Green Library: A Path to Sustainable Development
Keywords:
Green Library, Sustainable Library, Green Library Movement, IGBC, GBCI, LEED, USGBC, Green Library StandardsAbstract
The emergence of new technologies and instrumentalisation has influenced our lifestyles and increased the risk to the environment, which raised alarm to save the earth. Green design is an emerging trend which not only reduces eco-degradation but also helps in achieving sustainability. Libraries today are not acting as knowledge centres, but they are promoting sustainability and functioning as role models by taking part in the Green Library Movement. This paper gives an overview of a green library and its elements, highlights the standards used to build a green library and explores the initiatives taken to make
a library green in India. The paper also provide recommendations to encourage the green library movement and concludes that the librarians should update themselves to actively participate and exemplify the green practices in the library.
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