorous standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council for newly constructed facilities. The success of the project was officially recognized in 2009 when the Church History Library received its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. This paper will trace how building plans originally focused on preserving archival materials were expanded to address larger environmental concerns. Also explored will be the impact a single green facility can have on the sustainable practices of entire organization. Topics covered will include:
Going green in Illinois. Diverse libraries, diverse initiatives
Going beyond environmental programs and green practices at the American Library Association.
The intent of this editorial is to provide a starting point for a more comprehensive assessment of libraries’ progress towards environmental sustainability, and consequently contribute to a discourse on pathways that can enable sustainable development of libraries in the future.
Getting started. Your green team and environmental statement.
Energy saving and green building design of libraries: a case study of Zhengzhou Library.
As a public building and a cultural service institution, library should take the initiative to protecting environment. A new project named Energy Saving and Emission Reduction of Libraries (ESERL) has been launched and convened many experts to conduct research. According to the research and analysis, two solutions by project experts are proposed to help reduce energy consumption and energy cost in the library. First, reconstruct high energy-consuming libraries by EMC. Second, add energy saving design and technology in the new building. The construction of new building of Zhengzhou Library is a successful example of such concept. The energy saving and green building design of new building of Zhengzhou Libraries consists five parts: integrating energy management system in monitoring and control systems, complex vacuum glazing of building envelope, energy saving illuminating system, convertible frequency air-conditioner of HVAC and rainwater utilization system.
Educación Ambiental desde la Biblioteca Pública: una necesidad imperiosa
Changing spaces. Exploring future user needs, sustainability, and value. Library by design. LJ‟s ninth Design Institute in Minneapolis took a look at the evolving role of library as a community center.
Building sustainable libraries preliminary survey results.
Biomimicry in Architecture
In the search for genuinely sustainable building design and technology – designs that go beyond conventional sustainability to be truly restorative – we often find that nature got there first. Over 3.5 billion years of natural history have evolved innumerable examples of forms, systems, and processes that we can now apply beneficially to modern green design.
Aimed at architects, urban designers and product designers, Biomimicry in Architecture looks to the natural world to seek clues as to how we can achieve radical increases in resource efficiency. Packed with inspiring case studies predicting future trends, the principal chapters look in turn at: structural efficiency; material manufacture; zero-waste systems; water; energy generation; the thermal environment; and biomimetic products.
Together, it is an amazing sourcebook of extraordinary design solutions to equip us for the challenges of building a sustainable and restorative future.
A whole systems approach. Integrated building design. Why this process spurs better, more sustainable projects from start to finish.
A whole systems approach: integrated building design. Why this process spurs better, more sustainable projects from start to finish
17 best green practices from LJ‟s New Landmark libraries.
Working (not washing) green into your library‟s mission
Vendors‟ exhibits trend green
Sustainability key to Macquarie University‟s new library
Some of the different sustainability measures undertaken by Macquarie University’s new library in recent times are discussed. The different innovations undertaken by the library are highlighted.
Sustainability Challenge for Academic Libraries: Planning for the Future
There is growing concern that a variety of factors threaten the sustainability of academic libraries: developing and preserving print and digital collections, supplying and supporting rapidly changing technological and networking infrastructure, providing free services, maintaining growing costs of library buildings, and lowering libraries’ ecological footprint. This paper discusses the multidimensional issues of sustainability in academic libraries and identifies needs for designing an integrated framework for sustainable strategies in academic libraries. Additionally, the paper presents a synthesis of existing literature on the increasingly popular topic of “green libraries” and prepares a background toward developing a framework for sustainable strategies in academic libraries.
Sonne als Kompass, Fassade als Lesehilfe. Dußlinger Schulmediothek mit breitbandigen Alulamellen
Solar Test Bed Project, Grant Agreement No. E14.001.00/Fayetteville/2009/4.
Public Libraries Going Green
LJ Movers & Shakers 2010. A deeper green
LJ Design Institute, Dallas: Hands-on Green. A collaborative approach to sustainable building at LJ‟s sixth Design Institute, in Dallas
Libraries taking the “LEED”. Green libraries leading in energy and environmental design
Let “green” creep. Ten steps to sustainable library operations
Lead with green: Q&A with Louise Schaper. Louise Schaper says sustainable management is critical and touches every aspect of the library
Konzept für eine ökologisch nachhaltige zentrale Speichereinheit für die Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Heizung und Lüftung einer Hochschulbibliothek. Betriebserfahrungen an der HTW Dresden
Beim Neubau eines Bibliotheksgebäudes für die Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden wurde ein Heizungs-, Lüftungs- und Klimakonzept geplant und realisiert, das weitgehend ohne Klimaanlagen auskommt. Nach fast drei Jahren des Betriebs wurden die realen Raumbedingungen mit der ursprünglichen Aufgabenbeschreibung verglichen und Abweichungen analysiert.
