METRO Events

This is a 1 and 1/2 day workshop, taking place from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Thursday, May 17th and 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Friday, May 18, 2012. This workshop will introduce participants to an exemplary imaging

The OCLC Reserach report "Seeking Synchronicity" found that one of the biggest obstacles to a successful virtual reference service was getting users to simply know the service existed. Virtual customer service has become increasingly familiar for commercial business, however, odds

Please join us for the next meeting of METRO's Interlibrary Loan SIG:The ILL SIG is composed of individuals around the New York metropolitan area involved in strengthening local information resource sharing through interlibrary loan sevices, document delivery, etc.The group focuses

MakerBots are affordable, personal fabrication tools, compact enough to sit on a desktop. MakerBot Operators produce physical objects from strands of melted plastic filament, an activity described as 3-D Printing or "Makerbotting." The increasing availability of low-cost personal fabrication tools

From the iPad to eReaders, gadgets are everywhere. As these personal electronic devices become ubiquitous in everyday life, it's essential that libraries are fluent in their language. Whether your library wants to use these items in its services or purchase

A cover letter can be a powerful way to introduce yourself to a potential employer. Many job hunters, though, view cover letter writing as something to get done as quickly as possible, and miss opportunities because they are not putting

The first of NY Cultural Tech's new series of regular bi-monthly, "Show and Tell" meetups, where members will get 3-5 minutes to present to the NY cultural tech community something cool they are working on. This is a no-pressure, informal,

Join us online for this presentation of Small Demons, a website that identifies all the cultural references in fiction and narrative nonfiction and connects them, allowing us to create powerful discovery tools based on the metadata we derive from within

This is a two-day workshop taking place from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Tuesday, June 5th and Wednesday, June 6th, 2012. Metadata is a critical mechanism in digital collections. Metadata describes the attributes of a resource, where the resource

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,