Going green or not: realities of the Indian metropolis libraries
| dc.audience | Audience::Audience::Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section | |
| dc.conference.sessionType | Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chakraborty, Susmita | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-24T08:02:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-24T08:02:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | India is fighting severe problems, as for e.g. pollution explosion, dwindling resources, illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, threats of terrorism, among others. In this perspective, little emphasis is given on emerging issues like hygienic and environmental awareness. Very recently, Indian libraries started to have provisions for natural lights as much as possible, energy saving bulbs in the reading rooms and other places within library premises, provision of natural air, emphasis on cleanliness, hygienic toilets, adequate provision of waste bins at appropriate places, proper disposal policies for weeded library materials/equipments, etc. This paper will present the report of a survey of some important libraries in the four metropolises (Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai) of India. Keywords: University Libraries, India, Green Libraries, Metropolises, Calcutta University Library System, Madras University Library System, Mumbai University Library System, Delhi University Library System | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | i. IFLA Library Building Guidelines: Developments & Reflections by Karen Latimer and Hellen Niegaard (Eds.). Munich: K.G. Saur, 2007 ii. University of Calcutta Library. Available at http://www.caluniv.ac.in/libraries/About LIbrary.html accessed on 26 April 2013. iii. University of Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru Library. Available at http://121.241.25.23/opac/2.jpg accessed on 26 Apr. 2013. iv. Madras University Library. Available at mul@unom.ac.in accessed on 25th Apr. 2013. v. Delhi University Library System. Available at http://crl.du.ac.in/, Visited on 26th Apr. 2013. vi. Shrimali, K M. History of Delhi University Library System (1922 – 2025), Available at http://crl.du.ac.in/aboutus.pdf vii. The Lafayette Library and Learning Centeris. Available at http://www.metalsales.us.com/whats-new/news/Lafayette-Library/ accessed on 26 Apr. 2013. viii. Green@library: ecological sustainability of libraries. Available at http://www.slideshare.net/kirjastotfi/green-library accessed on 1 February 2013 ix. Green Libraries. Available at http://greenlibraries.org/ accessed on 12 April 2013. x. All the images are from the websites of the relevant libraries except image number 21 which was taken by Shri Bipin Sodhi. | |
| dc.identifier.relatedurl | http://2013.ifla.org | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5073 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 Unported | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | |
| dc.subject.keyword | University Libraries | |
| dc.subject.keyword | India | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Green Libraries | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Metropolises | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Calcutta University Library System | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Madras University Library System | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Mumbai University Library System | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Delhi University Library System | |
| dc.title | Going green or not: realities of the Indian metropolis libraries | en |
| dc.type | Article | |
| ifla.Unit | Section:Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section | |
| ifla.oPubId | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/113/ |
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