The Spanish Network of Documentary and Environmental Information (RECIDA) belongs to more than 170 (Documentary Centers), environmental libraries, and natural areas protected by the Autonomous Communities of Spain. The network was formed in 2004 from the permanent seminars that the CENEAM (National Educational Environmental Center) has organized since 2002. These seminars are coordinated by CENEAM, with the coolaboration of their Executive Committee and with the cooperation of the annual seminar organizers. Moreover, they are also supported and assisted by their Advisory Committee. Over the years, the librarian Montse Grabolosa of the natural park Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa, located in Catalonia, has worked closely to improve this network. It assumes in his events and actions the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the guidelines of the IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section, and IFLA´s ten reasons for environmental sustainability in (public) libraries.
The Advisory Committee is made up of Isidro Aguillo (IPP-CSIC), Elena Primo (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Jesús Tramullas (University of Zaragoza), José Pino (Sierra Nevada's national park), Mario Pérez-Montoro (University of Barcelona) and Yolanda de la Iglesia Sánchez (Instituto Cervantes). Carmen Pérez (INIA) as an honorable member.
The executive committee is made up of: Ana Pardo (Centro de Documentación Domingo Quiroga, CEIDA-Galicia), Marga Muñoz (Centro de Documentación del Agua y el Medio Ambiente de Zaragoza (CDAMAZ)), Alfonso Peña (Centro de Documentación y Recursos para la Educación Ambiental de Cantabria (CEDREAC)) y Miguel Navas (Centre de Documentació Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona).
CENEAM (and sometimes with the help of other centers from the different Spanish Regional Communities) organizes an annual seminar where representatives of distinct institutions gather to exchange experiences and receive specialized training. It also provides information about the centers nationwide.
In 2019, the RECIDA Association of Environmental Information and Documentation Professionals was launched with the aim of giving legal status to the network. Contact: asociacionrecida@gmail.com
Objectives:
- To give access to quality environmental information to disseminate and revitalize, and also provide knowledge and awareness among citizens about the conservation of our environment.
- To be an open, inclusive, and cooperative environment.
- To approach the services, products, and activities toward environmental sustainability.
- To encourage cooperation in projects and promote the exchange of information and experiences in matters of sustainable development and environmental sensitivity.
- To share resources that optimizes inversions, meaning circular economy.
- To minimize the negative impact above the natural means.
- To maximize the quality of the interior environment, the conservation of resources, and the responsible removal of wastes.
- To support the global movement of green libraries.
- To educate experts in information management and environmental documentation, following the IUCN guidelines.
- To provide tools to improve the management of the centers that make up the network and to spread activities and projects.
- To facilitate collaboration, training, and coordination between the environmental libraries and other similar networks.
