Greening libraries

Provides library professionals with a collection of articles and papers that serve as a portal to understanding a wide range of green and sustainable practices within libraries and the library profession. The articles come from a variety of perspectives on a wide range of topics related to green practices, sustainability and the library profession. Offers 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. From publisher description.

Chicago standard operating procedure / Greta Bever -- Building a green community at the Concordia University Library / Krista M. Reynolds -- Santa Monica Public Library collaborates with city department to create a sustainability destination / Nancy Bender -- Not every green library needs to be gold or platinum / Adrianne Ralph -- Sustainable library design : a case study of library construction on the East end of Long Island, N.Y. from 2007 to 2009 / Samantha Jane Alberts -- Greening libraries in historic buildings / Rebekkah Smith Aldrich -- From grass roots to vital player : Michigan State University's Library Environmental Committee / Michael Unsworth, Susan K. Kendall and Kriss Ostrom -- Tending the garden : growing your own green library committee / Christine Andresen, Amy Gustavson, David Hisle, & Matthew Reynolds -- West Vancouver Memorial Library : green by nature / Julie Backer -- Greening a library, greening a community : the Calgary Public Library's eco-action plan / Rosemary Griebel -- Library-sponsored sustainable living outreach in Denver / Kate Lawrence -- Going green @ your library : one librarian's lessons in programming / Robbie Sittel -- Bookmobiles are going g…