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Making Sense of Your Data: Coding and Analyzing Results from Focus Groups, Interviews, and Observational Research
Online/Virtual Event
Wednesday, November 15th 2023 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Focus groups, interviews, and observation studies produce large amounts of data for libraries to analyze. Depending on which data collection approach was used, you’ll want to apply the correct data analysis approach in order to gain the most from your data. Coding is a necessity when working with focus groups, interviews, and even observational data, and while challenging, is a skill set that can be learned. This webinar introduces the basics of coding both qualitative and quantitative data and provides additional approaches to analyzing data to maximize the benefits gained from conducting focus groups, interviews, and observation studies.
By the end of this webinar, viewers will be able to:
Understand the basics of coding qualitative data, including different types of coding approaches
Identify approaches to analyzing observation study data to align with the data collected
Connect data gathered from focus groups, interviews, and observations to overarching questions or concerns faced by libraries
About our presenter:
Dr. Kawanna Bright is Assistant Professor of Library Science at East Carolina University. Dr. Bright earned her PhD in Research Methods and Statistics from the University of Denver in 2018. Prior to earning her doctorate, Dr. Bright worked as an academic librarian for twelve years, with a focus on reference, instructional services, and information literacy. She earned her MLIS from the University of Washington iSchool in 2003.
Dr. Bright’s current research focuses on assessment in libraries, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in libraries, the application of research methodology to the study of library and information science, and the importance of the liaison librarianship role in academic libraries. Her work with Dr. Amy VanScoy (University at Buffalo) to investigate the reference and information services experience of librarians of color received a 2014 ALA Diversity Research Grant and was awarded the 2017 Beta Phi Mu-Library Research Round Table Research Paper Award.
Dr. Bright is also a co-PI on a recently funded IMLS grant project that will utilize survival analysis to determine when and why BIPOC librarians are likely to leave the profession. Dr. Bright is a 2021 recipient of an ECU College of Education Profiles in Diversity Award and a 2021 recipient of a 2021 NCLA Round Table for Ethnic Minority Concerns’ LIS Instructor Roadbuilder Award.
Built to Last: Leveraging Federal Investments for Digital Equity, Session 1
Online/Virtual Event
Tuesday, November 14th 2023 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Session 1: Learning From the Past
See more information about the full three-part series here.
As U.S. states and territories prepare to receive and deploy a $65 billion federal investment in American broadband infrastructure and digital equity to ensure internet access for all, how can communities prioritize funds to build models for digital equity that serve their long-term needs How might we begin to envision and talk about what the outcomes of this historic funding will look like now, with a focus on building for the future? This three-part convening, hosted jointly by the Centri Tech Foundation, the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, and the Digital Equity Research Center at the Metropolitan New York Library Council will bring together emerging and longtime digital equity leaders and practitioners and a diverse set of stakeholders to discuss forward-looking approaches to sustainable broadband adoption and digital equity.
The current funding through IIJA is not the first time the federal government has provided significant investments to support local digital equity ecosystems. But it is the largest investment in this field to date. In this first of three sessions in our Built to Last series, we hear from veterans in the digital equity field who have led successful efforts in years past and are continuing their work today.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the historical context for the current digital equity movement
Learn how three communities have built robust and lasting digital equity ecosystems
Recognize a variety of ways communities might leverage funding for long-term solutions
Moderator:
Marta Urquilla, President, Centri Tech Foundation
Panelists:
Juliet Fink Yates, Broadband and Digital Inclusion Manager, Office of Innovation & Technology, City of Philadelphia
Monique Tate, Co-Director, Community Tech NY
Greta Byrum, Principal, Broadband and Digital Equity, HR&A Advisors
Closing speaker:
Dr. Karen Mossberger, Frank and June Sackton Professor, School of Public Affairs, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University
About Our Speakers:
Marta Urquilla is President of Centri Tech Foundation, a mission-driven organization focused on leveraging digital technologies to advance social and economic outcomes. She has over 25 years’ experience managing programs and leading results-oriented policy approaches to improve lives. Before joining Centri Tech, Marta was Chief Program Officer at Education Design Lab, directing the creation of new education models toward the future of work. Previously, she was Deputy Director at the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University, where she led efforts to build the next generation of leaders and approaches to scale social change. Under President Obama, Marta served as Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation and as Senior Advisor for Social Innovation at the Corporation for National and Community Service, where she built and implemented the first Social Innovation Fund in the U.S. Government, a model adopted across federal agencies.
