This year’s 24 Hour Read In was amazing and exhausting. Hundreds of volunteers, authors, readers, listeners, volunteers, and supporters came out in the course of the day to show their support for public libraries in New York City. This support is crucial as we continue to push back against potentially devastating budget cuts. Should these … Read more

Once more the city budget has hacked at the city library budgets and once again we will push back to get the money reinstated. It is euphemistically called “the budget dance” and we make a lot of very easy quips and jokes about it. They almost write themselves. There are those who are confident in … Read more

On March 6th we spent the day running around the Legislative Office Building in Albany doing guerilla mobile reference. Granted it was mostly “Where’s my meeting?” and “Where’s the bathroom?” But we did get some real stumpers, like “What is Adrenocorticotropic hormone?” (For your reference, this is Adrenocorticotropic hormone) Anyhoo, you can still contact your … Read more

Our site is black today to protest the Stop Online Privacy Act(SOPA), and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) currently being considered in both houses of congress. While others have said it better that I can, these bills will essentially cut off free speech on the internet as we know it. They allow for cutting … Read more

That’s right! It’s time once again for the dessert potluck! Admit it, you only want to eat the dessert at parties anyway. Bring dessert, eat more dessert, hang out with your bestest librarian friends! Thursday, December 15th, 2010 7pm T.B.D. 224 Franklin St, (between Eagle St & Freeman St) Greenpoint, NY [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Greenpoint+Ave&daddr=224+Franklin+St.,+Brooklyn,+NY+11222+(t.b.d.+brooklyn)&hl=en&geocode=FVh-bQIdIoyX-w%3BFWyKbQIdJH6X-yHSycPnRU2jrylBSyq_P1nCiTGaRA3R-Phudw&gl=us&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=40.731149,-73.954564&sspn=0.002232,0.004801&ie=UTF8&ll=40.731893,-73.956678&spn=0.004878,0.006437&z=16&output=embed&w=300&h=300]

When the police cleared Zuccotti Park in the dark of the night they destroyed the People’s Library along with all the other infrastructure that was in place. Thousands of books were lost or damaged, laptops were smashed, and archival materials were lost. The intrepid library working group got right back on the stick and immediately … Read more

November 3, 2011 In response to the flooding and damage to libraries in Upstate New York by Tropical Storms Irene and Lee, Urban Librarians Unite hosted a Library Carnival Fundraiser at the NYLA Annual Conference.  We were lucky enough to be able to raise $1000 for the NYLA Disaster Relief Fund. A big thanks to everyone who … Read more

  [slickr-flickr tag=”OWS library” items=”9″] At 1AM on Tuesday November 15th police forces converged on and cleared Zucotti Park in the interest of “public safety”. The choice of time is telling, the Mayor’s office has said that it was to “minimize disruptions for the neighborhood” and in the interest of the safety of the protesters … Read more

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