This Week at ULC
Newsletter | March 9, 2022
REVISIT ULC'S ANTI-RACISM WEBINAR
Last month, ULC presented the second convening of our Finding Our Way Forward Together: Advancing Libraries as Anti-Racist Leaders series. Featured panelists Jennie Pu (Director, Hoboken Public Library), Pamela McCarter (Equity Initiative Leader/Library Outreach Specialist, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library) and Alison McKee (County Librarian, Contra Costa County Library) shared insights from the anti-racism journeys of their libraries and discussed ways to build trust with staff, allot time to do EDI work and how to address fatigue.
SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION
Community Pantry
Anne Arundel County Public Library

AACPL's Discoveries: the Library at the Mall opened their Community Pantry to help meet the needs of their community by distributing diapers, wipes, menstrual products and other hygiene supplies. While providing these supplies, the library is also able to cross-promote library cards and other free community resources for patrons.
MEMBER NEWS ROUNDUP
Meet ULC's Newest Members
Sacramento Public Library and Santa Clara City Library

We continue our growth in 2022 by welcoming Sacramento Public Library (SPL) and Santa Clara City Library (SCCL) to ULC! SPL is the fourth largest library system in California, serving 1.4 million residents and offering services and programming focused on early learning, technology and creation. Serving the county of Santa Clara, Calif., SSCL enriches lives and strengthens community through lifelong learning, discovery and creativity.
New Community Partnership Offers Indigenous Programming
Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library and The Lenape Center announced a series of programs and forthcoming anthology of Indigenous scholarship in accompany to the first-ever Lenape-curated exhibition in New York, Lenapehoking. The exhibition tells the story of the Lenape community — historically the first inhabitants of the greater New York region — through poetry readings, artist talks and panel discussions.
Celebrating International Women's Day
Markham Public Library

Markham Public Library honored International Women’s Day 2022 by curating special book collections of memoirs telling the firsthand accounts of women, literature about women who have changed the world and feminist literature supporting the diverse experiences of womanhood in BIPOC and femme-identifying communities.
NEW ON THE ULC BLOG
Celebrating and Creating Black History with Luna Library
Lexington Public Library

In our latest blog post written by LPL's Anne Gay Donworth, learn how the launch of the Luna Library — a special collection of children’s books within LPL’s catalog featuring titles by, for and about Black people — honors the memory of Kamaria Spaulding.
FREE SUMMER PLANNING BOOTCAMP
March 30-31, 2022
National Summer Learning Association

Later this month, NSLA is providing a free virtual Summer Planning Bootcamp to offer tools and best practices to help stem the impact of learning loss from the pandemic. Library staff working with youth during the summer months are encouraged to attend the free sessions, which will provide guidance in building critical partnerships and offer successful strategies to support youth.
ULC MEMBER RECEPTION AT PLA CONFERENCE | MARCH 24
Join your fellow ULC members on March 24 at 5:30 p.m. PT for an evening reception with light bites and libations during the Public Library Association Conference in Portland, Ore. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us!
 
Location
Hotel Eastlund, Cosmopolitan Ballroom
1021 NE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97232
ULC would like to recognize and thank Ingram Content Group for their generous support of this year's Member Reception at PLA.
UPCOMING MEMBER EVENTS
ULC Analytics and Tech Leaders
Member Group Call
March 10 | 2-3 p.m. ET
ULC Deputy Directors
Member Group Call
March 15 | 2-3 p.m. ET
ULC Communications and Marketing Leaders
Member Group Call
March 16 | Noon-1 p.m. ET
ULC Member Reception at PLA
In-Person Reception
March 24 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. PT
ULC Development Professionals Call
Member Group Call
May 11 | 3-4 p.m. PT
NEW RESOURCES IN ULC'S MEMBER KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
Explore new resources in the ULC Member Knowledge Exchange
Guidance for Becoming a Social Work Practicum
Public Libraries Quarterly
Tacking the Racism in Children's Classics
Nashville Public Library

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
Hartford Public Library
NOW TRENDING ON SOCIAL
Columbus Metropolitan Library

Columbus Metropolitan Library had a young lady named Eliza stop by dressed as Amanda Gorman, the National Youth Poet Laureate. The tweet was later retweeted by Amanda Gorman herself — we hope Eliza may one day meet her!
Questions?

Contact ULC's Director of Communications Paul Negron at pnegron@urbanlibraries.org.