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APRIL 8, 2025 | Penguin Random House and United for Libraries announced today, during National Library Week, the 51 recipients of a new grant program serving rural and small libraries across the country. The cash grants, totaling $25,000, are being...
Penguin Random House and United for Libraries Announce New Grant Program
Penguin Random House and United for Libraries today announced a new grant program serving rural and small libraries across the country. The initiative will serve rural and small libraries in need across the country through grant funds, education, and in...
Webinar: Law and the Right to Read: What Your Trustees Need to Know
United for Libraries will host Law and the Right to Read: What Your Trustees Need to Know on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 1:00-2:00 pm Central. Registration is free to the following United statewide partners: MA, MD, MI, MS, ND, NE, OR, SC, SD, and VA...
United for Libraries Learning Live on May 10 to focus on ‘Libraries Build Business'
EXTON, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries’ Learning Live program for May, “Libraries Build Business: Support from Boards, Friends, and Foundations,” will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Register here. Libraries Build Business (LBB) is a...
Deborah Doyle elected 2023-2024 United for Libraries president
EXTON, Pennsylvania — Deborah Doyle, chair of the Sonoma County (California) Library Commission, has been elected 2023-2024 United for Libraries President. Doyle will serve as president-elect under 2022-2023 United for Libraries President Dr. Gordon Baker...
Exton, Pennsylvania — What should library staff do when self-proclaimed “citizen journalists” enter the library claiming a right to question employees and film in any space accessible to the public? The May 11 webinar “ First Amendment Audits: What Your...
Program proposals for United for Libraries Virtual due May 4
Program proposals for United for Libraries Virtual: Trustees – Friends – Foundations Aug. 9-11, 2022, the third annual virtual conference for library Trustees, Friends, Foundations, and staff who work with them, will be accepted through May 4. For more...
EXTON, Pennsylvania - Friends of Maxwell Memorial Library (Camillus, N.Y.) and Friends of the Lewis County Public Library (Hohenwald, Tenn.) are winners of United for Libraries’ National Friends of Libraries Week Awards. Each group receives $250 and will...
Nominations for ALA Trustee Citation accepted through April 7
EXTON, Pennsylvania - United for Libraries is accepting nominations for the ALA Trustee Citation through April 7, 2022. The ALA Trustee Citation, established in 1941 to recognize public library Trustees for distinguished service to library development...
ALA stands with Ukrainian library community
CHICAGO — The American Library Association and its divisions support our Ukrainian colleagues and will work with the global library community to answer the appeal from the Ukrainian Library Association to provide accurate information as a means to support...
United for Libraries to present ‘Keeping Governance on Track’ webinars March 29 and 31
EXTON, Pennsylvania - United for Libraries will present a free two-part webinar series, “ Keeping Governance on Track ,” March 29 at 2 p.m. Eastern and March 31 at 7 p.m. Eastern. Increasingly, library board meetings are facing disruptions, often making...
EXTON, Pennsylvania — In March, United for Libraries’ monthly virtual series, Learning Live, will feature two roundtable discussion groups. The March 8 session will focus on Library Boards and Trustees, and the March 15 session will focus on Friends...
EXTON, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries’ monthly virtual series, Learning Live, will continue on Tues., Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. Eastern with “ Cybersecurity: What Your Friends, Foundation, and Library Need to Know.” The Learning Live program is presented...
EXTON, Pa. – United for Libraries’ monthly virtual series, Learning Live, will continue on Tues., Jan. 11th at 2 p.m. Eastern with “ Friends and Foundations Working Effectively with the Library.” The Learning Live program is presented free to United for...
United for Libraries welcomes six new board members
EXTON, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries welcomes six individuals to its board. Mary Soucie, Camille McCutcheon, Kathy Kosinski, Peter Pearson, Ben Carter, and Debbie Smart have been appointed to board positions effective immediately. Each newly...
