The Green Library Movement: an overview and beyond.(Part 1)

Antonelli, Monika

doi:10.33186/1027-3689-2020-5-94-106

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“…However, green library buildings constitute the leading thematic thread in publications devoted to green libraries (Afacan, 2017; Antonelli, 2020a, Binks et al. , 2014; Fernandez, 2017; Genovese and Albanese, 2013; Li et al.…”

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“…This issue was analysed through the prism of existing standards and certificates (Binks et al. , 2014; Antonelli, 2020a; Stoss, 2010), obligations towards future generations and obligations towards current taxpayers financing activities of libraries (Weiner and Boyden, 2001, p. 8). Research has shown that a green building is an element of environmental education; it also contributes to an increase in interest in libraries and their activities, to the departure from the stereotypical perception of libraries, attracts sponsors and meets the needs of users (Loder, 2010, p. 359; Tseng, 2008, pp.…”

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Green library as a subject of research – a quantitative and qualitative perspective

Fedorowicz-Kruszewska

2021

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PurposeThe objective of the article is to determine the numerical increase in publications on green libraries and the dynamics of its development as well as to determine the thematic structure of the scientific literature in the field of green libraries and its changes as a representation of research in this area.Design/methodology/approachThe research material consisted of publications on green libraries published between 1991 and 2020, indexed in the Web of Science database. The bibliometric method was used to determine the numerical increase in publications on green libraries and the dynamics of its development. In order to characterize the thematic structure of publications representing research in this area, content analysis was performed.FindingsQuantitative analysis of the literature on green libraries has shown that this is a new area of research not explored with constant intensity. The time of publishing materials on green libraries can be divided into two periods: the so-called period of first publications between 1991 and 2006, and the period between 2007 and 2020, when the number of publications increased relatively systematically. The content analysis confirmed the hypothesis that the most frequent theme is the issue of a green building and its management. It showed that the period after 2010 is the time of building a theoretical framework for a new research field, i.e. green libraries.Originality/valueThe main value of the article is the performance of a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the scientific literature indexed in the Web of Science devoted to green libraries, from the moment of the first publications to the present day. The codebook developed for the needs of content analysis can constitute the basis for the development of criteria for the evaluation of green libraries and guidelines for their organization.

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