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228 Articles FoundNew York City Budget Restores Most Library Funding
On June 29, 2011, the Fiscal Year 2012 budget for New York City was approved restoring most of the proposed cuts to libraries. New York Public Library saw the restoration of $36.7 million of the proposed $40 million in cuts, ...
Regents Advisory Council Asks New Yorkers What the Future of Libraries Looks Like to Them
After an initial phase of input from professionals in the library community, the New York State Regents Advisory Council for Libraries (RAC) is asking citizens what kind of services they anticipate needing from libraries in the next ten years. Libraries ...
Trending Issues and Essential Tools...On the Go
Photo via @dorothywithserifs on Flickr [UPDATED to reflect new date for "The Rights of Readers" webinar] Professional development doesn’t need to get in the way of your summer plans. Join METRO online this season for one of our ...
[UPDATED] The Future for Libraries and More with the Librarian in Black
[UPDATED] Register for one session and get a second free. Sign up for the May 24th session and you'll automatically be registered for the May 17th session (and receive recordings for both). On May 17th and 24th, Sarah Houghton-Jan -- The Librarian in ...
Queens Library Launches Fundraising Effort to Rebuild Public Libraries in Egypt
A new website hosted by the Queens Public Library is urging people to support the rebuilding of two public libraries that were vandalized and destroyed by. The following message from Tom Galante is currently circulating to encourage American libraries to ...
NYPL to Host Freedom of Information Day Event with NYTimes Reporter David Barstow
METRO members may be interested in the following event being hosted (free of charge) on "Freedom of Information Day," March 16 from 10:30-12:00. Here are the details from a recent post to the METRO-L listserv: Freedom of Information Day ...
Organize Your Digital Life at METRO's Lecture Series Event
Creative Commons image via @lastquest on Flickr Librarians, archivists, and information professionals are experts at organizing, describing, and making accessible tremendous amounts of information. Still, our personal and professional information workflows often leave something to be desired. This session ...
myMETRO Offers New Discounted Member Rate for Professionals in Transition
METRO's individual membership option increases support for professionals in career transitions
Archivist of the United States Addresses METRO Members
(left to right, David-Ferriero, Archivist of the United-States; Dottie Hiebing, METRO Executive Director; Michael Glickman, COO of CJH; Norm-Jacknis, METRO Board of Trustees President). Photo credit: Ken Levinson. Each year METRO hosts an annual meeting that is at once ...
A New METRO Website for a New Online Experience
“Born Digital AV: A Primer for Archivists and Caretakers of Moving Image and Sound Collections” workshop with Chris Lacinak and Peter Oleksik of AudioVisual Preservation Solutions METRO is pleased to announce the launch of our new web site, representing ...
METRO Announces Collaborative Digitization Grantees
METRO Awards $70,000 in Grants to Support Collaborative Digitization Projects Eight institutions in New York City and Westchester have been awarded grant funding to support a range of digitization projects designed to expand access to important collections of historical and ...
METRO's Fall 2010 Catalog Now Available
METRO's Fall 2010 Catalog Is Now Available The METRO Fall 2010 catalog of classes, webinars, seminars and much more is available now! This year, METRO brings you more of the convenient and affordable training programs and learning opportunities to position ...
RSVP for METRO's 2010 Annual Meeting
This year our Annual Meeting will be held at The Center for Jewish History in Chelsea on Thursday, October 28, 2010 from 2:00-5:00 PM. This will be an important opportunity for you to join with other leaders from our ...
METRO and ART to Co-host Born Digital AV Workshop
METRO & Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan NY to Co-host "Born Digital AV" Workshop October 6, 2010 METRO and ART will welcome Chris Lacinak (Founder and President of Audiovisual Preservation Solutions) to the METRO Training Center October 6, 2010 (1-5pm) to ...
Care and Identification of Photographic Materials Registration
Care and Identification of Photographic Materials Registration Information Please join us at METRO from Sept. 27-30 for “Care and Identification of Photographic Materials”, a dynamic workshop with instructor Gawain Weaver. Click here for the special registration form. Please note that ...
METRO Publishes "Digitization in the Real World"
METRO Publishes Digitization in the Real World More than 30 examples of successful efforts to digitize historically significant materials at leading libraries in North America are profiled in the new book Digitization in the Real World, published this week by ...
Care and Identification of Photos Workshop at METRO
METRO to Host "Care and Identification of Photographic Materials" Workshop in September Due to the hands-on nature of this workshop, the number of participants will be limited to 15. Register for this workshop online here. METRO will welcome Gawain Weaver ...
METRO's Summer 2010 Catalog is Now Available
METRO's Summer 2010 Catalog Is Now Available The METRO Course Catalog is your guide to all of the courses, seminars, and other professional development opportunities available every season from the Metropolitan New York Library Council. As mentioned earlier this year, ...
METRO 2010 Digitization Grant Applications Available
METRO Digitization Grant Applications Now Available. Case Study Published in D-Lib Magazine Applications for METRO's 2010 digitization grants program are now available on the METRO website. In response to feedback from the METRO member community, METRO's 2010 digitization grant program ...
METRO Case Study Published
METRO Case Study Published in D-Lib Magazine The March/April issue of D-Lib Magazine features a case study on the open source collection management system, Omeka, used to create METRO's digital collections directory, digitalMETRO. Omeka was used as a test to ...
