Urban Librarians Unite is calling for volunteers! We have lots of programs in play right now and lots of chances for people to step up and step out for libraries. Instead of doing a big bulk “we need help” call we have some specific projects that we would like to have people sign up for. … Read more
Thank you so much to everyone who has been so wonderful in supporting our presentation at SXSW. We are incredibly excited about this event, excited, nervous, a wee bit overwhelmed, but mostly excited. We are already getting some good press and even wrote a shiny new manifesto for the occasion. We are going to not … Read more
Hello from the quiet profession. Hello to all you beautiful dreamers, you benders of time and space, you visionaries of the bright technological future. We love your leaps forward, we love the things you have made possible and we love you for the barriers you will lift away in the days to come. We welcome … Read more
Urban Librarians Unite supports the decision to sell limited library properties to address the Capital Budget shortfall. We see this as a difficult decision and a last ditch remedy to a problem that has been decades in the making. This problem has gotten so bad that real solutions must be found. While there is still … Read more
Candidate Name Christine Quinn In your opinion, what is the role of the library in the City? The only thing I ever wanted to do was be involved in politics and government—I attribute this almost exclusively to the library at my parish elementary school, St. Patrick’s. It contained a section on biographies of political people, … Read more
Urban Librarians Unite will be exhibiting as part of the DUMBO Arts Festival in September and we couldn’t be more pleased about it. We will be showing one of our Mini Libraries and setting up a VLB cart next to it as well as doing pop up blanket storytime in the shadow of the Brooklyn … Read more
Urban Librarians Unite has had an incredible year. We have gone from our traditional role of library advocacy and moved into year round programming and professional development. There is even a chapter on the west coast, ULU Bay Area. We were able to respond very directly to Hurricane Sandy and provide disaster relief to communities … Read more
Candidate Name Anthony Weiner In your opinion, what is the role of the library in the City? Libraries are a refuge to expand your mind and world. They play a critical role in fostering educational growth and developing an informed citizenry. In public libraries, New Yorkers should find uninterrupted access to digital and print information. … Read more
Candidate Name John Liu In your opinion, what is the role of the library in the City? Libraries are important community cultural institutions that have many vital roles in this City. Among these priceless roles are: they are the gateway to knowledge, first through the book collections, and now, increasing through internet access for those … Read more
So check it out, ULU has an office! Yep that is right, our tiny little org has its own actual office space. Now we don’t have to work in bars and coffee shops (not that those can’t be great places to work mind you). This is a big step for us but it is … Read more
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