Assessing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals in academic libraries
Article
Article Title | Assessing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals in academic libraries |
---|---|
ERA Journal ID | 10603 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Thorpe, Clare (Author) and Gunton, Lyndelle (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Librarianship and Information Science |
Journal Citation | 54 (2), pp. 208-215 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2022 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0961-0006 |
1741-6477 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006211005528 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09610006211005528 |
Abstract | The United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development identifies 17 goals as a shared blueprint for peace, prosperity, people and the planet. Australian academic libraries have started documenting and planning how academic libraries contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the identification of assessment frameworks and key performance indicators. In 2019, the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) Library stepped through an exercise of understanding how our day-to-day work and annual planning targets mapped to the SDGs. The article is a case study. The authors outline how an academic library’s services, projects and action plans were mapped to the SDGs and how the mapping exercise was communicated to the community. The article will situate this activity among the broader approaches being taken by the Australian library community, including the 2030 stretch targets for Australian libraries. USQ Library staff found that existing services, collections and projects correlated to eight of the 17 SDGs. Activities were mapped to these eight goals and reported to senior executive of the University. The mapping exercise increased the awareness of library staff about the broader cultural and societal implications of their roles. The communication strategy led to conversations that increased university leaders’ awareness of the SDGs and the value and impact of USQ Library in improving access to information as well as the library’s role in transforming the lives of USQ students and community. By undertaking an exercise to map collections, services and projects to the SDGs, USQ Library has been able to demonstrate how their knowledge and information infrastructures which enable student achievement and research excellence. The SDGs can be used by university libraries as a benchmarking tool and as a challenge to set stretch targets aligned with the United Nation’s 2030 agenda. |
Keywords | Sustainable Development Goals, academic libraries, university libraries, evidence-based practice, library assessment |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 461099. Library and information studies not elsewhere classified |
461006. Library studies | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Library Services |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q64x9/assessing-the-united-nation-s-sustainable-development-goals-in-academic-libraries
Download files
328
total views553
total downloads3
views this month3
downloads this month