ENSULIB is thrilled to announce the release of its new book, Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development. This is number 186 in the IFLA Publications Series, and is published open access via a generous funding provided by the IFLA Professional Council.

The book refers to the UNESCO’s ESD for 2030 education program. Libraries, especially green and sustainable libraries, deserve prominent recognition as learning institutions and active driving partners for Education for Sustainable Development and which support their governments’ sustainability efforts. In line with the Berlin Declaration on ESD and the UNESCO program, the book focuses on innovative approaches and informal education projects, created and provided by green and sustainable libraries.

Editors: Petra Hauke, Antonia Mocatta, and Priscilla Nga Ian Pun
Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2025.  452 pages, illustrations (IFLA Publications; 186).
Language: English
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-11-133646-6 Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-11-133570-4
Price (Hardcover): €99.95

Available as open access/under an open access license.

There are three major parts in this book. The first part provides an introduction to the relevant topics and ESD programmes in general from various aspects. The second part provides case studies demonstrating innovative approaches to ESD in public libraries and school libraries worldwide. The third part provides examples and practices from the global academic libraries sector and library and information science education. A list of global contributors of the book could be found here.

This book is the fourth book in the ENSULIB’s Book Publication Project. The other three books in the Project are: The Green Library (2013), Going Green: Implementing Sustainable Strategies in Libraries Around the World (2018), and New Libraries in Old Buildings: Creative Reuse (2021). All of these books are available as open access here.