Im Dezember 2006 wurde das neue Bibliotheksgebäude der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden nach fast zweijähriger Bauzeit eröffnet (Bilder 1 und 2). Damit konnte die Hochschule einen weiteren Neubau in Besitz nehmen, der den Campus komplettiert. Die neue Bibliothek bietet in vier Etagen und mit einer Gesamtfläche von ca. 2100 m2 genügend Platz für Bücherregale, Arbeitsplätze für
Greening the library: collection development decision
Green Libraries Guide
Green initiatives in libraries
Sustainability is increasingly becoming an issue and an interest for libraries and librarians and it is becoming a focus within some building projects and renovations within library building projects. There are many initiatives that can be taken up by librarians to become more green, or sustainable, both in building renovations and in small changes in daily operations. There are various areas that libraries can be more sustainable, including: the policies that run the library, library audits and evaluations, waste management, purchasing decisions, energy management, and the buildings and grounds. This paper concentrates mainly on the building and ground projects that can increase sustainability, but all of these areas can become part of a larger green initiative for the library.
Going Green in North American Public Libraries. A Critical Snapshot of Policy and Practice
In recent years, the global library community has recognized that reversing the human impact on the environment is part of its social responsibility. This presentation examines this ethic within the context of the North American library community with particular attention to analysis of related policy and practice in five major metropolitan areas. Topics treated include the development of “green” policies, procedures, strategic plans, mission statements, vision statements, and values statements; and, “green librarianship” apparent at the service level of select library associations and institutions. Findings indicate that there is an exciting emergent library discourse on “green” policy and actions. However: (1) public libraries are implementing “green” measures at the service and programming levels, but not yet encoding a green ethic in official institutional language; and, (2) library associations are generally remiss in addressing environmental responsibility in any form or manner in their policies. Audience contribution is encouraged on how to build better green momentum in North American librarianship, as well as how to develop a more socially responsible global profession in general. To what extent is the slim and slow greening of libraries reflective of the status of grassroots and activist librarianship in general?
Environmental literacy and green volunteer opportunities for your community
Environmental degradation has become a serious source of concern for contemporary society, giving rise to efforts in the way of advocacies, conferences and awareness campaigns at different levels. While information professionals in developing economies are positioned to contribute to environmental sustainability; they need to apply creativity and innovation to overcome issues like low literacy levels, poor infrastructures, political apathy of environmental information to achieve the intended goal of environmental literacy. New roles are evolving beyond mere provision of information; these include information professionals as change agents, educators, electronic experts and partners to other change agents. The paper argues that information professionals could be more relevant to the needs of sustainable environment by repositioning themselves in terms of their roles in their various communities. Some recommendations made in the paper include revitalizing public libraries, training in Information and Communication Technology skills and collaboration with interest groups.
Environmental Education: Going Green Is a Library-Wide Effort
Energieeffizienz und Aufenthaltsqualität im Bibliotheksgebäude
Développer la lecture: un axe essentiel du développement durable
Countdown to a New Library. Managing the Building Project
Bush Presidential Library unveiled; design goes for the green
The George W. Bush Presidential Center has been designed to achieve LEED platinum certification and will include numerous sustainable design strategies, including locally sourced and 20% recycled building materials, solar hot water panels, native landscaping to reduce irrigation, and a storm-water management system that conveys, cleanses, and collects surface runoff and roof rainwater and will provide 50% of the irrigation needed for the site.
When it opens in 2013, the new center will be the 14th “presidential library,” as they are commonly known, and will be located at Southern Methodist University, five miles north of downtown Dallas. A library will constitute an integral part of the entire complex. The design is “a modern brick and limestone structure that complements the American Georgian character of the SMU campus, set within a low-maintenance, quintessentially Texas landscape,” said a news release announcing the unveiling.
Former First Lady Laura Bush, architect Robert A. M. Stern, and landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh unveiled the design of the Presidential Center November 18 during a news briefing at SMU. Former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica Mark Langdale, president of the Bush Foundation and member of the design committee, and SMU President R. Gerald Turner also answered questions following the briefing. Renderings and models of the building and landscape design were on display.
“I applaud the work of Robert Stern and Michael Van Valkenburgh in designing a building and landscape that will capture the dignity of the office of the presidency, while at the same time being warm and welcoming to visitors,” President George W. Bush said at the unveiling.