Juliet Fink Yates has been working to address digital equity since 2001 when she was managing a small ISP for 10,000 low-income Philadelphians without Internet access for the Critical Path Internet Project. For many years, she worked as the Chief Learning Officer at Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers at the intersection of adult education, technology, and healthcare. In 2010, she wrote, in collaboration with the City of Philadelphia, the broadband stimulus grant that brought $5.4 million to low-income communities to set up computer labs, which became known as KEYSPOTS, in 77 locations, reached out to cultivate the key partners involved in that grant, and helped to design the program’s structure, overseeing a team that managed 28 of those KEYSPOTS. She was a founder of the Technology Learning Collaborative, Philadelphia’s first professional development organization dedicated to digital literacy providers and advocates and was a member of the City of Philadelphia’s Digital Literacy Alliance until she joined the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology as the first Digital Inclusion Fellow.
Monique Tate is a Director for Community Tech New York, educating Community Wireless Network advocates & enthusiasts across the country; in addition to lecturing in Canada and Germany. She began work in this field in 2011 and continues implementing broadband sharing in Detroit & NY. She has introduced thousands to Community Technology and recruited & educated hundreds in Digital Stewardship, Community Leadership, Community Networks, and Digital Justice Coalition building. Monique is Co-Chair of the City of Detroit GO DATA Advisory Commission!
In 2016 - 2020, she deployed and managed the largest community network in Detroit, for the Equitable Internet Initiative, with nine relay sites, three Solar Powered WIFI & Charging Stations, and activated the first Detroit public park (Bennett Playground) with WIFI, serving thousands. This community network is still growing today!!
Greta Byrum is an urban planner specializing in broadband technologies and tech policy, equity, governance through program design and collaborative action research. She serves as Principal for the Broadband and Digital Equity Principal at HR&A Advisors, and is an Opportunity Fund Fellow with the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society with a focus on digital safety and security in the context of the Digital Equity Act. Previous to her work with HR&A and Benton, Greta built the Resilient Communities program at New America, an initiative bringing storm-ready mesh networks to five environmental justice communities in NYC; she founded Community Tech NY, a non-profit organization bringing technical assistance and community organizing support to communities in New York, Detroit, and rural Tennesee; and she also co-founded the Digital Equity Laboratory at the New School and stood up the Just Tech program at the Social Science Research Council. Greta lives in the beautiful Hudson Valley.
Dr. Karen Mossberger is Frank and June Sackton Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University, and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society. She researches digital inequality, digital government, and the impacts of technology use in communities. She is author or co-author of 7 books, including “Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities” (Mossberger, Tolbert and LaCombe, Oxford University Press, 2021), which was honored with the 2022 Goldsmith Book Prize for best academic book by the Shorenstein Center, Harvard University. She has conducted research on digital inclusion for the City of Chicago, Cuyahoga County, OH, Phoenix Housing Department, and City of Tempe, and her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation, among others. Her center has partnered with the Marconi Society to offer an online Digital Inclusion Leadership Certificate for states, local governments, Tribes, and nonprofits through ASU.
Dealing With Data, Part 2: Services For Research Data Management And Reproducibility
Online/Virtual Event
Thursday, November 9th 2023 from 11:00am to 12:00pm
In this webinar, Vicky Rampin (NYU) discusses building and maintaining services for research data management and reproducibility. Viewers will hear about different ways to ramp up and scale different offerings in order to address new federal regulations, wishes of researchers, and preservation concerns. Also, learn about different modalities of instruction, reference, collections, and infrastructure to support these services at different times (starting out and ramping up).
This is part two of a two-part series on research data management. Learn more about part one here.
About our presenter:
Vicky Rampin is the Librarian for Research Data Management and Reproducibility and the subject specialist for data science and computer at New York University. Vicky supports researchers of all levels and disciplines in creating well-managed, reproducible scholarship through instruction, consultation, outreach, and infrastructure building. They also teach one course at Pratt SLIS every fall, Data Librarianship and Management. She loves all things open and contributes to a number of open projects as a part of their jobs and in her spare time.
SEC Documents: A Financial Analyst’s Best Friend
Presentation
Join METRO's Economics & Business Librarians Special Interest Group for this in-person Fall event.
There are a handful of documents public companies must file with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These documents, while steeped in legalese, contain a wealth of information and serve as the backbone for libraries’ major financial data products. In this session, Barbara Coffey, President, SLA Business & Finance, will walk you through the different SEC documents, what they contain, and their utility to researchers. Examining source documents adds a level of comprehension to financial research.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please note:
Masks are optional
This is an in-person only event
RSVP is required
Location: Bobst Library Rm 743 (West Wing, 7th Floor), 70 Washington Sq S, NY, NY 10012
Rest, Reset, and Re-Engage: Centering EDI in the New Normal
Symposium
A symposium by Brooklyn Public Library and Metropolitan New York Library Council
Hosted by BPL's Brooklyn Heights Library and Center for Brooklyn History
The day's emcee is Sheneatha Frison, School Outreach Librarian, Brooklyn Public Library
When it comes to working on issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion – particularly in libraries and archives, where the industry remains more than 80% white – it can feel as though we are engaged in a sisyphean task. As many of us are well aware, anti-racist practice in these spaces is imperative, and yet we are all prone to fatigue when it feels as though we are not making as much progress as we would like. It is necessary at times like this to take a break, come together with our colleagues, and figure out how we might retool and re-energize so that this important work can continue.
