GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources)

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) is a new online resource that offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more. GREENR is an important part of a new generation of solutions from Gale designed with users in mind.

GREENR is interactive and current, allowing users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. It's a one-stop site dedicated to studying sustainability and the environment.

Source

[http://www.gale.cengage.com/greenr/]

Content

> Explore the Content

[http://www.gale.cengage.com/greenr/explore.htm]

> Experience the Content

[http://www.gale.cengage.com/greenr/experience.htm]

Demo

[http://www.gale.cengage.com/media/training/GREENR/webcast_demo.htm]

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[http://www.gale.cengage.com/greenr/ssi/video.htm]

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[http://www.gale.cengage.com/greenr/downloads.htm]

Blog

[http://blog.gale.com/gettingtogreenr/]

Attend A Webinar

[http://www.gale.cengage.com/webinar/]

Free Trial Available

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Sustainability Reference Center™ > New EBSCOHost Fulltext Database

Sustainability Reference Center™ is a comprehensive full-text database covering all aspects of sustainability. This collection offers unmatched full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas integral to sustainability initiative management including, but not limited to:

Corporate Social Responsibility
Environmental Stewardship
Federal, State and Local Regulations
"Green" Issues & Initiatives
ISO 14000
LEED
Recycling
Renewable Energy
Resource Conservation
Social Entrepreneurship
Sustainable Business Practices
Waste Reduction

Sustainability Reference Center offers full content from more than 820 publications including journals, monographs, magazines, and trade publications, all directly with a strong focus on sustainability issues.

The database also features tens of thousands of additional sustainability-focused articles, benchmarks, and best practices, selected from thousands of trade and industry titles.

Designed for sustainability experts and information professionals, Sustainability Reference Center provides the greatest concentration of sustainability-related content available today.

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Links To Title List in PDF / Excel / HTML ; Brochure(s) Available

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Source

[http://bit.ly/Rj3kT]

New Book > _How Green Is My Library?_

Sam McBane Mulford ;  Ned A. Himmel / ISBN13: 9781591587804 ; ISBN10: 1591587808 / Libraries Unlimited / Paperback / 122 pages / Publication Date: 12/22/2009 / Price: $40.00 /  Book code: LU8780

Description

While there is a broad spectrum of ecological sophistication within libraries nationwide and some regions are at the forefront of sustainable of sustainable design and operations, others are just beginning or have yet to integrate materials recycling into their daily practice. A few jurisdictions are mandating LEED certified buildings and carbon-neutral practices, while others do not yet have these concepts on their radars.

This resource will provide novice to intermediate ecological sophisticates with tools to evaluate the greenness of their existing or planned facilities and operations.

Contents

What is "green?" -- Why be "green?" -- How green are we? -- How green do we want to be? -- Greening my library -- How do we get there?

Authors

Sam McBane Mulford has consulted with libraries as well as other public and not for profit agencies for over twenty years. Her design career has been focused in strategic initiatives, process design and facilitation, and creating environments that empower organizations to achieve their vision and goals.

Ned Himmel, MLS, UC Berkeley, recently retired as Assistant Library Director, San Jose Public Library, San Jose, CA. He has 35 years of experience, including as a manager at two National Libraries of the Year. He is currently a consultant on library design and operation.

Sources

[http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=9781591587804]

[http://www.abc-clio.com/visitortools/productSheet/preview.aspx?productid=111407]

See Also

[http://www.abc-clio.com/products/overview.aspx?productid=111407]

!!! Thanks To  / Ned A. Himmel  / Co-Author / For The HeadsUp !!!

Alliance Library System > Going Green Blog

Welcome to Alliance Library System’s Green Blog!

This blog is designed to help libraries of all sizes and types become more environmentally friendly. Green is gaining in popularity and it is here to stay!

