METRO is proud to support the work of our members through our METRO Meetups program. Each group is convened by leaders in our field around a topic of interest to our wider community.
Curious about organizing a Meetup? Check out our program guidelines.
https://www.meetup.com/Accessibility-A11y-in-Libraries/
Lauren Kehoe and Brita Servaes, Co-organizers
Accessibility (A11y) in Libraries Meetup is open to all individuals and organizations that are interested in promoting, developing, and implementing accessible services, resources, and facilities in libraries.
https://www.meetup.com/code4libnyc/
Esther Jackson, Organizer
Open to all library staff interested in the coding, deployment, and design of library software, systems, and web services. This local chapter of Code4Lib, known as Code4LibNYC, aspires to channel the spirit of the national organization. We were formerly known as the “Library 2.0” SIG at METRO. We want to provide a forum for software and web developers and programmers, who work at area libraries, to discuss their ongoing projects.
https://www.meetup.com/metro-web-archiving/
Stephen Klein, Organizer
Hosted by Metropolitan New York Library Council, the Web Archiving Interest Group is an inclusive group designed to facilitate growth in the communities forming around initiatives to preserve websites and other online resources. We seek to support professionals in libraries, archives and museums engaged in web archiving, as well as students and others new to the field. With meetings and presentations held throughout the year we will provide a venue for professional development and a forum for open discussion of common interest.
https://www.meetup.com/Economics-Business-Librarians-Group/
Lucy Heckman and Dan Hicks, Organizers
This SIG brings together public, academic, and special librarians with a background and/or interest in business librarianship to discuss new resources or best practices in the field.
https://www.meetup.com/InstructionReference/
Linda Miles, Haruko Yamauchi, Kate Adler, and Shawnta Smith, Co-organizers
This group comes together to share ideas, questions, and experiences from our teaching and reference practice.
https://sites.google.com/a/metro.org/lassa/
Anthony Wyche and Valentine Colon, Co-organizers
The mission of the LASSA SIG is to foster the recognition and support of the professional contributions of all library assistants, support staff and associates through the circulation of information, the availability of education, and constructive dialogue within the library community.
https://www.meetup.com/Interlibrary-Loan-Interest-Group/
Beth Posner, Organizer
The Library Resource Sharing/Interlibrary Loan MeetUp focuses on issues, news and discussions about traditional interlibrary loan services and all related library resource sharing activities.
https://www.meetup.com/Prison-Library-Support-Network/
Manuela Aronofsky, Mary Mann, and Mia Bruner, Co-organizers
The Prison Library Support Network is an information-based collective that aims to redistribute resources and provide support to incarcerated people. Our work is rooted in our recognition of systematic violence that the prison industrial complex creates. We believe that information is a tool for prison abolition, and that we must create space for people who want to commit and redistribute their own capacities and resources.
https://www.meetup.com/Social-Justice-Libraries-Archives/
Diana Moronta and Andrea Battleground, Co-organizers
The Social Justice Special Interest Group welcomes all librarians, archivists, and other information professionals who are interested in activities on community-centered activism, social movements, and outreach. Through meetings, presentations, discussion groups, and other events, we will reflect on and rethink the intersections of libraries and archives with social justice struggles. Some questions we will explore include: How do the ways we preserve, analyze, document and mobilize our collections, instruction, and services connect with the work of community activists in their fights for racial, economic, and gender justice? What does it mean to have a commitment to social justice in our profession and practice? How does librarianship embrace, challenge, or hinder various forms of access to information, documentation, and archives?