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
In recent months we have seen protests against Drag Story Hour across the country and they are feeling scarier and more aggressive all the time. We are proud of our colleagues who have the courage to do Drag Story Hour and we want to help them get the support they need as they provide their … Read more
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