[Libs-Or] Fwd: [REFORMANET] Call for Chapters/Proposal for The Sustainable Library's Cookbook (ACRL)

Thu May 10 11:09:16 PDT 2018

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Date: Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:31 AM
Subject: [REFORMANET] Call for Chapters/Proposal for The Sustainable
Library's Cookbook (ACRL)
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Call for Chapters for ACRL's *The Sustainable Library's Cookbook *edited by
Raymond Pun and Dr. Gary L. Shaffer

We are seeking "recipes" or chapter proposals on practice-based examples of
lesson plans or projects that support sustainability efforts in academic
libraries. Recipes will follow the ACRL Cookbook Format. Your 500-to-700
word submission in word doc should describe a successful lesson plan or
activity that support sustainability in the academic library. They can be
related to these three key areas:

Section 1. Applying Sustainable Thinking and Development - Applying
sustainable thinking into library functions including information
technology, finance, facilities, waste management, human resources, space
planning, etc.:

   -

   Triple Bottom Line (financial/economic, environmental, as well as social
   (internal/workforce and external/social justice and campus community)
   concepts applied in different areas of library services
   -

   Installing solar panels in the library, upgrading lighting systems in
   library facilities, supporting alternatives to driving; green technology,
   architecture planning; extension; developing strategies to minimize cost,
   utilize costs;
   -

   Integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 in your library
   practices
   -

   Addressing issues of poverty, inequity and food shortage in your campus;
   dumpster diving projects;
   -

   Strategic planning for sustainable practices in specific areas of the
   library; special grant projects or case studies; disaster-planning
   projects; makerspaces; OER and textbooks; sustainable printing;
   -

   Assessment/evaluation plans for sustainability practices; marketing
   sustainability developments in the library

Section 2. Teaching, Learning and Research Services - Supporting
sustainability studies in the areas of teaching, learning and research
services including information literacy, one-shots, technology, integrating
ACRL New Frameworks,  threshold concepts, discipline tracks - first year
writing, communications, STEM instructions, community of teaching
practices, and subject/liaison responsibilities:

   -

   Teaching FYE STEM using campus sustainability as the research topic
   -

   Building a data research/scientific data program to support
   sustainability studies, water studies or renewable energy; ecological and
   environmental education; green literacy
   -

   Teaching a information literacy workshop to environmental studies, food
   studies, agriculture, transportation studies/engineering, sociology,
   anthropology, political science or urban studies, architecture,
   business/entrepreneurship/marketing classes that address sustainable
   development, climate change, green energy, alternative fuels, sustainable
   housing, clean transportation, etc.
   -

   Integrating GIS skills and tools in library instruction to support
   sustainability studies; digital scholarship or humanities/area studies
   projects covering sustainability/environmental studies
   -

   Integrating environmental, economic, and social justices in your
   teaching practices; Liaison to Water/Environmental Institutes/Centers

Section 3. Community Engagement, Outreach, and Partnerships - Forming new
partnerships, outreach services or community engagement programs to inform
sustainability practices in the library and beyond:

   -

   Forming partnerships with communities to promote environmental awareness
   issues
   -

   Partnering with Career Development Center to host a job/internship fair
   on green energy and jobs;
   -

   Collaborating with Sustainability Student Club to coordinate new
   programs or events in the library such as urban farms, organic food
   productions, collaborative collection development, green collections; World
   Water Day, World Earth Day, environmental awareness;
   -

   Partnerships with public libraries, government agencies, environmental
   and other community groups for reading clubs, activities, engagements
   -

   Building local knowledge wand community experts relating to
   sustainability, ecology, etc.

*Deadline for proposals for Contributors: July 9, 2018*

*Editors Review + Notification for Contributors: July 30, 2018*

*Final Recipes will be due on October 1, 2018*

Email us at acrlsustainable at gmail.com with submissions and any questions.
Please refer to the The Library Instruction Cookbook (ACRL 2009) and The
First Year Experience Cookbook (ACRL 2017) for examples of format and tone.
We are willing to be flexible with wording, style, and topics.  Creativity
encouraged! We look forward to your proposals!

Co-editors:

Raymond Pun, First Year Student Success Librarian, California State
University, Fresno

Dr. Gary L. Shaffer, Director Library and Information Management at USC
Marshall School of Business

*Helpful Resources:*

   - Edwards, B. W. (2011). Sustainability as a driving force in
   contemporary library design. *Library Trends*, *60*(1), 190-214.
   - Hauke, P., & Werner, K. U. (2012). The second hand library building:
   Sustainable thinking through recycling old buildings into new
libraries. *IFLA
   Journal*, *38*(1), 60-67.
   - Jankowska, M. A., & Marcum, J. W. (2010). Sustainability challenge for
   academic libraries: planning for the future. *College & Research
   Libraries*, *71*(2), 160-170.
   - Mulford, S. M., & Himmel, N. A. (2010). *How green is my library? *Santa
   Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
   - Shaffer, G. L. (2018). Sustainability: What does it mean for you and
   your library? In Matarazzo, J. M. and Pearlstein, T. (Eds.) *The Emerald
   handbook of modern information management*. Bingley, U.K.: Emerald, pp.
   227-258.
   - Smith-Aldrich, R. (2018). *Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring your
   library’s future in an uncertain world. *Chicago: ALA Editions.
   - United Nations. (n.d.). Sustainable development goals: 17 goals to
   transform our world. Retrieved from https://www.un.org/sustai
   nabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals
   <https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals>.
   Author: same.

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