Fall Schedule ULU is happy to announce it’s fall line-up of Coffee Break Speakers! Check back here and on the blog for the invites, links and full descriptions. September 15, 2015 — 12pm EST Make a Heart sing: Music and Memory at the Library Marissa Richardson September 29, 2015 — 12pm EST Special Edition: … Read more
Do you have something awesome to share? Can you do it in 15 minutes? ULU is looking for presenters for our new coffee breaks, 15 minute webinars aimed at frontline librarians. We know librarians who have to be at the service desk can’t always take a whole hour to hour and a half for a … Read more
It’s starting to feel real now. In June, libraries in NYC received an additional 43 million dollars in operating funding, something we have been fighting for for 6 years. Libraries in all the boroughs will now be open 6 days a week. Librarians and support staff are being hired en-mass for the first time … Read more
It has been an amazing library advocacy season and along the way we have had LOTS of people ask how to get more involved in what we do. That’s great because we are always doing LOTS. Some things that you can get involved in starting right now: Guerrilla Storytime at Socrates Sculpture Park – We … Read more
Thank you to EVERYONE who made the 2015 24 Hour Read-In a huge success this year. We had amazing amounts of foot traffic, blew up the mayor’s twitter, and generally had an amazing year of 24 hour advocacy outside of City Hall. We got great press and a lot of attention from all the right … Read more
Watch us ALL NIGHT LONG (and into the day on Wednesday too)! Once again we are reading around the clock, if you can’t make it to City Hall to support us in person then check out our livestream. You can join us virtually (and while you are at it would be great if you can … Read more
We have been advocating for libraries for years and it always comes up in conversation that libraries are “book warehouses” or that we are outdated in the time of Google and ebooks. This could not be further from the truth. Here at Urban Librarians Unite we apply a lot of Library Science to the work … Read more
This year we are doing the Read-In bigger, better, and more in your face. We have moved locations and dates and will be right at City Hall on a Tuesday and Wednesday right up where the city can see us. We are out there reading around the clock again from 4PM June 9th to 4PM … Read more
Please come out and join us on Tuesday May 19th, 7PM at the Cell Theater for an incredible ULU Fundraiser presented by the Irish American Writers & Artists Inc.. This Amazing Evening of Entertainment will feature readings by such literary luminaries as Malachy McCourt and TJ English. We will also have traditional Irish music, hip … Read more
BLAGH. Now the Missouri State Senate is trying to withhold 6 million dollars from libraries in the state for the NEXT fiscal year. Back to it folks, email the state senators and let them know how you feel about it. You’ve got a chance to make a difference right here, so take 5 minutes and … Read more
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