This webinar was facilitated by METRO’s Equity in Action Grant Program Managers Traci Mark and Allison Sherrick. Traci and Allison reviewed the main components of the grant process, including: The program’s information sheet The grant application form The selection rubric used by the program’s advisory council There was a Q & A period at the…

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 ex…

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…

New York School of Interior Design’s (NYSID) Archivist/Librarian Julie Sandy will talk about her year-long collaboration with professional curators, NYSID faculty, and design team Darling Green for the “Designing Duo: Sarah Tomerlin Lee and Tom Lee” exhibition in NYSID’s Gallery (on view Fall 2022). The vast majority of the exhibition content was d…

Save the date! And apply to present. Registration for this event opens in August. Rest, Reset, and Re-engage: Centering EDI in the New Normal A symposium by Brooklyn Public Library and Metropolitan New York Library Council Hosted by BPL's Brooklyn Heights Branch and Brooklyn Center for History When it comes to working on issues of equity, diversi…

Save the date of Thursday, February 2 at noon for presentations and a discussion about our rights to access, create, and publish information here in this era of networked technologies. We'll be joined by Deborah Yun Caldwell, Jennie Rose Halperin, Alison Macrina, and Jessamyn West, who will dig into thorny questions like: How as a society might we …

If you’ve ever wondered, “Where do I start?” after attending a webinar on trauma-informed librarianship, empathy, or serving diverse needs, these workshops are for you! Join us for two sessions focused on closing the gap between those theories and the active practice of working with people. Each session will include an overview of theories, a demo…

Join us to learn about the emerging movement in librarianship to engage those with intellectual disability (ID), who have previously been largely overlooked. Over two sessions, Leah Plocharczyk and Matthew Conner will discuss two intertwined case studies in academic libraries. They will then unpack the lessons they learned and how to apply them in …

If you’ve ever wondered, “Where do I start?” after attending a webinar on trauma-informed librarianship, empathy, or serving diverse needs, these workshops are for you! Join us for two sessions focused on closing the gap between those theories and the active practice of working with people. Each session will include an overview of theories, a demo…

Why does copyright and fair use matter for libraries and librarians? This event features lawyers and librarians who will share historic and legal frameworks for copyright, provide helpful information about our rights to fair use, and give an understanding for how these concepts have (and have not) evolved within our rapidly evolving technological e…

What makes libraries the perfect place for period advocacy? Brooklyn Public Library’s Rakisha Kearns-White will share how she became a period advocate and why she decided the public library was the perfect place for her advocacy. She'll discuss the different positive outcomes of starting this initiative and the many ways menstrual literacy can look…

Are you ready to Excel? Microsoft Excel, that is! Many tasks are well suited to Excel, including managing budgets, tracking project deliverables, and creating forms. Join us to learn more about how Excel can be used in your work, and get curious about exploring the range of features that this software offers. Because budget management includes coor…

Join Climate Stories Project for a three-part series of interactive climate storytelling workshops. Workshop facilitators Jason Davis and Kelly Hydrick will work with participants to gain a deeper engagements with our myriad responses to climate change, increased confidence in their ability to speak with members of their communities about the chang…

Pervasive current and historical trauma necessitates a new approach to community engagement. It is imperative to take into account the psychological needs of community members and avoid re-traumatization triggers, which “traditional” models of community engagement may ignore or exacerbate. Being trauma-informed can equip libraries and other cultur…

The right of first sale allows libraries (among everyone else) to provide access to materials they’ve purchased. In the digital era, however, libraries usually license content rather than own it, often at great expense to libraries and at times to consternation on the part of the public. This event features academics and practitioners who will shar…

Join us to learn about the emerging movement in librarianship to engage those with intellectual disability (ID) who have previously been largely overlooked. Over two sessions, Leah Plocharczyk and Matthew Conner will discuss two intertwined case studies in academic libraries. They will then unpack the lessons they learned and how to apply it in aca…

This session has been postponed. We will provide an update once it has been rescheduled. 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…

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 w…

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 Sympos…

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 Sympos…

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 Sympos…

METRO's Library Assistants and Support Staff Association (LASSA) is pleased to present the return of the Library Assistants Day Celebration! This daylong program provides engaging and actionable programs specifically planned with Library Assistants in mind. Registration and breakfast begin at 8:30 am. Lunch will be served at 1:00 pm. When registeri…

Join us on Wednesday, April 26th from 2-3PM for a BIPOC Community Call. This meant for BIPOC cultural workers only, we kindly ask that allies and comrades who identify as non-BIPOC to sit this one out. Our intention is to create a space that offers community, joy and conversation during this time. Please come with a spirit of openness and empathy a…

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…

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 Vrecor…