Sustainable libraries: Thank you CIL Connect – Slides are up

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In session E201. Sustainable Libraries I contributed with European examples about how libraries are working with sustainability and UNs Sustainable Development Goals. Marydee Ojala did the same from a U.S. perspective.

Thank you for your participation and good questions. My part of the slides is here. Remember that the video will be up on the conference website.

A lot of the links I mention in my talk are in Danish. Here are some of the English language ones:

My article about sustainability in Danish Public Libraries (Published in English and German from the journal “Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis”:
Sustainability in Danish Public Libraries How do the Sustainable Development Goals Inspire their Work?

Scotlands Public Library Strategy :
Scotland’s Public Library Strategy 2021-2025

The UN document that all UN member states adopted in 2015 presents the vision, ambition and the SDGs:
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Also available in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French and Spanish)

Feel free to contact me anytime with questions, your example or for an online coffee and chat about libraries and sustainability.

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Entrepreneur: Jan has broad experience as a library director for public libraries in Denmark and New Zealand. He is the man behind the digital learning project 23 Mobile Things and other international projects like Buy India a Library. Jan is a member of the Library Advocacy Lab advising on library advocacy on a European level. Currently, Jan founded Holmquist Consult and is working as an international library, learning and leadership advisor wanting to use his experience to benefit libraries and other cultural- and learning institutions on a global level.

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