[Libs-Or] IFLA Green Library Award Submissions due February 15 2026

[Filar Williams, Beth]

Thee submission deadline for the 2026 IFLA Green Library Award has been extended to February 15th.

The IFLA Green Library Award, now in its 11th year, is administered by ENSULIB<https://www.ifla.org/units/environment-sustainability-and-libraries/>, the IFLA Section on Environment, Sustainability and Libraries and is sponsored by De Gruyter Brill Publishing<https://www.degruyter.com/> and Library Juice Academy<https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/>.

The objectives of the IFLA Green Library Award are:

  *   To reward a green library / green library project that best communicates a commitment to environmental sustainability;
  *   To create awareness of libraries’ social responsibility and leadership in environmental education;
  *   To support the worldwide green library movement, concerned with
     *   environmentally sustainable buildings;
     *   environmentally sustainable services, activities, programming, information resources, collections and projects;
     *   social sustainability initiatives in libraries;
  *   To promote the development of green library initiatives locally, regionally and worldwide;
  *   To encourage all types of libraries to actively present their green activities to an international audience.

Following the IFLA Strategy 2024-2029<https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/3497>, the Award will help in advancing the profession through illuminating the role of libraries and librarians in the advancement of sustainability standards and the promotion of specialized knowledge within professional practice.
The prize is awarded in two categories:

  *   Category 1: Best Green Library/Grand-Scale Project
  *   Category 2: Best Green Library Project

A special recognition may be given to a project that is delivered with minimal resources but has a significant impact.
Guidelines for preparing an Award submission and the application forms can be found here<https://www.ifla.org/news/ifla-green-library-award-2026-call-for-submissions/>.

Libraries of all kinds and sizes from all over the world are encouraged to apply.




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Beth, standing committee member for ENSULIB



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Beth Filar Williams
Associate Professor / User Experience Research Librarian
beth.filar-williams at oregonstate.edu <mailto:beth.filar-williams at oregonstate.edu>

Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Mary's River or Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya.  Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org<https://www.grandronde.org/>) and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians (https://ctsi.nsn.us<https://ctsi.nsn.us/>).
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