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  The economy and technological change have changed the job market, for information professions and other fields. These changes have affected what employers look for and value, what job hunters should expect, and the trajectory of individual careers. Even the ...

Creative Commons-licensed image via myprofe on Flickr   Hiring is risky. It's risky for the employer: if it doesn't work out, there is the unpleasantness of firing someone, work that's not getting done, possibly lowered morale for other employees, and ...

Photo courtesy @bpsusf on Flickr No matter the technical or how-to (“hard”) skill requirements of a job, there are "soft skills" valued at all workplaces. Sometimes what separates a good employee from an exceptional one is taking just one or ...

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 ...

We are pleased to share news about the most recent project launched from METRO's collaborative digitization grants program. Digital producers and individuals from fashion, design, and library science programs throughout the city are invited to attend the event and panel discussion. ...

As part of the Documentary Heritage Program of the New York State Archives (DHP), METRO is offering grants to three archives in New York City and Westchester County to fund a collection assessment for purposes of preservation planning. The assessments ...

Photo via @samuel-huron on Flickr Following the success of the LOD-LAM Summit (http://lod-lam.net/summit/) in June, 2011, discussions of Cultural Heritage Linked Data have continued at a variety of Regional LOD-LAM (Linked Open Data for Libraries, Archives, and Museums) events. These events, ...

As we kick off 2012, METRO is excited to announce the launch of a new member benefit!  METRO institutional member employees and individual myMETRO members can now access lynda.com’s online learning resources for a nominal fee through METRO. Lynda.com hosts ...

METRO will be closed for the holidays beginning Friday, December 23rd at 1:00pm and will reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd.   During that time, METRO Delivers will operate normally except there will be no deliveries on December 26th, and January 2nd. ...

Formerly known as Teacher U, the newly chartered Relay Graduate School of Education (RGSE) is the first school of its kind credentialed by the New York State Board of Regents in over 80 years. Providing a curriculum that emphasizes the ...

METRO would like to extend a hearty and well-deserved congratulations to Ms. Constantia Constantinou for being recently appointed to Distinguished Librarian status by SUNY. Read more about this appointment in an excerpt from the official SUNY press release:    Library ...

Funding awarded to four collaborative projects in the New York City and Westchester region to advance efforts to preserve and expand access to vital historical and cultural collections.

On November 16, 2011, METRO and ACRL/NY hosted Rebecca Guenther for a lecture titled, "Change in the Digital Age: Metadata Trends for Libraries." The video of this talk is now available online:    METRO & ACRL/NY PRESENT: Rebecca Guenther on ...

Congratulations to our colleagues at Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives and Frick Art Reference Library for the recent completion of their 2010/2011 Collaborative Digitization Grant Project. Please read on for more information from the official press release:  NYARC Announces a ...

  Photo via Wikimedia Commons.    METRO is pleased to offer two upcoming opportunities for librarians, archivists, and museum professionals to add to their traditional and digital preservation skill sets this season. Please read on for more details: Preservation Management ...

  I talk to a lot of job hunters - both information professionals and those seeking work in other fields. Most know about career networking and can tell you that it is the best way to get a job in ...

On October 17, 2011, METRO held its Annual Meeting at the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre at the Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY. Almost 200 members attended the meeting, where Board of Trustees President Norman J. Jacknis announced that the Board had ...

On October 18, 2011, Norman J. Jacknis, President of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)  announced that Jason Kucsma has been named Executive Director of the organization. Mr. Kucsma will lead the organization’s efforts ...

Queens Memory Project, one of the four projects funded by METRO's Collaborative Digitization Grants Program, will launch this month in conjunction with the acclaimed oral history project StoryCorps. Please read the official press release for details on attending the launch ...

                            Photo of UNIVAC computer at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. via @stuckincustoms on flickr   Rebecca Guenther's retirement from Library of Congress ...