Bloomberg Op/Ed: “Libraries Can Unite a Lonely, Divided Nation”
Library Journal wrote an op-ed about Urban Libraries Council CEO and President Brooks Rainwater's article Libraries Can Unite a Lonely, Divided Nation....
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Library Journal wrote an op-ed about Urban Libraries Council CEO and President Brooks Rainwater's article Libraries Can Unite a Lonely, Divided Nation....
Libraries have become some of America’s most flexible and creative institutions and have taken on urgent new responsibilities during the pandemic. “Library staff are moving out from behind reference desks and getting into the community,” said Paul Negron, Director of Communications for the Urban Lib...
An article by Arkansas Money and Politics highlights Central Arkansas Library System's signature of the Urban Libraries Council's Statement on Race and Social Equity....
Joslyn Bowling Dixon has been named the new executive director of the Oak Park Public Library. With her 20 years of library experience, she is also an active member of the Urban Libraries Council....
Communities for Immunity was mentioned in an article by the American Alliance of Museums, exploring how a South Carolina library modeled social innovation....
Library Journal highlighted Chicago Public Library Commissioner Chris Brown's speech to the City Club of Chicago on September 29, 2022. He was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2016 and has received the Urban Libraries Council Top Innovator Award....
The Urban Libraries Council's report was cited by West Valley View to argue for the essential value libraries bring to childhood education. ULC's research shows that the literacy programs offered by libraries correspond to higher test scores and improved school readiness....
In an open letter from Urban Libraries Council's Board Member Mary J. Lomax-Ghirarduzzi, she points the reader to ULC's Trigger Terms: Harmful Detours and Healing Redirects resource....
The Urban Libraries Council's Trigger Terms: Harmful Detours and Healing Redirects was mentioned in the Public Libraries Association's 2021 Survey. ...
Library Journal shared Urban Libraries Council's Business Value Calculator: Early Insights and Results details, which calculated that 30 U.S. and Canadian ULC libraries made over $200 million in annual value to their economy through services provided to local businesses....
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Paul Guequierre, Director of Communications
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Email: pguequierre@urbanlibraries.org