Rebekkah Smith Aldrich writes: “Building on the work of the ALA Task Force on the Environment (formed in 1989) and the momentum of the Sustainability Round Table (formed in 2013), ALA Council passed the Resolution on the Importance of Sustainable Libraries in 2015. The resolution suggested the beginning of a ‘new era.’ That was a bold statement—and once it made, it called for action. Fortunately, the right leadership was in place at the right time.”
