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New White Paper from IMLS Explores Library and Museum Roles in an Era of Participatory Culture

Members of the METRO community may be interested in a new report from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, "Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture." Read more from the official release below:  Libraries and Museums in ...

METRO to Host Session on Engaging Communities Around Digital Collections with Historypin

METRO is very pleased to announce a groundbreaking opportunity for members to work with Historypin, a project of the UK not-for-profit We Are What We Do. This opportunity is aimed at helping members enhance discovery, generate streams of new interest, ...

Two New NY3Rs Webinars this June

On behalf of the NY3Rs Association, METRO invites our members to participate in two upcoming webinars. Russell Palmer, Supervisor of Professional Development at LYRASIS, will talk participants through some of the web's most popular applications and how they can help ...

Digital Public Library of America Takes Next Step to Identify Content Contributors

METRO members who manage collaborative digitization programs and projects are encouraged to consider taking a short survey to assist the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in identifying potential content contributors. The goal of the survey is to gather information about ...

METRO & WLS to Co-Sponsor "Project Planning" this July

This summer, co-sponsors METRO and the Westchester Library System are pleased to announce the return of instructor Kimberly Sweetman for “Project Planning,” a workshop that is sure to help all librarians and information professionals effectively prepare, implement, and evaluate any ...

Video Available from Last Week's "Catablogging" Session

Last week, METRO co-sponsored a session with ACRL/NY's Special Collections and Archives Discussion Group. Video for this session is now available:  METRO & ACRL/NY Present: Catablogging - Leveraging Blogging Software to Present Your Collections on the Web from METRO on ...

METRO Welcomes First Lifetime Member

Karen Erani, a myMETRO member since 2010 and a member of themyMETRO Advisory Council became METRO's first Lifetime Member. Karen received her MLS from Pratt Institute and has worked at Pfizer,Proquest and as a part-time lecturer on database searching for ...

ALA Digital Content Working Group Seeking Info About Creating Digital Content in Libraries

As a member of ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee, I received the following request for information from libraries creating digital content. I thought a number of our members might be able to contribute some useful information for ...

"Intro to Photoshop and Digital Imaging" Next Week at METRO

Next week, join us at METRO for a special 1 ½-day extended edition of Michael Bevans’ popular workshop, “Introduction to Photoshop and Digital Imaging.” This introductory course will give attendees with no previous imaging skills a better understanding of imaging ...

myMETRO Member Elected to Lead ACRL