Areas of Inquiry

METRO and the advisory council assessed the pool of reverse pitches and suggested the following Areas of Inquiry to help fellows frame their proposals in a way that could solve cross-organizational challenges. Applicants were also welcome to submit proposals that fell outside these areas.

Linked Open Data/Crowdsourcing to Expose Institutional and Community Archives

Explore strategies and tools to enhance discovery of various collections through linked open data and crowdsourcing. Surface and expose underrepresented communities and collections by facilitating community-based selection and description. Examine the ways in which we can best serve underrepresented, under-exposed communities by empowering them to frame their own historical records, to tell their own stories, and to participate in the process of naming.

PITCHES:

Increase discoverability through crowdsourcing and linked open data

Consuming Linked Open Data (LOD)

Developing Linked Data/Linked Open Data Strategies for Community-Based Archives

Connecting Community-Based Collections to the DPLA

Safe and Affordable Archives for Activist Media

Harmonizing Oral History Programs in NYC’s Public Library Systems

Bringing the Web into the Archive: A Social Media and Institutional Website Preservation Inquiry

Open Referral Social Services Directory

Inclusivity and Diversity in the Profession and Beyond

Examine solutions for systemic change in the profession–how we hire, work, collect, and connect. Develop initiatives and identify practical solutions to ensure effective representation and inclusion of diverse individuals and communities.

PITCHES:

Overcoming Barriers to Representative Libraries

Building a More Inclusive Profession

Developing Linked Data/Linked Open Data Strategies for Community-Based Archives

Connecting Community-Based Collections to the DPLA

Developing and Implementing Meaningful Outcomes Measurements

Targeting services through demographic research

Creating access through print collections: the role of books and print literacy today

Transforming Workflows, Procedures, and Organizational Culture

Consider ways of embedding new workflows and work practices into existing duties of staff. Evaluate resources, develop training materials, and create realistic solutions that will enable libraries, archives, and museums to effectively address the needs of collections, staff, and users in the 21st century.

PITCHES:

Making born digital records management easy

Practical Email Archiving for Cultural Institutions

How do we best envision the future and innovate in an organization with a very traditional structure and a professional staff with exceptional longevity?

Safe and Affordable Archives for Activist Media

Mass digitization best practices and workflows

How to Overcome the Strategy Gap?

Holistic tools for use and usage data

Minimal Computing in Libraries

Assistance with Implementing IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework)

Duplicate Detection Tool: how to reduce digitization costs and improve discoverability for your users

ArchivesSpace Collections Assessment Plug-in

Develop an API for Past Perfect Museum Software

Help the NYU Health Sciences Library leverage our data

Developing Altmetrics Standards

Customer Communication Re-assessment

AudioVisual Preservation Curriculum Development

Community Lab

Identify tools and necessary resources, build curricula, deliver programming, and design space requirements for a centralized hands-on learning and teaching laboratory.

PITCHES:

Makerspaces in Libraries

If You Build It, They Will Come…

21st Century Challenges for Teaching and Learning in Libraries

Hidden Gems – Let’s discover together the amazing ways we share

Technology-related Searchable Digital Repository (Catalog)