{"id":594,"date":"2019-09-12T14:55:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T14:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/?p=594"},"modified":"2019-09-12T14:55:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T14:55:04","slug":"update-from-the-sustianrt-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/sustainrt\/2019\/09\/12\/update-from-the-sustianrt-coordinator\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from the SustianRT Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is with much relief and hopeful anticipation for the year ahead that we report\u00a0 SustainRT is once again sustainably staffed! After a tumultuous winter and early spring (marked by multiple leadership departures), a successful spring election and a period of intense committee volunteer recruitment resulted in a re-energized<\/span> SustainRT Board and six fully staffed committees<\/span><\/a>. We are especially delighted to report that SustainRT finally reached the membership threshold in 2018 (membership equivalent to at least 1% of personal ALA memberships) that qualified us to elect our first dedicated ALA Councilor in Spring 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

In spite of the administrative shakeup of the past year, good things did happen with SustainRT this past year. The Membership Committee, with the help of<\/span> SustainRT\u2019s first LIS intern<\/span><\/a>, launched a<\/span> mentoring program<\/span><\/a> in late Spring 2019. The Online Education and Programming Committees launched<\/span> multiple virtual and in-person educational opportunities<\/span><\/a>. The Booklist Committee launched the first, annual SustainRT<\/span> \u201cTop 10\u201d list of recommended books for children<\/span><\/a> about the environment, playing in nature, gardening, and more, and the Environmental Scan Taskforce launched the<\/span> Sustainable Libraries Database in\u00a0 Zotero<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>submissions<\/span><\/a> are always welcomed). The Governance Committee, with the help of SRRT\u2019s Al Kagan, worked to help ALA Endowment Trustees consider the advantages to<\/span> more ESG investments for the ALA endowment<\/span><\/a> and took the lead on the ALA 2019 Annual SustainRT Chair\u2019s<\/span> program on carbon offsets for travel<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are interested in the work of SustainRT, please<\/span> join us<\/span><\/a> in the year ahead!<\/span><\/p>\n

Uta
\nSustainRT Coordinator
\nwww.ala.org\/rt\/sustainrt<\/a><\/p>\n

______________________________<\/p>\n

Uta Hussong-Christian
\nAssociate Professor\u00a0 | Science Librarian
\nOregon State University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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