At the 2019 Midwinter Conference of the American Library Association in Seattle, WA, sustainability was added to the list of core values of librarianship! This was the #1 recommendation from the ALA Special Task Force on Sustainability.
The resolution also calls for accreditation standards to evolve to ensure the topic of sustainability is an inherent element in library school curriculum!
This move by ALA Council is a historic moment in our profession, changing the course of how future leaders will think about libraries and librarians’ role on the topic, better positioning libraries to be leaders in their communities on this topic.