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Urban Libraries Council 2009 Partners for Success Conference: Regional Solutions for Local Vitality

Presented by Urban Libraries Council at Nashville Public Library - Main Library

December 3-December 4, 2009

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Nashville Public Library hosts the Urban Libraries Council’s 2009 Partners for Success Conference. Part of the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) biennial conference series, the event reflects the ULC’s larger initiative to examine the emerging ways libraries contribute to the improvement of urban life. The conference is noted for its ability to convene a variety of urban activists, librarians, trustees, mayors and other city and county officials, and the rich discussion and research it generates. Past host cities have included Boston, Chicago and Cleveland.

For the first time, the general public as well as leaders and thinkers from across North America will be invited to the conference to discuss key issues on the civic agenda in communities across the nation. Sessions will focus on innovative regional efforts related to governance, housing, employment, health, environmental resources, transportation and education, the continuing and rapid evolution of information exchange and learning, and the various ways public libraries contribute to building and sustaining strong regional areas.

Experts from a variety of political, practitioner and philanthropic perspectives will take part in the conference, including Joe Cortwright of Impresa Consulting. Cortwright will help conferees understand their “City Vitals,” statistical measures of city performance in four key areas including talent, innovation, connections and distinctiveness, and how to use this measure to maximize successes and minimize weaknesses.

For more than 30 years the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) has worked to strengthen public libraries as an essential part of urban life. A membership organization of North America's premier public library systems and the corporations that serve them, ULC serves as a forum for sharing best practices resulting from targeted research, education and forecasting. ULC's programs are acclaimed for inspiring new organizational models that invigorate urban libraries and enrich the areas surrounding them. ULC is headquartered in Chicago.