The Green Library - Die grüne Bibliothek : : The challenge of environmental sustainability - Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit in der Praxis / / hrsg. von Petra Hauke, Klaus Ulrich Werner, Karen Latimer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Library Information Science 2000 - 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Albanese, Patricia,; Aldrich, Rebekkah S.,; Banduch, Raffael,; Benton, Susan,; Brahms, Ewald,; Eigenbrodt, Olaf,; Fansa, Jonas,; Franz, Matthias,; Gabel, Gernot U.,; Genovese, Peter,; Hallmann, Christian,; Hauke, Petra,; Heller, Volker,; Karioja, Elina,; Keite, Uta,; Koester, Annabelle,; Latimer, Karen,; Lin Li, Soh,; McAfee, Christopher,; Mittrowann, Andreas,; Niegaard, Hellen,; Niemitalo, Jorma,; Olsen, Randy,; Pernoux, John,; Sahavirta, Harri,; Schaper, Louise,; Schelling, Tobias,; Scherer, Jeffrey A.,; Schrader, Jarmo,; Sommer, Dorothea,; Sonkkanen, Leila,; Sprißler, Ingo,; Tinarat, Sirirat,; Wan Ni, Lo,; Werner, Klaus Ulrich,; Wilde, Manfred,; Williams, Beth Filar,; Witthaus, Sandra,
• HerausgeberIn: Hauke, Petra,; Latimer, Karen,; Werner, Klaus Ulrich,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: German
• Series: IFLA Publications , 161
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (433 p.)

Contributions and case studies from Germany and other European countries, as well as from Asia, Australia and the US, demonstrate different aspects of reducing the "ecological footprint" in libraries. As well as looking at everyday procedures, the social role and responsibility of librarie...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• General
• Sustainable thinking
• “Sustainability can serve as a tool to build community …”
• Die Verantwortung nicht der Industrie und der Politik überlassen ...
• The impact of standardization on responsible library design
• Auf dem Weg zur 2000-Watt-Gesellschaft
• Sustainability hides in libraries
• Sustainable libraries
• „... dass sich Menschen wohlfühlen“
• Gebäudedokumentation zur Sicherung der Nachhaltigkeit
• The second-hand library – a way of reducing the ecological footprint1
• Case studies
• Academic libraries
• “Sustainability in all phases of the building’s life-cycle …”
• Loads of scraps become precious raw materials
• Nachhaltige Sanierung trotz Denkmalschutz
• Going green: Free University Philological Library, Berlin An evolutionary concept development – from a box to “The Brain”
• Green and growing
• Die Smart Library UB Hildesheim
• Public libraries
• “Environmental awareness is on the rise”
• My Tree House
• Landmark with green credentials
• “… proud that my own library is such a responsible operator!”
• Nachhaltigkeit in drei Dimensionen
• Bücherhallen Hamburg im rechten Licht
• Eine Wärmepumpe für ein Baudenkmal
• Sustainability specials / More than libraries …
• No money, no travel, no problem
• Ethisches Handeln vs. ökonomische Anforderungen
• Appendices
• Nachhaltigkeit bei Bau, Ausstattung und Betrieb / Sustainable buildings, equipment, and management
• Bibliography 2000–2012
• Abbreviations
• Authors & Editors