The East Bay Times published an article about Contra Costa County Library's signing of ULC's Declaration of Democracy....

In a strong act of commitment to a more equitable society, 216 public libraries across North America signed the Urban Libraries Council’s Statement on Race and Social Equity. This statement serves as a baseline upon which libraries can build policies and actions that make their communities more incl...

ULC was mentioned in an article from Because of Them We Can about our partnership with Barbershop Books, supporting four library systems in creating child-friendly reading spaces in 40 barbershops across 4 US cities, including Cleveland Public Library, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Shreve Memorial ...

ULC's food security work was featured in an article from Governing, highlighting the importance of libraries in the food justice space and featuring a few libraries from the ULC Libraries and Food Security cohort....

ULC President and CEO Brooks Rainwater joined The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC to discuss the devastating impacts of book bans on young readers, marginalized authors and librarians across America....

ULC's work tracking the elimination of late fees in public libraries was mentioned in an article from the American Consortium for Equity in Education. ...

ULC's Fine Free Map was mentioned in an article from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the trend of libraries eliminating overdue fines. ...

Compendium, news for Pennsylvania’s libraries, promoted the Summer Learning Boot Camp #2 in an article about summer program opportunities for 2023. ...

ULC and the ULC Digital Equity Action Team were mentioned in an article from EducationSuperHighway about Baltimore County Public Library’s strides towards community ACP adoption. ...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced the release of the agency's Annual Performance Report (APR), which includes references/highlights of ULC's partnership with Barbershop Books and our work on Communities for Immunity. ...