METRO's Library Assistants and Support Staff Association (LASSA) provided a series of skills-based webinars during spring and summer 2022. Find details about each session and a link to view the webinar recording below: 

Thank you for joining us at METRO's 2022 Annual Meeting! We are so glad you are here. 

*All sessions will be conducted via Zoom

Session 1: Creating Community in LIS

Date: Friday, October 7th, 2022 from 9 am - 11 am EST

Who is this for?

This program is designed for people who identify as BIPOC and are either:

• MLIS students or those who have graduated from such a program within the last three years 
• Early professionals (three years or fewer) 

Please see the “Eligibility” section on the main page to see if you’re able to apply. 

You can apply for the program by providing:

Traci Mark, Program Manager: Equity, Archives & Media Preservation (tmark@metro.org)

Davis Erin Anderson, Director of Programs and Partnerships (deanderson@metro.org)

Nate Hill, Executive Director (nhill@metro.org)

We provide opportunities for information professionals to grow through structured training and experiential learning. We are currently developing:

• Equity Mentorship Program

Past programs include:

Our intrepid events team organizes webinars to grow your skills, online panel discussions to keep your mind sharp, and networking calls to keep you connected.

Programming is curated by METRO staff and our interest groups.

Online or off, METRO is a community space where we respect one another, as well as all comers.

Policies

We are committed to providing a welcoming and productive environment for all. Please check out our Code of Conduct for more information.

We'll be hosting Q&A sessions on November 2, 9, and 16 at 3:00 PM.

Register here.

The complete ARPA guidelines from the New York State Library can be found here.

METRO maintains next-day, Monday-through-Friday delivery service among our member libraries.

Learn how your library can participate below.

Questions?

Get in touch at metroarpa@metro.org

The complete ARPA guidelines from the New York State Library can be found here.

METRO is grateful to New York State Department of Education and the New York State Library for showing their strong commitment to library infrastructure as a means of efficiently creating informed and equitable communities. METRO is working with Brooklyn Pu

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Our projects in digital collections focus on improving access to materials.

We lead projects to help librarians empower their communities in the digital world.

METRO produces podcasts that explore the library field.

• Library Bytegeist
• Preserve This Podcast 
• More Podcast, Less Process

METRO’s jobs page is a premier resource for finding a library, archives, and otherwise information-oriented position in the greater New York City Area. 

We host ads for jobs in the tri-state area for free.

*Work in progress! Please stay tuned for future updates!