About CRC

What is the Cross-Reference Coalition?

The Cross-Reference Coalition (CRC) is an experimental school tracing exuberantly interdisciplinary links among New York City’s libraries, archives, and other knowledge institutions.

Hosted through the Metropolitan New York Library Council — a state-founded, member-supported non-profit serving the region’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions — the CRC gathers knowledge workers and graduate students from our member institutions, along with local artists and designers, to discover what new knowledges and creative practices might emerge through integrative thinking, interdisciplinary collaborations, and inter-institutional partnerships. Each cohort will create an open-access publication documenting its work and featuring the breadth of cultural resources available across New York City.

Faculty

Shannon Mattern

METRO’s Director of Creative Research and the 2025 Kluge Chair of Modern Culture at the Library of Congress

Becca Quon

Program Manager for Research and Education at Metropolitan New York Library Council

Advisory Board

Nate Hill

Executive Director at Metropolitan New York Library Council

Julia Weist

Artist; Faculty, Bard MFA Program

Contact Us

Email classes@metro.org to submit a query.