“The building and landscape evoke elements of the full span of George and Laura Bush’s life and service, from their ranch in Crawford to the White House, and help us share the story of a couple committed to public service based on the core principles of freedom, opportunity, responsibility and compassion,” said Langdale.
The plan for the center “reflects a unique design that is appropriate in representing the first U.S. president of the 21st century,” Turner noted. “At the same time, it reflects major components of SMU’s collegiate Georgian architectural tradition of nearly 100 years. As a modern expression of our heritage, this facility will be a welcome addition to the stately buildings and grounds that make the SMU campus a special place for learning,” he said.
The architects hope that the landscape will be an attraction in and of itself, with seasonable displays in the wildflower meadow; large tree-shaded lawns for sitting, picnicking, or playing; numerous gardens and courtyards; tall-grass prairie with seasonal wildflowers; and savannah and woodland clearings that provide a range of native habitat for butterflies, birds, and other wildlife species.
They also want the landscape to function as an urban park that will engage a broad range of users, including library and special-event visitors; SMU students, faculty, and staff; and the University Park community. It will probide numerous spaces for events and gatherings, including performances in the outdoor amphitheater and intramural sports on the west lawn.
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP, is a 220-person firm of architects, interior designers, and supporting staff based in New York City. The firm is “dedicated to the idea that architecture must engage in a conversation across time, connecting the present and future with the past.” The firm also designed the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts; the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, New York; and the Museum Center at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut.
Building Science 101. A Primer for Librarians
Take care of your library and it will take care of you! In this practical, concise volume, authors Lynn M. Piotrowicz and Scott Osgood provide a tour of the library building from foundation to roof. In a time of rapidly inflating energy prices and tight public budgets, many libraries are faced with older physical facilities that are not up to modern standards of efficiency. Designed for libraries where construction of a wholly new building is not feasible, this book offers step-by-step instructions for
- Improving the energy use of existing structures, with methods for being environmentally and fiscally responsible
- Identifying ways to enhance building maintenance
- Investing resources now in order to free them later for core library functions
Managers will welcome this handy orientation guide and feel empowered to recommend changes at their own libraries using the authors’ expert advice.
A deeper green. Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Mid-Hudson Library System, Poughkeepsie, NY
Tracking trends in the future of Worthington Library.
This article is a compilation of staff ideas about possible items to weave into the Worthington, Ohio, Public Library’s 2010–2012 Strategic Plan. This “Trend Tracking” is accomplished in seven policy areas: (1) Early childhood literacy, (2) future role of libraries, (3) sustainability/green initiatives, (4) staff development, (5) fund-raising, (6) programming and outreach, and (7) other. Staffconsultedavarietyofperiodicals,Websites,andlibraryliterature to assess four elements of their suggested trend: (1) application to Worthington Libraries, (2) impact on patrons, (3) impact on staff, and (4) relevant Web site or bibliographic links that served as the source or enrichment of the suggestion. This article provides library professionals with a rare opportunity to observe the internal thinking of a library workgroup other than their own.
KEYWORDS institutional planning, strategic planning, planning, future visioning, visioning, staff involvement in planning, trends
The greening of ACRL
Selected Resources for Greening the Library
School libraries to benefit from green schools bill
Pushing the edge: Explore, engage, extend: The 14th [ACRL] National Conference wrap up
Öko-logisch! Die Modernisierung der Stadtbibliothek Diez als Pilotprojekt
Living up to LEED Silver
Light done right: State of the art in lighting design is also dark sky lighting; safe, energy efficient, and environmentally sound
Library Energy Conservation Benchmarks
Librarians go green in an era of tight energy
The article discusses efforts by librarians and information professionals to adopt and promote green practices to help conserve energy. Richard Hulser, an information professional from Los Angeles, California, recommends reusing and recycling paper and switching to electronic content subscriptions and information access to reduce energy costs and consumption. The sustainability efforts of the Morris Library at the University of Delaware (UD) include recycling all print cartridges and encouraging the downloading and emailing of electronic research.
Lean and green: Technology, environment front and center at 14th ACRL National Conference
La bibliothèque verte: écologie et durabilité dans la construction des bibliothèques
Indiana University Bloomington chooses library architect as first sustainability director
An architect nationally known for his design of sustainable libraries has been named the first director of sustainability for Indiana University Bloomington. William M. “Bill” Brown, head of library design and marketing for the 55-person Indianapolis firm Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects will start the new job on March 2. The new position builds on work by a volunteer task force and student interns. As director of sustainability, Brown aims to develop a coherent, campus-wide sustainability program by coordinating academic, research, operations, and student activities. That involves environmental stewardship, energy conservation, applied environmental science and policy research, environmental literacy, and community outreach.
