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....

A recent feature from Library Journal examines the major role public libraries continue to play in digital literacy as it relates to artificial intelligence and the battle against misinformation. Released last week, "AI and the Public" highlights ULC's recent leadership brief "The Role of Libraries ...

ULC was recently featured in an article about the rising and unfair pricing of e-books and, specifically, how Fairfax County Libraries are approaching this challenge. Read the article....

As part of ULC's Strengthening Libraries as Entrepreneurial Hubs initiative, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library developed strategies to help members of underserved populations in the city start their own businesses. This summer, the library officially opened a small business and nonprofit worksp...

New from the Los Angeles Times High School Insider: "In an era of digitalization and global upheaval, already struggling libraries saw a need to better serve their patrons. Across Los Angeles Public Library [branches], classes on meditation, access to hygiene kits, Lego building and pickling vegetab...

ULC was mentioned in a recent Publisher's Weekly article discussing the milestone 2 million book donations for the Book Rich Environments program. The initiative is run in partnership with such government agencies and national nonprofits as the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Dev...

A recent article from American Libraries magazine covers the recent “Bridgebuilding: Fostering Community Engagement, Dialogue, and Interactions in Libraries” session at the American Library Association’s 2024 Annual Conference and Exhibition in San Diego. ULC Director of Civic Engagement and Economi...

ULC President & CEO Brooks Rainwater published a commentary in The Well News arguing that the reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act should include the library one-stop workforce development center provision and support libraries’ role in supporting career pathways and c...

The Urban Libraries Council is featured in an article from The Toledo Blade about the Toledo Lucas County Public Library's new Small Business and Nonprofit Workspace. TLPCL was part of ULC's Strengthening Entreprenuerial Hubs cohort. Read the article....