Jason LeDuc

This year’s MetLib was held from October 4–9 in Toronto, where Toronto Public Library hosted urban public library leaders from across six continents. Unlike previous MetLib events where participants presented on a wide array of urban library flagship projects and programs, this year organizers settled on one overarching conference theme: From Isolation to Social Connection: Libraries and Well-being, a clarion call for all urban public libraries to tackle the issues of increased social isolation and a lack of social connection, and envision how to enhance civic engagement among urban dwellers around the world.