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In ACRL’s “Environmental Scan 2007” (re­ leased January 2008 by the ACRL Research Committee), there was no mention of the environmental sustainable development of academic libraries. I find the omission dis­ concerting as I watch piles of printed e­mail and unwanted books thrown out, library users printing page after page of documents, old computers and technologies being discarded, and no serious accounting of what type and how much energy is used in academic libraries on a daily basis. Academic libraries are ironic places of contradiction: environmental consumption within libraries is skyrocketing, but the very model of a library is built on sustainability. The economic model libraries have established based on the sharing of resources rather than unnecessary duplication was developed as a logical consequence of the increasing costs of scholarly publications and the changing needs of library users. Today the tradition of sustainability has been overshadowed as digitization, collection development, and providing adequate tech­ nologies have become core library missions. Academic libraries must keep up with user demands and needs, but that does not mean that we should turn our backs on the very concepts that libraries were founded upon. This is not even a matter of maintaining the past; it is an issue of developing and planning for a future that is realistic, achievable, and most importantly—sustainable. The current rate of environmental con­ sumption within academic libraries cannot be maintained and is actively damaging the environment around us. Furthermore, library consumption is becoming economically un­ sustainable, and through various fees on us­ ers, is threatening the core library mission of providing free and open access to information for all users. The environmental scan presents recent situations and future trends in academic and research libraries in a section entitled “Top ten assumptions for the future of academic libraries and librarians,” which stresses the increase of digitizing collections, technology, intellectual property, and business models for higher education. Yet just as the digital and technological revolutions have made a signifi ­ cant impact on the mission and methods of libraries, these new trends are also seriously threatening the sustainability of libraries. Books and journal articles are no longer simply checked out, read, and returned. Now multiple users can on multiple occasions, download, print, and keep the same informa­ tion. It is no longer enough for a library to have a basic collection; instead, the expan­ sion, creation, and preservation of collections have taken on new horizons in the library world. The resources and commodities (water, electricity, gas, land, and paper) consumed in these processes place a large burden on library budgets. This burden is in turn being passed on to users as small fees begin to add up, threatening the core library concept of free access to information.

A call for sustainable library operations and services: A response to ACRL’s 2007 environmental scan