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IFLA Green Library Award 2026

Administered by ENSULIB, the IFLA Section on Environment, Sustainability and Libraries
Sponsored by de Gruyter Publishing House De Gruyter Brill Publishing and Library Juice Academy.

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Announcement

Submission deadline January 30, 2026

Objectives of the IFLA Green Library Award:

  • To reward a green library / green library project that best communicates a commitment to environmental sustainability;
  • To create awareness of libraries’ social responsibility and leadership in environmental education;
  • To support the worldwide green library movement, concerned with
    • environmentally sustainable buildings;
    • environmentally sustainable services, activities, programming, information resources, collections and projects;
    • social sustainability initiatives in libraries;
  • To promote the development of green library initiatives locally, regionally and worldwide;
  • To encourage all types of libraries to actively present their green activities to an international audience.

Following the IFLA Strategy 2024-2029, the Award will help in advancing the profession through illuminating the role of libraries and librarians in the advancement of sustainability standards and the promotion of specialized knowledge within professional practice.

The prize is awarded in two categories:

  • Category 1: Best Green Library/Grand-Scale Project
  • Category 2: Best Green Library Project

A special recognition may be given to a project that was carried out with minimal resources but has a significant impact.

Guidelines for submissions

Any type of green libraries or libraries with outstanding green library projects may apply for the IFLA Green Library Award. Libraries with a small budget but of a great impact are explicitly invited to participate in the competition!

The Green Library/Grand-Scale Project or Green Library Project may be presented in various ways (e.g. essay, video, poster, article, set of slides):

  • Applications must be written in one of the seven IFLA languages.
  • Applications in languages other than English must have an English translation (required) and all relevant information should be also in English.
  • Film and video materials in languages other than English must have English subtitles.
  • Applications should be 10 MB in size, unless a video is published on YouTube.

The quality and relevance of the submission will be evaluated by the international ENSULIB Award Reviewing Committee for:

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

Downloads

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Submissions

Submission deadline January 30, 2026. Applications must be sent to:

Petra Hauke, ENSULIB SC Mentor, Email: [email protected]
and Priscilla Pun, ENSULIB Secretary, Email: [email protected]

Notification of the shortlisted finalists will be sent latest in May 2026.

Winners will be presented in summer 2026.