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9th IFLA Green Library Award: ENSULIB Announces the Top Eight Green Libraries and Green Library Projects 2024

With generous sponsorship from De Gruyter Publishing (Boston/Berlin), ENSULIB circulated a Call for Submissions for the IFLA Green Library Award for the ninth year in a row. Any type of green library, or outstanding green library project, initiative or idea was invited to apply for the Award. Libraries with a small budget but a great impact were explicitly invited to participate in the competition.

View Online - The IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series 13: Sustainability – Help Build Impact Indicators for Library-led Climate Action

The recording from the latest IFLA ENSULIB Webinar on “ Help Build Impact Indicators for Library-led Climate Action” is now available via our YouTube channel.

View Online – IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series: Sustainability – Bringing Nature and Communities into the Libraries

The recording from the latest IFLA ENSULIB Webinar on "Sustainability – Bringing Nature and Communities into the Libraries" is now available via our YouTube channel.

View Online – IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series: The Walking Librarians of Kerala. A Tale of Empowering Women and the Elderly Woven into the Fabric of UN SDG Goals

The recording from the latest IFLA ENSULIB Webinar on "The Walking Librarians in Kerala. A Tale of Empowering Women and the Elderly Woven into the Fabric of UN SDG Goals" is now available via our YouTube channel.

ENSULIB announces the 9th IFLA Green Library Award 2024 Longlist in Two Categories

With generous sponsorship from De Gruyter Brill Publishing, ENSULIB circulated a Call for Submissions for the IFLA Green Library Award for the ninth year in a row. Any type of green library or any outstanding green library project, initiative or idea was invited to apply for the IFLA Green Library Award. Libraries with a small budget but a great impact were explicitly invited to participate in the competition

View Online – IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series: Urban Roles of Public Buildings and Spaces

Call for ENSULIB Newsletter Articles (June 2024)

We would like to invite everyone to share their stories/articles/announcements with the IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) for publication in our forthcoming newsletter.

Call for IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter Articles

The December 2023 Issue of the IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter now available online

Volume 3, Number 2 (December 2023 issue) of the IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter has been published and is available online as a downloadable PDF.

IFLA Green Library Award 2024: Call for Submissions

Any type of Green Library or library with an outstanding Green Library Project may apply for the IFLA Green Library Award. Libraries with a small budget but a great impact are explicitly invited to participate in the competition!

Call for Expressions of Interest for ENSULIB Co-Opted Members

IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) is calling for expressions of interest for four, co-opted members to join our Standing Committee. We would like to see nominees especially from Asia, South-America and Africa to strengthen our diversity, but are also open to interest from other continents.

Call for ENSULIB Newsletter Articles (December 2023)

We would like to invite everyone to share their stories/articles/announcements with the IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) for publication in our forthcoming newsletter.

8th IFLA Green Library Award 2023 Results

Call for Book Chapters -- “Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development” (Working Title)

The volume will be published on behalf of IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) by de Gruyter/Saur Publisher, Berlin/Boston, in print and digital online format with open access, provided to be published in the IFLA Publications Series.

The June 2023 Issue of the IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter now available online

View Online – IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series: Sustainability in Libraries

Can libraries afford to wait for others to fix the world while toxic waste, climate change and pollution harm our environment? How much of a difference can we make anyway? This webinar aims to raise ambitions for greener library buildings, provide examples of how library services can lead by example as sustainably managed organisations and highlight the opportunities to work in partnership with users to work together and move towards a smarter, sustainable world.

Environment, Sustainability and Libraries (ENSULIB) announces the Green Library Award 2023 short list

IFLA WLIC in Rotterdam is in sight and the sections are busy with their arrangements. However, it is necessary to focus on some recent events on sustainability.

IFLA's ENSULIB & PLS Satellite Meeting 2023 – “Libraries as Actors of Climate Empowerment”

On 19 August, IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) and Public Libraries Section (PLS) , in collaboration with Bibliotheek Midden-Brabant, LocHal (Tilburg), are organising a Satellite Meeting before the 2023 IFLA World Library and Information Congress  in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

View Online – IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series: Șirna Public Library from Romania

The recording is available via YouTube  and the slides/resources are available on SlideShare.

Call for Proposals: WLIC 2023 ENSULIB Section Program "Libraries as Actors of Climate Empowerment"

The IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section together with the Public Libraries Section in collaboration with De Bibliotheek LocHal are excited to host a satellite conference prior to the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2023 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.