Our colleagues at Columbia University Libraries recently posted the video from the recent installment of their Digital Library Seminar Series, titled "Free Your Metadata." An abstract from this session is pasted below the video. Columbia University Libraries: Free Your ...
Released: February 21st, 2012 09:14 AM
by
Jason Kucsma
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 ...
The American Association of School Librarians division of the American Library Association President Carl Harvey has launched a petition to ask the White House to ensure that every child has access to an effective school library. Below, Harvey talks about ...
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 ...
Photo via @kharied on Flickr Many information professionals, including recent grads or soon-to-be grads, come to library work from other careers. When job hunting, they often have concerns that their limited library experience will make it difficult to find ...
The New York State Regents Advisory Council for Libraries (RAC) has released the second draft of Creating the Future, a 2020 Vision and Plan for Library Services in New York State: Preliminary Recommendations of the New York State Regents Advisory ...
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. ...
The 9th Columbia University Libraries Symposium, “New Models of Academic Collaboration,” will be held on March 16th, 2012 at Columbia University's Uris Hall. The planning committee invites submissions of proposals for presentations to be delivered at the symposium. The ...
Released: December 19th, 2011 03:00 PM
by
Clarissa Cummings
