Founded 1964 Location New York City | Type Consortium Website metro.org | |
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Area served New York City and Westchester County Product Member Services Institution | ||
The Metropolitan New York Library Council is a non-profit organization that specializes in providing research, programming, and organizational tools for New York City libraries, archives, and museums. The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) was founded in 1964 under the Education Law of the State of New York.
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Member institutions include the 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, Rockefeller University, Westchester Library System, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Scholastic, Inc., and UNICEF.
Overview
As a membership-based organization, METRO offers archival and library training opportunities, facilitates research and local community initiatives, supports Special Interest Groups (SIGs), 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 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.