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Item Leading by Example. Initiatives in Austrian Public Libraries to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2022-09-14) Portugal, KatharinaAs cultural and educational institutions with a broad impact, public libraries contribute to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their core mission of ensuring and providing the population with free access to information is closely linked to the 2030 Agenda goals. This paper highlights the diverse activities of public libraries in Austria that aim to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. The focus of the paper lies on best practice examples that show that small, rural public libraries can be models of sustainability. The projects are diverse and address a variety of sustainability goals. The commitment of small libraries to sustainability and to activate the respective community will be shown.Item Newsletter: Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section, June 2022(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2022-06-30) Sahavirta, Harri; Pun, Priscilla; Hauke, Petra; Tanner, Rene; Ho, Adrian K.; Antonelli, Monika; Aldrich, Rebekkah Smith; Ma, Leo F. H.; Bürki, Reine; Dombai, Szilvia; Rubinacci, Giuseppina; Toril Moreno, Rosario; Breidlid, Jacqueline; Wagner, Janet; Reddacliff, Anne; Mindum, Katalin; Portugal, Katharina; Laštro, Kata; Hudeček, Ondřej; Perwati, Dwi Indah; Young, Michelle L.; Shiraishi, Ikuoko; Pun, Priscilla; Deksne, Kristīne; Filar Williams, Beth; Mocatta, Antonia; Morriello, RossanaThe second issue reviews ENSULIB’s activities and achievements and provides a platform for presenting interesting stories, events or projects from libraries all over the world, which follow a clear green and sustainable commitment. In this issue, it includes: A hot and active ENSULIB summer ahead! -- Planning and Developing Green and Sustainable Libraries with the IFLA ENSULIB Section -- Book Review: Libraries and Sustainability: Programs and Practices for Community Impact -- Libraries and the UN 2030 Agenda: The Role of Libraries in Promoting Sustainable Development (Croatia) -- Social and Environmental Responsibility: What Skills for Library Professionals? (France) -- Green Library Meeting in Szekszárd (Hungary) -- The Faro Convention and Sustainable Development Goals: Crossed Destinies (Italy) -- Sustainability and the Environment at the XXIII Conference on Information Management (Spain) -- Spotlight on Green Library Education in Germany -- Library trainees as future thinkers! Multi-day workshop on "Green Library" in Berlin -- Australian Libraries: working towards a better more sustainable future -- Lunch Hour @ the Library: New online lecture series launched in Austria -- Green Literacy -- 2021 – The first year of The Sustainability in Libraries Initiative -- Bringing environmental awareness of public libraries to the 2020s in Finland -- Let’s meet online! Idea-Café events organized by the German Green Library Network -- Green Library Concept at the National Library of Republic Indonesia for Sustainable Development -- Libraries and the UN SDGs: IFLA supporting libraries to achieve the SDGs -- Clarkson University Libraries First Academic Library to Complete Sustainable Libraries Certification Program.