Green Library Initiatives in Rural College Library - With Special reference to AKPC Mahavidyalaya, Hooghly, WB: A Study
Author(s): Sarmistha Adhikary
Abstract - The latest important issue of the world is to save the earth and save life of the earth. Libraries can play better role in this regard by taking initiatives to aware and inspire people to protect the environment because libraries are in an excellent position to be both an ecological operator and promoter of environmental awareness. Here comes the importance of green library. The term green library refers to a library that is environmentally conscious in many ways which include a wide range of actions like reducing energy use, collecting and promoting environment-friendly materials, adopting many kinds of green practices using non-toxic products in library. “Green Library” is also known as “Sustainable Library” or “Environment- friendly Library” or “Eco-friendly Library”. The main objective of the paper is to cover the present scenario of AKPC Mahavidyalaya library in the green perspective. It investigates how the library is practicing the green library concept practically in their collection, building and services at present. It also provides suggestive measures for further provisions of the college library for the development to go green.
Keywords - Green library, College library, Sustainability, LEED, CASBEE, Rain water harvesting.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.8.2.2022.1533
Cite This Article As: Adhikary, S. (2022). Green Library Initiatives in Rural College Library - With Special reference to AKPC Mahavidyalaya, Hooghly, WB: A Study. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 8(2) 44-48. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1533 Page: 44-48 Publication Date: 22 April 2022