In Uşak, western Türkiye, the agro-library opened in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been included within the high 5 candidates for the 2024 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Green Library Award.
Reorganized as an “agro-library” two years in the past and a recipient of the Social Innovation Award from the UNDP, the Banaz District Public Library integrates concept with apply to help environmentally pleasant agriculture, offering companies towards a sustainable inexperienced library mannequin.
The agro-library mannequin contributes to cultural companies and meets native improvement wants by supporting sustainable improvement targets.
The library contains a part devoted to heirloom seeds, the place college students visiting the library can interact in agricultural actions. Students develop greens and fruits from seeds within the backyard space of the library. They are additionally given seeds on the situation of returning seeds produced from heirloom inventory. The library backyard features a bug lodge, a compost system for producing natural fertilizer from fruit waste and a small greenhouse.
Shortlisted for award
The library underneath the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has been nominated for the “IFLA Green Library Award,” which acknowledges contributions to inexperienced library tasks and libraries’ contributions to sustainable improvement targets, inserting among the many high 5 nations nominated.
The Banaz District Public Library ranks amongst libraries from China, Ireland, Slovenia and Ukraine, amongst many different inexperienced libraries and tasks worldwide.
The library’s agricultural-focused inexperienced library mannequin, with its plant beds, seed library, compost bin, rainwater harvesting, bug lodge and the motto “from a consuming society to a producing society” has been praised by a world jury.
The winners of the IFLA Green Library Award will probably be introduced in October.
Sabri Ceylan, the director of tradition and tourism in Uşak, informed Anadolu Agency (AA) that the Banaz District Public Library has been serving the district for years and working as an agro-library since 2022.
Ceylan expressed their happiness at receiving constructive suggestions for his or her mission, saying: “We applied to the IFLA for the concept of sustainable green libraries. We are the first library in Türkiye to apply in this field in collaboration with our ministry. We prepared a strong dossier for this application with our ministry and general directorate. In this dossier, we explained what the green library, sustainable librarianship and this initial work entailed. We provided information on the number of users and their feedback on green libraries and sustainable librarianship. As a result, we were among the top five libraries in IFLA’s concept of green sustainable libraries.”
Ceylan famous that many actions are carried out within the library, explaining: “Our library introduces a new format to librarianship with a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach, including plant beds, heirloom seeds, seedboxes, bug hotels, compost machines and rainwater harvesting.”
Expressing their happiness at being on the shortlist, Ceylan emphasised the significance of attaining a primary in agro-green libraries in Türkiye, saying: “We are experiencing the joy of achieving a first.”
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