Those who attended the ALIA Greening Libraries Conference in November 2023 will recall Dr. Jane Garner speaking about green library practice and reminding us that if we are working with the same tools and trying to achieve the same outcomes as each...
Loving our sustainability champions
This year I’d like to think of Library Lover’s Day as an opportunity celebrate some of the amazing work that libraries are doing toward ensuring a sustainable future. Sustainability kits and induction hobs. With rising cost of living and the...
In a cost of living crisis here’s 5 ways you can get books for cheap (or free)!
Electricity prices are going up, the grocery shopping is costing more and let’s not get started about what’s happening to interest rates. Never fear, amongst this climate of money anxiety and worry about how you’re going to keep up with the rising...
Sustainable Libraries in Action
Kingston Library, Libraries Tasmania ran the first ever Kingborough Repair Café on Sunday 2 April. Staffed by Libraries Tasmania volunteers, and led by the Kingston Library Community Learning Coordinator, this is the first of a regular event to be...
3 ways to be ‘green’ in the Children’s and Youth space
1. Create a garden wall In 2020 Melbourne Girls’ College library saw the outside brought inside with an incredible green garden wall. A survey of students in previous years showed that they really valued the plant life already in the library . The...