The Urban Libraries Council 2025 Impact Report showcases the very best of ULC: from celebrating our ever-growing membership and the convening of hundreds of library leaders at our flagship events to cohort-led initiatives and measuring the myriad ways libraries give back to their communities. There have been many challenges to libraries over the last year—particularly the threat of cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)—but ULC's members have shown that when we advocate together, we can make a serious impact.

Among ULC's annual offerings, 2025 marked the launch of the groundbreaking ULC Academy platform, a professional development hub just for librarians. We also saw the start of the Urban Libraries Fellows Program and the relaunch of ULC's Business Value Calculator. And the growing challenge of e-book pricing (and the cost to libraries) remained top of mind all year.

Dive into the 2025 Impact Report to get all the details of ULC's work during 2025 and learn how libraries all over North America are driving innovation for the field.