ULU will be in Manhattan in February and we really hope to see you there. We will be drinking and eating cheap food and talking libraries and advocacy as usual. It looks like it is going to be another interesting spring and we would love to have as many voices at the table as possible. … Read more

  It’s time for the ULU Holiday Party and Dessert Swap. Bring some dessert. Eat lots of dessert, and rejoice that we are into the holidays with no pink slips in sight. There will be cookies galore and there have been promises of pie. Come out and share some holiday cheer with your Urban Librarian … Read more

Are you interested in writing about issues in library advocacy and urban librarianship? Great! Urban Librarians Unite is looking for blog contributors. We’re looking for thoughful, well written posts on any of the following subjects Advocacy Collections Programming Multicultural/multilingual programs Anything to do with how we provide great services for New York. Send us your … Read more

We are back in LIC this month but are trying out a new bar. See here for directions: [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=dominie’s+hoek&ie=UTF8&cd=1&sll=42.052123,-73.877035&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&hq=dominie’s+hoek&hnear=&radius=15000&cid=10223156910745456107&ll=40.744493,-73.953438&spn=0.007803,0.013733&z=16&iwloc=A&output=embed&w=640&h=480] We will raise a glass to celebrate our zombie march, swap NYLA stories, and have our usual library laughs. Commissions in the Volunteer Library Brigade will be discussed. As usual all librarians, library staff, library … Read more

Join us on October 31st for our Librarian Zombie Walk to City Hall!!!   So it’s time for  mid year budget adjustments. What’s that you say? I thought we were done until next year! Nope. The mid year budget adjustment will result in a further cut of 5.4%.  These new cuts will result in even … Read more

[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] Urban Librarians Unite is back! After a brief hiatus to catch our breath we are reinvigorated, reenergized, and reinvented. Ever since ULU was first created two years ago we have had people asking that we rotate buroughs to make it easier for everyone to meet. Well we heard your words. Starting this month, … Read more