Gwinnett County Library System begins construction of first "green" facility
The article reports on the ground breaking ceremony held by Gwinnett County and Gwinnett County Public Library officials in Lawrenceville, Georgia on October 21, 2008 to start the construction of the Hamilton Mill branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library System. The library building will be designed by Precision Planning Inc. to meet the Silver LEED energy efficiency and sustainability standards. Garrard Construction Group is constructing the facility, which will be open in the winter of 2010.
Greening our libraries: Practical advice for saving the planet and your budget
Green libraries grow in SL: Eco-friendly Emerald City launches in Second Life
Green in lean times. Sustainability and savings, key themes at LJ‟s fifth Design Institute, in Arlington, VA
Going green in the library: It’s not just for contractors
A panel discussion is defined as a discussion of a subject of public interest, by a group of persons forming a panel, often before an audience. At the recent conference, Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: an Entrepreneurial Conference for Librarians, the subject was “Green” and “Libraries” and the panel was a group of librarians who really care about sustainability. Panel members who presented and contributed included; Ameet Doshi from Georgia Perimeter College, Mary Scanlon from Wake Forest University and Sarah Dorsey, Beth Filar-Williams and Mike Crumpton, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
This panel addressed sustainable and green issues and actions outside of the larger realm of contract work or building design, and specifically, what libraries can do to make a difference within their larger community or organization. Libraries can present themselves as meeting the needs of the present so that future generations can meet their own need and, simultaneously, create healthier ecosystems, healthier social systems and healthier economies — the triple bottom line. Libraries can also influence actions by using the facility to promote aware- ness, using resources to educate and encouraging staff to take action and set examples.
The panel broke this discussion down into the topics re ecting current and potential activities for libraries or individuals to address or influence. Using TurningPoint software the panel also solicited input from the audience as to current activities that each are aware of or participate in. These results are a sampling of sustainable activities within a library environment.
Fayetteville Public Library going green and local with solar power
Environmental sustainability and libraries
Einsatz alternativer Energieformen – Nutzen und Risiken für die Hochschule: Geothermieanlage [Energetisches Nutzungskonzept der Universitätsbibliothek]
Die Minderung des Primärenergiebedarfs ist das Zusammenspiel zwischen dem Einsatz regenerativer Energien, der effizienten Nutzung gebäudespezifischer Anlagenkomponenten sowie der Optimierung des Energieflusses innerhalb der Gebäude. Daher wird an der Universität Rostock nicht ausschließlich der Einsatz regenerativer Energien, sondern ebenso die Optimierung der Energie- und Stoffströme innerhalb der Gebäude verfolgt. Durch die Betreibung einer universitätseigenen Geothermieanlage in der Universitätsbibliothek verfügt die Universität Rostock über Erfahrungen im Einsatz regenerativer Energien, insbesondere unter wirtschaftlichen Gesichtspunkten.
Case Study: Your Council Tree Library is Designed for Sustainability
Building a sustainability collection: A selected bibliography
Purpose – This is a bibliography for collection development purposes. It is a list of fundamental reference books, serials, monographs, DVDs, and Web sites for academic libraries that are supporting sustainability efforts on their campuses.
Design/methodology/approach – Resources were identi- fied using subject article databases, ARBA (American Reference Books Annual 2007, 2008), Choice Online, Books in Print, Ulrich’s, and AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) Publications on Campus Sus- tainability (http://www.aashe.org/resources/publications.php). Numerous reviews of reference works and monographs were used to ensure the relevance and value. Brief annotations are provided.
Findings – More colleges and universities are signing on to the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commit- ment (ACUPCC) particularly with the new emphasis on green- ing from Washington, D.C. The author conducted an extensive review of sustainability literature in an effort to develop a com- prehensive bibliography of core titles for academic libraries that will be supporting sustainability projects and curricular initiatives of their colleges or universities.
Originality/value – This is the first published bibliography of its kind of core sustainability titles for academic libraries. Keywords – Sustainability, environmental science, environ- mental studies, global warming, green resources, bibliography, collection development
Article Type – Literature review
Building a high quality environmentally-friendly multimedia library: A sustainable and rational approach
Beginning your green building
ALA and our carbon footprint
ACRL 2009 Green Component Planning Committee Conference planning report
A sustainable library, inside and out
A greener library, a greener you
100 ways to make your library a little greener
Librarians need to be on the constant cutting edge in terms of technology, researching, web tools and even architecture and design. But libraries are also a great place to educate the public and your students about the environment, from eco-friendly lifestyle choices to organizations that promote green causes. Here are 100 ways to make your library a little greener.
