Our Digitization Grant Program helps our member libraries build and maintain digital collections.

We launched our Digitization Grant Program in January 2005 to support projects involving significant collections held by METRO member libraries in New York City and Westchester County. Since that time, we’ve awarded over $900,000 in grants to support 92 digital projects. Our grant program is supported in part by funds from the New York State Regional Bibliographic Databases Program.

We all have a lot to learn from each other. METRO connects people who are doing similar work at different institutions.

Our Interest Groups are convened by leaders in our field around a topic of interest to our community.

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METRO is managed and governed by an elected Board of Trustees and program areas receive guidance from METRO’s Advisory Councils.

Learn more about our esteemed board members below.

METRO’s Equity Mentorship Program: Information Session
Thursday, July 21st from 11:00am to 12:00pm

Important Information

• Initial Call for Applications: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022
• Application Deadline: Friday, August 5th, 2022
• Program Start Date: Friday, October 7th, 2022 (First class session meets)

We’re thrilled to announce our 2022 participants for the inaugural Equity Mentorship Program.

2022-2023 CCDA applications are available. You can access your application here.

The deadline for electronic submission of the application is October 28, 2022.

The METRO Hospital Library Services Program (HLSP) supports the work of more than 65 hospital and medical center libraries in New York City and Westchester County.

We seek to develop, enhance, and improve the delivery of healthcare information between member libraries and health care pr

Our staff represents diverse backgrounds across all areas of library and information science and non-profit administration.

For more information about your METRO staff, check out the bios below.

METRO’s Digitization Project Grant: Information Session

Thursday, September 22nd from 11am to 12pm

Who Can Apply?

Only METRO member institutions located in New York City and Westchester County are eligible to apply. You can find our list of members here. 

The World Wide Web started with so much promise: to connect people across any distance, to allow anyone to become a publisher, and to democratize access to knowledge. However, today the Web seems to be failing us. It’s not private, secure, or unifying.

METRO provides funding for digital projects, collection development, hospital services, and more. 

Specific information about our current grant program and projects can be found on the pages below.

METRO launched our Digitization Grant Program in January 2005 to support projects involving significant collections held by METRO member libraries in New York City and Westchester County. Since that time, we’ve awarded over $900,000 in grants to support 92 digital projects. Our grant program is s

Eligibility and Application Requirements

All material formats including text, images, maps, newspapers, audio, and video are eligible. 

Please reach out to Traci and Allison with any program related questions.

Our Library Referrals system makes it easier for students and researchers to locate materials or research across our member libraries.

See how it works below.

We design software and provide deep consultation to libraries and archives around the world.

Read all about our digital services below.

METRO works alongside our project partners to address challenges and move the library and archives fields forward.

Scroll on to see our portfolio of projects. If you'd like to partner with us, please reach out to us at info@metro.org.

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: