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When making difficult decisions about electronic resource collections, librarians often examine valuable usage data. While organizing your data is an important first step, leveraging that data to make evidence-based collections decisions requires an additional layer of skill and strategy, which we’ll cover in this workshop. Best practices for how to approach difficult cancellation decisions will…

Find out more information about METRO’s Equity in Action Grant program. We will be giving a presentation, followed by a Q&A.

Thursday, October 29th: 1PM ET / 10AM PT on Zoom. Register here. (Use any email you like–no need for an "NYU NetID".)Lightning Talks and Speakers:"Corporate Annual Reports: Supply & Demand", Elizabeth Marshall & Alie Visser, University of Western Ontario"The Pandemic is the Precedent: Publishing Our First OER Adaptation in 2020", Georgia Westbrook, Touro College Libraries"Crisis…

Do you work in DevOps? Are you curious to learn more DevOps concepts and workflows? Regardless of your experience level, come to join the conversation or be a fly on the wall. (Note: Slides from Alan McCarthy-Behler’s October 5th presentation about DevOps in libraries are also available for view and download here: http://bit.ly/DevOpsLibrary)

How do we prepare for futures we can’t easily predict or anticipate What are the fastest, simplest ways to make effective decisions in turbulent times? These two sessions offer simple, practical tools for planning and acting under uncertain conditions.By the end of this series of two webinars, you will be able to:- Map uncertainties facing…

Case Studies in Critical PedagogyPresented by the METRO Reference & Instruction Special Interest GroupMonday, November 16, 2020- Introduction and Case Study Presentations – 12:30pm-1:30pm- Optional Follow-up Discussion of Concepts and Ideas – 1:30pm-2:00pmWhether critical pedagogy has been the focus of your reference/instruction practice and scholarship for years or you are wholly new to the subject,…

How do we prepare for futures we can’t easily predict or anticipate What are the fastest, simplest ways to make effective decisions in turbulent times? These two sessions offer simple, practical tools for planning and acting under uncertain conditions.By the end of this series of two webinars, you will be able to:- Map uncertainties facing…

If you’ve graduated from library school/iSchool in the past year or two, join us for a community call on Thursday, November 19 at 4:00pm. Let’s debrief and discuss what we’ve learned working in the field, share our journeys toward (hopefully) finding employment, and reveal our coping strategies.This community call will feature breakout sessions; please come…

The holidays are fast approaching. With social distancing requirements firmly in place, those of us living alone could likely use a bit of fellowship to boost our spirits.This community call is intended for those who live alone (or with a pet or several). On this call, we will share how we’re coping, exchange ideas for…

Please join us for a conversation about the impact of COVID-19 on library access in New York City jails and prisons. On December 2nd at 3pm, the Prison Library Support Network (PLSN) will host a panel at METRO featuring NYC-based correctional services librarians discussing their experiences providing jail & prison library services in NYC, how…