• Professional development opportunities to keep the library and archival communities informed of ongoing advancements in media and archival technologies.
• Subcontracts to libraries and archives in order to “document the under-documented” by protecting and expanding access to important archival holdings reflective of the New York metropolitan area’s rich culture and history. The 2008 RFP for subcontractors is now available. (File in .pdf)
  

Professional Development Opportunities
Led by prominent experts, METRO’s training programs on state-of-the-art historical records and archival management techniques cover such topics as preservation, digitization, and Encoded Archival Description (EAD). See our Professional Development Catalog.

METRO's Current DHP Subcontractor

Each year, with funding from the New York State Archives, METRO subcontracts with an archive or library in New York City or Westchester County to conduct archival surveys that provide documentation of communities, socio-cultural events, or time periods that are currently under-documented.

The most recent project undertaken with funding from METRO’s Documentary Heritage Program is a yearlong survey by New York University’s Tamiment Library and Asian Pacific American Institute to document the history of the Asian Pacific American (A/P/A) community in the New York metropolitan area. The Project Director, Dr. Michael Nash (Head of the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives), is working closely on this project with the Founding Director of the Asian Pacific American Institute, Dr. Jack Tchen (Associate Professor of History and Director, Asian/Pacific/American Studies at NYU).

The METRO funding supports dedicated staffing at NYU to conduct vigorous survey activities to identify historically important materials relating to the A/P/A experience and to develop long-term documentation strategies.

The survey will cover materials from organizations such as the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Asian American Writers Workshop, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, as well as the personal papers of individuals, including playwright David Henry Hwang, artist Fay Chiang, writer Jessica Hagedorn, and many others.

View descriptions of some of our past subcontractors.

See a list of METRO’s DHP Advisory Council members.

Find out about additional funding opportunities available through the Statewide Documentary Heritage Program managed by The New York State Archives.