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Warren Evans to Keynote
Call for Proposals - Amigos Member Conference
Text a Librarian Hosts Webinar
Relais International Hosts Webinar
Purchase 3M Bookcheck Receive Additional Discount
Facts on File and Films on Demand Promotional Offers
Alexander Street Press Offers Free Access
Deadlines Approaching on Special Offers
Amigos Announces Merger Exploration
Nominating Committee Seeks Amigos Board Candidates
Scottsdale Public Library Recognized
Amigos Members Honored
February Know & Go Session
OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation
OCLC and Elsevier Sign Agreement

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Conference News 

Warren Evans to Keynote Amigos Member Conference, May 9-10

As we move through the 21st century, the trajectory of libraries will unfold against a backdrop of the major trends swirling around us.  Leading global futurist Warren Evans will kick off the future-themed 2012 Amigos Member Conference with his examination of emerging trends.  His presentation, "Where in the World is the World Going," will touch on macro trends - technical, political, social, economic, educational, and demographic influences - and describe how their interactions will impact the environment in which libraries operate. (read more...

Call for Proposals - Future-themed Amigos Member Conference, May 9-10

Amigos is currently accepting proposals for the future-themed Amigos Member Conference, online on May 9-10, 2012.

 

Insight and vision are key skills needed to take libraries into a future that librarians influence and create for their campuses and communities. Creating the future recognizes technological, political, economic, and societal influences. It requires planning skills that acknowledge uncertainty and possibilities at that same time. Share your skills, visions, knowledge, and research on this important topic. (read more...)

Member Discount News 

Text a Librarian Hosts February 15 Webinar:

The Power of Text Messaging for More than Virtual Reference 

Learn how libraries can use text messaging for alerts and announcements, single patron messaging, and customer support. During Mosio's Text a Librarian webinar, you'll also hear about the new features Mosio is implementing to make it an all-in-one, patron communication software provider. (read more...

Relais International Hosts February 29 Webinar

Relais International provides systems and software to automate and streamline operations in traditional ILL, Document Delivery and consortial resource sharing services. (read more...

Facts on File and Films on Demand Promotional Offers 

Amigos members can take advantage of the following promotions from Facts on File and Films on Demand: (read more...

Purchase 3M™'s Bookcheck - Receive Additional Discount from Amigos

Amigos members purchasing 3M™'s Bookcheck Unit Model 942 will receive additional savings as well as their usual Amigos discount. This Bookcheck Unit saves libraries time and space, while helping to ensure reliable processing. (read more...

Get Altarama's DeskStats Free   

Tired of using a tick sheet method for capturing reference statistics? Is your library's system too complicated to be efficient, or too simple to be useful? Let Altarama's DeskStats fix this problem. (read more...

Alexander Street Press Offers Free Access for  

Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month with a subscription to five award-winning African American subject collections from Alexander Street Press: (read more...

Offer Deadline Approaching... 

ABC-CLIO Offers Buy One, Get One Free

All new ABC-CLIO database customers...purchase one database before February 15 and receive another free.  

For more information contact Erica Owusu at owusu@amigos.org.

General News 
Amigos Library Services and Missouri Library Network Corporation Announce Agreement to Explore Merger

Amigos Library Services, a leading library membership organization based in Dallas, and the Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC), a similar St. Louis-based library membership organization, today announced that they have entered into a working agreement to explore merging operations.  (read more...)

Nominating Committee Seeks Amigos Board Candidates

The Amigos Nominating Committee is currently seeking candidates to serve on the Amigos Board of Directors.  The May 9, 2012 election will be conducted during the annual Amigos Member Business Meeting, preceded by the opportunity for Voting Representatives to send proxy ballots electronically. (read more...) 

Scottsdale Public Library's Program Recognized as Cutting-Edge in ALA Contest

The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and the Library Information Technology Association (LITA) have selected programs at Contra Costa County Library in Pleasant Hill, Calif., New Canaan High School Library in New Canaan, Conn., New York Public Library in New York and Scottsdale Public Library in Scottsdale, Ariz., as the winners of the association's third annual contest to honor cutting-edge technologies in library services. (read more...

Amigos Member Libraries Named Top 10 Libraries for Children by Livability.com

Livability.com has recognized Tulsa-City County's Hardesty Regional Library and El Paso Public Library's libraries as some of the country's most dynamic libraries for kids. (read more...)

Training News 
February Know & Go Session

Don't miss our remaining February Know & Go session: CONTENTdm's Website Configuration Tool. (read more...)

OCLC News 

 OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation "Libraries as Read/Write Services" with Gary Marchionini, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In this presentation, Gary Marchionini will discuss two trends that are driving foundational shifts in libraries of the 21st century. (read more...) 

OCLC and Elsevier sign agreement to provide full-text searching of SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books through WorldCat Local

OCLC and Elsevier, a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information products and services worldwide, have signed an agreement that will make the full text from Elsevier's SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books available to users of OCLC's WorldCat Local. (read more...) 

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