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Carli Spina shared best practices for accessible web design and free tools for evaluating the accessibility of your web presence and third party resources.

This discussion centered those in our communities who were disproportionately suffering due to the spread of Covid. What are the challenges of providing services to marginalized communities during a crisis?

Welcome & IntroductionsAnnouncementsCall for future agenda items / moderatorsLet us know if you’d like to present or facilitate a conversationMETRO event write-ups can be found at https://metro.org/news/Upcoming METRO events It Takes a Village: A Community Call for Support and Self-Care during COVID-19Wednesday, May 6 at 2:00pmLibraries and the Employment CrisisTuesday, May 12 at 4:00pmHow Libraries…

In light of the effects on COVID-19 on New York State, we felt it was necessary and important to host a community call for BIPOC librarians, archivists, educators, and library and cultural workers living/working in New York City and the surrounding areas. The purpose of this call is to provide a compassionate space, free of…

One in six Americans were out of work early in the pandemic. How did that impact library operations, from staff reductions to the sheer number of patrons who need our services?

Welcome & IntroductionsAnnouncementsCall for future agenda items / moderatorsLet us know if you’d like to present or facilitate a conversationMETRO event write-ups can be found at https://metro.org/news/Upcoming METRO events How Libraries Are Updating their Complete Count Efforts During a Pandemic Monday, May 18 at 4:00pmSocial Media Accessibility with Carli Spina Tuesday, May 19 at 4:00pmSharing…

Libraries were hard at work for months preparing for the U.S. Census. Just when we thought we’d cleared so many hurdles, library facilities closed in an effort to stop the propagation of a life-threatening virus. How did that impact the response rate?

As many worked remotely during the pandemic, social media became an even more important part of libraries’ outreach strategies. Carli Spina discussed best practices to make a library’s social media content accessible and inclusive of people with disabilities.