From Green Literacy to Sustainability Transliteracy: A Broader View at Green Libraries' Business

Abstract

The paper aims to highlight the various literacies that interplay within the concept of the Green Library, beginning with the long discussed social role of libraries and librarians in general. When accepting the role of educators in teaching information literacy the next logical step for Green Libraries is to engage in more than information literacy but in green (trans)literacy which means drawing attention to environmental awareness and responsibility. The paper will go from definitions of environmental, ecological, green, and sustainability literacy to the concept of “Sustainability Transliteracy”. This leads to the special role of Green Libraries, working with all available tools and platforms to practise by example, to teach and to engage their community to thinking and acting sustainably and responsibly.