Urban Librarians Unite
@ulunyc.bsky.social
Advocacy org dedicated to empowering library workers. Based in NYC!
Dana Rachlin will be this year's keynote speaker at ULCON! A distinguished community justice leader and public safety expert, Dana founded We Build the Block (WBTB)—an initiative that supports communities afflicted by over-policing and mass incarceration. Register: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
August 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Dana Rachlin will be this year's keynote speaker at ULCON! A distinguished community justice leader and public safety expert, Dana founded We Build the Block (WBTB)—an initiative that supports communities afflicted by over-policing and mass incarceration. Register: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Registration is open for ULCON25! This year’s theme, Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall embraces the bold experiments, messy attempts, surprising successes, and spectacular flops that make urban library work so real. Register here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Urban Librarians Conference 2025
Urban librarianship is unpredictable, creative, and often a little chaotic—and that’s exactly what this conference celebrates. This year’s theme embraces the bold experiments, messy attempts, surprisi...
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July 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Registration is open for ULCON25! This year’s theme, Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall embraces the bold experiments, messy attempts, surprising successes, and spectacular flops that make urban library work so real. Register here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Did you join us for happy hour at ALA? There's more to where that came from!
ULU happy hour resumes next Monday, July 14 at our office in Brooklyn! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-j...
ULU happy hour resumes next Monday, July 14 at our office in Brooklyn! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-j...
July 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Did you join us for happy hour at ALA? There's more to where that came from!
ULU happy hour resumes next Monday, July 14 at our office in Brooklyn! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-j...
ULU happy hour resumes next Monday, July 14 at our office in Brooklyn! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-j...
The Library Worker Support Network is recruiting its second cohort of peer leaders! We're also (always) recruiting new members. Learn more here and apply to be a leader before 7/12! libraryworkersupport.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Library Worker Support Network is recruiting its second cohort of peer leaders! We're also (always) recruiting new members. Learn more here and apply to be a leader before 7/12! libraryworkersupport.org
Going to ALA? Join us for happy hour, sponsored by PAVE! Sunday, June 29 at 6pm. See you there!
June 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Going to ALA? Join us for happy hour, sponsored by PAVE! Sunday, June 29 at 6pm. See you there!
In 2017, ULU worked with over a hundred volunteers to create refugeelibraries.org. Well, it's time for an upgrade! Join us at the ULU Office for pizza and spreadsheets as we update and add new information for today's needs. BYO Laptop.
June 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In 2017, ULU worked with over a hundred volunteers to create refugeelibraries.org. Well, it's time for an upgrade! Join us at the ULU Office for pizza and spreadsheets as we update and add new information for today's needs. BYO Laptop.
Join us for this month's physical safety class this SATURDAY, 2pm at HAVEN Boxing! actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
June 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Join us for this month's physical safety class this SATURDAY, 2pm at HAVEN Boxing! actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
We're back at Talea for this month's happy hour!
Join us: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-j...
Join us: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-j...
June 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We're back at Talea for this month's happy hour!
Join us: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-j...
Join us: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-j...
Kick off the first weekend of Pride Month with a low-key creative night with ULU. Join us for tunes, air conditioning, mocktails, and group crafting. We’ll be screenprinting! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/queer...
Queer & Crafty
Kick off the first weekend of Pride Month with a low-key creative night with ULU. Join us for tunes, air conditioning, mocktails, and group crafting. We’ll be doing some screenprinting – we’ve got lot...
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May 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Kick off the first weekend of Pride Month with a low-key creative night with ULU. Join us for tunes, air conditioning, mocktails, and group crafting. We’ll be screenprinting! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/queer...
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The news cycle may have moved on from Dr. Carla Hayden’s unjust firing from her position as Librarian of Congress, but I haven’t. I suspect you are feeling the same way.
May 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The news cycle may have moved on from Dr. Carla Hayden’s unjust firing from her position as Librarian of Congress, but I haven’t. I suspect you are feeling the same way.
While there’s no FY2026 library budget cut, rising costs and growing need renders flat funding a “quiet cut.”
NYC libraries need a funding increase. And in a moment when the federal government is dismantling our libraries, the time to fight for them at the local level is now.
NYC libraries need a funding increase. And in a moment when the federal government is dismantling our libraries, the time to fight for them at the local level is now.
May 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
While there’s no FY2026 library budget cut, rising costs and growing need renders flat funding a “quiet cut.”
NYC libraries need a funding increase. And in a moment when the federal government is dismantling our libraries, the time to fight for them at the local level is now.
NYC libraries need a funding increase. And in a moment when the federal government is dismantling our libraries, the time to fight for them at the local level is now.
Join us this Saturday for our May physical safety class at Haven Boxing! Special $10 class rate for library workers. Register: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
May 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Join us this Saturday for our May physical safety class at Haven Boxing! Special $10 class rate for library workers. Register: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Happy hour is TONIGHT! 6:30pm at the ULU office at 87 Richardson St., Brooklyn, NY. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-m...
May 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happy hour is TONIGHT! 6:30pm at the ULU office at 87 Richardson St., Brooklyn, NY. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/ulu-m...
