(30 May 2024) From the abstract: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have created an opportunity for the library sector to reconceptualise the services delivered to their communities. They provide the opportunity for libraries to be involved in national policy discussions and for their work to be translated into national programs for economic and social…
(22 Aug 2023) Scopus has released the 2023 United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on the Scopus Document details page. SDGs are specific research areas that challenge the global community to build a world where no one is left behind. Elsevier data science teams have built extensive keyword queries, supplemented with machine learning, to map…
By Ruth A Pagell* (7/27/2023) 20 years ago Shanghai Rankings issued its first global ranking of five hundred universities, followed a year later by a joint venture from THE and QS, of 200 universities. (Praphamontripong). The number of rankings, countries, institutions, and the scope of the indicators has grown along with criticism of the…
(22 Jul 2023) The United Nations’ Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) is developing practical guidance for higher education ranking organizations wanting to integrate the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their assessments of universities and colleges. The initiative has been supported in principle by rankers such as QS and Times Higher Education,…
(31 May 2023) IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG), the Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB), and the IFLA Regional Divisions is proud to announce a webinar series on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Library Associations. The webinar series “Sustainable Development Goals and…
(14 Apr 2023) Ruth Pagell and her colleague Barbie Keiser decided to build on their interest in SDGs to present an in-depth report that highlights ways the scholarly community (publishers, educational institutions, international and regional organizations, and libraries) participates in sustainable development activities The chapter covers: Researching SDGs, including data and their sources Publishers’ and…
By Ruth A. Pagell* (13 Jan 2023) “Sustainable development can only be achieved when there is economic, social, environmental and cultural balance” derived from Buddhist philosophy expressed by the previous King Rama IX, at the foundation of the National Institute of Development Administration (Seneviratne). As I was preparing my end-of-year report, which was to…
(25 Nov 2022) The IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL) Standing Committee held its “The call to action: academic libraries responses to the SDGs” webinar on 2 November 2022. You’ll be able to access the related video recording here, and the slides presented by the speakers here: presentation N°1 (Denmark), presentation N°2 (Australia) About the webinar: The United…
(31 May 2022) IFLA RDC AO Southeast Asia Working Group is organizing a webinar on 23 June, the event is titled “Southeast Asian Libraries on the UN Sustainable Development Goals webinar”. This webinar focuses on the best practices by Southeast Asian libraries and librarians to support the UN SDGs. Through this program, the IFLA…
(17 Jan 2022) The United Nations 2030 Agenda is not just a document for governments, rather it sets out responsibilities for everyone, including libraries! However, it is not always easy to make the connection between high-level policy documents and day-to-day library operations. Nathalice Cardoso, a Brazilian Librarian and researcher with experience in Brazil and…