All Jobs are Climate Jobs: Why Library Workers Need to be Climate Action Leaders

Saturday, January 20, 2024

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Baltimore Convention Center, 316

Presented by:

• Jennifer Ferriss (she/her/hers)
  Assistant Director
  Saratoga Springs Public Library

• Lisa G. Kropp, MLS (she/her/hers)
  Library Director
  Lindenhurst Memorial Library

• Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MLS, Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (CSBA), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) (she/her/hers)
  Executive Director
  Mid-Hudson Library System

Learn how libraries across the United States have dealt with the effects of recent climate events in their communities, and how their long term commitment to climate action helped in a time of immediate need. Libraries in certain areas are witnessing extreme temperatures, flash floods, tornado and hurricane damage, and severe drought affecting the communities they serve. You will leave this workshop with a practical framework to provide accurate information through programs and services while building relationships, trust and credibility in your community. Through group work you will be able to justify and advocate that library work is climate work.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to explain and use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to design a climate action program or service for their library.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to define best practices for collaborating with other institutions, organizations, and community stakeholders to maximize the impact of climate initiatives in their communities.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to update a standard job description to include climate action work, using the knowledge learned in this session.