Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library's Future in an Uncertain World

Sustainable Thinking

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Situation Report

1. Disruption: Inside, Outside, and All Around

2. Beyond Our Walls

3. Back to Basics

4. Survive the Earth

5. The Most Important Thing

Part II: The Strategy

6. Begin Strategic

7. The Why Behind the What

8. WHY: Core Values of Librarianship

9. HOW: The Three Es of Sustainable Libraries

10. WHAT: Local Supports Local

11. Sustainable Thinking Defined

12. Interpreting Sustainability Using the Triple Bottom Line

13. Whole Systems Thinking

14. Beyond Sustainability

15. Beyond Resiliency

Part III: The Tactics

16. From the Inside Out

17. Change Leadership

18. How We Get There

19. Benchmarks for Sustainable Libraries

20. Sustainable Library Certification Program

21. Top-Level Infusion

22. Sustainable Organizational Culture

23. Increasing Ecological Intelligence

24. Construction and Renovation: Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunities

25. Catalyst and Convener

Part IV: Resources

American Library Association's Resolution on the Importance of Sustainable Libraries

New York Library Association's Resolution on the Importance of Sustainable Libraries

Case Study: Kingston (New York) Library Climate Smart Pledge

Climate Smart Community Library Pledge

American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment

Long-Range Plan Example—West Vancouver (British Columbia) Memorial Library

Index