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.
Programs and sponsored projects • Digitization Grant Program • myMETRO Researchers • Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) 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"), including a Wikipedian-in-Residence role. ==Works or publications==