Press Releases
New Grants Connect Youth with 21st Century Success >>
November 8th, 2012
Learning Labs Foster Creativity and Collaboration through Creation in STEM and Beyond. Read More >>
ULC Unveils New Website >>
September 5th, 2012ULC recently launched a new website to better serve its members. This new, state-of-the-art digital home provides ULC members and visitors with a more streamlined and user-friendly experience, easy-to-find information, and links to the national initiative being led by the organization. Read More >>
Urban Libraries Council Recognizes Top Innovators >>
June 23rd, 2012The Urban Libraries Council (ULC) announced its 2012 Top Innovators during the ULC Annual Forum, June 21-22, in Newport Beach, CA. The 10 winners were selected by a panel of expert judges from nearly 200 applications in the third annual ULC Innovations Initiative. Read More >>
2012 ULC Joey Rodger Leadership Awardee >>
June 22nd, 2012
The Urban Libraries Council (ULC) presented Ms. Cindy Lombardo, Deputy Director and Chief Operations Officer of the Cleveland Public Library (OH), with the 2012 Joey Rodger Leadership Award at their Annual Membership Meeting on June 22 in Newport Beach, California. Read More >>
2012 ULC Urban Player Awardee >>
June 22nd, 2012
Longtime commissioner and champion of the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), Lucy McCoy was honored with the 2012 Urban Player Award by the Urban Libraries Council (ULC). The award was presented at ULC’s Annual Membership Meeting this morning in Newport Beach, CA. Read More >>
Urban Libraries Are Stepping Up as Civic Engagement Leaders >>
June 18th, 2012
A new Urban Libraries Council (ULC) research report calls for a sustained investment in civic engagement to build stronger communities and makes the case for public libraries as ideal civic engagement leaders. The report, Stepping Up to the Civic Engagement Challenge, highlights research that points to the social and economic benefits that come from engaged and empowered citizens and documents the successful community- building efforts already being carried out by libraries across North America. Read More >>
Edge Initiative Launches Website to Promote Public Access Technology in Libraries >>
March 27th, 2012
Together with the library field, the Edge Initiative—an effort driven by a coalition of leading library and government organizations—has launched a new website to promote awareness of the development of benchmarks that measure high quality public access technology. Read More >>
Libraries Drive Civic Engagement in Thriving Communities >>
October 12th, 2011
The Urban Libraries Council (ULC) announces publication of Library Priority: Community-Civic Engagement. This monograph, second in a series of knowledge briefs for library leaders and local government officials, highlights the essential role that public libraries play in getting people involved in activities that characterize thriving communities: voting and volunteerism, participating in civic and social organizations, working together to address tough challenges. Read More >>
Bridgeport Public Library Board President James E. O'Donnell Named ULC's 2011 Urban Player >>
July 20th, 2011
Bridgeport Public Library Board President James E. O’Donnell was recently honored with the 2011 Urban Player Award at the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Annual Membership meeting in New Orleans . Each year, the Urban Player Award is presented to an individual who is recognized as a strong and effective advocate for the public library. And this year, Mr. O’Donnell’s commitment to the transformation of the Bridgeport Public Library provided him the award. Read More >>
Richland County Public Library's Tony Tallent Receives 2011 ULC Joey Rodger Award >>
July 8th, 2011
The Urban Libraries Council (ULC) presented Mr. Tony Tallent, Director of Literacy and Learning at the Richland County Public Library in Columbia, South Carolina, with the 2011 Joey Rodger Leadership Award at their Annual Membership Meeting on June 25th in New Orleans, Louisiana. Read More >>
Outstanding Public Library Programs Recognized As ULC's Top Innovators >>
July 8th, 2011
The Urban Libraries Council (ULC) recently unveiled its 2011 Top Innovators during its Annual Conference, June 24-25, in New Orleans. Eleven outstanding library programs were selected by a panel of expert judges from more than 200 applications. Read More >>
ULC Tapped to Lead Youth Learning Labs Project >>
May 16th, 2011
The Urban Libraries Council (ULC), in partnership with the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), has been selected to lead “Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums,” a national initiative to create and support youth digital media learning labs in up to 30 libraries and museums nationwide. Read More >>
National Coalition Will Establish Benchmarks to Support High-Quality Computer & Internet Access at Public Libraries >>
March 29th, 2011
An unprecedented national coalition has formed to design and pilot a series of public access technology benchmarks for public libraries, with $2.8 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The coalition—which represents library and local government leaders—will develop guidelines that define quality technology services at libraries and how to continuously improve them to motivate local re-investment in public technology access at libraries. Read More >>
