User Accounts

Access to the Metadata Management System (MMS) requires a personal user account to sign in at metadata.nypl.org/users/sign_in

New Accounts

To request a MMS account, contact the Manager, Metadata Services, via the email address found in Lair 🔒
- Include information about your intended use for MMS
- Most Research Library staff will only require a General User account
- For more information about different user roles, see the MMS User Roles 🔒 spreadsheet
You will receive an email with instructions to log into MMS for the first time and reset your password
- If you encounter any trouble logging in for the first time, email the Manager, Metadata Services, via the email address found in Lair 🔒
MMS user accounts are only provided in conjunction with a training session
- You will receive a calendar invite with a Google Meet link for a virtual one-hour training session at the time your account is created
- You should plan to share your screen during your training session
Anyone with an MMS user account is added to the MMS Users Google Group 🔒 to receive information about service outages or interruptions, larger bugs and fixes, or other announcements related to MMS

To reset your password, contact the Manager, Metadata Services, via the email address found in Lair 🔒
You will receive an email with instructions for logging in and changing your password

If you believe you should be able to access features or content in MMS that you are unable to access, you may need your user roles updated
See the MMS User Roles 🔒 spreadsheet for more information about the types of permissions that are available in MMS
To request a change or update to your user roles, contact the Manager, Metadata Services, via the email address found in Lair 🔒