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Former ULC Director of Communications Curtis Rogers was quoted in an article from the Williamsport Sun-Gazette about libraries going "fine free" and the barriers to access that fines cause: “Overdue fines do not distinguish between people who are responsible and those who are not — they distinguish ...
ULC was quoted in an article from Vital City that discusses how libraries are meeting the needs of the digital age and ensuring that they continue to serve their communities in meaningful ways. The piece also references an article by ULC President and CEO Brooks Rainwater....
ULC was mentioned in an article from Contra Costa County Public Library's County Librarian Alison McKee, noting the library's recent signing of ULC's Declaration of Democracy....
The East Bay Times published an article about Contra Costa County Library's signing of ULC's Declaration of Democracy....
ULC was mentioned in an article from Because of Them We Can about our partnership with Barbershop Books, supporting four library systems in creating child-friendly reading spaces in 40 barbershops across 4 US cities, including Cleveland Public Library, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Shreve Memorial ...
ULC's food security work was featured in an article from Governing, highlighting the importance of libraries in the food justice space and featuring a few libraries from the ULC Libraries and Food Security cohort....
ULC President and CEO Brooks Rainwater joined The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC to discuss the devastating impacts of book bans on young readers, marginalized authors and librarians across America....
ULC's Fine Free Map was mentioned in an article from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the trend of libraries eliminating overdue fines. ...
ULC and the ULC Digital Equity Action Team were mentioned in an article from EducationSuperHighway about Baltimore County Public Library’s strides towards community ACP adoption. ...
Compendium, news for Pennsylvania’s libraries, promoted the Summer Learning Boot Camp #2 in an article about summer program opportunities for 2023. ...
