On Friday, January 30, 2026, the Canadian Urban Libraries Council/Conseil des bibliothèques urbaines du Canada (CULC/CBUC) released a first-of-its-kind National Social Impact Study on urban public libraries in Canada, exploring the role public libraries play in community life and social wellbeing by drawing on data and lived experience from more than 18,000 respondents across 26 Canadian urban public library systems.
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