Webinar Series 2012 Webinar 1 of 4 Call to Action and Collaboration - February 28, 2012 Faciliators: M Charney, B. Smith & B. FilarWilliams

1. Libraries for Sustainability
Call to Action and Collaboration!
Webinar Series 2012
Webinar 1 of 4
Call to Action and Collaboration - February 28, 2012

2. Facilitators
Madeleine Bonnie J. Beth Filar
Charney Smith Williams
Umass University UNC
Amherst of Florida Greensboro
Library Libraries Libraries

3. Background on Webinar Series
• How webinar series came to fruition
• Objectives for series:
• Collaborate
• Share ideas & information
• Build networks
• Educate
• Take action

4. Sustainability Defined
“…meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs."
- World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987
Environment
society
Society
Economy
economy environment
Triple bottom line

5. Agenda for Today’s Webinar
A Call to Action and Collaboration
• ALA structure
• Task Force on the Environment (TFOE)
• Moving forward & discussion
• Venues for collaboration

6. Objectives for Today’s Webinar
A Call to Action and Collaboration
Launch a dialogue
Hear from you regarding TFOE
Create some momentum and
enthusiasm for collaboration

7. ALA structure:
AGENDA
 Welcome • Divisions (11)
 ALA structure -Sections (51)
 TFOE -Round Tables (19)
 How to move -Task Forces (55)
forward
• Committees (1307)
 Discussion can also be under Divisions & Round Tables
 Closing
-Discussion Groups
• Communities (734)
Also State and Regional Chapters

8. Social Responsibility Round Table (SRRT):
AGENDA
 Welcome • An ALA unit working to make the Association
more democratic and to establish
 ALA structure progressive priorities not only for ALA, but
 TFOE for the profession
• Founded in 1969
 How to move
forward • Organizes programs at ALA midwinter
meetings and annual conferences
 Discussion
• Strives to make a difference through ALA
 Closing Council legislation in the form of resolutions
• Publishes SRRT Newsletter, a source of
alternative viewpoints on libraries and their
role in society

9. Task Force on the Environment (TFOE)
AGENDA
 Welcome • Promote awareness of environmental issues
 ALA structure
within ALA
 TFOE
• Facilitate opportunities for networking, skills
 How to move enhancement, career development and
forward leadership opportunities.
 Discussion
 Closing
• Provide services, programs and publications
that assist TFOE members and others in their
careers, workplaces, and communities.

10. POLL: Are you currently or have you
been a member of TFOE?
• YES
• NO

11. POLL: When were you involved
with TFOE?
A. Within the last year
B. Within the last 10 years
C. 10+ years ago
D. Never

12. Guest Speaker: Maria Anna Jankowska
AGENDA
• Social Sciences Librarian at the UCLA
 Welcome
Research Library
 ALA structure • the founding editor of the Electronic
Green Journal
 TFOE
• Past chair of TFOE
 How to move • 2002 Mover & Shaker in Library Journal
forward • Published article: Going beyond
Environmental Programs and Green Practices at
 Discussion
the American Library Association
 Closing

13. Guest Speaker: Maria Anna Jankowska
AGENDA
 Welcome Background of TFOE:
• 1989 Task Force on the Environment was
 ALA structure
formed by Elizabeth Morrissett (Alaska
 TFOE Pacific University)
 How to move
• First chair of TFOE - Terry Link (Michigan
forward State University)
 Discussion
• TFOE objectives focused on awareness of
environmental issues within ALA
 Closing

14. Guest Speaker: Maria Anna Jankowska
AGENDA TFOE Introduced resolutions:
 Welcome • on use of chlorine-free paper
 ALA structure • on socially responsible investments
• support of EPA libraries
 TFOE
 How to move TFOE worked on:
forward
• greening ALA exhibits
 Discussion • ALA Rachel Carson Children's
Environmental Book Award
 Closing • publishing the Electronic Green Journal

15. Guest Speaker: Maria Anna Jankowska
AGENDA
 Welcome TFOE organized over 30 programs &
actions:
 ALA structure • How Green is Your Library: Environmentalists at
Work (1990)
 TFOE • Poverty, Development and the Environment:
Information Challenges for Libraries, with David
 How to move Brower (1992)
forward • Earth Day in the 21st century: Environmental
Activism, with Denis Hayes (2001)
 Discussion • Are You Missing Any Information? Speaking and
Publishing Freely on the Environment (2004)
 Closing • Cup by Cup for a Greener ALA (Midwinter 2008)

16. Moving Forward and Discussion
AGENDA
 Welcome OPTIONS
 ALA structure • TFOE – Keep objectives and name
 TFOE
• TFOE – Adjust objectives and rename
 How to move
forward • Abandon TFOE
• Focus on Divisions within ALA (PLA, ACRL, AASL…)
• Start Discussion Groups within these Divisions
 Discussion
• Other options – ideas - discussion
 Closing

17. Libraries for Sustainability
AGENDA
Recorded webinar will be available!
 Welcome
Upcoming Events:
 ALA structure
April 24, 2012, 2:00-3:00 (EST) Webinar - Exploring
 TFOE
Sustainability Practices in Libraries - focus on sharing what
different types of libraries are doing
 How to move
forward
June 12, 2012, 2:00-3:00 (EST) Webinar - Preparing for
ALA Annual – let’s plan a meet up!
 Discussion
June 22-26, 2012 - ALA Annual - Informal Meet-up?
 Closing
August 28, 2012 2:00-3:00 (EST) Webinar - Action
Plan Follow Up & Discussion

18. Libraries for Sustainability
Call to Action & Collaboration!
 New Librarians for Sustainability listserv coming soon
 Join the LinkedIn group: “Sustainability Librarians”
 Contact facilitators & presenter:
 Madeleine Charney mcharney@library.umass.edu
 Maria Jankowska majankowska@library.ucla.edu
 Bonnie Smith bonniesmith@ufl.edu
 Beth Filar Williams greeningyourlibrary@gmail.com