The New York Library Association just did two very cool things:
- Issued a white paper from their Sustainability Initiative outlining the work of a recent retreat of “co-creators” that are helping to shape the future of what sustainable thinking for libraries in New York looks like and
- Officially formed the NYLA Sustainability Initiative Committee
This follows the passage in 2014 of the NYLA Resolution on the Importance of Sustainable Libraries, the forerunner of the American Library Association’s Resolution of the same name passed in June 2015, and the 2015 convening of the Sustainability Initiative Retreats, sponsored by an impressive list of leaders throughout New York State:
- Public Library Systems Directors Organization of New York State (PULISDO)
- Leadership & Management Section of the New York Library Association (LAMS)
- Public Library Section of the New York Library Association (PLS)
- Suffolk Cooperative Library System (SCLS)
- Suffolk County Library Association (SCLA)
- Sandpebble Project Management
Can’t wait to see what happens next!