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Despite challenging times, institutions and community organizations continue to collect recordings—even when we couldn't be in close proximity with one another. Learn more about the creation and maintenance of oral history projects during COVID-19.

Erin Berman, William Marden, and Gary Price discussed the changes in privacy that accompanied a massive shift to the internet for nearly every aspect of our lives that occurred during the pandemic, and the challenges to privacy that came with that shift.

Welcome & IntroductionsAnnouncementsThis is week twelve of working from home for METROCensus Shelter in Place Grant ProcessCall 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 can be found at https://metro.org/events/Check-in Featured speakers / guided discussionsCharlotte Price on…

Racism and oppression won’t come to an end until we all engage in the process of educating ourselves and taking action. This webinar seeks to open a discussion on de-centering our own whiteness as we work toward a just and equitable city, state, and country.Join panelists Jessie Daniels, Jessica Hochman, Maura Smale, and Polly Thistlethwaite…

This workshop aimed to help you focus your goals and plan with purpose, whether you plan to host meetings, lead discussions, or teach small classes.

Join our Economics & Business METRO community for our Spring/Summer Townhall event—we want your input! We’ll be sharing updates from our member libraries, debriefing our poster session event, brainstorming future directions for our group, and discussing plans for fall reopenings.Please share this event with colleagues who may be interested in attending, and join our new…

Meeting Items for Thursday, June 11, 2020Welcome & IntroductionsAnnouncements— Call for future agenda items / moderators— Upcoming METRO events can be found at https://metro.org/events/— METRO event summaries can be found at https://metro.org/news/Check-inFeatured speakers / guided discussions— Discussion on your library’s response in support of the Black Lives Matter movement— Jessie Daniels on being a public…

This workshop will help instructors translate one-shot instruction into an online space. It includes the basics of planning a lesson, capturing and keeping your students’ attention, and leveraging technology for student engagement. Participants will have the opportunity to workshop their ideas, including their learning outcomes, activities, and strategies for managing a group online in an…

How have your digital preservation activities changed since lockdown? Are you collecting and processing? Have you had to modify workflows? Have you even been able to perform any digital preservation task? Is digital preservation even a priority during this crisis with accompanying eroded budgets and staff shortages. Are there things you would like to share…