This blog will focus on Environmental Organizations & Initiatives, Financial Resources (Grants, Funding, and Discounts), Green Buildings, and Programming Ideas. [snip]

Addiional Resources

• Environmental Organizations & Initiatives
• Financial Resources
• Green Buildings
• Programming Ideas

Downloadles

• ALS Getting Started Going Green Brochure – A simple handout covering reasons to go green, simple steps to reduce consumption and conserve resources, and homemade green cleaning products.
• ALS Going Green Proposal – This proposal by ALS Health and Safety Committee might be useful when making a green proposal to the library’s board.
• Librarian’s Environmental Toolkit - A list of environmental resources for librarians who need them occasionally and don’t know where to go.
• Environmental Novels: An Annotated Bibliography - Books for young adults and adults that might spark the recreational reader’s interest in environmental issues.
• Brodart’s Green Guide – from being green in the workplace to biographies of environmentalists, this list covers a wide range of subjects for juvenile and adult readers.
• Green Governments Illinois Act – the purpose of this Act is to demonstrate the State’s commitment to reducing negative environmental impacts, reducing greenhouse gases, and preserving resources for current and future generations.
• Green Bookmark (Front)
• Green Bookmark (Back)
• Going Green at Your Library Flyer
• Going Green at Your Library Bookmarks

Source

[http://alsgoesgreen.wordpress.com/]

Going Green @ Your Library: Lean, Green, Clean Ideas Online Conference | October 7 2009 |

Considering “Going Green” At Your Library?

What steps can you take to do your job, but in an environmentally sensitive way?

Get the answers to these questions and many more by signing up for

Going Green @ Your Library: Lean, Green, Clean Ideas.

Florence Mason will kick off the morning with her talk, "Going Green" Successfully.

Breakout sessions will cover LEED certification for new and renovated buildings, practical, low cost/no cost suggestions for library and IT operations, how to reach out to your community, and much more.

Learn from public and academic library presenters who bring their experience and expertise to the table. It’s a perfect opportunity to quiz them throughout the day.

Sponsored by Amigos, this online conference is Wednesday, October 7 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CST.

Source

[http://www.amigos.org/?q=node/1453]

Schedule > Time / Title / Speaker(s)

8:00am - 8:45am

Being Green? / TBA

9:00am - 9:45am

Keynote: "Going Green" Successfully / Florence Mason

10:00am - 10:45am

Case Studies: Eight LEED Construction Projects / Wendy Heger

Green Your Library: Small Steps with No Footprint / Meggan Smith

Beyond Bug Spray: Non-Toxic Methods of Pest Control / Rebecca Elder

11:00am - 11:45am

Sustainable Services: The Heart of Going Green / Steven Carr

Help Us, Help Others, Go Green @ Your Library / Shannon Blakey

12:00pm - 1:00pm / LUNCH

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Greening Your Library's IT / Mary Carr

Going Green @ Your Library: Lessons in Programming / Robbie Sittel

Sustainability: Building Partners, Building Opportunities / Sarah Passonneau

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Campus Sustainability Initiatives and How the Library Fits In / TBA

Twelve Months of Recycled Programming / Stacy DeLano

3:00pm - 3:45pm

Questions and Answers with the Presenters

Source

[http://greenlibs.amigos.org/node/5]

Speakers' Biosketches

[http://greenlibs.amigos.org/node/18]

Registration Fees

Description / Fee / Deadline

Early Bird Member Rate = $250 / Until 09-09-09 ; Thereafter > Member Rate = $275

Early Bird Non-member Rate = $300 / Until 09/09/09 ; Thereafter Non-member Rate = $325.00

Early Bird Student Rate = $125 / Until 09-09-09 ; Thereafter Student Rate = $150

Location > Amigos Online Classroom

NOTE: >> Number Of Participants Limited <<

Source

[http://www.peopleware.net/index.cfm?siteCode=2787&eventDisp=GREENWBCON&subeventdisp=100709WEB&CFID=25469720&CFTOKEN=58bf064-319108d3-8aef-4cc9-90da-bcbe88fca140]

Article: Sustainability Challenge for Academic Libraries

Sustainability Challenge for Academic Libraries: Planning for the Future College and Research Libraries / Maria A. Jankowska & James Marcum

Preprint / Accepted for publication / College and Research Libraries / Expected Publication: March 2010 / 20 pp.

Abstract

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 multi-dimensional 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 towards developing a framework for sustainable strategies in academic libraries.

Contents

Library Sustainability: A Literature Review

(1) Sustainability of scholarship and collections;
(2) Green library operations and practices;
(3) Green library buildings; and
(4) Measuring and improving sustainability.

Challenges to Sustainable Future of Libraries

Libraries as Environmental Consumers

Need for Sustainable Growth

Sustainable Strategies for Academic Libraries

Conclusion

Academic libraries have always been central components of universities. With universities and colleges developing and adopting sustainability indicators, academic libraries remain slow to either develop their own sustainability indicators or to adopt indicators already developed by other organizations.

