Events

Our events team organizes professional development opportunities to grow your skills, and networking events to strengthen our community and keep you connected.

Programming is curated by METRO staff and our interest groups. Registration is required for participation in our workshops, meetups, and symposia.
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Upcoming Events

Stay up to date with all our upcoming sessions.
Please review our Code Of Conduct and our Event Policies.

May 28, 2025

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03:00 PM ET

Tour & Social Hour: ICP (International Center of Photography)

In-Person
Join us for a tour of the International Center of Photography's William Randolph Hearst Library, part of ICP's full photography center in the Lower East Side. The library is dedicated to the entire discipline of photography and houses an extensive collection of photobooks and other resources.Following the tour, join us for a social hour at…

Jun 6, 2025

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12:00 PM ET

Guided Tour Of The Noguchi Museum

In-Person
Join us for a guided tour of The Noguchi Museum, the first museum in the United States to be established, designed, and installed by a living artist—Isamu Noguchi—to show their own work.Guided tours are led by museum educators and explore select works in the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions while introducing the life and vision…

Jun 9, 2025

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07:00 PM ET

Abolitionist Futures: A PLSN Discussion Group / Immigrant Justice

Online
Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join the club (literally!). The Prison Library Support Network is collaborating with METRO to host Abolitionist Futures: A PLSN Discussion…

Jun 10, 2025

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01:30 PM ET

LinkedIn Boot Camp (Day One)

Online
We're excited to team with the Westchester Library System (WLS) Career Coaching Services for a free, two-day workshop for job seekers from Dr. Elisse W. Barnes, JD, PhD, your LinkedIn driving instructor. The workshops will take place on Tuesday, June 10th and Thursday, June 12th from 1:30pm to 4:00pm on both days. Participants must attend…
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Webinar Archive

Watch a past program to build your skills.

We've run more than 200 online events since March 2020, and we have recordings available for most of them. Check them out at the link below!
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Policies

We are committed to providing a welcoming and productive environment for all. Please check out our Code of Conduct for more information. Please reach out to us with your events-related questions; our email address is events@metro.org.
METRO reserves the right to cancel any workshop or to substitute instructors. In the event of a cancellation, postponement, or substitution, registrants will be notified in advance (if possible) via email.

Interpreter Services

If you would like to attend a METRO event and will need accommodation such as ASL interpretation, captioning, or other reasonable accommodation, please contact us at events@metro.org at least one week in advance of the event. Live transcription via Zoom will be available during webinars.

Statement On Viewpoints

Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) endeavors to bring our members; colleagues; and the library, archives, and museums community at large programs and events that represent and explore a range of ideas from across the field. We ask our program participants to understand that the viewpoints expressed on our channels are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of METRO or its staff. 
METRO’s staff works to ensure that our presenters and program attendees have access to a space that is conducive to learning from one another. We operate under a code of conduct that reifies our interest in civil discourse, and we uphold and maintain policies that prevent racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, and any other dehumanizing patterns of thought and behavior at our programs.
Thank you for your attention to these policies, and we look forward to seeing you at our upcoming event(s).

Continuing Education Grants

Lifelong learning and collaboration are central to METRO’s mission. We know that not all of our members have funds available to attend professional conferences, learning programs, and networking opportunities. 
To make things easier for you, a limited number of scholarships are available to individual members and institutional member employees who wish to participate in a professional development event, which may or may not be sponsored by METRO. 
Please keep an eye out for announcements about our continuing education grants program, which currently accepts applicantions twice yearly.

Propose A Workshop

Everyone is an expert at something. Share what you know with the METRO community by proposing a workshop.
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If you have ideas for workshops you’d like to see at METRO, please contact our events staff at events@metro.org.