When we come together around these topics, we often discover that there are many ways to go about achieving our goals of promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in our work. Through presentations, workshops, and a panel discussion, this symposium will aim to provide tools, resources, and strategies you can use for staying engaged in EDI work for as long as it takes.
Opening Presentation
Remarks by Nancy S. Kirkpatrick, Dean of University Libraries, Florida International University
Where Do We Go From Here? A Panel Discussion on the Future of Library Leadership
Nicole Bryan, Branch Manager, Brooklyn Public Library
Nancy S. Kirkpatrick, Dean of University Libraries, Florida International University
Diana Moronta, Instruction and Technology Librarian, New York Institute of Technology-Manhattan Library
Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, Assistant Curator and Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Engagement, New York University Division of Libraries
Moderated by Traci Mark, Program Manager for Equity, Archives & Media Preservation, METRO
Presentations
Critical Reflective Practice for the Overburdened Library Worker
Emma Karin Eriksson, Senior Young Adult Librarian, Brooklyn Public Library
EDI Work in Action: Public- and Non-Public-Facing Approaches
Hong Yao, Director, Technical Services Department, Queens Public Library
Xi (Cathy) Chen, Assistant Director of Programming and Operations, New Americans Program, Queens Public Library
Have Ally, Need Accomplice
Robin Naughton, Interim Deputy Chief, Assistant Professor, Web and Digital Services Librarian, Queens College Library
Simone Yearwood, Interim Dean of Faculty, School of Arts & Humanities, Queens College
Mindful Information Literacy Through Project-Based Learning
Selenay Aytac, Library Faculty, Long Island University
The daylong symposium will take place at Brooklyn Public Library's Brooklyn Heights Library and at the Center for Brooklyn History, followed by a social hour nearby. Light breakfast and lunch are included. Both spaces are fully accessible. Masks are not required, but are strongly recommended.
We hope to see you there. Register today!
Dealing With Data, Part 1: Understanding Research Data Management And Reproducibility
Online/Virtual Event
Thursday, October 19th 2023 from 11:00am to 12:00pm
In light of pressing federal regulations, changing norms in different fields, and growing interest in preserving research outcomes, more and more librarians are getting involved in supporting research data management in their institutions. In this webinar, Vicky Rampin (NYU) provides a crash course in the core concepts involved in research data management and reproducibility and how these vary across different fields of study, so participants can feel better equipped to support a wide range of researchers.
This is part one of a two-part series on research data management. Learn more about part two here.
About our presenter:
Vicky Rampin is the Librarian for Research Data Management and Reproducibility and the subject specialist for data science and computer at New York University. Vicky supports researchers of all levels and disciplines in creating well-managed, reproducible scholarship through instruction, consultation, outreach, and infrastructure building. They also teach one course at Pratt SLIS every fall, Data Librarianship and Management. She loves all things open and contributes to a number of open projects as a part of their jobs and in her spare time.
My Terms Of Service: Demystifying The Agreements That We Sign
Online/Virtual Event
What are we really agreeing to when we check an "I Agree" box in terms of service agreements? This workshop will take a close look at the ubiquitous checkbox and examine what we sacrifice for convenience and access to our digital world.
Participants will leave with:
A better understanding of terms of service agreements
Practical ways to take charge of their digital footprint
Approaches to teaching patrons about privacy
About our presenter:
Tess Wilson is a librarian who loves talking loudly about digital literacy, equitable access, and citizen science. Most recently, she was a co-author of an ALA United for Libraries Action Planner and contributed a chapter to ACRL's Data Literacy Cookbook. Outside of this work, she is a PA Master Naturalist and a mentoring trainer with the Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PA. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering with her local watershed and making art of all kinds. She collects big books and small rocks.
Please review our Code of Conduct, our Statement on Viewpoints, and details on Interpreter Services.
What You Ask, Hear, and See: Best Practices for Focus Groups, Interviews, and Observational Research
Online/Virtual Event
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
While surveys are popular means of collecting data, there are limits to what survey data can tell you. When libraries want to gain a different perspective about their services, programming, and communities, focus groups, interviews, and observations are accessible options. For some, conducting focus groups/interviews or engaging in an observational study can be intimidating, but similar to surveys, there are steps that can be taken to ensure successful data collection using these methods. This webinar introduces best practices for conducting focus groups, interviews, and observational studies, and provide examples of how they can be applied in libraries.
