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Zrównoważony rozwój – perspektywa bibliotekoznawcza
The conception of sustainability from the perspective of library science

Author(s): Małgorzata Fedorowicz-Kruszewska
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: ecology; librarianship; libraries; library science; sustainability

Summary/Abstract: The conception of sustainability is becoming more and more popular. It has been applied in librarianship field, and thereby from the beginning of the 90s of the twentieth century it began to be the subject matter of the world’s technical and research literature. In the article the terms green library and sustainable library were defined. Because of the lack of Polish literature on the subject, foreign literature relating to sustainability in librarianship was characterized. The frameworks of sustainability in relation to libraries in literature were presented.

  • Issue Year: 13/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 117-134
  • Page Count: 18