The UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals: Cultivating Programs and Partnerships to Change the World

Abstract

The potential of a dynamic, maintained school and public library partnership cannot be underestimated. School librarians are in a position to encourage global involvement of their entire school community through an inspiring school library program. Public youth librarians, who often serve youth throughout the community and have existing relationships with community leaders, offer valuable partnership opportunities for their school counterparts. Together, school and public librarians can leverage their influence and expertise to create change throughout their entire community on a variety of topics and social issues. One way to harness this relationship to affect global and sustainable change is to collaborate in support of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).