Sustainability Services for Public Libraries within a Smart City Environment

Koukopoulos, Zois; Koukopoulos, Dimitrios; Jung, Jason J.

doi:10.1145/3326467.3326473

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“…The scarcity of resources is also the backdrop for publications focusing on library advocacy, image and marketing as many libraries strive to remain essential parts of their communities (Smith, 2011). At the same time, libraries face fierce competition from other institutions and sources of information (Koukopoulos et al, 2019). To cope with the challenging and "tough economic times" (Smith, 2011, p. 257), libraries should find "alternative ways to reach new audiences among the citizens" (Koukopoulos et al, 2019, p. 1).…”

Section: An Environmental Understandingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Michael, 2010;Cmor, 2016;Cottrill et al, 2015). The optimization rationale also concerns optimizing digital services (see Michnik, 2015;Koukopoulos et al, 2019) and finding new creative solutions for doing more with less (cf. Wilson, 2012;Forbes et al, 2017).…”

Section: Optimizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cottrill et al, 2015) and revenue (cf. Baada et al, 2019;Koukopoulos et al, 2019). For example, promoting sustainability and the SDGs is described as a means for advocating and marketing the library to users and stakeholders (cf.…”

Section: Legitimationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In times of austerity and budget cuts, Wilson (2012, p. 78) asks if libraries can “use scarcity to fuel the imagination?” Looking across the publications classified as economic, we find many and highly creative suggestions for how libraries can do more with less; for example, using volunteers in library provision (Forbes et al. , 2017) or optimizing digital library services (Michnik, 2015; Koukopoulos et al. , 2019).…”

Section: Core Concept Usage and Understandingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Libraries, sustainability and sustainable development: a review of the research literature

Mathiasson

Jochumsen

2022

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PurposeThe purpose of this literature review is to provide an overview of and insights into a selected bibliography of 102 research publications on libraries – of all types – sustainability and sustainable development, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals.Design/methodology/approachThe review procedure is inspired by the hermeneutic literature review method, referring to a circular process of searching, sorting, selecting, acquiring, reading, identifying and refining. The publications are mapped to provide an overview of the research field. Following the research mapping, all publications are categorized as either environmental, economic, social, cultural or holistic according to their usage and understanding of the core concepts of sustainability and sustainable development. Finally, the main rationales behind the core concepts are identified, and their possible implications on the role of libraries and librarians are discussed.FindingsOf the 102 research publications, 45 are categorized as environmental, 9 as economic, 9 as social, 3 as cultural and 36 as holistic. The main rationales identified across these categories are optimization, legitimation, demonstration and transformation. The possible implications behind these rationales are that libraries and librarians should be resourceful, explicit about their motivations, serve as good examples and act as change agents. Increasingly, libraries and librarians are expected to act proactively in relation to the global sustainability agenda.Originality/valueThis literature review provides a unique overview of and insights into an emerging research field, which are needed for future research and discussion about the potentiality of libraries and librarians in solving global sustainability challenges.

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Section: An Environmental Understandingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Optimizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Legitimationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Core Concept Usage and Understandingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Libraries, sustainability and sustainable development: a review of the research literature

Mathiasson

Jochumsen

2022

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“…In a case study of YouTube as a digital service provider in 2019, Preist et al investigated how Sustainable Interaction Design of digital services can contribute to the corporate strategies for greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction [16]. Koukopoulos et al in 2019 presented a prototype digital system that supports the goal of sustainability for a modern public library [17]. However, the main objective of this study was attracting a wider audience of library visitors and provide new sources of revenue.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Waste Reduction for Green Service Supply Chain—the Case Study of a Payment Service Provider in Iran

Ardebili

Padoano

Rahmani³

2020

Sustainability

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Analyzing and designing how service is provided to the customer is crucial for sustainable supply chains in services. In this respect, there can be barriers to applying sustainable improvements due to regulations, practices and customer culture. This study is focused on finding the waste produced by the service of one of the biggest payment service provider (PSP) companies in Iran and how to meet the essential needs of the sustainable supply chain. It has been observed that using thermal papers as a biohazardous material causes environmental problems and even it is hazardous to mix them with normal paper waste in the recycling process. Moreover, preventive maintenance of the thermal printers itself causes a huge number of unnecessary shuttles between the customers and service suppliers, which represents a source of CO 2 emission, traffic-especially in the capital-and high maintenance costs for the company. Three main alternatives to the thermal paper receipt were analyzed and ranked by means of a TOPSIS (Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) model, which employed the sustainability pillars and the technical point of view as evaluation criteria. The priorities against the set of criteria were obtained by means of surveys, which targeted a sample of customers and a pool of experts. The results highlighted that customers' habits and legislation are the most important barriers to the transition to a more sustainable service.

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