Vol. 32, No. 3                                                               July - September 2011
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In This Issue
Viewpoint from the Chair
UTD Tracks Gifts, Donations with Voyager
Gee Library Implements Relais ILL System
Amigos at Upcoming State Conferences
Robert Williams Joins Amigos as Open-Source ILS Project Manager
Amigos Board of Directors August Meeting Highlights

Viewpoint from the Chair
Anne Prestamo
As Amigos seeks to find ways to utilize its expertise in areas that benefit the organization - and by extension, Amigos Members - we are looking more and more at the value of the kinds of services Amigos can provide to consortial groups, whether or not they are Amigos members.
  
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Welcome our

Newest Members!

Central New York Library Resources Council 

Syracuse, NY

Ms. Deborah Emerson,

Executive Director

 

Nebraska Library Commission 

Lincoln, NE

Mr. Rod Wagner, Director

 

Southwestern College

Harold and Mary Ellen Deets Library, Winfield, KS 

Ms. Veronica McAsey,

Library Director

 

 

 
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UTD Tracks Gifts, Donations with Voyager

 

Mary Jo Venetis PortraitEarlier this year the Eugene McDermott Library at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) began use of its Voyager Integrated Library System (ILS) and Excel inventory lists as a means of tracking gifts and materials donated to the Library. Knowing that the accurate tracking of gifts and donated items is a challenge faced by many Amigos Members, �Que Pasa? recently visited with Dr. Mary Jo Venetis, Associate Director for Technical Services, to learn more about the decision to use the Voyager system in this manner and how it's working. (Read more...)  

 

Gee Library Implements Relais ILL System

 

Jacob Pichnarcik PortraitThe James Gee Library at Texas A&M University- Commerce, Commerce, TX, an Amigos Member, recently upgraded its interlibrary loan capabilities with the addition of Relais ILL, an automated interlibrary loan system from Relais™ International, Inc. (Read more...)

 

 

Amigos at Upcoming State Conferences 

 

Amigos is scheduled to participate in three upcoming state conferences. Amigos will exhibit at the conferences, and attendees are invited to stop by the Amigos booth, say hello, and check out what's new at Amigos. (Read more...) 

 

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Robert Williams Joins Amigos as
Open-Source ILS Project Manager

 

Robert Williams PortraitAmigos is pleased to announce that Robert L. Williams has been named project manager for the Amigos Open-Source Integrated Library System (ILS) pilot project. Williams, who began his duties this week, will manage all phases of the pilot project, including technical development and customer support. (Read more...)  

 

 

Amigos Board of Directors August Meeting Highlights

 

Craig Stephenson PortraitAt its August 5 meeting in Dallas, the Amigos Board of Directors announced the appointment of Craig Stephenson, City Manager for the City of Ponca City, OK, to serve as an independent director on the board. Stephenson replaces Joel Valdez, Tucson, AZ, who was unable to serve. He will serve a one-year term on the Board and be eligible for election next spring to complete the remaining two years of Mr. Valdez's three-year term. (Read more...)  

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�Que Pasa? is published quarterly by Amigos Library Services, 14400 Midway Road, Dallas, TX 75244-3509
Telephone: 1-800-843-8482 (972-851-8000) Editor: Larry Godwin