New Journal Article: “‘Libraries Model Sustainability’: The Results of an OCLC Survey on Library Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals”

The article linked below was recently published by IFLA Journal.

Title

Libraries Model Sustainability’: The Results of an OCLC Survey on Library Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals

Authors

Lynn Silipigni Connaway
OCLC

Brooke Doyle
OCLC

Christopher Cyr
Morning Consult

Peggy Gallagher
OCLC

Joanne Cantrell
OCLC

Source

IFLA Journal
First Published: February 8, 2023

Abstract

A survey of more than 1700 library staff worldwide identifies how libraries contribute to five of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The similarities between academic and public libraries’ adoption, contribution, and use of the Sustainable Development Goals are reported. The results indicate that library staff do substantial work around all five of the selected Sustainable Development Goals. Sometimes the activities are a result of integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into strategic planning, but at other times the activities are a result of programming that library staff undertake as part of their mission. The majority of the respondents have not incorporated the Sustainable Development Goals into their strategic planning. However, the libraries’ support of the Sustainable Development Goals is demonstrated by the activities the library staff are engaged with and the respondents’ comments. The activities identified here can be used to inform library strategic planning and to help library staff maximize their library’s impact on sustainable development.

Figure 5. Average ranking of impact that libraries can have on SDGs (N = 1396). Source: 10.1177/0340035222114146

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