The Green Library Movement: An Overview and Beyond
The creation of green libraries is approaching a tipping point, generating a Green Library Movement, which is comprised of librarians, libraries, cities, towns, college and university campuses committed to greening libraries and reducing their environmental impact. Constructing a green library building using a performance standard like LEED is a way some libraries are choosing to become green and sustainable. Environmental challenges like energy depletion and climate change will influence the type of information resources and programs libraries will provide to their communities.
Sustainable development applied to a library: The National Library of France
The adoption by France of the so-called Charte de l’environne- ment in 2005 gave sustainable development a constitutional value. It is an imperative for all and the public sector should lead the way in this field. Hence sustainable development constitutes an important axis of the BnF projects for the future; it will give our institution the opportunity to manage its finan- cial and human resources in a reasoned manner.
Special Libraries Association announces green initiative
Part of the solution: LJ’s Design Institute West takes the green conversation a step further
San Francisco just “gets” sustainable thinking, and conversations that happen there about green design—from the bottom of geothermal wells to the top of living roofs—are richer than anywhere else. Green is in the air, perhaps because everyone is starting out with a big picture green plan informed by state and local initiatives as well as a long history of being right up against the scarcity of natural resources.
Nutzung geothermischer Ressourcen zur Abdeckung des Wärme- und Kältebedarfs moderner Gebäude
Kibrary buildings 2008:keeping the " ECO" in economy. Public and academic buildings combine for 213 projects in 2008
The latest calamities to befall the economy aren’t reflected in the 2008 compilation of building projects. This article discusses how public and academic buildings combine for 213 projects in 2008. The 183 public libraries and 30 academic facilities, completed between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008, squeaked through before the repercussions from the current financial debacles. Yet people certainly can’t ignore the money side of things. Funding is at the heart of libraries and their future. The root of economy means “to manage.” The root of eco means “environment.” Managing the library environment this past year showed distinct signs of going green and saving green as design ramped up sustainability elements.
Les bibliothèques à l’heure du développement durable
ILL goes green in Ames, IA
The article focuses on the Ames Public Library (APL), Iowa, and Iowa State University (ISU) Library. The article reports that the two libraries have switched their interlibrary loan delivery system from using the U.S. Postal Service to Bikes at Work, a bicycle delivery service, inferring that it will lower their carbon footprint. Comments from Wayne A. Pedersen of the ISU Library are included.
Green weeding
Gone are the days of tiptoeing to the dumpsters with boxes of weeded books in tow. Lots of libraries are now taking advantage of the many low-cost services and solutions that promise to help extend the lives of collection discards. Some of these options can be very profitable. Some create goodwill within the local community. Some may seem more labor-intensive, while others require only a computer, a printer, and a few free shipping labels. Thanks to the ever-growing number of possibilities, libraries can select the solutions that best match their own staffing levels and space issues. Above all, every single library–no matter the size, budget, type, or location–can actively participate in “green weeding,” another form of library resource sharing. The act of weeding itself obviously ensures that collections, like gardens, stay green and healthy, but libraries can also strive to reduce their footprint by making conscious and collective efforts to pursue only environmentally friendly discard options. This article discusses some ecofriendly options for library discards.
Green library design and evaluation: The Taipei Public Library, Taiwan
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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to introduce the planning and architectural design features, and the post‐occupancy evaluation (POE) of the Beitou Branch Library in the Taipei Public Library System. This paper also proposes possible solutions in response to the public’s suggestions for improvements.
Design/methodology/approach
– A library‐user survey was employed to appraise the functioning of the Beitou Branch Library by the general public. The questionnaire for this survey was divided into three parts: background information of patrons; patrons’ use of the Beitou Branch Library; and patrons’ opinions on the facilities of the Beitou Branch Library. The 511 valid returned patron questionnaires were numbered and processed by means of Microsoft Excel statistical analysis. Chi‐square testing, ANOVA and Pearson T‐test were then used to analyze the relevant data and statistics.
Findings
– The findings from the Beitou Branch Library survey are as follows: its innovative design and unique architecture and furniture has created a trend for new design concepts in Taiwan; it increases the number of library visits; it increases the visibility of the library and changes the stereotype of the library in the public’s mind; it embodies the principles of ecological education and has become a multi‐faceted learning center; it has gained the support of local residents and professional experts; it has generated corporate sponsorship of green library buildings; and the average numbers and distribution of frequency indicate that, other than “convenient parking” and “number of computers in the computer area”, patrons were generally satisfied with the library’s facilities, with all other categories receiving an average rating of 3.5 or greater.
