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Announcing METRO’s Equity in Action Grant Recipients

Tuesday, June 7, 2022 - 15:01
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METRO is pleased to announce the recipients of funding from our 2021-2022 Equity in Action Grant Program. Each project focuses on themes of addressing systemic issues of racism and equity within the library system, uncovering histories of racialized communities, and providing access to previously unreported data. The grant period for this year’s pr…

Announcing the Launch of Digital Equity Research Center

Monday, March 21, 2022 - 09:18
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The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Equity Research Center (DERC), a new applied research center with a focus on working with communities to better understand and co-design meaningful responses to local digital equity challenges. DERC provides in-depth, high quality research and analysi…

Statement of Support for Ukraine

Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 10:47
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Metropolitan New York Library Councils adds our voice to the chorus of our colleagues and peers in the libraries, archives, and museums field to condemn the violence perpetrated by Russia as it continues its unprovoked war against Ukraine.  We stand in solidarity with the Ukranians who must flee their homes or engage in unwanted violence wh…

Goodbye, METRO Office

Monday, December 6, 2021 - 16:42
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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 service agency. We made this decision because of a 22% reduction in library system fundi…

Introducing Abolitionist Futures: A PLSN Discussion Group

Monday, December 6, 2021 - 15:22
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Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join the club (literally!). METRO is collaborating with Prison Library Support Network in 2022 to host Abol…

New METRO website: test drive!

Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 19:03
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Friends: Please have patience with us as we are completely rebuilding metro.org to support all of the services that we offer. Have a look around and check back often: many new things are coming!

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