2022

Q&A with Lauren Comito, Urban Librarians Unite Executive Director
Groundbreaking Study Explores Trauma, Stress in Frontline Library Workers
Tackling Trauma in Frontline Workers
The Urban Librarians Unite, which consists of urban librarians in the United States, publishes a research report on trauma in urban libraries (in Japanese)
Key Takeaways from the 2022 Urban Library Trauma Study
Patience and Fortitude Needed as Dozens of Libraries Shut Over COVID Staffing Woes

2020

Philly’s got the worst school librarian ratio in the U.S. This group is protesting.

2019

How Can Libraries Support Children and Immigrant Families? By Doing What We Do Best
Christian Zabriskie and Lauren Comito Named Librarian(s) of the Year 2020
Readers sound off on public libraries, marijuana and the Met
Toddlers at City Hall in Fight for Library Funding
NYC Public Libraries Warn Proposed Budget Cuts May Lead To Reduced Hours

2018

New York City Has Three Different Library Systems — And Their “Sibling Rivalry” Is The Stuff Of Legends
Once It Was Overdue Books. Now Librarians Fight Overdoses.
DC 37 Among Advocates Arguing For Library Funding $76M Above City Plan
Librarians Hold Storytime at Families Belong Together March

2017

Libraries are fighting back hard against Trump’s America
ALA advocacy panel at New York Comic Con

2016

New York Times – Adding Classes and Content, Resurgent Libraries Turn a Whisper Into a Roa

2015

NYC Public Libraries Get Largest Funding Increase Ever
The best freebies in NYC: free wine, blowouts and more!
Urban Librarians Unite holds third annual conference at the Brooklyn Public Library
Salon goes to bat for libraries
Frontline fight – Lucha en primera línea

2014

SXSW Days Two, Three, and Four
Building the Miami-Dade Coalition
The Bridge Between Where We Are and Where We Could Be: The Urban Librarian’s Conference
Five teams selected to participate in the Re-Envisioning Branch Libraries Design Study in New York

2013

Librarians In The Streets – Brian Lehrer Show
Mini-Library” Box Comes to Broad Channel
City Schools Ask State to Waive Librarian Requirements
Urban Librarian Brigade Bringing Books To The Sidewalks
Urban Librarians’ First Conference Is a Love-In
10 of the Coolest Librarians Alive

2012

City Looks to Close the Book on More Library Funding

2011

Grassroots Advocacy: Putting Yourself Out There
Guerrilla Librarians Making Noise
Supporters give ‘hug’ to budget-pinched NYC libraries

2010

24-Hour Read-In Protests Cuts to Libraries