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755 Articles FoundNew Event: Service in Professional Organizations
The following event was recently added to METRO’s Professional Development calendar. Service in Professional Organizations: A Panel DiscussionWednesday, June 26, 2013 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Description: Participation in professional organizations is recommended for a successful Info Pro career, ...
New Event: How to Capitalize on Change
The following event was recently added to METRO’s Professional Development calendar. METRO & SCIP Present: Capitalize on Change to Deliver Smarter Decisions, Competitive Advantage, and Growth Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM Description: These are the ...
Cultural Heritage Iconathon
METRO is excited to announce an upcoming Cultural Heritage Iconathon to be held in conjunction with The Noun Project. Iconathons are free, hackathon-style design workshops to develop public domain icons for use by specific professional or civic communities. The Cultural Heritage Iconathon ...
White House Signs Executive Order in Favor of Open, Machine Readable Government Data
On May 9, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order that requires information generated by the Federal Government to be made available to the public in an open and machine readable format. Citing successful initiatives to support open GPS ...
myMETRO Member Spotlight: Marcos Sueiro Bal
Our myMETRO Member Spotlight series continues with Marcos Sueiro Bal, Senior Archivist at New York Public Radio, which includes WNYC, New York’s premiere public radio station, and WQXR, New York sole all-classical music station. We enjoyed learning about the ...
New "Library Leadership Lunch" Webinar Series
The following event was recently added to METRO’s Professional Development calendar. Library Leadership Lunch Webinar Series with Pat Wagner METRO is pleased to announce a new webinar series with experienced library trainer and consultant, Pat Wagner. This Library Leadership Lunch series will ...
Letter from the Executive Director: May 2013
It’s finally feeling like spring. Just as we can count on the cherry blossoms blooming at the botanic gardens, so, too, can you count on METRO’s renewal letter arriving this time of year. And it’s my job to make sure ...
Hilary Mason, Chief Scientist at Bitly, to Address METRO Members
METRO is pleased to welcome Hilary Mason to address the member community on June 4, 2013 for our Spring Speakers Forum. Mason, Chief Scientist at bitly, will speak about innovation, data-driven decision making, access and discovery, and other areas ...
LACUNY Event Highlights Research Strategies in the Era of Search Engine Optimization
The Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY) has announced a half-day event taking place on Friday, May 17th. Computers and Crowds: Unexpected Authors and Their Impact on Scholarly Research is open to all New York City-based librarians; ...
Member Spotlight: St. Barnabas Hospital Library
Led by Director Deborah Bonelli, St. Barnabas Hospital Library provides information services to medical staff and employees of St. Barnabas Hospital and offsite clinics. Its facilities measure at 2,500 square feet and feature wifi access throughout. Patrons can make ...
Getting the Most Out of an Internship
Professional experience is necessary to secure a job and have a continuing, successful career. Students and new graduates have a well-known challenge: to get experience without a job, and to get a job without experience. Volunteering is one way ...
New Initiative Provides Essential Preservation Assistance for New York Cultural Heritage
As part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Greater Hudson Heritage Network has created a website with tools to help cultural heritage institutions provide the highest level of care to New York State's ...
New Event: File Fixity and Checksum Tools
The following event was recently added to METRO’s Professional Development calendar. Tools for Managing Digital Collections: File Fixity and Checksum Tools Monday, May 13, 2013 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Description: Just as with physical collections, a critical component ...
Open Data Fellowship Accepting Applications
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), in partnership with the OpenGLAM initiative, Open Knowledge Foundation, and Wikimedia NYC, is now accepting applications for an Open Data Fellowship for Summer 2013. This paid, 8-week fellowship will serve two roles: Wikipedian-in-Residence for ...
RDA Toolkit Subscription Discounts Available from NY3Rs Association
The New York 3Rs Association is pleased to announce another opportunity to leverage group licensing toward discounted services for libraries throughout New York. For libraries implementing or planning to implement RDA, the RDA toolkit is an essential resource for ...
Last Chance to Register for Free Digital Literacy Curriculum Workshops
Please join us for Opening Doors to Digital Learning: Training Public Librarians on the NYS Digital Literacy Standards and Skill Sets, a free workshop taking place early next week. Recommended for librarians who work with the public, this workshop will ...
myMETRO Member Spotlight: Sue Considine
Welcome to our first-ever myMETRO Member Spotlight! We're excited to start this series with five questions for Sue Considine, Executive Director of the Fayetteville Free Library and newly inducted member of the Library Journal Movers & Shakers Class of ...
METRO awarded an IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant
METRO/Brooklyn Historical Society team will collaborate with Harvard/MIT team. April 12, 2013—Two affiliated projects proposed by a Metropolitan New York Library Council/Brooklyn Historical Society team and a Harvard/MIT team each received a 2013 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant ...
New Event: Behind the Scenes - The Brooklyn Visual Heritage Project
The following event was recently added to METRO’s Professional Development calendar. Behind the Scenes: The Brooklyn Visual Heritage ProjectWednesday, May 8, 2013 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Description: Join us for an inside look at the recently launched Brooklyn Visual ...
Asked&Answered: Career Advice for Information Professionals
Starting in June 2013, METRO will be adding a new feature to its career development services: Asked&Answered, career advice for info pros, in a Q&A format. We’ll take questions on job hunting and career development from you, METRO’s readers. In ...