Going for the green
The article focuses on the environmentally friendly libraries in Durham County, North Carolina, which show the county’s commitment to sustainable design. It states that the Durham County Library (DCL) is shifting to a regional library system, from the traditional main library small branch model. It notes that the East Regional Library received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the North Regional Library a silver certification, and the South Library is being built with the aim of attaining gold certification.
Global Warming's Library Challenge
Like every institution that uses energy, consumes resources, and engages in construction or renovation, libraries have an impact on the environment and on the critical problem of climate change. Taking action to protect library collections is not only an idealistic professional goal but also a very practical one. Disaster preparation measures and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through energy conservation can save money, time, and resources. This article describes the various preservation threats to libraries and strategies for dealing with them. These threats include compromised air quality, water, chaotic weather, and climate change. (Contains 22 online resources.)
Gobal warming and us
Future-Proof Design.Building for relevance and flexibility can ensure your library will be there to help patrons navigate rapidly changing times
After oil: Public libraries will have an important role to play in our new post-peak-oil society
A call for sustainable library operations and services A response to ACRL’s 2007 environmental scan
Six steps to greening your ACRL 14th national conference experience
The Green Conference Planning Committee for the ACRL National Conference has been working hard to build environmentally sustainable practices into this year’s conference in Seattle. Here are six ways to make this your greenest ACRL ever. 1. Take the pledge. Earlier this year the Green Committee surveyed ACRL members to find out what mattered most in greening our conference.We used the results to draft the Green Pledge. The pledge asks all conference participants to make sustainability a priority throughout the conference. Participants who take the pledge agree to learn, inform, think, and act sustainably in the months leading up to and during the conference. Some suggested pledge activities are walking or using public transportation, accessing handouts through ACRL’s virtual conference space, recycling paper handouts (or not using them in the fi rst place), consulting the ACRL interactive conference map for local and green restaurants and businesses, and using the conference program to learn which vendors provide sustainable services and practices.You can review the Green Pledge at tinyurl.com/ greenpledge. The committee urges everyone to accept the Green Pledge when registering for the conference.Your participation in the Green Pledge effort will be reflected by a green leaf on your registration badge. 2. Get green giveaways. All conference participants will receive green giveaways this year: a bag made of 51 percent recycled fabric and matching badge holder, and a corn plastic, BPAfree mug. You can make your giveaways even greener by recycling your badge holder before you leave the convention center—look for the drop box in the registration area.
Promoting green issues and sustainability in UK higher education libraries
Climate change affects us all. Individually and collectively, we must reduce our carbon footprint to protect the future of the planet. But how can higher education libraries contribute? In April of 2007, a request was made to SCONUL libraries – via LIS-SCONUL – for information on library green initiatives that they were taking forward. The responses highlighted that there is growing interest in the issue and that sustainability issues are beginning to be taken very seriously. This is partially driven by the greater awareness of the need to reduce carbon emissions throughout society. Specifically within higher education, it is also a result of encouragement by funding bodies, such as the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (see http://www.hefce. ac.uk/lgm/sustain/), through pressure from groups such as People and Planet and their ‘green league’ of higher education institutions (http:// peopleandplanet.org/gogreen/greenleague2007), and through rewards for excellence such as the Times Higher Education and Higher Education Academy Awards for an outstanding contribution by a higher education institution to sustainable development. Library staff are often active in wider institutional sustainability initiatives and can act as ‘champions’ for environmental issues and initiatives. Most of the libraries that responded to the request for information have aligned their green initiatives/ policies with those of their host organisation. Some libraries have participated in a wider institutional initiative to apply for the environmental management standard, ISO 14001. However, there are many specific ways that libraries can become more environmentally friendly and can make a difference.
ary Buildings 2007: Going, Going, Green.LJ’s annual wrap-up features 168 public library projects and 21 academic buildings
The year in architecture offered grand façades, creative collaborations, and calamities overcome and viewed as opportunities. The 168 public building projects and 21 academic facilities completed between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007, are truly allowing us to catch sight of the future.
One caveat before we plunge into the wealth of fascinating detail. For the third year, LJ has employed an online data collection tool. As wonderful as technology is, when it malfunctions, all heck breaks loose. Our apologies to any library whose project was submitted electronically but not reported here. We might just revert to paper forms in the future.
Green Picks: Want to reduce your library’s carbon footprint?