Such indicators could become the basis for developing a comprehensive sustainability framework helping to assess the impacts of library operations and future projects on the library‘s sustainable progress. More specifically, such a framework could help libraries choose socially responsible vendors and publishers and help to evaluate operational strategies resulting in providing environmentally friendly products, energy savings, reduction of waste and keeping usage fees as low as possible.

All libraries strategic plans need to be grounded in the overarching framework combining the three standard dimensions (social, economic and environmental) of sustainable growth. Sustainable strategies need to be integrated into a platform for guiding future decisions about collections, library buildings, and the scale of preservation, digitalization, equipment, products and library networking service efforts. Such decisions need to take into account not only the cost of collection, equipment and labor, but also the cost of generated waste measured by the size of the ―ecological footprint resulting from library operations and services.

Library sustainability must become a strategic consideration balancing the assumptions of continued growth and expansion.

Notes and References

Source

[http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crljournal/preprints/Jankowska.pdf]

See Also

[http://greeningyourlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/crl-preprint-on-sustainable-academic-libraries/]

Book: Greening Libraries: Call For Submissions

Greening Libraries, edited by Monika Antonelli and Mark McCullough and published by Library Juice Press, is a collection of essays, papers and articles on various aspects of the green library movement.

The editors are seeking articles from a variety of perspectives on a wide range of topics related to green practices, sustainability and the library profession. Greening Libraries will offer 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.

Objective of Book

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. This book seeks to provide library professionals with a collection of articles and papers that will serve as a portal to understanding a wide range of green and sustainable practices within libraries and the library profession.

Suggested Topics:

Green Libraries

*Historical, current or future perspectives

Green Buildings

*How to build a green library
*LEED certification
*Platinum and Gold LEED Libraries
*Green renovations, LEED renovations
*Green and sustainable landscaping
*Alternative building materials and methods
*Green roofs
*The Chicago Standard

Operations

*Healthy buildings
*Staff and administration compliance and buy-in
*Energy audits
*Greenhouse gas emission inventories
*Alternative energy resources (geothermal, wind, solar)
*Energy conservation and reduction
*Water consumption and usage
*Going green and cost-effectiveness
*Thinking green about waste (composting, vermiculture)
*Recycling and reuse
*Resource sharing
*Green supplies (recycled paper, cleaners, pens, etc.)

Programming and Services

*Compliance and buy-in
*Public programming (peak oil, climate change, gardening, green living)
*Public services
*Community resource sharing
*Tool libraries
*Green transportation, car sharing, car pooling, bicycle promotion
*Library community gardens
*The library as a green community hub (CSA pick up, Freecycle, public transportation)

The Transition Town movement and Transition libraries

*Fostering sustainable communities

How Green is our Profession?

*Conferences
*New technologies
*Social networking
*Education, curriculum and training
*Leadership
*Publishing

Resource bibliography

Target Audience:

Library workers, public librarians, academic librarians, school librarians, library administrators, school administrators, public officials, higher education administrators, teachers, faculty, library school students, as well as anyone interested in issues related to sustainability and green practices.

Submission Guidelines:

The editors welcome submissions from librarians and library staff members from all types of libraries (public, academic, school, etc.) as well as administrators and educators who are interested or have experience creating green and sustainable libraries. The editors are open to a variety of submissions including research articles, how-to articles, essays and interviews.

Manuscript submissions should comply with the Chicago Manual of Style.

Deadline for Summaries: October 1, 2009

Submit a brief summary of your proposed article (250 words or less) to Monika Antonelli at monika.antonelli@mnsu.edu or Mark McCullough at mark.mccullough@mnsu.edu .

>>Electronic Submissions Only Please<<

Deadline for Manuscripts: February 1, 2010

Submit one electronic copy to Monika Antonelli at monika.antonelli@mnsu.edu or Mark McCullough at mark.mccullough@mnsu.edu.

Suggested length is 1,500 to 5,000 words. Submissions should comply with the Chicago Manual of Style.

Editors contact information:

Monika Antonelli (Reference/Instruction Librarian) Minnesota State University, Mankato monika.antonelli@mnsu.edu / 507-389-2507

Mark McCullough (Reference Services Coordinator) Minnesota State University, Mankato / mark.mccullough@mnsu.edu /507-389-5154

Source

[http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=1552]