By the end of the sessions, attendees will be able to:
Understand best practices for conducting focus groups, interviews, and observation
studies
Create focus group/interview protocols that align with library’s information needs
Create observation protocols that align with library’s information needs
Recognize situations where focus groups, interviews, and/or observational studies will be beneficial for the library
About our presenter:
Dr. Kawanna Bright is Assistant Professor of Library Science at East Carolina University. Dr. Bright earned her PhD in Research Methods and Statistics from the University of Denver in 2018. Prior to earning her doctorate, Dr. Bright worked as an academic librarian for twelve years, with a focus on reference, instructional services, and information literacy. She earned her MLIS from the University of Washington iSchool in 2003.
Dr. Bright’s current research focuses on assessment in libraries, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in libraries, the application of research methodology to the study of library and information science, and the importance of the liaison librarianship role in academic libraries. Her work with Dr. Amy VanScoy (University at Buffalo) to investigate the reference and information services experience of librarians of color received a 2014 ALA Diversity Research Grant and was awarded the 2017 Beta Phi Mu-Library Research Round Table Research Paper Award.
Dr. Bright is also a co-PI on a recently funded IMLS grant project that will utilize survival analysis to determine when and why BIPOC librarians are likely to leave the profession. Dr. Bright is a 2021 recipient of an ECU College of Education Profiles in Diversity Award and a 2021 recipient of a 2021 NCLA Round Table for Ethnic Minority Concerns’ LIS Instructor Roadbuilder Award.
Digital Inclusion 102: How to Build Partnerships and Coalitions
Online/Virtual Event
Wednesday, October 4th 2023 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
States across the country are working to provide communities with reliable and affordable high-speed internet with support from unprecedented federal funding. Libraries and library workers will continue to play an essential role in this work. In this webinar, which was held as part of Digital Inclusion Week, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), provides strategies for building partnerships and coalitions to support digital inclusion work, as well as details about federal grant opportunities that can enhance digital inclusion programs in libraries. The coalitions portion of the webinar includes information on models for developing relationships with community partners to address digital inequities, and to support community digital inclusion ecosystem growth through a framework for partnership and coalition-building drawing from NDIA’s Digital Inclusion Coalition Guidebook.
Viewers can expect to:
Understand how digital inclusion coalitions are formed, operate, and continue to develop
Explore the different roles and functions digital inclusion coalitions undertake
Learn about coalition structure and roles
Understand library systems’ role in State Digital Equity Planning
Learn about federal Capacity and Competitive Grant processes
Asking the Right Questions in the Right Ways: Introduction to Survey Design and Analysis
Online/Virtual Event
Wednesday, September 13th 2023 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Surveys are a common go-to for libraries interested in collecting data both in support of and about their services, programs, and community. While creating surveys is fairly easy, creating good surveys takes a bit more effort. This webinar provides viewers with the principles of good survey design and an essential checklist that can be followed to craft surveys that not only ask the right questions but ask them in the right ways.
By the end of the webinar, viewers will be able to:
Recognize the principles of good survey design
Identify issues with pre-existing survey questions and be able to correct them
Create survey questions that align with the purpose of their surveys
About our presenter:
Dr. Kawanna Bright is Assistant Professor of Library Science at East Carolina University. Dr. Bright earned her PhD in Research Methods and Statistics from the University of Denver in 2018. Prior to earning her doctorate, Dr. Bright worked as an academic librarian for twelve years, with a focus on reference, instructional services, and information literacy. She earned her MLIS from the University of Washington iSchool in 2003.
Dr. Bright’s current research focuses on assessment in libraries, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in libraries, the application of research methodology to the study of library and information science, and the importance of the liaison librarianship role in academic libraries. Her work with Dr. Amy VanScoy (University at Buffalo) to investigate the reference and information services experience of librarians of color received a 2014 ALA Diversity Research Grant and was awarded the 2017 Beta Phi Mu-Library Research Round Table Research Paper Award.
Dr. Bright is also a co-PI on a recently funded IMLS grant project that will utilize survival analysis to determine when and why BIPOC librarians are likely to leave the profession. Dr. Bright is a 2021 recipient of an ECU College of Education Profiles in Diversity Award and a 2021 recipient of a 2021 NCLA Round Table for Ethnic Minority Concerns’ LIS Instructor Roadbuilder Award.
Abolitionist Futures: A PLSN Discussion Group, September / Life on Parole
Online/Virtual Event
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 in 2023 to host Abolitionist Futures: A PLSN Discussion Group, which will meet quarterly on the second Monday of the month at 7:30pm.
