Responsable librarian for the Documentation Center of Environment - Municipality of Loures - Lisbon - Portugal Master Thesis in Library anf Information Science "Environmental Sustainability in Information Systems: study and proposal for public libraries in Portugal"
This study is part of the investigation of environmental sustainability practices within public l... more This study is part of the investigation of environmental sustainability practices within public libraries in Portugal, a topic still absent from research in the country. A line of thought that meets the goals for sustainable development outlined by the United Nations and the IFLA - International Federation of Libraries Association – a proposal for the inclusion of libraries and information in the post-2015 agenda. The survey of green libraries around the world demonstrated a growing number that applies environmental sustainability criteria in their strategic and management action. Begin to emerge academic research, conferences and seminars devoted to the theme, proposals for revision of the academic curriculum in Library Information Science. There are various library professional associations worldwide, which created working groups and encourage debate on environmental sustainability and the concept of "global library". To understand the Portuguese situation in this matter, questionnaires were sent to all municipal libraries in each district, resulting in a sample of 84 public libraries. The author concludes with this study that there is a large number of Portuguese libraries which denote concern, interest and willingness to structure sustainable services and that there are already some services that use environmental sustainability criteria applied to the management and dissemination of their library. The author adds that, for a proper debate and reflection on this subject, it would be very important the encouragement by the Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists, as well as Portuguese universities with masters and graduate courses in Library Information Science.
A comunicação apresenta a investigação decorrida no âmbito do mestrado em Ciências da Documentaçã... more A comunicação apresenta a investigação decorrida no âmbito do mestrado em Ciências da Documentação e Informação, da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, entre 2014- 2015, sobre práticas ambientalmente sustentáveis no seio das bibliotecas públicas portuguesas. O estudo contribuiu para o levantamento de critérios e procedimentos ambientais passíveis de aplicabilidade ao universo biblioteconómico, os quais se pretende agora partilhar. Os 17 objetivos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, traçados pela Organização Mundial das Nações Unidas para a Agenda 2030, definida em setembro de 2015, surgem em consonância com a proposta da IFLA (International Federation of Libraries Association) que promove a inclusão dos serviços de informação como intermediários no caminho para a sustentabilidade. O desafio é pensar a ideia de «biblioteca global» como a nova «biblioteca do século XXI», que denota preocupação sobre as questões ambientais da atualidade e que age em conformidade ao estabelec...
This study is part of the investigation of environmental sustainability practices within public l... more This study is part of the investigation of environmental sustainability practices within public libraries in Portugal, a topic still absent from research in the country. A line of thought that meets the goals for sustainable development outlined by the United Nations and the IFLA - International Federation of Libraries Association – a proposal for the inclusion of libraries and information in the post-2015 agenda. The survey of green libraries around the world demonstrated a growing number that applies environmental sustainability criteria in their strategic and management action. Begin to emerge academic research, conferences and seminars devoted to the theme, proposals for revision of the academic curriculum in Library Information Science. There are various library professional associations worldwide, which created working groups and encourage debate on environmental sustainability and the concept of "global library". To understand the Portuguese situation in this matter, questionnaires were sent to all municipal libraries in each district, resulting in a sample of 84 public libraries. The author concludes with this study that there is a large number of Portuguese libraries which denote concern, interest and willingness to structure sustainable services and that there are already some services that use environmental sustainability criteria applied to the management and dissemination of their library. The author adds that, for a proper debate and reflection on this subject, it would be very important the encouragement by the Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists, as well as Portuguese universities with masters and graduate courses in Library Information Science.
A comunicação apresenta a investigação decorrida no âmbito do mestrado em Ciências da Documentaçã... more A comunicação apresenta a investigação decorrida no âmbito do mestrado em Ciências da Documentação e Informação, da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, entre 2014- 2015, sobre práticas ambientalmente sustentáveis no seio das bibliotecas públicas portuguesas. O estudo contribuiu para o levantamento de critérios e procedimentos ambientais passíveis de aplicabilidade ao universo biblioteconómico, os quais se pretende agora partilhar. Os 17 objetivos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, traçados pela Organização Mundial das Nações Unidas para a Agenda 2030, definida em setembro de 2015, surgem em consonância com a proposta da IFLA (International Federation of Libraries Association) que promove a inclusão dos serviços de informação como intermediários no caminho para a sustentabilidade. O desafio é pensar a ideia de «biblioteca global» como a nova «biblioteca do século XXI», que denota preocupação sobre as questões ambientais da atualidade e que age em conformidade ao estabelec...
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Portugal, a topic still absent from research in the country.
A line of thought that meets the goals for sustainable development outlined by the United Nations and the
IFLA - International Federation of Libraries Association – a proposal for the inclusion of libraries and
information in the post-2015 agenda.
The survey of green libraries around the world demonstrated a growing number that applies
environmental sustainability criteria in their strategic and management action.
Begin to emerge academic research, conferences and seminars devoted to the theme, proposals for
revision of the academic curriculum in Library Information Science. There are various library professional
associations worldwide, which created working groups and encourage debate on environmental
sustainability and the concept of "global library".
To understand the Portuguese situation in this matter, questionnaires were sent to all municipal libraries
in each district, resulting in a sample of 84 public libraries.
The author concludes with this study that there is a large number of Portuguese libraries which denote
concern, interest and willingness to structure sustainable services and that there are already some
services that use environmental sustainability criteria applied to the management and dissemination of
their library.
The author adds that, for a proper debate and reflection on this subject, it would be very important the
encouragement by the Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists, as well as
Portuguese universities with masters and graduate courses in Library Information Science.
Portugal, a topic still absent from research in the country.
A line of thought that meets the goals for sustainable development outlined by the United Nations and the
IFLA - International Federation of Libraries Association – a proposal for the inclusion of libraries and
information in the post-2015 agenda.
The survey of green libraries around the world demonstrated a growing number that applies
environmental sustainability criteria in their strategic and management action.
Begin to emerge academic research, conferences and seminars devoted to the theme, proposals for
revision of the academic curriculum in Library Information Science. There are various library professional
associations worldwide, which created working groups and encourage debate on environmental
sustainability and the concept of "global library".
To understand the Portuguese situation in this matter, questionnaires were sent to all municipal libraries
in each district, resulting in a sample of 84 public libraries.
The author concludes with this study that there is a large number of Portuguese libraries which denote
concern, interest and willingness to structure sustainable services and that there are already some
services that use environmental sustainability criteria applied to the management and dissemination of
their library.
The author adds that, for a proper debate and reflection on this subject, it would be very important the
encouragement by the Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists, as well as
Portuguese universities with masters and graduate courses in Library Information Science.