We are excited to offer a new METRO Member benefit through our partnership with the Empire State Library Network. Beginning on July 1st, 2025, member organizations can have access to the Candid Foundation Directory, an online database designed to connect nonprofits with funding opportunities. Recognizing that non-profit cultural organizations are facing fiscal uncertainty and potentially losing access to…

We’re thrilled to share the Call for Applications for a fall course from the Cross-Reference Coalition: a new, interdisciplinary community learning project from the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO). Our first course, a 10-week graduate-level class with a mix of in-person and virtual sessions, will take place on Thursdays from late September to early…

We're excited to debut the new visual identity of the METRO New York Library Council! Over the last decade METRO has grown and changed quite a bit, and we continue to plan exciting new initiatives to serve our membership and the field at large. We felt like the time was right for a brand refresh.…

Please join METRO for our 2025 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, June 17th at the Center For Brooklyn History. We're thrilled to feature a keynote from Tega Brain, an Australian-born artist and environmental engineer who examines issues of ecology, data, automation, and infrastructure. Her talk, titled "Eccentric Interfaces, Inefficient Archives," will ask, "What happens when ecological…

METRO is pleased to provide support for employees of our member institutions to attend conferences, classes, or courses of their choosing. Our aim with this grant is to provide assistance for individuals who are seeking to learn new skills but who do not presently have the financial support necessary for doing so from their institution. Financial assistance…

If you’re a METRO member and have a collection that needs digitizing, consider applying for our Digitization Project Grant! Institutions are eligible to receive funding of up to $10,000 for their project. METRO’s Digitization Project Grant is designed to meet the needs of METRO members working on projects at various stages of the digitization life…