Washington, DC - The Urban Libraries Council is proud to announce that Sarah Meilleur, CEO of the Calgary Public Library in Alberta, Canada, has joined its Board of Directors. “Sarah has repeatedly shown how library leaders can be innovative and future-looking while remaining responsive to their co...

Groups join peers from across the library, education, and public sectors calling for the FCC to reject proposals to dismantle the effective and essential E-Rate program Contact: Evan Ottenfeld - Director of Strategic [email protected] This week, the Urban Libraries Council ...

Today at its Annual Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Urban Libraries Council had the honor of recognizing Lisa Wells, executive director of Oklahoma’s Pioneer Library System, as its Library Advocate of the Year. Wells has given an extraordinary amount of time, energy, and passion to much of ULC’s adv...

The $1M Grant for Civic Makers Lab for Youth (15-18) will help the selected libraries empower young people to practice democracy and lead community change Contact: Evan Ottenfeld, Director of Strategic Communications - [email protected] Montilla, Andrew Carnegie Foundation - aem@ca...

"Anne Arundel County Public Library (AACPL) is proud to announce that it has been selected as one of eight public libraries nationwide for a program connecting public libraries with local news organizations.""The Libraries and Local News Initiative, led by More Perfect, an American alliance dedicate...

"For decades, many civic leaders have treated parks, trails, libraries, community centers and other public spaces as “nice to have” amenities, pleasant features of a community but secondary to the real work of economic development. We believe that framing has the issue backwards. A growing body of r...

Washington, DC — The Urban Libraries Council is proud to announce its new Board of Directors for 2026-2027, elected and confirmed during ULC’s recent Annual Business Meeting. ULC’s Board provides strategic oversight, industry perspective, and vision that guides the continued evolution of the organiz...

"Three weeks ago, five library organizations issued a joint statement directed at the five largest publishers and digital providers." "The groups -- the Association for Rural and Small Libraries, Chief Officers of State Library Agencies, Canadian Urban Libraries Council, Public Library Association, ...

"With media consolidation altering local news coverage across the U.S., the Urban Libraries Council and democratic alliance More Perfect have announced a public library partnership focused on community-centered journalism. In the pilot program, eight libraries will team with a civic media institutio...

"The American Library Association has named Lisa Wells, Executive Director of Pioneer Library System, as the recipient of the prestigious 2026 ALA Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship, one of the profession’s highest honors recognizing extraordinary contributions to the public understanding...