Metropolitan New York Library Council
{{Short description|Consortium of libraries}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
| logo = Metropolitan New York Library Council twitter logo.jpg
| type = Consortium
| founded_date = 1964
| image = Metropolitan New York Library Council Service Area.png
| caption = Metropolitan New York Library Council Service Area
| location = New York City
| coordinates = {{Coord|40.762733|-73.997373|display=inline,title}}
| key_people = Nate Hill (Executive Director)
| area_served = New York City and Westchester County
| product = Member Services Institution
| homepage = {{URL|http://metro.org/}}
}}
The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is a non-profit organization that specializes in providing research, programming, and organizational tools for libraries, archives, and museums in the New York metropolitan area. The council was founded in 1964 under the Education Law of the State of New York.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/edocs/education/sedhist.htm|title = History of NYSED: Research Library: NYS Library}}
Member institutions include the Brooklyn Public Library, City University of New York Libraries, Columbia University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mercy College, Museum of Modern Art, New York Botanical Garden, New York Public Library, New York University, Queens Public Library, Rockefeller University, Westchester Library System, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Scholastic, Inc., and UNICEF.{{cite web |title=Member Directory and Delivery Roster Fall 2017 |url=https://metro.org/assets/docs/Fall2017Directory.pdf |access-date=13 October 2018}}
Overview
As a membership-based organization, METRO offers archival and library training opportunities, facilitates research and local community initiatives, supports Special Interest Groups (SIGs),{{cite web|title=Special Interest Groups|url=http://metro.org/special-interest-groups/|publisher=Metropolitan New York Library Council|access-date=24 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927165300/http://metro.org/special-interest-groups/|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead}} and provides research, programming, and organizational tools for New York libraries, archives, and museums. It is also responsible for providing funding for internships and digitization projects{{cite web|title=About digitalMETRO|url=http://nycdigital.org/about|work=digitalMETRO|publisher=Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)|access-date=22 September 2013}} to member libraries. METRO digitization grants provide member libraries with the opportunity to digitize their collections, several of which are available via the Internet Archive in METRO's collection of ebooks and texts.
=Programs and sponsored projects=
- Digitization Grant Program
- myMETRO Researchers
- Documentary Heritage Program (DHP){{cite web|title=Documentary Heritage Program|url=http://metro.org/Documentary-heritage/|publisher=Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)|access-date=22 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110230625/http://www.metro.org/Documentary-heritage/|archive-date=10 January 2011}} The current Documentary Heritage Program is collocated on its Keeping Collections website.
- Hospital Library Services Program
- Queens Memory Project
- NYARC Documenting the Gilded Age: New York City Exhibitions at the Turn of the Century
- Wikipedia GLAM Initiative ("Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums") via Metropolitan New York Library Council
Works or publications
- "Hurricane Sandy: Record, Remember, Rebuild"{{cite web|last=Price|first=Gary|title=METRO, SAA, NARA, Google, and Historypin Partner on "Hurricane Sandy: Record, Remember, Rebuild" Project|url=http://www.infodocket.com/2013/05/30/metro-saa-google-and-historypin-partner-on-hurricane-sandy-record-remember-rebuild-project/|work=Library Journal INFOdocket|publisher=Library Journal|access-date=23 September 2013|date=May 30, 2013}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Libraries in New York City}}
{{Authority control}}