Green libraries: barriers to concept development

IF 1.3 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Library Management Pub Date : 2023-01-11 DOI:10.1108/lm-04-2022-0041

Małgorzata Fedorowicz-Kruszewska

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Abstract

PurposeThe library community is considerably active in environmental issues, but the body of scientific and professional literature in the library and information science (LIS) related to environmental issues is growing slowly. The author attempts to indicate the reasons for the still-low interest in the issue of green libraries on a global scale by pointing to barriers in the development of the green libraries concept in both theoretical and practical dimensions.Design/methodology/approachThe desk research method was used in this study.FindingsBarriers to the development of the green libraries concept include an ambiguous definition of green libraries, a lack of guidelines for green libraries, a lack of criteria for evaluating green libraries, insufficient dissemination of the essence and goals of environmental education, a lack of developed tools for monitoring progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an environmental aspect at a national level and insufficient integration of environmental topics in LIS curricula at the higher-education level.Originality/valueAlthough, since the 1990s, the body of literature on sustainable development from an environmental perspective has been growing, LIS researchers' activities do not reflect the importance of this issue. The originality of the article lies in the indication of the reasons for the still-low interest in environmental issues in LIS literature. To date, this issue has not been discussed in the literature.

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绿色图书馆：概念发展的障碍

目的图书馆界在环境问题上相当活跃，但图书馆和信息科学（LIS）中与环境问题有关的科学和专业文献数量增长缓慢。作者试图通过指出绿色图书馆概念在理论和实践层面发展的障碍，指出全球范围内对绿色图书馆问题仍然不感兴趣的原因。设计/方法/方法本研究采用案头研究法。发现阻碍绿色图书馆概念发展的障碍包括：绿色图书馆的定义不明确，缺乏绿色图书馆的指导方针，缺乏评估绿色图书馆的标准，环境教育的本质和目标传播不足，缺乏发达的工具来监测国家一级在环境方面实现可持续发展目标的进展情况，以及在高等教育层面没有充分将环境主题纳入LIS课程。原创性/价值尽管自20世纪90年代以来，从环境角度研究可持续发展的文献越来越多，但LIS研究人员的活动并没有反映出这一问题的重要性。这篇文章的独创性在于指出了LIS文献中对环境问题的兴趣仍然很低的原因。到目前为止，文献中还没有讨论过这个问题。

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Library Management INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

15.40%

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期刊介绍： ■strategic management ■HRM/HRO ■cultural diversity ■information use ■managing change ■quality management ■leadership ■teamwork ■marketing ■outsourcing ■automation ■library finance ■charging ■performance measurement ■data protection and copyright As information services become more complex in nature and more technologically sophisticated, managers need to keep pace with innovations and thinking in the field to offer the most professional service with the resources they have.