Rebekkah Smith Aldrich's guest appearances

Rebekkah Smith Aldrich

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Library Leadership Podcast

Steve Albrecht

Lauren Stara

Tracie D. Hall

Michael Stephens

Grady Hendrix

January LaVoy

Dion Graham

Jeff Davis

Tiffany Hayes

Karen Keninger

Imbolo Mbue

Miriam Kahn

Stacy Brown

Gail Carriger

Jessica Hayes

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How often in libraries do we ask ourselves how we can ensure that our services stay essential and sustainable in the communities we serve? These days, it may be more often than we like.  On today’s show, I speak with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Executive Director at the Mid-Hudson Library System in New York and author of the book, Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World.   She presents globally on topics related to library sustainability and gives us essential guidance that helps us answer the question of how libraries can maintain our important roles in society.  In fact, the American Library Association finds this so essential that it has just adopted sustainability as a core value of librarianship.

How often in libraries do we ask ourselves how we can ensure that our services stay essential and sustainable in the communities we serve? These days, it may be more often than we like. On today’s show, I speak with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Executive Director at the Mid-Hudson Library System in New York and author of the book, Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World.  She presents globally on topics related to library sustainability and gives us essential guidance that helps us answer the question of how libraries can maintain our important roles in society. In fact, the American Library Association finds this so essential that it has just adopted sustainability as a core value of librarianship.

37. Sustaining Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich

Steve chats with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Coordinator for Library Sustainability at the Mid-Hudson Library System in New York and author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World. Author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World and Resilience, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich has been a public library development consultant since 1998. Rebekkah currently holds the position of Coordinator for Library Sustainability at the Mid-Hudson Library System in New York where she assists 66 public libraries in the areas of governance, management, funding and facilities. Rebekkah is a certified Sustainable Building Advisor (cSBA),  Leadership in Energy &amp; Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and a holds an advanced certificate in Public Library Administration from the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University. A founding member of the American Library Association’s Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT), Rebekkah spearheaded the passage of the American Library Association’s Resolution on the Importance of Sustainable Libraries. Active in the New York Library Association (NYLA), Rebekkah is co-founder, and co-chair, of the NYLA Sustainability Initiative Committee. Named a Library Journal Mover &amp; Shaker in 2010, Rebekkah is Library Journal’s sustainability columnist and a frequent presenter at libraries and conferences around the US. SHOW NOTES: Sustainable Libraries  ALA Sustainability Roundtable Circulating Ideas is brought to you with support from Unique Management Services, offering inbound phone and chat coverage to help libraries deliver outstanding virtual service to patrons. Unique Patron Service Solutions. Virtual Service. Solved. Visit uniquelibrary.com to learn more and schedule your free demo.

<a href="https://ia601502.us.archive.org/10/items/CI131/CI131.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve chats with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Coordinator for Library Sustainability at the Mid-Hudson Library System in New York and author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World.</a> Author of <a href="https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/sustainable-thinking-ensuring-your-library%E2%80%99s-future-uncertain-world" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World</a> and <a href="https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/resilience-library-futures-series-book-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resilience</a>, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich has been a public library development consultant since 1998. Rebekkah currently holds the position of Coordinator for Library Sustainability at the <a href="http://midhudson.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mid-Hudson Library System</a> in New York where she assists 66 public libraries in the areas of governance, management, funding and facilities. Rebekkah is a certified Sustainable Building Advisor (cSBA),  Leadership in Energy &amp; Environmental Design Accredited Professional (<a href="http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1988" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LEED AP</a>) and a holds an advanced certificate in Public Library Administration from the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University. A founding member of the American Library Association’s <a href="http://www.ala.org/sustainrt/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT)</a>, Rebekkah spearheaded the passage of the American Library Association’s <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/07/ala-council-passes-resolution-sustainable-libraries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resolution on the Importance of Sustainable Libraries</a>. Active in the New York Library Association (NYLA), Rebekkah is co-founder, and co-chair, of the <a href="https://www.nyla.org/max/4DCGI/cms/review.html?Action=CMS_Document&amp;DocID=1771&amp;MenuKey=SI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NYLA Sustainability Initiative Committee</a>. Named a <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6721881.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Library Journal Mover &amp; Shaker</a> in 2010, Rebekkah is<a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/category/opinion/sustainability/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Library Journal’s sustainability columnist</a> and a frequent presenter at libraries and conferences around the US. SHOW NOTES: <a href="http://sustainablelibraries.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustainable Libraries </a> <a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ALA Sustainability Roundtable</a> Circulating Ideas is brought to you with support from Unique Management Services, offering inbound phone and chat coverage to help libraries deliver outstanding virtual service to patrons. Unique Patron Service Solutions. Virtual Service. Solved. Visit <a href="http://uniquelibrary.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uniquelibrary.com</a> to learn more and schedule your free demo.

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