Another month, another events schedule. Join us for happy hour at the ULU offices on the 12th, and physical safety training at Haven Boxing on the 17th! RSVP: urbanlibrariansunite.org/events/
May 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Another month, another events schedule. Join us for happy hour at the ULU offices on the 12th, and physical safety training at Haven Boxing on the 17th! RSVP: urbanlibrariansunite.org/events/
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We need EVERY library advocate to raise their voice in support of library funding. Take action NOW, call Congress to #FundLibraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries
Time is running out to Fund Libraries next fiscal year. Congress MUST act to include libraries in the next federal budget. #ForOurLibraries
Time is running out to Fund Libraries next fiscal year. Congress MUST act to include libraries in the next federal budget. #ForOurLibraries
May 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We need EVERY library advocate to raise their voice in support of library funding. Take action NOW, call Congress to #FundLibraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries
Time is running out to Fund Libraries next fiscal year. Congress MUST act to include libraries in the next federal budget. #ForOurLibraries
Time is running out to Fund Libraries next fiscal year. Congress MUST act to include libraries in the next federal budget. #ForOurLibraries
Join us TOMORROW!
Join us next Wednesday 4/30 for an emergency postcard writing session to tell your elected officials to stand up against the IMLS cuts! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/430-s...
April 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Join us TOMORROW!
You can't make this up...
The Cuomo campaign reportedly asked public library union leaders in a recent meeting if they'd considered *charging a fee* for library services, alarming some library workers.
Asked about the incident, a Cuomo spokesperson blamed a campaign volunteer.
hellgatenyc.com/cuomo-librar...
Asked about the incident, a Cuomo spokesperson blamed a campaign volunteer.
hellgatenyc.com/cuomo-librar...
NYC Library Workers Say Cuomo’s Campaign Asked If They’ve Considered Charging for Services
Cuomo’s team blamed a ‘volunteer.’
hellgatenyc.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You can't make this up...
Join us next Wednesday 4/30 for an emergency postcard writing session to tell your elected officials to stand up against the IMLS cuts! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/430-s...
April 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Join us next Wednesday 4/30 for an emergency postcard writing session to tell your elected officials to stand up against the IMLS cuts! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/430-s...
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The latest on the IMLS and why we need to be taking America 250 really damn seriously: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The Latest From IMLS and What You Need to Prepare For Right Now
It’s only been a little more than a month since the current administration dropped an Executive Order related to funding and projects from the Institute for...
buttondown.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The latest on the IMLS and why we need to be taking America 250 really damn seriously: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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If you are struggling with everything going on in libraries right now - Library Worker Support Network is here. We have a meeting tonight and there is still time to register! libraryworkersupport.org#schedule @ulunyc.bsky.social #Librarians #LibraryWorkers #LibraryWorkerMentalHealth
Library Worker Support Network
Project website for the library worker support network, a peer led virtual support group network aimed at helping library workers stay healthy and whole at work
libraryworkersupport.org
April 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you are struggling with everything going on in libraries right now - Library Worker Support Network is here. We have a meeting tonight and there is still time to register! libraryworkersupport.org#schedule @ulunyc.bsky.social #Librarians #LibraryWorkers #LibraryWorkerMentalHealth
We're one week out from our next physical safety class at HAVEN Boxing! If you're a library worker, register for a special $10 class rate: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
April 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We're one week out from our next physical safety class at HAVEN Boxing! If you're a library worker, register for a special $10 class rate: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
This National Library Workers Day, we're working with @afscme.bsky.social District Councils 66 & @dc37nyc.bsky.social to advance NYS Assembly Bill a.6903, the Library Workplace Violence Prevention Act. urbanlibrariansunite.org/supporting-l...
Supporting Library Workers on National Library Workers Day
This year has been a difficult one for library workers. Many of us are feeling under attack in more ways than one. Between assaults on our institutions & values from the federal government, and…
urbanlibrariansunite.org
April 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This National Library Workers Day, we're working with @afscme.bsky.social District Councils 66 & @dc37nyc.bsky.social to advance NYS Assembly Bill a.6903, the Library Workplace Violence Prevention Act. urbanlibrariansunite.org/supporting-l...
Our National Library Workers Day happy hour is TONIGHT at Black Forest Brooklyn on Fulton. Come on down to hang out!
April 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Our National Library Workers Day happy hour is TONIGHT at Black Forest Brooklyn on Fulton. Come on down to hang out!
After seeing the Trump administration slash USAID and other federal programs, the news about IMLS is scary. But we can't be complacent. Call your reps and don't be quiet about this. Some resources in the comments below! www.npr.org/2025/03/31/n...
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave Monday morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After seeing the Trump administration slash USAID and other federal programs, the news about IMLS is scary. But we can't be complacent. Call your reps and don't be quiet about this. Some resources in the comments below! www.npr.org/2025/03/31/n...
We're resurfacing our Drag Story Hour Planning & Safety Support Guide in honor of Trans Day of Visibility. Trans people and trans stories belong in our libraries without fear for safety or censorship. urbanlibrariansunite.org/drag-story-h...
March 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're resurfacing our Drag Story Hour Planning & Safety Support Guide in honor of Trans Day of Visibility. Trans people and trans stories belong in our libraries without fear for safety or censorship. urbanlibrariansunite.org/drag-story-h...