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This event has been postponed. We will not be meeting today at noon. We will send further details to participants as it arises.Join LASSA to celebrate Library Assistants' Day! After the traditional welcome and reading of the LAD proclamation, Cheryl Marriott will present a Vision Board Workshop.A vision board is a visualization tool which refers…

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 the club (literally!). This monthly discussion group with Prison Library Support Network will look at a rotating calendar of…

Providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity, and inclusion principles is essential to all library service. Moving from being a neutral, well-meaning library where systemic racism is acknowledged to an actively anti-racist organization involves work.In this program you will learn tangible skills to help build enthusiasm for reading and discovering diverse books, begin…

Please join our next ILL Interest Group Meeting! This group meets regularly to discuss all things ILL, from workflows and processes to network delivery services. Please bring any discussion items you'd like to raise.

Join the METRO Economics & Business Librarians Group to tour the Business & Career Center at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library at Grand Army Plaza. The Business & Career Center features a variety of individual/small group rooms, technology for loan, and event spaces. The Center welcomes entrepreneurs, freelancers, job seekers and anyone seeking a secure…

With librarian Connie Williams and Katy Connolly of the Right Question InstituteThe Right Question Institute (RQI) will join us to demonstrate the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a deceptively simple yet rigorous protocol that teaches all people how to ask, work with, and pursue their own questions.Participants will explore how the QFT can be flexibly applied…

Providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity, and inclusion principles is essential to all library service. Moving from being a neutral, well-meaning library where systemic racism is acknowledged to an actively anti-racist organization involves work. In this program you will learn tangible skills to help build enthusiasm for reading and discovering diverse books,…

Join Library Futures, METRO Library Council, and the NYU Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at a casual gathering to discuss the issues facing copyright, technology, and libraries.Meet Library Futures Executive Director Jennie Rose Halperin and Board Member Tucker Taylor, eat snacks, drink a beverage, and talk Controlled Digital Lending, digital ownership, copyright, and…

Join us on Wednesday, April 27 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm for a BIPOC Community Call. This event is meant for BIPOC cultural workers only; we kindly ask that allies and comrades who identify as non-BIPOC to sit this one out. Our intention is to create a space that offers community, joy, and conversation during this…

About This SessionIn today's social media world, we’ve seen platforms go awry when faced with the scourges of misinformation and trolling. In authoritarian regimes, entire platforms are easily blocked. And yes, a billionaire can buy a platform and change the rules. Would decentralized (or P-2-P) social media, where there is no central controlling entity, be…