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Plotting Futures, the Amigos Member Conference
Access Naxos Music Library
Want to Borrow a Hand-Held Tablet
Learn About Altarama's DeskStats Free
IGI Global Announces Partnership
Emerald Offers Emerging Markets Case Studies Trial
Cambridge University Press Offers Discount
Taylor and Francis Offer Free Trial
Amigos Announces Merger Information Activities
Relais International Partners with OCLC
OCLC Adds More Content to WorldCat
OCLC Completes Transfer of Databases

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Conference News 
 Plotting Futures, the Amigos Member Conference,

 May 9-10, 2012  

Plotting Futures is the theme of the 2012 Amigos Member Conference.  Over two days, May 9-10, the conference program will challenge us to think widely and wildly about what the future holds.   Keynote speaker, Warren Evans will set the stage with a futurist view of the world around us and the emerging trends interacting to influence the further unfolding and events and trends.  Closing speaker Kara J. Malenfant, Senior Strategist for Special Initiatives, Association of College and Research Libraries, will provide a method for using the myriad divergent and convergent possibilities futures scenarios to manage change and create a path of opportunity for libraries. (read more...)

Member Discount News 

Access Naxos Music Library with Free Apps

By using free apps, the Naxos Music Library is even more accessible.  Take a look at the easy step-by-step instructions for app set up. If you prefer, there is a tutorial video (read more...

How Many Patrons Would Love to Borrow a Hand-Held Tablet? Let Tech Logic Help...

MediaSurfer™, a new product created by Tech Logic,is a self-standing kiosk that allows your library patrons to borrow hand-held tablets. MediaSurfer™ helps libraries offer more digital information options by securely and automatically dispensing and recharging tablets, managing e-content and integrating with each library's ILS.

Consortial discount pricing is available  (read more...

Learn About Altarama's DeskStats     

Have you taken advantage of Altarama's 90 day free trial of DeskStats? If not, why? For more information about DeskStats, join us on Wednesday, March 21 at 10:30 a.m. CDT for a short 30 minute webinar.  (read more...) 

IGI Global Announces Partnership with CLOCKSS Archive

IGI Global is partnering with CLOCKSS Archive to preserve its electronic journals and books. The CLOCKSS Archive is a not-for-profit joint venture between scholarly publishers and research libraries whose collaborative mission is to build a sustainable dark archive ensuring the long-term survival of Web-based scholarly publications.  (read more...

Emerald Offers Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection Trial 

Emerald is offering free trials of their  Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection and members will receive a promotional discount if purchased.

 

Emerald's Emerging Markets Case Studies is an online collection of peer-reviewed case studies focusing on business decision making and management development throughout key global emerging markets. (read more...

Cambridge University Press Offers Discount

Cambridge University Press if offering a 15% discount through April 30, 2012 on Cambridge Histories Online, Dictionary of Irish Biography Online, and  Shakespeare Survey Online.

 

For more information contact Kathy Burbidge at burbidge@amigos.org.

Taylor and Francis Offer Amigos Members Free Trial

  

For the next 60 days, Taylor and Francis is offering Amigos Members complimentary access to their CRCnetBASE eBook platform from CRC Press. The offer includes unlimited access to more than 8,000 eBooks for your evaluation.

 

For additional information or to request a complimentary trial contact Kathy Burbidge at burbidge@amigos.org.

General News 
Amigos Schedules Merger Information Activities

Amigos will conduct a series of in-person and online information sessions over the next two months to provide Amigos Members up-to-date information and obtain member feedback on the proposed merger with the Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC). (read more...)     

OCLC News 

Relais International partners with OCLC to share data and services from the OCLC WorldShare Platform

 Relais International, which provides systems to support interlibrary loan and document delivery services, has signed an agreement with OCLC that will allow mutual subscribers access to WorldCat data and OCLC services through the OCLC WorldShare Platform. (read more..)

OCLC adds More Content to WorldCat Local through Agreements with Publishers from Around the World

OCLC has signed new agreements with leading publishers around the world and has added important new content and collections to WorldCat Local, the OCLC discovery and delivery service that offers users integrated access to more than 922 million items. (read more...) 

OCLC completes transfer of licensed Databases to EBSCO Publishing

OCLC focusing on management and access to libraries' collections from neutral platform

OCLC has transferred to EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) the rights to license publisher-owned databases that are currently available through the OCLC FirstSearch reference service. (read more...

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