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Are you looking for a new method of thinking or a new style of writing exercise? Have you ever wanted to try exploring generative ideas? This workshop centers on using mini-essays, or microthemes, to get back into the pre-search mindset to effectively research and draft your writing. Learners will go through short sprints of writing…

Join the METRO NY Economics and Business Group for an online, in-depth session designed for librarians looking to assist researchers with exploring and sizing medical markets. Speaker Drew Wright will share his information-seeking expertise across three domains: market landscape; diagnosis and procedures; insurance, billing, and costs. This session will focus especially on resources and strategies…

Between the unstoppable growth of digital collections, the rapid development of self-publishing, and other big changes in the book world, library workers are balancing more than ever when working with collections. In this session, we will review the many types of balance that librarians should seek in their collections. In addition to thinking about balancing…

Drawing on research and frameworks from scholars across disciplines, including Tricia Hersey and Meredith Farkas, this workshop addresses how slow librarianship principles can be applied to library management. The workshop will explore practical strategies for effective management, leading with care, and integrating slow librarianship principles into the day-to-day work of library management. The workshop will lead with examples from a department head…

Learning to successfully manage your career can help you adapt to changes in personal circumstances, skills, and the global economy. We are pleased to be hosting a free, unique opportunity to work with a Professional Career Coach during an upcoming seminar presented by WLS Career Coaching Services. The six-week seminar, Managing your Career In Changing Times, begins in…

Join the Prison Library Support Network (PLSN) and METRO for a conversation with Alison Clemens and Jessica Farrell on their recent publication Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice Against Incarceration. This event will take place from 6:30pm-8:00pm on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018…

Founded in 1977 by Martha Beck (1938–2014), The Drawing Center—an exhibition space in downtown Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood—explores the medium of drawing as primary, dynamic, and relevant to contemporary culture, the future of art, and creative thought. Its activities are both multidisciplinary and broadly historical, and include exhibitions, publications, and educational and public programs. Join us…

The METRO-ILL Fall 2025 meeting welcomes everyone interested in resource sharing and interlibrary loan topics. Bring any resource sharing topics/questions/ideas that you would like to discuss. Or, we may take on some topics such as learning/enhancing best practices when dealing with tough requests, resources for searching difficult to fill requests, tips/suggestions for system cleanups (maintenance),…

MoMA is one of New York City’s beloved museums and a prime resource for contemporary art and cultural history. Join us for a behind the scenes archives tour of one of the most visited art museum libraries in the United States with an expansive collection spanning all visual forms including painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design,…

Accountability is a human skill, not something that happens to bad people. How many times have movements been pulled apart not because of external forces but because of internal conflict and strife? So often we ask how others can be accountable without first looking internally and asking, “How have I been accountable?”  Join PLSN with…