According to IFLA, «Present environments are endangered by climate change and other threats including social inequalities. All organizations should strive to protect the environment through sustainable development. This includes all kinds of libraries, which can play an active and significant role in sustainable development».

Topics for papers to be submitted:

1.  Environmental sustainability

• Green buildings and equipment: Carbon footprint. Green Office Principles. Historic buildings management.
• Sustainable library services: Easy access for users to relevant and up-to-date information. Shared spaces, devices and environmental education. Library procedures efficient and environmentally sustainable.
• Environmental management: Commitment to general environmental goals and programs (e.g. UN Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Climate Agreement).

2.  Social Sustainability: Diversity, Equality, Inclusion

The Library should promote the representation and participation of individuals-groups with different characteristics in terms of age, races and nationalities, abilities and disabilities, gender and sexual orientation, culture, religion, skills.

• Creating a suitable environment in the Library and in the workplace.
• Information literacy - Digital skills and Digital Citizenship.
• Lifelong learning - Distance Library services.
• Social inclusion and user participation.
• Reader / User Communities - Library Reading Policy.

3.  Sustainable economy: Challenges & Opportunities for Academic Libraries in the post-COVID Era

The challenges and opportunities are undoubtedly many, especially in the post-COVID era, in which often appear in addition to problems and new opportunities for communication, information, library management.

• Sustainable economy: Restrained consumption. Circular and sharing economy practices.
• Collaborations and synergies between Libraries.
• Open access policies: Empowerment and new data.
• Institutional publishing activity models and the role of libraries.