Urban Libraries

The Urban Libraries Council, in collaboration with 23 partner libraries, will recruit and educate new professional public librarians from 23 communities across the United States, providing them with a diverse professional workforce that understands neighborhood-based public library staffing and service strategies and the challenges of delivering them in community contexts. Funds will support the professional education of 115 students in up to 30 schools of library and information science. Partner libraries will enhance the scholars' academic education with local orientations that will provide insights into local library and community dynamics and perspectives. Match: $555,013