A lightning presentation (6 minutes) on Green Libraries during the LibraryCamp unconference at ALIA Access 2010 in Brisbane.

1. Green Libraries
Katie Hannan, LibraryCamp
ALIA Access conference
3 September, 2010, Brisbane

2. Sustainability
What is sustainability

4. Ideal Places
Libraries are well positioned within existing community
frameworks to promote sustainable living.
Public libraries are perfect places to promote
sustainability.
Why?

5. Statistics
1,515 public library service points (1,437 fixed point libraries and 78 mobile
libraries)
46% of Australia’s total population are members of public libraries
Over 67% of public libraries are open for more than 30 hours each week
Total expenditure on public libraries has increased from $651 million in 2003-2004
to $830 million in 2007-08
7,821 terminals provide Internet access
1,566 public access computer terminals were provided for word processing, CD-
ROM use etc
That’s 9, 387 computers - just for the public to use

6. Go Green

7. Where to next?
ALIA Sustainable Libraries Group
- just launched this week
ALIA SLG website
aliaGREEN e-list
@GreenLibraries
Facebook
flickr

8. References
Slide 2 - Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/guymauve/3396676007/
Slide 3 - Image from http://www.hand-free.com/blog/?p=55
Slide 5 - Image from http://www.linktoyourdestination.com/tourpackages/index.html
Slide 6 - National and State Libraries Australasia. (2009). Australian public libraries
statistical report 2007 - 2008 Retrieved 4 July, 2010, from http://www.nsla.org.au/
publications/statistics/2009/pdf/NSLA.Statistics-20090924-
Australian.Public.Library.Statistics..2007.2008.pdf

9. @katykat
katie@lost.net.au
http://lost.net.au/