Learn more about the 2021 Top Innovator and Honorable Mention honorees for ULC's 2021 Innovations Initiative.

ULC connected with Brooks Rainwater, senior executive and director of the National League of Cities’ Center for City Solutions and one of our 2019 Innovations judges, to get his take on what makes public libraries Top Innovators, and what steps public libraries need to take to innovate in 2020 and beyond.

ULC reached out to San Mateo County Libraries Deputy Director of Library Services Carine Risley​ to follow up and learn about how the library's "Building Engagement to Accelerate Employee Performance" initiative has evolved in the year since its Top Innovator win.

ULC connected with Brooklyn Public Library Outreach Librarian Amy Mikel to follow up about how BPL's Teacher Lab program has evolved in the year since its 2018 Top Innovator win. Check out the latest ULC blog post to read her responses.

ULC reached out to Broward County Library Adult Services Coordinator Michael Bryant to follow up and learn more about the lasting impact of the BCLFit program, which earned the library a 2018 ULC Top Innovator award. Check out the latest ULC blog post to read his responses.

ULC reached out to PCPL team members Kelly Wilson (managing librarian, Sam Lena-South Tucson Library) and Mary Sanchez (managing librarian, Eckstrom-Columbus Library) to follow up and learn about how the Library Restorative Practices for Youth program has evolved in the year since its Top Innovator win.

ULC reached out to San Francisco Public Library Learning Differences Librarian Laura Lay to follow up and learn about how the FOG Readers program has evolved in the year since its Top Innovator win

ULC reached out to Austin Public Library Branch Librarian Cesar Garza to follow up and learn about how the library's Social Media Ambassadors program has evolved in the year since its Top Innovator win.

ULC reached out Ottawa Public Library's Ann Archer to follow up and learn about how OPL's eBooks Express program has evolved in the year since its Top Innovator win.

ULC reached out to Hartford Public Library's Project Coordinator Beverly Redd to follow up and learn about how the Career Pathways program has evolved in the year since its Top Innovator win.