Every output is tagged with the sustainability pillars it speaks to. Filter by a pillar to see which papers and studies connect to environmental, economic or social sustainability.
The first organisational LCSA of three national libraries — environmental, economic and social impacts assessed together.
See the results →Combines life-cycle assessment with economic evidence — e-books cut emissions only if they genuinely replace print.
Read (DOI) →Introduces the LCSA approach for sustainable preservation across all three pillars.
Read (PDF) →How three national libraries provide digitised heritage on Wikimedia Commons: three distinct strategies, the trade-offs each involves, and what they mean for social value.
Explore the strand →Where library images travel across the open web, which upload choices go with reuse, and how reuse shifted after generative AI entered the image market.
Explore the strand →Three strategic scenarios for the national library of the future, assessed for environmental impact, accessibility and cost.
A detailed environmental life-cycle assessment of archiving newspapers physically versus digitally.
Does demand for the real, authenticated heritage image hold once synthetic images become free?
Explore the strand →Why life-cycle assessment is essential for informed decisions on digitalisation.
Read (DOI) →Community guidelines for assessing the global ICT sector's direct energy use and climate impact.
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