Library Sustainability Action Plan 2026 Launched

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02/11/2026

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The Library Sustainability Action Plan 2026  was launched last week [February 3, 2026] by the Vice-Provost for Biodiversity and Climate Action, Professor Jane Stout of Trinity Sustainability, and Director of Climate GatewayProfessor of Climate Science, Karen Wiltshire.

Library staff gathered at a series of staff forums led by the Librarian and College Archivist, Helen Shenton and Chair of the Library Sustainability Steering Group, Sarah VanSnick who presented the new Library Sustainability Action Plan.

Both Professors Stout and Wiltshire also gave inspiring presentations on sustainability and Trinity’s role within it at the Library Staff Forums on the occasion of the launch.

The Library of Trinity College Dublin is committed to Sustainability and it is a cross-cutting priority in the Library Strategy.  In 2024/25 the Library formed a Sustainability Group and over 40 members of staff joined sub-groups to discuss and prioritise sustainability actions around six themes:

• Proactive Support for Research
• Trusted Information Resource
• Library Estates
• Content and Collections
• How the Library Operates
• Individual Library Staff

The Library Sustainability Action Plan 2026 is rooted in the work of these sustainability sub-groups which ensures that Library staff have been the drivers in selecting and building the initiatives and will be key to achieving the results, both in 2026 and over the longer term. 

The Library Sustainability Action Plan has been designed to integrate with the overall Trinity College Dublin Sustainability Strategy 2023-2030 and is a key component of the Library’s commitment to the Green Library Manifesto.

Through the Library’s central role in the overall University it is uniquely placed to increase understanding of what sustainability means for the entire College community and to inform sustainability actions. This fundamental role of the Library underpins a number of the actions in this Library Action Plan. We look forward to delivering the first set of actions over the coming year, 2026.

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