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Data breaches are terrifying, and cause for a lot of consternation. Join this session with our experts Dan Ayala and Gary Price to talk through what can be done on an individual level as well as by library IT staff to avoid having sensitive information compromised. We will also discuss resources libraries can share with…

We’re finally emerging from the worst of this historic pandemic, and current economic trends finally favor workers. Businesses are hiring again and benefits are ending. Meanwhile, the digital divide is still an issue we have to contend with and many of the patrons we work with need us more than ever.Libraries are uniquely positioned to…

April Hathcock of NYU and Kimberly Springer of Columbia joined us for a discussion on how librarians can better manage the expectations of productivity culture.

How can institutions reopen with care, consideration, and empathy for staff and patrons? Susanne Markgren of Manhattan College and Linda Miles of Hostos Community College shared their experiences and advice.

Join New School faculty member and METRO board president Shannon Mattern for this conversation with Ever Bussey, Trevor Owens, Everest Pipkin, and Jasmine McNealy, inspired by Shannon's new book, A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences (Princeton University Press):A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities encompass myriad forms of local and…

During this webinar, Traci Mark (Program Manager- Equity, Archives and Media Preservation) and Davis Erin Anderson (Assistant Director for Programs and Partnerships) will explore what they learned from the previous grant cycle. This session is meant to answer questions and demystify the process of what happens behind the scenes. We’ll be discussing:- What we’re looking…

This webinar will be facilitated by METRO’s Equity in Action Grant Program Manager Traci Mark. Traci will review the main components of the grant process, including:- The program’s information sheet- The grant application form- The selection rubric used by the program’s advisory councilThere will be a Q & A period at the end of the…

Join the code4lib NYC for a code & coffee Zoom the first Friday of each month this fall. Attendees will have the option of joining breakout rooms to socialize and talk about current projects or to quietly work together in a virtual space. Are you interested in joining code4lib NYC as an organizer? Stop by…

Linking Lost Jazz Shrines (LLJS) is an ongoing collaboration between the Weeksville HeritageCenter and the Semantic Lab at Pratt Institute to investigate the application of linked open datatechnologies to the Weeksville Lost Jazz Shrines of Brooklyn (WLJSB) oral history collection.This rich collection documents Central Brooklyn’s cultural legacy of jazz history between the1930s and 1960s. The…

Join our Economics & Business METRO community for our fall event at Bryant Park. Meet at the Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain. We will share updates while social distancing: BYO coffee and mask! After catching up, we will advance to SNFL for an informal walkthrough of the 5th floor Business Center and rooftop terrace. (Masks…