Join the Cradle-to-Cradle revolution, where there is no ‘away,’ just a next life designed into smart stuff. Here Helen Milling shares the green products and materials her firm is using
Going Green: Libraries and Sustainability
From Print to Gopher to Open Journal Systems: A Look Back on the Many Faces of the Electronic Green Journal
Upon visiting this issue of the Electronic Green Journal, you most likely noticed some changes. That is because EGJ is going through a transformation into Open Journal System (OJS) developed by the Public Knowledge Project, which provides open source software for the management of peer-review journals. The implementation of OJS will significantly decrease the time it takes to administer and publish EGJ, streamline the submission and review process, and create a consistent look for the journal. This is cause for celebration for both editors and readers. Fewer hours will be spent managing and editing, while a more organized and easy to navigate EGJ is presented to the readers. In addition to current and future issues being accessible through OJS, we have uploaded back issues, providing enhanced usability, fulltext searching across all issues, and a consistent look. The new EGJ site will offer reliable usage statistics across all issues, ensuring that we can properly assess the value of moving the publication into this new format, and most importantly, measure the impact on our readers (Jankowska & Hunter, 2007). In celebration of our new face, it is time to take a look back into EGJ history and commemorate how the journal has progressed over the years with the implementation of new information and communication technologies. Below we draw on some of the images and submissions saved on numerous 4″ disks, zip disks, CD-ROMS and other media to give a picture-based historical account of EGJ from its creation. The history of the journal started in 1991 when a group of environmental enthusiasts from the Green Library in Berkeley and the University of Idaho Library in Moscow, Idaho decided to disseminate and share environmental information in a manner that would promote sustainable scholarly communication and environmental literacy. They agreed that the best tool for this sharing of knowledge would a professional journal that would provide a forum for communication of current research, bibliographies, book reviews, opinions, and information sources on environmental information. This is how The Green Library Journal: Environmental Topics in the Information World (GLJ) started with a mission to assist in information retrieval and access to international environmental information sources. It was vital to the founders that opinions and voices from all over the world be heard, so an editorial board from across the globe was pulled together to create an international information exchange forum for librarians, information consultants, civic groups, organizations, educators, and individuals. The subscription payments from national users were used to distribute free copies of the journal to developing and environmentally “atrisk” countries such as Cuba, Nepal, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, former Czechoslovakia, and Bolivia.
Libraries and Environmental Management
Purpose
– This paper opens the debate on the contribution that libraries can, and might, make to their environment.
Design/approach/methodology
– Analyses libraries’ explicit commitment to environmental issues in their public statements. Suggests that they may be lagging behind major businesses. Challenges for libraries in relation to environmental management are discussed both in relation to strategic and policy issues, and in relation to the issues posed by digitization of information resources.
Findings
– This paper finds that libraries’ commitment to environmental issues is significant but implicit rather than explicit and there is scope for more coordinated debate, policy‐making and actions in this arena, especially in the face of some of the challenges that digitization poses.
Originality/value
– The information contained in this article will be of interest to those involved in library management and specifically those committed to environmental issues.
Keywords:Waste management, Environmental management, Corporate social responsibility, Libraries, Information services
Libraries build sustainable communities
Daylighting Design in Libraries
Sustainable Library Design
Seattle Central Library: Water conservation.
Pour une biblioth`eque verte= For a green library
Face au changement climatique, aux préoccupations environnementales, à la pollution, les bibliothèques participent plus ou moins consciemment au pillage des ressources naturelles, au niveau de la construction et de l’utilisation du bâtiment, des livres, des ordinateurs… Il existe pourtant des solutions simples permettant de limiter les effets néfastes sur l’environnement et s’orienter vers une “ bibliothèque verte ” 1 . Présentation par Olivier Savoyat, documentaliste à Lyon.
Designing the sustainable library: An ethical imperative
Canada's first “green” library
Becoming green and sustainable: a Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library case study
The new green standard. With the LEED rating system in place it is easier to make sure your new library saves money as it treads lightly on natural resources.
The greening of libraries
Postulates the theory of Green Library Management as it applies to the key functions of the library. This theory has been put into practise at the University of Mauritius Library. Reviews some of the “green” measures applied in the administration of the Reference Library and makes further proposals. In integrating the concepts of sustainability, it draws attention to the need for a meeting point between the principles of environmental studies and library studies in the merging modern library management process.
Sustainable communities and the roles libraries and librarians play
Sustainable communities must have effective, reliable, economic and aquitable access to critical data and information. Yet many community members do not have adequate access primary data and information resources, nor do they have the expertise to understand and use these primary resources effectively in the decision-making process. They need smilar access to the data and information tools to analyze, evaluate, and manage these resources. Communities also need to access to institutional and human reservoirs of expertise and knowledge to assist them in the use of data and information for the decision-making process.
