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Back in 2016, METRO and XFR Collective created an audio/video digitization rack for community use. Join us to learn more about our partnership model with XFR Collective. We’ll talk about XFR Collective’s origin story, digitization partnerships, and community education initiatives. We’ll also screen excerpts of a digitized tape from the Monday-Wednesday-Friday Video Club collection, a…

Join us for a easy guide to protecting your online privacy. This webinar will cover:– a list of privacy concepts and terms that every librarian should know– a review of open tools to increase transparency and to reduceyour digital footprint when using various web browsers and technology systems– a demonstrate how websites collect, use, and…

PLEASE READ!! Unlike our previous book clubs, this is a capped (limited registration) remote event, which will be held via Zoom. Registered attendees will receive a Zoom link the day before the book club. Because we are limiting attendance, please DO NOT RSVP for this event unless you are certain you can attend.On Thursday, June…

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen uprisings triggered by state-sanctioned violence against Black people including George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and many others, but our suffering goes back further than the present moment. We are living through a time in which BIPOC are more likely to be victims of police violence, more likely…

In March, due to the inaccessibility of library spaces and print books, the Mina Rees Library at CUNY’s Graduate Center launched its first-ever E-book Detective Agency. Through a coordinated effort, the program helps faculty, staff, and students to locate e-books available to them — both freely accessible copies (from repositories, publisher websites, the open web,…

Queer library workers and LIS students are invited to come informally network with us on June 5 @ 4 p.m. We’ll start out with a quick introduction and a few rules and break into smaller groups to do ice breakers, hang out, and make connections with library folks across the gender/orientation spectrum.Pride Month might not…

Recent events have more than demonstrated that our city, our state, and our country have a lot of work to do to ensure that basic freedoms extend to all. It’s imperative that everyone shoulders part of the work toward creating a better reality for all marginalized groups.We’re hosting our first Anti-racism Book Club Meeting on…

The latest pandemic has stalled regular public library operations. How can we take advantage of this time to consider real change in operations and services that will benefit our communities? What might change for the good? This webinar will address a variety of areas of services, functions, staffing considerations, community role, and building design. Participants…

Universal Design for Learning is an educational framework that builds on the concept of Universal Design to ensure that learning spaces and materials are accessible and inclusive for all learners. It’s principles can be applied in all sorts of library settings from children’s programming at public libraries to the design of learning spaces and materials…

Creating a sustaining diverse workplace brings numerous benefits. When teams value and give voice to different perspectives and support multiple modalities of thinking and interacting, they derive strength in their collective knowledge and participate in more effective decision-making and innovation.In this online panel discussion, panelists Stephanie (Cole) Adams, Lauren Comito, Halley Eacker, Tim Furgal will…