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The public library in a small Texas town used an assessment tool that helped officials eventually upgrade equipment—including buying a 3D printer. One community member used it to make a prosthesis....
Enoch Pratt Free Library and Baltimore County Public Library are each offering nine workshops. “The goal of this initiative is to strengthen the relationship between entrepreneurs and the library,” said Baltimore County Public Library Director Paula Miller....
Public libraries are one of the most trusted institutions, and they want to make sure everyone has access to the information cities are collecting and sharing....
Lilac City Live, the monthly talk show filmed at the downtown library, was named one of the year's top innovators by the Urban Libraries Council. The brainchild of the library's community engagement manager and host Ryan Dean Tucker, the show has attracted audiences since late 2017 and has featured ...
The board that oversees Lafayette’s public library system hasn’t signaled its intentions concerning a “Drag Queen Story Time” for children that’s generated heated controversy and drawn national attention, but the board’s president said Friday he doesn’t plan to interfere. National organizations such...
ULC President and CEO Susan Benton shared her insight about the importance of libraries to the future of North American cities in an interview with The Urbanist, an urban planning podcast produced by Monocle. During the feature, Benton discusses how libraries are becoming more necessary and impactfu...
The Urban Libraries Council is bringing together 12 public library systems from across the U.S. and Canada to explore ways libraries can reach and engage entrepreneurs in their communities — particularly people of color, women, immigrants and veterans. ...
Urban Libraries Council session gives librarians ideas for helping small and minority-owned businesses....
An article from GOVERNING takes a close look at how libraries across North America are using ULC'sEdge tool to assess their services, make adjustments to better meet community needs and demonstrate their value to local government leaders....
This Quartz piece discusses why calls for privatizing libraries are misguided at best - and deeply harmful at their worst. The piece quotes ULC Director of Communications Paul Guequierre. ...