While the group's facilitators (and host) are affiliated with libraries, you do not need to be a librarian or information professional to attend this group. We invite you to join with kids, double task with your dinner, have your camera on OR off, engage with the materials, and contribute to the discussion however you feel comfortable. Do not feel pressure to read, listen to, or watch everything listed! This is a casual space.
In September, the discussion will focus on the concept of parole and its far-reaching impacts after individuals have been released from prison:
Life on Parole (Frontline documentary, 53 min)
Parole in New York: Broken, Costly and Unjust (Article from New Yorkers United for Justice)
Why Illinois Needs a Parole System (zine)
Please review our Code of Conduct, our Statement on Viewpoints, and details on Interpreter Services.
Understanding and Sharing The Implications of Artificial Intelligence With Learners of All Levels
Online/Virtual Event
No doubt you've heard of artificial intelligence AI (perhaps from another session at METRO!). Perhaps you've even mulled over the implications of these new technologies on teaching, learning, and even our social lives. This webinar will describe how AI works from a technical perspective and shares ideas for how we might provide this information to learners of all ages.
Join this webinar to learn more about how we might democratize the process of understanding how AI can and should be created, utilized and regulated through projects like We Are AI. We will also learn how to make the behind-the-scenes aspects of AI legible and understandable to all learners.
This webinar will be presented by Julia Stoyanovich, Institute Associate Professor of Computer Science, Associate Professor of Data Science, and Director of the Center for Responsible AI at New York University.
Please review our Code of Conduct, our Statement on Viewpoints, and details on Interpreter Services.
Finding Work Outside of Libraries: A Panel Discussion
Online/Virtual Event
We at METRO work tirelessly on behalf of libraries and archives in our membership and, indeed, around the country. We believe firmly in the value of libraries and archives as institutions that provide conscientious and meaningful services to members of our communities. Libraries can and do change lives.
That said, working in the profession can be a difficult proposition for many, and for a lot of different reasons. On the plus side, we are often told that the skills that make us excellent librarians and archivists also make us ideal hires in positions of all kinds. Let's talk about that.
Join us for a panel discussion with library workers who found positions in other industries. We will be joined by Miraida Morales, Dana Munsch, Andy Steinitz, and Katie Wolf for a conversation about how they knew they needed to look to other industries for their next steps and how they made these changes happen.
This conversation will take place via Zoom Webinar, but we want to hear from you as well. Please bring your questions and we will do our best to find you some answers.
Please review our Code of Conduct, our Statement on Viewpoints, and details on Interpreter Services.
ChatGPT and Other AI Tools Impacting Academic and Research Libraries: Questions to Consider
Online/Virtual Event
Tuesday, July 11th 2023 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Heard of ChatGPT? Not sure what to make of it? In this webinar, the presenters highlight how AI tools have already been embedded in libraries long before the arrival of ChatGPT in November 2022. This webinar offers a critical perspective on the issues that will start occurring from the use of such technologies.
ChatGPT and other generative AI tools hold promises, risks, and concerns towards the research lifecycle and scholarship, especially impacting student learning and access to information.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Understand the evolving role of generative AI tools and their potential harm and promise for libraries
Identify ethical considerations in using ChatGPT for teaching, learning, and research
Recognize the complex relationship between AI tools and daily experiences
About our presenters:
Ray Pun is the academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education, a teacher residency program in California, where he supports all library services to preservice teachers and teacher educators. Ray previously worked at Stanford University, Fresno State, New York University Shanghai, and The New York Public Library in various roles. He currently serves as the President of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) and the Immediate Past President of the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA).
Dr. Leo S. Lo (he, him, his) joined the University of New Mexico as Dean and Professor of the College of University Libraries and Learning Services (CULLS) in September 2021. He oversees over 120 full time faculty and staff and provides leadership for all University Libraries operations, Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences (OILS) programs, and the UNM Press.
Previously, Dr. Lo served as Associate Dean for Learning, Undergraduate Services and Commonwealth Campus Libraries at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries (2019 - 2021), Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning at Old Dominion University (2016-2019), Head of McLure Education Library/Associate Professor at the University of Alabama (2014 – 2016), and Research and Development Librarian/Assistant Professor at Kansas State University (2009 -2014).
The Business of Publishing: Designing a Workshop for Professional-Level Graduate Students
Online/Virtual Event
Monday, July 10th 2023 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Do you work with students who would like to publish? Three librarians who developed a 90-minute workshop to strengthen students’ knowledge and confidence in finding publishing platforms for their work will share examples of those activities in this workshop, and then examine the results of their assessment from participants. Join us to learn how to conduct a version of this workshop at your home institutions.
