Achieving Resilience for Our Future Sustainability Practices in Libraries

Panel: Monika Antonelli, Adrian Ho, and Rene TannerModerator: Rebekkah Smith Aldrich

ModeratorRebekkah Smith AldrichExecutive Director, Mid-Hudson Library System

Co-Chair, ALA Special Task Force on Sustainability

Panelists

Monika AntonelliProfessor & Outreach LibrarianMinnesota State University, Mankato

Member, ALA Special Task Force on

Sustainability

Adrian HoDirector of Digital ScholarshipWilliam T. Young LibraryUniversity of Kentucky

Member, ALA Special Task Force on Sustainability

René TannerAssociate LibrarianArizona State University

Co-chair, ALA Special Task Force on Sustainability

ALA Special Task Force on Sustainability

❏ Final Report: 52 Recommendations

❏ Adoption of Sustainability as a Core Value of the Profession

❏ Inclusion of Sustainability in library school curriculum for future accreditation

Tanner, R., Aldrich, R. S., Antonelli, M., & Ho, A. K. (2019). Libraries as sustainability leaders: ALA’s Special Task Force. portal, 19(3), 365-374. (Free version available at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/libraries_facpub/302/)

Source: Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World [ALA Editions]

Sustainability in LibrariesEditors: Rene Tanner, Monika Antonelli, Adrian Ho, & Rebekkah Smith Aldrich

Achieving Resilience for Our Future: Sustainability Practices in Libraries

Antonelli | Ho | Tanner

Sustainable Library Certification Program

Public & Academic Libraries

• Organizational Commitment

• Energy

• Materials Management (Waste, Recycling & Purchasing)

• Transportation

• Land Use

• Water

• Partnerships

• Community Involvement

• Social Equity & Resiliency

• Financial Sustainability

• Collections

School Librarians

• Partnerships & Community Involvement

• Leading Beyond the Library

• Social Equity & Resilience

• Standards & Curriculum

• Collections

https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/

Speakers

Monika AntonelliProfessor & Outreach LibrarianMinnesota State University, Mankato

monika.antonelli@mnsu.edu

Adrian HoDirector of Digital ScholarshipWilliam T. Young LibraryUniversity of Kentuckyhoadriank@gmail.com

René TannerAssociate LibrarianArizona State University rene.tanner@asu.edu