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The Elementary Secondary Education Act is going up before Congress right after Thanksgiving and we are going to need your help when it does. Right now there is the possibility that there could be some very strong language in support of School Libraries written into the Act itself in which case we want Congress to … Read more

Valerie Lewis will provide an overview of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Talking Book Service. This nation-wide library service (which has been around for 84 years) is designed for people with disabilities who cannot use traditional print materials. Anyone who cannot hold, handle or read a print book may be … Read more

Urban Librarians Unite is working hard for libraries and we need your support to keep our work moving forward. ULU has had a huge year. Our efforts as part of the Invest in Libraries coalition resulted in the biggest budget increase for New York City Libraries in the history of the city. With an increase … Read more

Librarians and ComiCon go together like a perfectly created S’more of wonderful goodness. Geek culture meets pop culture meets nerd culture meets the coolest freaking event in New York City. Not only do librarians love comics but comics culture is craaaazy about librarians (mostly in a nonpervy worshipful “super smart superheroes walk among us” kind … 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for libraries for years and it always comes up in conversation that libraries are “book warehouses” or that we are outdated in the time of Google and ebooks.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