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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.
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.
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
Solar Test Bed Project, Grant Agreement No. E14.001.00/Fayetteville/2009/4.
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.
ACRL 2009 Green Component Planning Committee Conference planning report
Becoming green and sustainable: a Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library case study
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.