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Among the many styles and theories of management, using a people-centered approach can provide many benefits for your library team. According to Workramp, “People-centric leadership means taking an empathetic, compassionate approach to managing team members. People-centric leaders are invested in their employees, both in their professional success, and in their overall well-being.” This approach can…

Join us for a tour of our fall exhibitions at the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), Luis Fernando Benedit: Invisible Labyrinths and Dueñas de la Noche: Trans Lives and Dreams in 1980s Caracas. Visitors will also be able to visit the Research Center, which houses the ISLAA Library and Archives. Luis Fernando…

METRO’s Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York (DCMNY) repository provides online access to digital collections that document the history of the Metropolitan New York region. Through DCMNY, METRO endeavors to cultivate sustainable digital spacemaking and cultural heritage resource exchange, provide access to collections materials from a spectrum of diverse viewpoints, and support research activities for…

This interactive workshop builds on foundational concepts covered in the first session, Foundations of Data Visualization: Theory and Techniques. Scheduled three weeks later to allow time for individual practice, this session provides an opportunity for participants to workshop their own data visualizations. Participants will engage in discussions about their data visualizations, receive and provide constructive…

So you want to be an information worker? Congratulations and welcome to the noble and complex world of public service! An MLS/MLIS degree can prepare you for a lot of the technical side of things, but it may not prepare you for the everyday reality of the work.Join Brooklyn Public Library's Emma Karin Eriksson for…

Join Library Freedom Project, Library Futures, and Metropolitan New York Library Council as we host some of our favorite small, progressive publishers like Verso Books, Seven Stories Press, Feminist Press, PM Press, Pluto Press, and more at Francis Kite Club in Alphabet City (Manhattan).We'll hear about new titles, and there will be door prizes and…

Join the Prison Library Support Network for the last Abolitionist Futures meeting of 2024. We are beyond thrilled to be hosting the incredible Dean Spade as our guest. As part of this conversation, we’ll discuss Dean Spade’s Mutual Aid (a resource PLSN has used directly in its organizing work), and ways that groups like our…

Join METRO’s Reference and Instruction Interest Group for a conversation about decolonial perspectives - practices and frameworks - in librarianship. For the upcoming 2025 Critical Pedagogy Symposium on Decentering the West, the Case Studies in Critical Pedagogy will feature case studies and a primer for learning about and thinking about anti-colonial theory and pedagogy together.Schedule:Introductory…

Join us for an exclusive, closed-to-the-public tour of the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures, which showcases some of the most extraordinary items from the 56 million in its collections. We'll see manuscripts, artworks, letters, still and moving images, recordings, and more!Current exhibitions include "Censorship and the Freedom to Read" and "James…

Join METRO and our sister council, Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC), for this presentation from Ashley Dalle, Interim Chief Librarian about the many free benefits available for children from the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library.The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library is a branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL)…