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IFLA: IFLA Green Library Awards

IFLA Satellite Event: Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

Best Green Library

Winner

Singapore Singapore National Library Board, "Singapore Revamp of Choa Chu Kang Public Library WEE" - Lin Li Soh, Pin Wan 

Shortlist

Bulgaria Burgas Regional Library, “P. K. Yavorov” "Communal BiblioBurgas“ - Yana Karshiyska (virtual)

Colombia Cali, "La Leonera Cultural Center Public Library La Leonera Cultural Center Public Library 2022" - Carolina Muñoz

Spain Barcelona Collserola Josep Miracle Library "Biblionatura Collserola Library. A green proposal in the City of Barcelona" - Núria Flò

USA Boston, MA Valente Branch Library Cambridge Public Library – Valente Branch "William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. in association with Arrowstreet" - Sindu Meier & Maria McCauley

See the Speakers page for biographies about each nomination. For more information about each entry see 7th IFLA Green Library Award 2022 Results.

Best Green Library Project

Winner

France Paris Médiathèque de la Canopée-la fontaine, "La Médiathèque de la Canopée: a pilot library for sustainable development for the Parisian network" - Sophie Bobet

Special Recognition

Colombia Cali Comuna 1 Cultural Center Public Library "The Neighborhood Path" - Arcos Huertas Carolain Estefania

This project was carried out with minimal resources but has a big impact. The Comuna 1 Cultural Center Public Library will receive an award certificate and, to further their project, €500 generously sponsored by the German publishing house de Gruyter.

Shortlist

Belgium Jette BiblioJette and BibJette "Adopt a plant at your public library: the Plantotek project" - Stéphanie Weisser

France TOURC’H Médiathèque Mouezh ar galon "A shared garden library to develop biodiversity" - Camille Le Lann

Norway Lier Lier bibliotek, "The fish that take root" - Aleksander Kristung (virtual)

See the Speakers page for biographies about each nomination. For more information about each entry see 7th IFLA Green Library Award 2022 Results.