Highland Public Library is certified!

The Sustainable Libraries Initiative is thrilled to announce that South Huntington Public Library is now Certified Sustainable!

ALA SustainRT is presenting a webinar with Longwood Public Library Director, Lisa Jacobs, who will discuss the steps that her library took to become certified and how the process expanded the sustainable decisions and actions that her library had already taken.

“Sustainability, Does It Need to Be Certified?”

November 4th, 2021

12:00-12:30 PM Eastern

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The Sustainable Libraries Initiative is pleased to announce that the Longwood Public Library, located in Middle Island, New York, is our latest Certification Program recipient!  

Congratulations, Patchogue-Medford Public Library!

Patchogue-Medford Public Library in Patchogue, NY, has been certified as a “Sustainable Library” through the award-winning Sustainable Library Certification Program, the first of its kind in the world, through the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and New York Library Association. Patchogue-Medford Public Library will be recognized at the 2021 Annual Conference of the New York Library Association held in Syracuse, NY November 3rd- 6th 2021.

First School Librarian, Joanna McCloskey, Certified Sustainable!

Joanna McCloskey, School Librarian at Seaford High School, in Seaford, NY, is the first school librarian to be certified as sustainable through the award-winning Sustainable Library Certification Program, the first of its kind in the world, through the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and New York Library Association. Joanna McCloskey will be recognized at the 2021 Annual Conference of the New York Library Association held in Syracuse, NY November 3rd-6th.