Library as Partner in Creating Curriculum for Sustainability Bonnie J. Smith University of Florida Libraries Maria A. Jankowska UCLA Research Library

 Higher Education Mandate for Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries in Higher Education  Conventional Role  Changing Role  Current engagement of Academic Libraries  Vision for Academic Libraries for Sustainability Curriculum  Questions & Discussion Agenda

Talloires Declaration – 433 signatories from over 50 countries – with over 200 institutions from the United States and Canada Among the 10 actions agreed to by signing: Increase awareness of environmentally sustainable development Create an Institutional Culture of Sustainability Educate for Environmentally Responsible Citizenship Foster Environmental Literacy for All Practice Institutional Ecology Sustainability Across the Curriculum AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

2005- UNESCO Decade UNESCO Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 2006 – Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Higher Education (AASHE) STARS – Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System Over 250 participant institutions Includes sections on: Curriculum – with 10 categories Research – with 5 categories Provide a guide for advancing sustainability in all sectors of higher education, from education and research to operations and administration. Enables meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions by establishing a common standard of measurement for sustainability in higher education. Sustainability Across the Curriculum AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

2007 – American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) with over 670 members ACUPCC institutions have agreed to: Integrate sustainability into the curriculum and make it part of the educational experience Make progress reports publically available Sustainability Across the Curriculum AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

In what ways can, and do academic libraries positively contribute to their institution’s STARS rating and commitment to sustainability? Food for Thought AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

 Conventional Role  Organizing  Cataloging  Storing  Archiving, Preserving  Guiding users to information  Providing tools for thoughtful inquiry Providing service to the university community Role of Libraries in Higher Education AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

 Changing Role contenders in a race for relevance, regard, and resources meeting space and support to foster communities of shared interest on campus new kinds of service to academic centers and research enterprises partnership with faculty members to enhance the strength of teaching and research digital imperative and ensuing challenges m Role of Libraries in Higher Education AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

Collaboration Centers Role of Libraries in Higher Education Cornell University Library Health Science Center Libraries - UF UNC – Health Science Library AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

Embedded Librarians Role of Libraries in Higher Education AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

Institutional Repositories Role of Libraries in Higher Education AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

Exhibits Role of Libraries in Higher Education The UF Marston Science Library reef exhibit. UCLA Libraries AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

Curriculum Development and Course Design Role of Libraries in Higher Education AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions Professor STUDENT Librarian Curriculum

Current Engagement AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions Curriculum for Sustainability Task Force to Coordinate Efforts Related to Oil Spill Sustainability Fellows

In what ways can, and do academic libraries positively contribute to their institution’s STARS rating and commitment to sustainability? Food for Thought AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

Given 1. the commitment of institutions to infuse sustainability across the curriculum 2. the library’s role as center for collaboration and learning 3. the libraries infrastructure and central position to work across all disciplines Then: Libraries are naturally positioned to coordinate the campus efforts to infuse sustainability across the curriculum Vision AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions

Dedicated librarian to coordinate the library’s efforts on sustainability across the curriculum work with librarians in all disciplines work with faculty in all disciplines work with the institution’s Sustainability Committee work with the institution’s Office of Sustainability work to create and promote an Institutional Repository of curriculum, research and service activities that promote sustainability work to increase sustainability related collections work to create a database of faculty available to speak on sustainability topics work to create and promote exhibits and speaker series on sustainability AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions Vision

Questions and Discussion Library as Partner in Creating Curriculum for Sustainability AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions AGENDA  Sustainability Across the Curriculum  Role of Libraries  Current Engagement  Vision  Questions