With generous sponsorship from De Gruyter Brill Publishing, ENSULIB circulated a Call for Submissions for the IFLA Green Library Award for the tenth year in a row. Any type of green library or any outstanding green library project, initiative or idea was invited to apply for the IFLA Green Library Award. Libraries with a small budget but a great impact were explicitly invited to participate in the competition. Deadline for submissions was extended from late January to 16 February 2025.

All applications for the Award were initially checked to determine if they were properly prepared and followed the submission guidelines. In the longlist selection, an attempt was made to achieve a geographical balance, in alignment with IFLA objectives and values which include geographical diversity. The selected applications were added to the longlist for further review.

The quality and relevance of the project, initiative, or idea will now be evaluated by the international ENSULIB Award Reviewing Committee, following the IFLA Green Library Award Criteria:

  • Applicability to the goals and the scope of ENSULIB
  • Contribution of libraries to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Quality of the overall presentation, public visualization via website etc.
  • Relevance to IFLA’s goals and values

To ENSULIB’s great delight 41 submissions were received from 22 countries around the world, including Brazil (2), China (10), Croatia, Egypt, Finland (, France (5), Guadeloupe, India, Ireland, Korea, Lithuania, Malaysia, Philippines (2), Poland, Portugal (2), Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Thailand, Türkiye (2), United States of America (3). The full IFLA Green Library Award 2025 nominated longlist appears in two categories listed alphabetically by country below. There are 19 submissions nominated in the 2025 longlist.

The reviewing process is still in progress. The IFLA Green Library Award 2025 nominated shortlist will be published in May. The winners in the categories “Best Green Library/Grand-Scale Project” and “Best Green Library Project” will be announced in August 2025.

Longlist “Best Green Library/Grand-Scale Project”

  • China, Shenzen: Shenzhen Yantian Library, “The Growth Library: Reading Without Borders,Growth With Sustainability”
  • China, Hangzhou: Hangzhou Public Library, “The Nature Theme Branch of Hangzhou Public Library-A Library That Engages Citizens in Biodiversity Conservation”
  • Finland, Turku: Turku City Library / Turun Kaupunginkirjasto, “Developing Sustainable Practices in the Libraries of Southwest Finland”
  • France, Paris: James Baldwin Library, “James Baldwin Library: SDGs Inside a Sustainable Project”
  • Singapore: National Library Board, Singapore, “Children’s Biodiversity Library by S.E.A Aquarium”
  • Türkiye, Burdur: Burdur City Public Library, “Beyond Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Eco-Library for A Place for Green Minds to Grow”
  • USA, Nashville: Nashville Public Library, Donelson Branch, “Retro Roots, Green Future: A Midcentury Marvel in Sustainability”

Longlist “Best Green Library Project”

  • Brazil, Hortolandia: Municipal Library Terezinha França de Mendonça Duarte, “I Found a Hortolândia Book”
  • China, Ningbo: Ningbo Library, “Plas-Bottle Renaissance：Going to the Library as a Sustainable Lifestyle”
  • Croatia, Karlovac: Public library “Ivan Goran Kovačić” Karlovac, “Green Festival – Karlovac Green Story”
  • France, Lyon: Maison de l’Environnement, “Lire pour Agir” : The Prize of the Socioecological Transition Book
  • Lithuania Siauliai: Šiauliai County Povilas Višinskis Public Library, “The Library of Things”
  • Phillippines, Valenzuela City: Valenzuela City Library, “I am a Valenzuelano, I Care for the Environment”
  • Poland, Opole: Municipal Public Library in Opole, “Recommitment to Paper as a Way to Salvage [Rezapis jako ocalenie]”
  • Portugal, Loule: Manuel Viegas Guerreiro Foundation, “Our Common Home, heart of the Little Naturalists of Querença”
  • Romania, Cluj-Napoca: ”Octavian Goga” Cluj County Library, “Little Readers’ Garden”
  • Serbia, Zrenjanin: City Public Library “Žarko Zrenjanin”, “Librarians of the City Public Library „Žarko Zrenjanin” as Drivers and Bearers of the Mission to Achieve the Goals of SustainableDevelopment”
  • Thailand, Bangkok: Thammasat University Library, “From Waste to Wealth: Green Library Through Circular Economy”
  • Türkiye, Zonguldak: Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, “Community Power for a Green Future”