lcomito Urban Librarians Unite joins the American Library Association and the library community in vehemently opposing H.R. 7661. This bill doesn’t protect children — it defunds the libraries and educators who do. By broadly defining “sexually oriented material” to include content about gender identity and transgender experiences, H.R. 7661 weaponizes federal funding to erase LGBTQ+ young … Read more
Federal library funding is under threat, and urban communities have the most to lose. The House FY27 appropriations process is underway right now, and Congress needs to hear from us — loudly and clearly — that the Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program must be fully funded. … Read more
Libraries Serve Refugees is a curated online resource hub created by Urban Librarians Unite. It was designed to assist both those working to support immigrants, refugees, and displaced personsIn this resource, you’ll find categorized content across topics such as advocacy, employment, legal aid, health, libraries, youth & family, and more. The materials include regional listings … Read more
Search Our Catalog We have a very small collection focusing on not-for-profit management, urban libraries, and mental health. Our collection is always growing so keep coming back. We have been slowly developing a small working library of titles around librarianship, leadership, and mental health. It’s in a tiny space but it keeps growing all the … Read more
Urban Library Workers Make Things Happen But so much depends on the city budget.
Talking to elected officials can be intimidating. You feel so strongly about libraries, but what should you say? Urban Librarians Unite is trying to make this easier for you with our new Elected Officials Database. *If you find an error, want to help us with continuing the research, or are interested in setting up a … Read more
Making the Crew Manual Accessible Created in 1978 by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, the crew manual was removed from the TSLAC website in 2025. We accessed the documents on June 7th 2025 via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, and are making them available under the original Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 … Read more
The Urban Library Trauma Study (ULTS) used emancipatory and participatory action research frameworks to explore how public library workers in urban centers experience trauma while providing library services and create a path forward for exploring institutional and individual solutions that will enable library workers and their institutions to continue providing vital library services to communities … Read more
This year has been a difficult one for library workers. Many of us are feeling under attack in more ways than one. Between assaults on our institutions & values from the federal government, and the day to day stress of public service, well, it’s real, we see you and we feel it too. We are … Read more
If you’re reading this post, you are likely all too familiar with our line of work and probably know that our days can be… unpredictable. Patrons and community members can come to us in moments of distress, resulting in circumstances that require de-escalation. While we never want tensions in libraries to rise, sometimes they do. … Read more
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