Viewers can expect to:
Identify issues of educational equity related to publishing, and how library-sponsored programming can help to support and close these gaps
Understand the contents of the publishing workshops, as well as the broader challenges of designing educational programming for a disciplinarily diverse group of students with a range of learning goals
Be able to discuss an approach to assessing the success of the workshops and iterating the content of programming in an ongoing series
About our presenters:
Michelle Wilson is the Head of Open Scholarship Services at the UMD Libraries. Prior to joining Maryland, Michelle was the Digital Publishing Librarian at Columbia University and an Associate Editor in the Reference department at Oxford University Press.
Caro Bratnober is the Public Services Librarian at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University. They provide library instruction and reference services to students, faculty, and staff – her library and archival work is informed by her research in gender and sexuality studies, (dis)ability studies, ethics and religious studies, along with digital-media and information-literacy studies.
Kae Bara Kratcha is the Social Work & Professional Studies Librarian at Columbia University Libraries. They received their MLS from Queens College CUNY and their MA in Oral History from Columbia University, and their research interests include queer and trans oral history, information literacy instruction, and critical librarianship.
Abolitionist Futures: A PLSN Discussion Group, June / Queer Incarceration: Then & Now
Online/Virtual Event
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 in 2023 to host Abolitionist Futures: A PLSN Discussion Group, which will meet quarterly on the second Monday of the month at 7:30pm.
While the group's facilitators (and host) are affiliated with libraries, you do not need to be a librarian or information professional to attend this group. We invite you to join with kids, double task with your dinner, have your camera on OR off, engage with the materials, and contribute to the discussion however you feel comfortable. Do not feel pressure to read, listen to, or watch everything listed! This is a casual space.
In June, the discussion will focus on the historical and current experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals both in and recently out of prison:
The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison, by Hugh Ryan (available at BPL, NYPL, QPL, and Bold Type Books
Incarcerated LGBTQ Americans find little to no support system upon release (PBS News Hour video, 9 min)
Please review our Code of Conduct, our Statement on Viewpoints, and details on Interpreter Services.
(In-Person) Python: Libraries for Libraries!
Workshop
This session dives a bit deeper into all that Python can do! Katie Wolf, Data Manager at Murmuration, will help attendees explore Python libraries and use a couple to tailor the Python experience to your needs. During the workshop, we will also take the time to interact with APIs to get a lot of data at once in a format that we can use!
Attendees can expect to learn:
What Python libraries are and how to use them
How to work with data using the Python Library Pandas
How to use Python to interact with APIs
This is a great session for those with a basic familiarity with Python, but who want to extend their reach a little further. Please bring a laptop.
This in-person workshop will take place in the Info Commons meeting room in the Brooklyn Public Library Central branch at 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238.
Tickets are $30 for METRO members and $60 for non-members. Check to see if your institution is a member here.
For an intro to Python, join us on Monday, April 17 from 1:00 to 4:00pm for Easy Peasy Intro to Python.
Restorative Library Work: Designing A Field We Want To Work In
Online/Virtual Event
Tuesday, June 6th 2023 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Scholars such as Twana Hodge, Fobazi Ettarh, and Kaetrena Davis Kendrick have helped us understand how standard everyday library work puts you at risk for secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout. They have pointed out how vocational awe perpetuates stories of how library workers overcome adversity through resilience, grit, or doing more with less, which causes you to ignore your boundaries and needs.
Toxic leadership, present in too many of our institutions, fuels low morale, which is an increasingly significant issue across both public and academic libraries, especially so for people of color. In this talk, we will learn how insights from environmental psychology, contemplative science, and design can help us imagine and experience a new, subtly radical way of working—one that helps us imagine and live in a more human and humane library field.
At this workshop facilitated by Beck Tench, you will:
Learn about recent scholarship on burnout and low morale in the library field
Discover things you can do right away to experience a more restorative way of working
Consider how to hold individual restorative practices alongside larger systemic issues
(In-Person) Building a Digitization Rack, Part II: NTSC Broadcast-Level Digitization Station
Workshop
In this workshop, XFR Collective members will teach participants about the basic structure of the analog broadcast signal (including luminosity, chrominance, and hue). Then, they will learn how to isolate and track these different parts of the signal using vectorscopes and waveform monitors and how to adjust them with a time base corrector. Finally, participants will combine their knowledge of the structure of the broadcast signal and monitoring equipment to calibrate their equipment using a set of standard SMPTE color bars so they can be sure to digitize tapes within the legal broadcast range.
Attendees can expect to:
Understand basic aspects of the broadcast image like luminosity, chrominance, hue, saturation, frame vs. field, and minimum and maximum black and light levels
How to use equipment like waveform monitors, vectorscopes, and time base correctors to monitor and stabilize aspects of the broadcast image
Use SMPTE color bars to calibrate the equipment involved
What we offer is a little technical and fills in the gaps between people who work with physical media collections and people who don't know what a Hi8mm tape is.
