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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

Thanks for dropping by urbanlibrariansunite.org. We would keep this more up to date, but we’re all super busy working to save New York City library budgets. You can find us at Save NYC Libraries until the budget gets passed. Thanks!

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