SENSE & SUSTAINABILITY

摘要

A 2006 Canadian opinion poll found that more than half of the respondents had never heard of the term sustain-ability; seven out of ten were incapable of defining it; once defined, however, more than 80 percent saw sustainability as a high-priority national goal. Polls probing U.S. attitudes show similar numbers. With the citizenry so clearly behind a concept it seemingly does not fully grasp, and with "going green" going mainstream, the time is ripe for collection development librarians to deepen public understanding of what is a hugely important issue.