Public input yields greener library design
It's not easy being green, but it sure is fun. Sustainability programming at the Ann Arbor District Library
Greening the library: An overview of sustainable design
Statement on Libraries and Sustainable Development
Libraries and e-waste: Planning for proper disposal of computers
Energy management strategies in public libraries
Public libraries and the sustainable communities movement
Making a huge difference in so many little ways
Greening our college libraries: Complete the cycle of the three rs
For the Public Good Sustainability Demonstration in Public Library Building Projects
Envisioning tomorrow. One participant's reflections on ALA's Libraries Build Sustainable Communities preconference
Energetische Gesamtoptimierung der Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen
Creating sustainable libraries
Can the ALA interest in sustainable development be continued?
The need for environmental information quality
Environmental information is broad in its scope. It can be presented from many points of view, numerous sources, and in a variety of formats. It can influence people’s perception in many different ways. By presenting a discussion on the history and role of the Task Force on the Environment and the Electronic Green Journal, this article attempts to answer a question — how can we as information professionals play a real role in helping people find quality environmental information? The answer may lie in utilizing our skills in the creation and implementation of good, efficient searching strategies to serve the public needs and in the production of a creditable publication.
Sustainable libraries: Teaching environmental responsibility to communities
This article defines sustainability to include community, economy, and the buildings made in service to those
considerations. As gateways for knowledge, libraries are particularly well-suited as demonstration vehicles. Beneficiaries are determined so that potential sources of funding can be identified. The case study (Oak Park Library, Ventura, California) integrates state-of-the-art energy-conserving design into a new joint-use public and high school library. Client review, public presentations, computer modeling, and environmental specifications research led to a design thatwas awarded nearly $250,000 in construction funding and “buydowns”. Computer-modeled analyses of the energyconserving elements of the Oak Park Library showed
reductions in heating, cooling, and electricity consumption when those strategies were implemented. The strategies illustrated include techniques in lighting design, cooling/heating, and construction that can be replicated in new and existing projects to maximize efficiency in high-visibility community demonstration projects. A listing of additional resources is also included.
Sustainable libraries: teaching environmental responsibility to communities
This article defines sustainability to include community, economy, and the buildings made in service to those considerations. As gateways for knowledge, libraries are particularly well‐suited as demonstration vehicles. Beneficiaries are determined so that potential sources of funding can be identified. The case study (Oak Park Library, Ventura, California) integrates state‐of‐the‐art energy‐conserving design into a new joint‐use public and high school library. Client review, public presentations, computer modeling, and environmental specifications research led to a design that was awarded nearly $250,000 in construction funding and “buydowns”. Computer‐modeled analyses of the energy‐conserving elements of the Oak Park Library showed reductions in heating, cooling, and electricity consumption when those strategies were implemented. The strategies illustrated include techniques in lighting design, cooling/heating, and construction that can be replicated in new and existing projects to maximize efficiency in high‐visibility community demonstration projects. A listing of additional resources is also included.
Libraries can help build sustainable communities
The challenge of global change: responding through research, education, and data and information management
Green Librarianship: A Revolt against Change
Energy efficiency in libraries
Shows how libraries can save money and energy with energy-efficient technologies, improving maintenance, and encouraging staff efforts to conserve energy. Specific techniques such as life-cycle cost analysis and energy audits focusing on lighting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and water efficiency are described. Funding options and information resources are suggested.
ALA's Task Force on the Environment
The library as an environmental alternative (among other things)
The green librarian
Reuse, reduce, recycle
Discussion of recycling paper in law libraries is also applicable to other types of libraries. Results of surveys of law libraries that investigated recycling practices in 1987 and again in 1990 are reported, and suggestions for reducing the amount of paper used and reusing as much as possible are offered.
Celebrating Earth Day all year long
Recycling: What's in it for libraries
Solar oriented system
Solar power in the public library
Libraries catch the sun
The Role of the Library in Environmental Education
Ways in which a library or resource center can aid students in developing desired attitudes in environmental concerns are briefly described in this paper. The first part of the document, centering on the role of the library in environmental education, offers suggestions and ideas for designing a pleasing environment. Emphasis is placed on creating a special section where environmental materials are housed within the library so that teachers and students are motivated and will feel comfortable in using the library extensively. The second and major portion of the document is comprised of an appendix listing holdings in the Environmental Materials Center at Cascade Junior High School, Sedro Woolley, Washington. This part of the document contains a bibliography of nearly 300 books, magazines, audiovisual materials, and related aids. The document offers not only guidelines for the library setting, but also suggestions for typical environmental education library holdings for other schools and for teachers desiring to create such a center.