CSU Library Sustainability Overview

Sustainability & the DLS

What is sustainability?
"Sustainability can be defined in terms of one goal: meeting the needs of the current generation without placing a burden on future generations.”
(McCarthy, 2007, p. 124)
East Melbourne Public Library sustainability collection by Katie Hannan, on Flickr

CSU & Sustainability
Sustainability and global citizenship are central values of the CSU Strategy 2007-2011 (p. 3)
Sustainability is one of the four key themes of CSU's Institutional Development Plan [IDP] (p. 5)
The Division of Library Services Operational Priorities Plan 2009 (p. 8)
The University has also affirmed its commitment to sustainability by signing the Talloires Declaration, an international agreement signed by over 350 other universities around the world.

The Institutional Development Plan
The IDP includes the following targets:
reduce energy use (compared with 2006) by 10% by 2011 and by 25% by 2015;
to reduce water use by 25% by 2011;
to have 10% of University land used to increase biodiversity by 2011 and 20% by 2015;
be greenhouse neutral by 2015;
a 70% reduction of solid waste by 2014;
increase the fuel efficiency of the vehicle fleet; and
cooperate with communities toward sustainability

CSU Green office was formed as part of the University's sustainability efforts.
The office assists in monitoring what has been achieved and promotes and initiates activities.
A CSU Green website has been set up as a focal point for staff, students and community members interested in CSU’sSustainability initiatives

Sustainability Working Party
The DLS has formed the Sustainability Working Party (SWP) to help to achieve the targets in the IDP and adopted by CSU Green.
The SWP terms of reference include:
advising and making recommendations to the Director, Operations on matters relating to financial, social and environment sustainability
facilitating the exchange of information and raising awareness about sustainability within the Division

DLS: making positives changes for a sustainable future
Starting with…
The installation of new multifunctional devices at each campus library

What’s a multifunctional device (MFD)?
An MFD will print, scan, photocopy and fax, so this means that we can recycle
the older technology (individual printers and scanners and fax machines).
From 44 devices across all campus libraries to 7 MFDs
Saving not only resources, but money and time as well
Additional functionality includes:
Scan to email and scan to folder function, enabling a paperless environment
Secure pin accessible printing
Improved output capacity (50 pages per minute)
High quality colour

Think before you print
It’s important to think about whether you really need to print things out
Administration staff at the University currently …
Print over 13 million pages
Spend over $867,000 a year on printing
338 Printers
Printer Cost
Charles Sturt University. (n.d.) Some facts about office printing. Retrieved 30 October 2009, from http://www.csu.edu.au/division/dit/compshop/printers/Printing%20Facts.pdf

Green Benefits of MFDs
Double sided printing  saving up to 30% in paper and copying costs.
Digital faxing, so there’s no need for a print out
New technology is more energy efficient than the ones we’re replacing:

What happens next?
MFDs will be installed at each campus in November:
Bathurst Access – AficioMP 5000 digital black MFD
Bathurst Exec – AficioMP C5000 digital colour MFD
Bathurst Collection & Development Services – AficioMP 5000 digital black MFD (no fax)
Thurgoona – AficioMP C5000 digital colour MFD
Orange – AficioMP C5000 digital colour MFD
Wagga Access - AficioMP C5000 digital colour MFD
Wagga Collection & BusinesServices - AficioMP 5000 digital black MFD (no fax)
Training on how to use them will be run by (the vendor).
Business Services staff will be trained to become troubleshooting and consumable installation guides, and service manual administrators

Web Resources
CSU Strategy - http://www.csu.edu.au/division/vcoffice/papers/docs/strategic_plan_2007-2011.pdf
CSU Green - http://www.csu.edu.au/services/green/
IDP - http://www.csu.edu.au/division/plandev/strategic_planning/docs/university_strategy_inst_dev_plan.pdf
OPP - http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/about/docs/opp-2009.pdf
Talloires Declaration - http://www.csu.edu.au/services/green/docs/Talloires-declaration.doc
Some facts about printing - http://www.csu.edu.au/division/dit/compshop/printers/Printing%20Facts.pdf
References
McCarthy, R. C. (2007). Sustainable design. In Managing your library construction project: a step-by-step guide (pp. 124 - 134). Chicago: American Library Association.

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