Fees for this workshop are $20 for METRO members and $40 for non-members. Registration is capped at 10 people.
This workshop will be led by Kelly Haydon and Chris Nicols.
About Our Instructors:
Kelly Haydon (she/her) is the media archivist at Human Rights Watch. She has managed video and audio archival projects for CUNY-TV, NYU Special Collections, and Bay Area Video Coalition (now BAVC Media). She holds degrees from NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program and School of Visual Arts.
Chris Nicols is a multimedia archivist who currently works as a Film Archivist at the New York City Municipal Archives. He holds a Masters degree from NYU, and previously worked at Storycorps, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Miami-Dade College Wolfson Archive. He specializes in digitizing and managing collections of historical and documentary analog moving image material.
Code and Coffee with code4lib NYC
Online/Virtual Event
Join the code4lib NYC for a code & coffee Zoom the first or second Friday of each month. These calls are generally casual discussions about projects we are working on, cool tools we have come across in the past month, and a casual forum for technical questions of all kinds.
(In-Person) Building a Digitization Rack, Part I: Minimum Viable Digitization Station
Workshop
In this workshop, XFR Collective members will give participants an opportunity to build a basic AV rack to digitize analog tape. In this session, we’ll work with VHS tape, following the signal path and using a wiring diagram to connect equipment for converting the magnetic tape material to a digital file. We will use the open source software Vrecord for capturing the signal. Participants will get hands-on experience and a chance to ask questions about the ins and outs of the digitization process.
Attendees can expect to:
Learn how to build a basic AV digitization rack
Using cables, learn how to connect VHS deck, capture card, monitor, computer to follow a signal path
Be able to differentiate component and composite
What we offer is a little technical and fills in the gaps between people who work with physical media collections and people who don't know what a Hi8mm tape is.
Fees for this workshop are $20 for METRO members and $40 for non-members. Registration is capped at 10 people.
This workshop will be led by Kelly Haydon, Marie Lascu, and Chris Nicols.
About Our Instructors:
Kelly Haydon (she/her) is the media archivist at Human Rights Watch. She has managed video and audio archival projects for CUNY-TV, NYU Special Collections, and Bay Area Video Coalition (now BAVC Media). She holds degrees from NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program and School of Visual Arts.
Marie Lascu is the Audiovisual Archivist for Crowing Rooster Arts, a non-profit that has spent over twenty years documenting the arts and political struggles of Haiti, and Digital Archivist for Ballet Tech, a NYC public school for dance. She is also an independent archival consultant with organizations such as Third World Newsreel and the Community Archiving Workshop group. She is a graduate of NYU’s M.A. in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program (2012), and is the 2016 recipient of the Society of American Archivists Spotlight Award.
Chris Nicols is a multimedia archivist who currently works as a Film Archivist at the New York City Municipal Archives. He holds a Masters degree from NYU, and previously worked at Storycorps, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Miami-Dade College Wolfson Archive. He specializes in digitizing and managing collections of historical and documentary analog moving image material.
Critical Pedagogy Symposium (Day 3)
Symposium
Critical Pedagogy Symposium (virtual)
May 17th - May 19th, 2023
12pm - 4pm EST
Registration is free! Use this link to register for the entire event.
The Critical Pedagogy Symposium aims to be a working symposium that is focused on building a space to learn, collaborate, and engage with critical race theory in dialogue and community. The 2023 Symposium will focus on critical race theory in libraries. The working definition of critical pedagogy for this symposium includes: teaching and learning in the library that interrogates power structures, distributions of labor, histories, queer, racial inequities, environmental and social justices, and other forms of anti-oppression frameworks.
Featuring key presentations:
Opening Keynote
David James Hudson ((University of Guelph)
Wednesday, May 17, 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST
Mid-Symposium Plenary
Critical Race Theory and Critical Pedagogy Librarianship: Intersections, Explorations, and Practice with Jamillah R. Gabriel (Harvard University), Robin Gee (Cornell University), Tova Johnson (Oregon Health & Science University), and Symphony Bruce (New York University)
Thursday, May 18, 2:30pm EST – 4:00pm EST
Closing Keynote
Emily Drabinski (City University of New York Graduate Center) in conversation with Baharak Yousefi (Simon Fraser University) and David James Hudson, moderated by Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz (New York University)
Friday, May 19, 2:30pm EST – 4:00pm EST
For more information about the program, see the symposium website.
The Critical Pedagogy Symposium is a collaborative project sponsored by ACRL/NY, CUNY LILAC, Barnard College, METRO, Library Juice Press and Library Juice Academy and NYU Libraries.
