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SOLR for Newbies

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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Working with Neurodiveregence

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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Improving the Library Experience with Content Strategy

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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METRO Community Chat

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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Space for METRO members to share their work-from-home strategies and challenges. Meetings from 4/9 on include special guest presentations.

Programming with Python

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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Programming Fundamentals with Python is an immersive introduction to the programming language Python. Used by organizations such as Google, Wikipedia, and NASA, Python provides an intuitive, efficient, and useful framework for automating tasks and assessing large amounts of data.

Recent Grads Community Chat

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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If you’ve graduated from library school/iSchool in the past year or two, join us for a community call on Wednesday, September 2 at 4:00pm. Graduating into a combo pandemic/recession and taking our first steps as professionals is… quite a mix. Let’s take some time to debrief and discuss what we’ve learned working in the field, share our journeys tow…

Advocacy Strategies for Libraries

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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Using Emulators to Resurrect Recovered Data

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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Emulation is commonly associated with video game consoles and questionable internet download sites. But the same technology can be a powerful tool for overcoming legacy software and hardware dependencies hidden in digital collections.

Digital Preservation Meetup

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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Event description not available.

How to Thrive as an Information Professional: A Book Launch Celebration

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:31

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Join us at METRO on Thursday, January 16, for a fun and engaging event centered around the recently published book, How to Thrive as a Library Professional: Achieving Success and Satisfaction, by local authors, Susanne Markgren and Linda Miles.

Jobs

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.

Library Director

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - 16:37

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Library Director – Davenport Public Library (IA) The Davenport (IA) Public Library invites you to become a member of its energetic and dedicated team as the next Library Director. Working with almost 102,000 vibrant, diverse community residents, a nine-member governing Board of Trustees, a stellar staff, a strong Friends of the Library, and a su…

News Researcher

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - 10:27

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LAC Group seeks candidates for a Part-Time Virtual News Researcher position for a prestigious news and media company headquartered in New York with 24/7 operations. This position will be responsible for providing news research (background/location check, politics, business, etc.) utilizing several research databases. This position is…

Library Assistant I (Acquisitions)

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - 10:26

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The Robert W. Van Houten Library at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) seeks applications for the position of Library Assistant I (Acquisitions). Position Summary: Reporting to the Associate University Librarian and the Director of Library Operations, the successful candidate is expected to perform a full array of collection man…

Executive Director/Archivist

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - 10:14

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Executive Director/Archivist The Century Association Archives Foundation 7 West 43rd Street New York, New York 10036 The foundation (https://centuryarchives.org/) an independent 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit entity supported by contributions, serves the public interest by being the custodian of the documentary history of the Century Association,…

Associate University Librarian, Research and Engagement

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - 10:10

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The Robert W. Van Houten Library at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) seeks applications for the position of Associate University Librarian, Research and Engagement. Position Summary: Reporting to the University Librarian, the AUL assists with establishing a strategic direction for the Library’s future research, engagement, and…

2018 Digitization Grant - American Museum of Natural History Library

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Digitization Grant

Collection: Biodiversity Heritage Library - Enhancing Access Project Description: The collection includes an assortment of 20th century, scientific journals. The publishers do not offer e-journals. The digitization of these 84 issues (approximately 9,500 pages) will allow their content to be discovered -- and freely accessible -- via t…

2019 Digitization Grant - Brooklyn Historical Society

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Digitization Grant

Collection: Packer Collegiate Institute Records Description: The Packer Collegiate Institute was established as the Brooklyn Female Academy on Joralemon Street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1845. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Packer rose to national preeminence in female education. In 1972, the …

2019 Digitization Grant - The Grolier Club

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Digitization Grant

Collection: William Stannard’s ‘The Art Exemplar' Description: William Stannard’s The Art Exemplar (London, 1859?) is a mid-nineteenth-century encyclopedia of illustration processes. In addition to describing traditional processes such as etching and wood engraving, The Art Exemplar covers techniques that were new and experimental at t…

2019 Digitization Grant - New York Public Radio

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Digitization Grant

Collection: One the Media 1998-2000  Description: Since 1993, WNYC’s seminal program On the Media investigates “how the media shapes our world view.” The WNYC Archives’ collection of early On the Media broadcasts is significant because it is both a profile and a chronicle of the media just before and during the infancy of the inte…

2018 Digitization Grant - Carnegie Hall Corporation

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Digitization Grant

Collection: Carnegie Hall Incorporated Collections Description: The Carnegie Hall Incorporated Collections document the history of the ownership and management of Carnegie Hall from 1925 to 1960. In 1925, Robert E. Simon, Sr., a real estate developer, purchased Carnegie Hall from the Estate of Andrew Carnegie, and formed Carnegie Hall …

2018 Digitization Grant - Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive of The Cooper Union

English

Digitization Grant

Collection: The Student Work Collection Description: The Student Work Collection represents over eight decades of The Cooper Union’s experimental, influential approach to architectural education, and its material provides valuable opportunities for enriching public understanding of American culture, history, and the democratic ideals t…

2018 Digitization Grant - New-York Historical Society

English

Digitization Grant

Collection: Burr McIntosh Photographic Prints, 1900-1910 Description: Burr McIntosh (1862-1942) established his first studio in 1901 on West 33rd Street, across from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a meeting place of many of the society and theatrical people whose portraits he would take. This project will cover digitization of 3,825 photog…

2018 Digitization Grant - New York Public Radio

English

Digitization Grant

Collection: On The Media 1993-2000 Description: Since 1993, WNYC’s seminal program On the Media investigates “how the media shapes our world view.” This collection includes 200 hours of program files originally archived on audio cassette. The WNYC Archive's collection of early On the Media broadcasts (1993-1996) is significant because …