Event Summary
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Libraries are becoming increasingly more than gateways of information and are extending their roles to responding proactively to the concerns of the community.
Sustaining the environment has become a library concern and an issue requiring examination in the library context.
Make plans to attend the free, all-day conferenence "Greening Libraries==>Greener Communities," a collaboration between the New York Public Library (NYPL) and the Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY), on Friday, October 31, 2008. The conference will be held at the Bronx Library Center, the first publicly financed building in NY State to be certified as a LEED designated building.
Drawing from the combined resources as public institutions, NYPL and LACUNY offer a conference that tackles the issues and offers constructive ways to mobilize. The conference brings together stakeholders from libraries and the communities they serve to share and learn from leading experts on a variety of green topics:
Greening Buildings, Greening the Book, Greening Technology, and Greening Funds. There will also be a series of poster sessions and vendor displays to add to the rich offering of information available on being Green.