{"id":174,"date":"2017-03-14T02:19:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T02:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/?p=174"},"modified":"2017-10-02T16:46:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T16:46:25","slug":"amy-brunvard-candidate-for-coordinator-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/2017\/03\/14\/amy-brunvard-candidate-for-coordinator-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Brunvand – Candidate for Coordinator-Elect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear SustainRT Members,<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m running for Coordinator-Elect of SustainRT and I\u2019d like to ask for your vote. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am an academic librarian at the University of Utah with a specialty in government information (think environmental policy and citizen engagement). <\/span><\/p>\n

You may remember my name from the 2016 SustainRT ballot. \u00a0I didn\u2019t win last year, but I got enough votes to feel encouraged and losing the election led me to seek another way to engage with sustainability. \u00a0\u00a0I have spent the past year on leave from the campus library working as an embedded librarian out of the University of Utah Sustainability Office. \u00a0I recently presented a webinar for SustainRT about this experience: \u201cSTARS and Beyond: Adventures of an Embedded Librarian in the Campus Sustainability Office.\u201d ( <\/span>http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/2017\/02\/24\/upcoming-sustainrt-webinar-march-9th-1215-1245-pm-est\/<\/span><\/a>) \u00a0At the moment I\u2019m immersed in sustainability issues and I would be able to step into the Coordinator-Elect role full of fresh ideas and renewed enthusiasm.<\/span><\/p>\n

My main effort in the Sustainability Office was helping to compile the AASHE STARS Report for the University of Utah (<\/span>https:\/\/stars.aashe.org\/<\/span><\/a>). \u00a0STARS details campus-wide sustainability efforts, and identifies areas for improvement. \u00a0Since the University of Utah is the size of a small city it was a huge undertaking. \u00a0\u00a0From this experience I have a deeper appreciation for the process of shifting organizations from business-as-usual towards sustainable action. \u00a0I am more than ever convinced that libraries have an essential information role to play in this transition. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes I describe myself as a \u201cguerrilla librarian,\u201d since I try to take library values out into the wider community. \u00a0Since 2001 I have written a monthly environmental news column for Catalyst Magazine, (https:\/\/www.catalystmagazine.net\/) a local non-profit publication in Salt Lake City with a focus on \u201cresources for creative living\u201d. \u00a0Catalyst readers don\u2019t realize this, but my environmental news is based on an information literacy model to teach citizen engagement using policy as an entry point to activism and systemic change. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The links below show some of my own interests and activities that relate to sustainability. \u00a0My personal focus has been on collection development to support sustainability and on libraries fostering citizen engagement. \u00a0Other SustainRT members have other passions, and as Coordinator I would work to integrate our diverse voices and interests into a larger vision of libraries helping to create a more equitable, healthy, and economically viable society.<\/span><\/p>\n

Selected Sustainability Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Brunvand. Greening Higher Education. \u00a0Catalyst Magazine, (Dec. 31, 2016) <\/span>http:\/\/www.catalystmagazine.net\/greening-higher-education\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Re-Localizing the Academic Library: Comments on an essay by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich. ALA SustainRT Blog. (7\/20\/2016) http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/2016\/07\/20\/re-localizing-the-academic-library-comments-on-an-essay-by-rebekkah-smith-aldrich\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Brunvand & Ambra Gagliardi. “Sustainability, Relocalization, Citizen Activism and Government Information.” Dttp: Documents to the People. Summer 2015, 43(2), p..10-13.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Brunvand. “Green Jell-O for the Genius Loci or How to Save the Earth with Poetry,” (p. 91-100) in Mark Todd. Western Weird. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Brunvand; Jessica Breiman; Emily Bulluough; Joshua B. \u00a0Lenart & Alison Regan. (2014) Building an Academic Library Collection to Support Sustainability. Focus on Educating for Sustainability: a Toolkit for Academic Librarians. Maria A. Jankowska, ed.: Library Juice Press.<\/span><\/p>\n

About Me<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Brunvand [Librarian] Faculty Profile. https:\/\/faculty.utah.edu\/u0031682-AMY_BRUNVAND\/biography\/index.hml<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Brunvand [Catalyst Magazine writer]. http:\/\/www.catalystmagazine.net\/author\/amy\/<\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Brunvand. [Poet] 15 Bytes: Utah\u2019s Art Magazine. <\/span>http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/index.php\/sunday-blog-read-amy-brunvand\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Amy Brunvand, Goodreads (like all librarians, I judge other people by what they have on their bookshelves) https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/9972826?shelf=read<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Meet Amy Brunvand, Candidate for Coordinator Elect of SustainRT! (4\/5\/2016) SustainRT Blog. \u00a0http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/2016\/04\/05\/meet-amy-brunvand-candidate-for-coordinator-elect-of-sustainrt\/ \u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Amy Brunvand holds a cookie shaped like the logo of Utah Din\u00e9 Bik\u00e9yah, \u00a0a Native American-led grassroots organization working to protect Bears Ears National Monument.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dear SustainRT Members, I\u2019m running for Coordinator-Elect of SustainRT and I\u2019d like to ask for your vote. \u00a0\u00a0 I am an academic librarian at the University of Utah with a specialty in government information (think environmental policy and citizen engagement). You may remember my name from the 2016 SustainRT ballot. \u00a0I didn\u2019t win last year, … Continue reading Amy Brunvand – Candidate for Coordinator-Elect<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-candidate-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}