TY - JOUR
T1 - Academic Libraries' Sustainable Preservation and Conservation Practices
AU - Rachman, Yeni Budi
AU - Ratnasari, Wiwit
N1 - Funding Information:
Research funding: This work was supported by Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset dan Teknologi Republik Indonesia [Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia] Tahun Anggaran 2022 [Year 2022] under Grant Penelitian Dasar Unggulan Perguruan Tinggi 2022 (Grant Number NKB-906/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2022).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 the author(s), published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston.
PY - 2022/10/1
Y1 - 2022/10/1
N2 - Studies on climate change and sustainability have been gaining interest within the global preservation and conservation communities. However, studies related to sustainability in library preservation and conservation, especially in academic libraries, are still limited. This study aims to determine current practices of sustainable library preservation and conservation in academic libraries. The findings of this study will serve as a starting point to obtaining a comprehensive understanding of how academic libraries are implementing climate change-responsible preservation and conservation programs. This study applies quantitative and descriptive approaches to collect data. A questionnaire was distributed to the top 200 universities in the Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric World University Rankings 2021. The results show that current practices of sustainable library preservation and conservation implemented at the majority of academic libraries relate to sustainable energy use. Although some areas still need to be developed (e.g., policy and regulation toward sustainable library preservation and conservation practices, alternative eco-friendly preservation and conservation materials, and waste management practices), the fact that academic libraries have implemented sustainable practices in preservation and conservation is noted as a positive finding, since it represents success in universities' efforts to address the climate change issue.
AB - Studies on climate change and sustainability have been gaining interest within the global preservation and conservation communities. However, studies related to sustainability in library preservation and conservation, especially in academic libraries, are still limited. This study aims to determine current practices of sustainable library preservation and conservation in academic libraries. The findings of this study will serve as a starting point to obtaining a comprehensive understanding of how academic libraries are implementing climate change-responsible preservation and conservation programs. This study applies quantitative and descriptive approaches to collect data. A questionnaire was distributed to the top 200 universities in the Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric World University Rankings 2021. The results show that current practices of sustainable library preservation and conservation implemented at the majority of academic libraries relate to sustainable energy use. Although some areas still need to be developed (e.g., policy and regulation toward sustainable library preservation and conservation practices, alternative eco-friendly preservation and conservation materials, and waste management practices), the fact that academic libraries have implemented sustainable practices in preservation and conservation is noted as a positive finding, since it represents success in universities' efforts to address the climate change issue.
KW - climate change
KW - library conservation
KW - library preservation
KW - sustainable practices
KW - UI GreenMetric
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139383607&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/pdtc-2022-0024
DO - 10.1515/pdtc-2022-0024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139383607
SN - 2195-2965
VL - 51
SP - 121
EP - 129
JO - Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture
JF - Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture
IS - 3
ER -