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 essential infrastructure in every American community, and that especially is so during times of economic uncertainty. The elimination of federal funding for public libraries will be felt in every community across the country, and particularly in rural areas. Public libraries pro...

As the organizations that collectively represent public libraries in the United States, the Association for Rural & Small Libraries, the Public Library Association, and the Urban Libraries Council oppose the Executive Order calling for the gutting of the Institute of Museum and Library Services ...

ULC Libraries Announce the Best Books of the YearULC Member Libraries It's the most wonderful time of the year... for annual booklists! Across the ULC membership, libraries are releasing their "Best Books of 2024." Check out a few below!Toronto Public Library King County Library System Ottawa Publ...

Governing: "How One Library Is Filling the Gaps in Homeless Services"Salt Lake City Public Library 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 Cit...

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...

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...

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....