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ULC Chief Operating Officer Angela Goodrich was quoted in this article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about how federal funding cuts may affect resources, such as Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. "Library advocates like Angela Goodrich, COO of the Urban Libraries Council, say the funding keeps ...
ULC Board Member and Hoboken Library Director Jennie Pu has been appointed chair of ULC's Federal Advocacy Task Force. In this role, Pu will guide ULC’s advocacy efforts at the federal level to secure support and funding that strengthens public libraries as essential urban infrastructure and hubs of...
ULC President & CEO Brooks Rainwater was recently quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article about the rate of library visits pre- and post-pandemic:The numbers are in keeping with national trends, according to a report by the Urban Libraries Council, an advocacy group. But those numbers aren’t...
As demand for e-books continues to surge by roughly 30% each year, read this timely new piece from The Denver Post featuring ULC members Denver Public Library, Anythink Libraries, Poudre Libraries, Jefferson County Public Library, and Douglas County Libraries on how unfair e-content pricing is now r...
ULC's Director of Civic Health and Economic Opportunity Shamichael Hallman has today been named one of Library Journal's 2025 Movers & Shakers, in the Community Builders category! "This year’s Advocates, Community Builders, Change Agents, Innovators, and Educators are teaching future teachers, r...
A recent article from DNYUZ examines how libraries have been immediately affected by the Trump Administration's cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services and links to a blog from ULC entitled, "Reimagining Library Spaces to Provide Essential Community Services." The blog, written in 2020 ...
This article from USA Today on the Trump Administration's executive order to reduce the Institute of Museum and Library Services, despite Congressional funding for ongoing programs, quotes ULC's recent joint statement with ARSL and PLA: "IMLS must continue to honor appropriated and statutory program...
Public libraries are more than hubs of learning—they’re lifelines for those in need. Earlier this year, library directors from around the U.S. met in Los Angeles for ULC's CEO Roundtable. Salt Lake City Public Library was among the libraries highlighted in a report from the roundtable, showing how t...
Library Journal recently published an article spotlighting the Urban Libraries Council’s 2024 Library Insights Survey, featuring insights from ULC President and CEO Brooks Rainwater and ULC Director of Research and Data Femi Adelakun. The survey, released on November 19, reflects data from 115 membe...
ULC was mentioned in an article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about Gwinnett County Public Library's ULC Innovation Award for the New Start Entrepreneurship Incubator. Gwinnett was one of six library systems to be awarded the Top Innovator prize.Read the article....
