In 2007, Christian Zabriskie founded Urban Librarians Unite (ULU) to foster communication among employees in New York City's three giant library systems. It started as get-togethers over drinks and tacos but soon turned into a recession-fighting machine. Zabriskie, assistant coordinator of young adult services at the Queens Library (QL), used ULU to launch "Save NYC Libraries," an advocacy group that galvanizes the community and employs high-visibility protests to fight budget cuts.
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