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Critical Cataloging: Revealing and Dismantling Hegemonic Systems
This webinar was moderated by Davis Erin Anderson, Assistant Director for Programs and Partnerships at METRO Library Council. The panelists included Violet Fox, former editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification and Treshani Perera, Music and Fine Arts Cataloguing...
Goodbye, METRO Office
The compounding crises of the pandemic have necessitated difficult changes across the library world, including here at METRO. We have decided to leave METRO’s midtown Manhattan headquarters behind, and transition to become a completely distributed, remote-first...
Online Events from METRO
We hope you're doing as well as can be expected during these challenging times. We've organized the following online events that might be of interest to you, with more on the way. Our growing archive of past online events can be found here. “Where Do We Go From...
Overcoming FLUs: Practical Advice for Furloughs, Layoffs, and Uncertainty
This webinar was moderated by Davis Erin Anderson, Assistant Director for Programs and Partnerships at METRO Library Council. Panelists include Maurini Strub, Director of Performance and User Engagement at The University of Rochester and Tony Zanders, Founder and CEO...
METRO’s Online Events Archive
We've been working remotely since March 9, 2020. Among lots of other changes, this means we've had to rethink the ways in which our events are delivered. These days, we are offering online panel discussions, webinars on concrete topics, and networking events. Here's a...