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