Sustainable libraries — fashion or necessity?
The article concerns a new libraries development strategy, which means taking account of the sustainable development concept in which the main emphasis is put on minimizing the negative influence on the natural environment, social and intergeneration ...
Malgorzata Fedorowicz-Kruszewska
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Sustainable Academic Libraries
In 2007, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library kicked off a conference series with the main theme of ‘Academic Librarian.’ In 2016, the fourth conference of the series entitled Academic Librarian 4: Sustainable Academic Libraries: Now and Beyond ...
Leo F.H. Ma
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Sustainability for digital libraries [PDF]
Economic sustainability is a pressing concern for many digital library projects. One key to achieving economic sustainability is to make the digital library an integral part of its parent organisation. This can be done by having a sound product, launched at the right stage, and valued by users.
Hamilton, V.
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Requirements for developing the roles of information specialists in public libraries in light of the transformation of the knowledge economy to achieve the goals of sustainable development [PDF]
The study aimed to highlight the role of the knowledge economy in achieving the goals of sustainable development for librarians and information specialists.
عاليه الهيف
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Moving towards Green Libraries and Sustainable Development : Case Study of Kermanshah Public Libraries [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to investigate the trend of the movement of Iranian public libraries in Kermanshah towards green libraries and sustainable development. The research is a descriptive-survey method.
Soraya Zangeneh
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THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION LIBRARIES IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - AN EXAMPLE OF THE PRACTICE OF THE LIBRARY AT THE FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE OSIJEK [PDF]
Sustainable development implies the harmonization of economic and social development with the preservation of natural resources for future growth. Libraries, as centers of education and open access to information, play an important role in green literacy
Vesna Zobundžija, Zlata Dolaček-Alduk
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IFLA Agenda of Green and Sustainable Library: a Literature Study
Green library sustainability initiatives include all the wise decisions that must be made to maintain the balance between the library system and the underlying environmental system.
Albertoes Pramoekti Narendra
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Library Green Transformation from the Prospect of Public Libraries' High-Quality Development [PDF]
[Purpose/Significance] Based on the research of library transformation from the mode of "high-speed growth" to "high-quality development", this paper addressed the green development as one of the key routes for the transformation of public libraries and ...
WANG Fei, QIU Fengjie, WANG Hao
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Libraries as Facilitators of Digital Inclusion for Sustainable Development: The Nigerian Experience
Background: Inclusive access and use of technology are germane to sustainable development as contained in the United Nations’ transformation agenda. As such, the need to bridge the digital gap through digital inclusion has become a critical goal for ...
Magnus Igbinovia +1 more
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Libraries as Drivers for Sustainable Development
Writer Jonathan Franzen, as most scientists, explains how we are late in solving problems caused by climate change and still there are no signs of those social and economic actions necessary to stop the rush down a slope towards catastrophe.
Rossana Morriello
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