Tallinn Central Library vs digital waste

dc.audienceAudience::Powering Sustainable Developmenten_US
dc.contributor.authorVeeber, Kristi
dc.coverage.spatialLocation::Estoniaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-16T14:22:06Z
dc.date.available2023-11-16
dc.date.available2023-11-16T14:22:06Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-16
dc.description.abstractMany people still don’t realise that digital waste is a huge contributor to global warming. Unnecessary emails, files, duplicates of photos and videos accumulate everywhere at an alarming rate; the resources needed for storing or streaming them are not sustainable and cause harm to the environment. Research also shows that digital clutter has a negative impact on our mental health by causing anxiety. Tackling digital waste is one of the main goals for Tallinn Central Library in 2023, the year of Tallinn as the Green Capital of Europe. As information specialists, librarians help people to find necessary information, but they can also teach information hygiene and methods to reduce data waste. Some of our actions: ● Specialists come to our libraries to speak and conduct workshops about digital waste; ● Our librarians receive training on the topic to be able to counsel our patrons; ● We run campaigns to encourage our patrons to address the problem; ● We teach and help our senior citizens to clean their computers, phones etc. of digital waste, which is also good for the speed and lifespan of the devices; ● As a library, we try to set an example and reduce our data volume.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://2023.ifla.org/poster-sessions/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/3083
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries88th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), 2023 Rotterdam;Poster Sessions
dc.rights.holderKristi Veeberen_US
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectSubject::Green librariesen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Digital dataen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectSubject::UN Sustainable Development Goalsen_US
dc.titleTallinn Central Library vs digital wasteen_US
dc.typeEvents Materialsen_US
dc.typePostersen_US
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