Critical Pedagogy Symposium (Day 2)
Symposium
Thursday, May 18th 2023 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Critical Pedagogy Symposium (virtual)
May 17th - May 19th, 2023
12pm - 4pm EST
The Critical Pedagogy Symposium aimed to be a working symposium that focused on building a space to learn, collaborate, and engage with critical race theory in dialogue and community. The 2023 Symposium focused on critical race theory in libraries. The working definition of critical pedagogy for this symposium includes: teaching and learning in the library that interrogates power structures, distributions of labor, histories, queer, racial inequities, environmental and social justices, and other forms of anti-oppression frameworks.
It featured key presentations:
Opening Keynote
David James Hudson ((University of Guelph)
Wednesday, May 17, 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST
Mid-Symposium Plenary
Critical Race Theory and Critical Pedagogy Librarianship: Intersections, Explorations, and Practice with Jamillah R. Gabriel (Harvard University), Robin Gee (Cornell University), Tova Johnson (Oregon Health & Science University), and Symphony Bruce (New York University)
Thursday, May 18, 2:30pm EST – 4:00pm EST
Closing Keynote
Emily Drabinski (City University of New York Graduate Center) in conversation with Baharak Yousefi (Simon Fraser University) and David James Hudson, moderated by Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz (New York University)
Friday, May 19, 2:30pm EST – 4:00pm EST
For more information about the program, see the symposium website.
The Critical Pedagogy Symposium is a collaborative project sponsored by ACRL/NY, CUNY LILAC, Barnard College, METRO, Library Juice Press and Library Juice Academy, and NYU Libraries.
Critical Pedagogy Symposium (Day 1)
Symposium
Wednesday, May 17th 2023 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Critical Pedagogy Symposium (virtual)
May 17th - May 19th, 2023
12pm - 4pm EST
The Critical Pedagogy Symposium aimed to be a working symposium that focused on building a space to learn, collaborate, and engage with critical race theory in dialogue and community. The 2023 Symposium focused on critical race theory in libraries. The working definition of critical pedagogy for this symposium includes: teaching and learning in the library that interrogates power structures, distributions of labor, histories, queer, racial inequities, environmental and social justices, and other forms of anti-oppression frameworks.
It featured key presentations:
Opening Keynote
David James Hudson ((University of Guelph)
Wednesday, May 17, 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST
Mid-Symposium Plenary
Critical Race Theory and Critical Pedagogy Librarianship: Intersections, Explorations, and Practice with Jamillah R. Gabriel (Harvard University), Robin Gee (Cornell University), Tova Johnson (Oregon Health & Science University), and Symphony Bruce (New York University)
Thursday, May 18, 2:30pm EST – 4:00pm EST
Closing Keynote
Emily Drabinski (City University of New York Graduate Center) in conversation with Baharak Yousefi (Simon Fraser University) and David James Hudson, moderated by Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz (New York University)
Friday, May 19, 2:30pm EST – 4:00pm EST
For more information about the program, see the symposium website.
The Critical Pedagogy Symposium is a collaborative project sponsored by ACRL/NY, CUNY LILAC, Barnard College, METRO, Library Juice Press and Library Juice Academy, and NYU Libraries.
Prioritizing Wellness in Ourselves and Our Organizations
Online/Virtual Event
Tuesday, May 16th 2023 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Studies by the Society for Human Resource Management show that 41% of employees feel burnt out and 45% feel emotionally drained from work. These studies show that the risk for depression among U.S. workers has risen to 102% and, more specifically, to 305% for those between the ages of 20 and 39 as a result of the pandemic.
A bad situation is an excellent time to be good and kind and gentle with ourselves and one another. During times of crisis, it is extremely important to work on our mental health.
With the chaos, uncertainty, and speed of life these days, it’s easy to feel stressed, anxious, and burnt out. The good news is there are numerous strategies you can use to help manage these feelings. When things get stressful, we tend to live more in our minds than in the present moment—but finding your “anchor” can help you get grounded again.
In this webinar, Ozy Aloziem, MSW, will share some tips for promoting wellness at the individual and community level.
Viewers will learn:
Why we must prioritize wellness in the workplace
How to employ the eight dimensions of wellness
How to utilize the elements of organizational wellbeing
How to promote wellness at the individual and community level
About Our Presenter:
Ozy Aloziem is the founder and principal advisor of HEAL INC LLC. She is a TEDx speaker, an award-winning Igbo social work scholar, and professor deeply committed to collective liberation, justice, radical imagination, and healing. Ozy was the Denver Public Library's first Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Manager. During that time, she was a 2021 Library Journal “Movers & Shaker” award winner for her racial equity research and advocacy. She is a well-regarded skilled facilitator and speaker and has served as a racial equity and racial healing consultant for numerous organizations across the nation and globe. She is currently living in Mexico City, attempting to learn Spanish and rest.
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