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1. The Library as a Campus Sustainability Champion
Mandi Goodsett, MLIS, MEd
Performing Arts & Humanities Librarian
Michael Schwartz Library | Cleveland State University
Libraries and Sustainability
Institutions, businesses, and governments around the world have come to realize that a sustainable mindset is not only good for human health and their bottom line,
it’s also essential for the maintenance of civilization for future generations. Sustainability can be defined as: “development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (WCED, United Nations). But what does sustainability have to do with libraries?
Looking at the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, we can see some clues about why sustainability is relevant to libraries—including academic libraries.
Sustainability, at its core, is not about nature or the planet; it’s about people. To sustain our population into the future, we need to consider the implications of our
actions on natural resources and the environment we share. Sustainability is also a social justice issue: those who live in less developed countries or regions will be
most negatively impacted by the effects of climate change. For these reasons, the Michael Schwartz Library (MSL) started a Sustainability Interest Group, made up of
library staff, to tackle issues related to sustainability.
Projects
The MSL Sustainability Interest Group was founded in the summer of 2017. The group started with some small projects, including:
• Having the Cleveland State University Sustainability Officer come to a library staff meeting to talk about sustainability efforts on campus
• Working with the custodial staff and facilities to reduce the number of garbage bins and increase the number of recycling bins in the library; bins were also
grouped in a more logical way that made recycling easier
• Working with the Sustainability Officer to win a grant from the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District to get two plastic bag recycling bins, now located prominently
on the library's first floor
• Creating an image advertising plastic bag and battery recycling that is displayed on our large display screens in the library entrance
• Switching to 100% recycled paper for library staff printing
• Receiving small paper recycling bins for free from the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District to be used in library staff offices
• Creating and facilitating trays for gently-used paper to be reused by library staff
• Facilitating weekly sustainability e-mail tips for Campus Sustainability Month in October of 2017 and 2018
Become a Sustainability Champion on Your Campus!
Are you interested in trying some sustainability initiatives at your library? Here are some ways to get started!
Resources
To learn more about sustainability in libraries, consider consulting these resources:
• Smith Aldrich, Rebekkah. (2018). Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring your Library's Future in an Uncertain World. ALA Editions.
• Jankowska, M. A. (Ed.). (2014). Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries. Litwin Books.
• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE): http://www.aashe.org/
• ALA Sustainability Roundtable: http://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt/
• Final Report of the ALA Special Task Force on Sustainability: http://sustainablelibraries.org/
• UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
• New York Library Association Sustainability Initiative: https://tinyurl.com/ybohlm9j
• ALA Sustainability Research Guide: http://libguides.ala.org/SustainableLibraries
• CSU Michael Schwartz Library Sustainability Interest Group: http://researchguides.csuohio.edu/mslsustainability
Acknowledgements
Thank you to MSL Sustainability Interest Group members for your participation and wonderful work: Sarah Benedict, Jeff Beuck, Fran Mentch, Theresa Nawalaniec,
and Ben Richards. Thank you to Evan Meszaros for his editing and design feedback on this poster.
Sustainability Library Groups
Below is a list of groups that support sustainability in libraries:
• IFLA Environment, Sustainability, and Libraries Special Interest Group
• ALA International Relations Round Table (IRRT) International Sustainable
Development Interest Group
• ALA Sustainability Round Table
• ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) Task Force on the Environment
• New York Library Association (NYLA) Sustainable Library Certification Program
For more details on ALA’s involvement in promoting sustainability, see:
http://libguides.ala.org/SustainableLibraries
Collaborate with your campus sustainability officer or office
• Schedule a meeting to learn what the campus is already doing; ask how you can help!
• Brainstorm an event or project you could collaborate on
Create a group, team, or committee in your library
• Determine which staff members or librarians are also interested in sustainability at your library
• If you can, gain administrative support for a group or committee
Highlight sustainability research your faculty is doing
• Determine who the sustainability researchers are on your campus—they may come from a variety of depts.
• Showcase their work in a speaker series or on a research guide; how can you provide support to them?
Consider how to make the library facility more sustainable
• Is there adequate recycling in the building? Do faucets leak? Are the light bulbs LEDs?
• Get to know the custodial staff and ask how you can help make sustainable practices easier for them
Sustainability Speaker Series
• Who: For 2018–2019, the MSL is collaborating with the Sustainability Office to offer a sustainability speaker series
• What: Four sets of speakers, each composed of faculty paired with someone from a community organization working
on a similar issue; Speakers come from business, environmental science, urban affairs, and engineering
• When: Two speaker events in the fall and two in spring
• Where: Library lounge, where passers-by might stop-in to listen
• Why: To highlight the sustainability research of CSU faculty and demonstrate how it’s applied in our communities; To
spur conversation about sustainability on campus; To help celebrate Sustainable Cleveland 2019, which marks the
50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River catching fire, sparking the modern environmental movement
Compostable Dinnerware at Library-Hosted Events
• Who: The MSL Sustainability Interest Group and the CSU Sustainability Office
• When: Library holiday celebration—our largest annual party—among other events
• What: Campus Sustainability Office provided a compostable garbage bag, as well as compostable plates, cups, and utensils.
The library was able to supplement the above with additional compostable dinnerware. Sustainability IG members took care
of helping staff use the compost bin and transporting the compost to the appropriate site on campus.
• Why: Reduces waste; the project was so successful that we were able to implement it again at the Staff Awards Ceremony
using donated compostable dinnerware
Earth Month Library Display
• Who: In celebration of Earth Month in April, the MSL Sustainability Interest Group worked with multiple campus organizations
to create a large Earth Month display in the library.
• What: The campus group, Student Environmental Movement, contributed material to the display and helped arrange it. The
Sustainability Office provided material about sustainability on campus. Librarians pulled relevant books to include in the
display. Marketing and program planning staff created signage, set up a TV to play sustainability-related films, and helped to
bring the display together.
• When: The display was completed in time for the campus Earth Fest celebration in April, 2018, so we were able to encourage
participants to see the library's display.
• Why: Raised awareness about sustainability with a large audience; Provided an opportunity for collaboration; The display
received a lot of positive feedback and remained up throughout the summer
Link to this Poster:
Campus Sustainability Month Email Campaign
Images from bottom left, clockwise: Earth Month display
plastic waste reduction display case; Earth Month library
display; Earth Month display book selection; Thank You from
MSL Staff to Campus Sustainability Officer for compostable
dinnerware; Earth Month display white board contributions
from students
First event of MSL Sustainability Speaker Series,
October 2018
Projects, Continued