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Concrete Data on Urban Libraries: Publisher's Weekly Talks with Femi Adelakun

Publisher's Weekly interviewed ULC's Director of Research & Data, Femi Adelakun, about the recent ULC data analysis piece, "Downtown Libraries Are the Anchors Cities Need." The analysis focused on 5 metropolitan flagship libraries to find out how downtown locations can revitalize city centers.

"Office usage is still about 55% of what it was pre-pandemic, but library visits have continued to increase. If you’re managing a city, you can’t bank on offices to keep your city vibrant, but libraries can be counted on as reliable contributors, attracting people to space."

Read the interview.