ALIA Green

ALIA Green Group aims to facilitate networking of Library staff who are interested in promoting the principles and practice of sustainability in all Australian libraries. It seeks to support the sharing of knowledge and ideas environmental sustainability and sustainable practices and resources across all sections of the library sector.

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ALIA has commissioned a team from Charles Sturt University to carry out a Greening Libraries research project, which will underpin ALIA’s new sustainability drive, in line with the Association’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals.

The CSU team is made up of Dr Jane Garner, Dr Kasey Garrison, Dr Sabine Wardle and Associate Professor Karen Bell. They have been awarded the $5,000 grant to research environmentally sustainable projects across Australian libraries.

The project has been made possible through the generous support of the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL), and is being run in conjunction with ALIA Sustainable Libraries. CAUL says "we are pleased to support this research, which will surface the work that libraries across Australia are undertaking related to sustainable practice. A key output from his work will be a series of case studies that will provide opportunities to showcase best practice, inspire action, and further the greening libraries movement".  

Read the Greening Libraries Literature Review here.