Sustainability

• Financial participation of the employer (50%) in the Deutschlandticket as a job ticket.

• Approval of domestic flights only in exceptional cases.

• Parking facilities for bicycles and e-bikes at the university.

• Good accessibility of the facility by public transport.

• Existence of an infrastructure for digital and hybrid events.

• Possibility to work from home.

• No purchase of gas.
• HfJS is supplied with district heating by Stadtwerke Heidelberg.
• Purchase of electricity exclusively from renewable energies.
• Lowering temperatures in heating circuits overnight.

• Offering sustainable nutrition.
• Fresh, seasonal dishes from the region every day at fair prices.
• Exclusively vegetarian dishes on four out of five days.
• Food prepared fresh on site.
• Water dispenser for filling up glasses and bottles.

• Paper: The standard used is recycled paper with the Blue Angel, Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certificate.
• Office equipment and facility management: Our cooperation partner, Heidelberg University, takes sustainability into account in its calls for tenders, from which we also benefit.

• Waste avoidance and minimization.
• Waste separation.
• Waste disposal: Waste products are disposed of by companies specializing in recycling (applies in particular to printer cartridges).

• Supporting researchers in their day-to-day work to organize their scientific activities in a resource-efficient, emission-reducing, health-conscious and socially sustainable manner.
• Pursuing the goal of reducing the ecological footprint of research activities without the orientation towards sustainability criteria leading to restrictions on the expected gain in knowledge.
• Knowledge about Jewish religion, culture and history should be made generally accessible and barrier-free and secured transparently for the future - for example by making academic information available online free of charge and by digitally archiving research data in the long term.
• Research should be made socially sustainable and structural discrimination counteracted.
• Recognition of diversity in the academic working environment as an important development goal.
• The HfJS actively strives to minimize its ecological impact in the area of teaching and learning.
• Developing measures that aim to design and implement teaching in a responsible manner that conserves resources and reduces emissions.
• Teachers create a learning environment in which they encourage inquiry-based and problem-based learning as well as critical thinking.
• Students are encouraged to develop empathy and self-reflection and are trained in dealing with complexity and ambiguity.

• Reducing inequality and injustice by providing assistance in using the library, searching for information and individual advice.
• Optimal support for all library users in their right to education.
• Its focus is on school teachers and the student body who, as the future generation, will further develop the goals for a fairer world.
• Promoting a sustainable, inclusive and democratic society through non-discriminatory access to information for all.

• All users have unrestricted access to the library for reference use during opening hours.

• For users with a library card, there is the option of borrowing and returning during opening hours, independently of service hours.

• The library team provides support during service hours, including research and access to media.

• Barrier-free access to the main level (ground floor) and the basement of the library areas; the library team provides support for additional requirements.

• The library participates in the interlibrary loan; the taking interlibrary loan is given by the University Library of Heidelberg.

• Implementation of introductory and training events, also as part of the course of study.

• Teaching of information skills.

• Digitization of old works no longer protected by copyright and making the digitized copies available free of charge to promote barrier-free access to infor-mation and knowledge worldwide and to ensure the preservation of individual tangible cultural assets.

• Purchase from local booksellers who deliver on foot or by bicycle.

• Delivery of information (books and articles) in digital form within the limits of copyright law.

• Reuse of packaging material when sending media.

• Use of ecological thermal paper for printing receipts.

• Use of an electronic information system in library work (Confluence) for the library team.

• Use of e-mails and messenger services.

• Participation in interlibrary loan via the University Library of Heidelberg for shared use of the transport infrastructure.

• Open and inviting spatial design of the library.

• Opportunity to meet the entire library team.

• Indoor plants to improve the indoor climate and promote mental and physical health.

• Use of durable and high-quality furniture.

• Re-use of old furniture, e.g. library shelves from their previous location.

• New acquisitions: Acquisition of new and used literature.

• Accepting bequests and donations.

• Exchange of publications.

• Planned switch to e-books.

• Cancellation of print journals that are available digitally through the University Library.

• All users have the opportunity to suggest acquisitions.

• Donation of unneeded media and duplicates to interested users instead of dis-posing of the media.

• Cataloging in the joint union catalog K10plus of the GBV and SWB.

• External data transfer.

• Cooperation with the FID Jewish Studies.

• Collaboration with the University Library of Heidelberg on interlibrary loan, cat-aloging, acquisition agreements and training.

• Membership of the Association of Jewish Libraries.

• Cooperation with other institutions in the field of Jewish Studies.

Regular events, including

• Shabbat celebrations by the university Rabbi
• company outings
• monthly canteen days: the canteen is reserved exclusively for HfJS members.

• Students at the university can take part in the university sports program at Heidelberg University.

• Employees at the university are offered annual G37 examinations and flu vaccinations. Furthermore, an annual inspection of the workplaces takes place to ensure that they meet health and safety requirements.

• The company doctor is available to answer any health-related questions that employees may have.