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What is the difference between disc and DAT? How can I give my patrons access to audio recordings? Why on earth would you bake a tape? This hands-on workshop will examine the current state of audio preservation for libraries and archives—both as physical formats and digital files. By the end of the workshop, you should…

In 2009 Freddy’s regulars chained themselves to the bar in protest of the Atlantic Yards plan, which included the demolition of the 70-year-old watering hole. In 2010, Brooklyn Paper christened Freddy’s Bar “the eminent domain poster child,” as they neared the end of their battle against Bruce Ratnor, Marty Markowitz, and Michael Bloomberg. Barclay’s Center now looms…

Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join us! The Prison Library Support Network is collaborating with METRO to host PLSN Presents: Abolitionist Futures Series, which will…

Please join us for the Fourth Annual Science/STEM Information Mini Conference (SciMiC) for Information Professionals at Barnard College in New York City, co-sponsored by the Metropolitan New York Library Council, (METRO), Penguin Random House Library Marketing, and New York University. This two-day conference aims to bring together science librarians, other liaison librarians, archivists, museum curators…

Please join us for the Fourth Annual Science/STEM Information Mini Conference (SciMiC) for Information Professionals at Barnard College in New York City, co-sponsored by the Metropolitan New York Library Council, (METRO), Penguin Random House Library Marketing, and New York University. This two-day conference aims to bring together science librarians, other liaison librarians, archivists, museum curators…