For Immediate Release
July 3, 2025

Sustainable Libraries Initiative Welcomes Three New Advisory Board Members
 The change introduces perspectives from diverse library types and locations. 

           New York–July 3, 2024 - Pictured left to right: Mandi Goodsett, Vincent Hyland, and Sarah Tribelhorn

Responding to the rapid growth of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and the greater need for representation from different library types and new geographic locations, the SLI has welcomed 3 new members to the advisory board.

"We are excited to grow our advisory board to include Mandi, Vincent, and Sarah," said Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, SLI Co-Founder and Advisory Board President, "they each bring unique skills to the table and build our capacity to connect with the academic and school library communities."

Mandi Goodsett is the Performing Arts & Humanities Librarian at Cleveland State University. She is the outgoing coordinator of ALA’s Sustainability Roundtable, a co-founder of the Academic Library Association of Ohio's Sustainability Interest Group, and the founder of her library’s Sustainability Interest Group. Her research interests include misinformation, sustainability in libraries, and generative AI uses in research, especially as they relate to environmental impacts.

Vincent Hyland is a coordinator for the New York City School Library System. Previously, Vincent was a school librarian in a middle and high school in Brooklyn, NY. Vincent was a member of the team that updated the School Librarian Benchmarks for the SLCP, and is a mentor to librarians in New York City currently working through the program. He is a former president of the New York City School Librarians' Association.

Sarah Tribelhorn is the Sciences and Sustainability Librarian at San Diego State University. She has been instrumental in leading sustainability initiatives in the University Library, including the formation of a library Sustainability Committee and the Library’s participation in the Sustainable Libraries Initiative Certification Program (SLCP). Other initiatives have included mapping the work being carried out in the University Library to each of the 17 United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), increased campus and community engagement in sustainability projects, and the promotion of citizen science programming relevant to the community.

Learn more about our advisory board here.