Vol. 33, No. 3                                                             July - September 2012
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In This Issue
Viewpoint from the Chair
Amigos Welcomes New Staff Members
Amigos Hosts Audio Visual Preservation Online Conference
Amigos Welcomes Four New Vendor Partners
Onetime Librarian Now Does It All in New Mexico
Missouri College Renovates and Innovates
Amigos to Participate in Fall Library Conferences
Funding Available from Amigos for Innovation, Development, or Research
Goodson Chairs August 10 Board Meeting

Viewpoint from the Chair
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Prior to the first Amigos Board of Directors meeting of each new fiscal year, Amigos' senior management brings in newly elected Directors for a daylong Amigos orientation. I thought it might be useful, especially for our newest Amigos Members, to outline what comprises an Amigos orientation. 

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 Welcome to our

 Newest Member!

Hawaii Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii  

Hamilton Library


 
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Amigos Welcomes New Staff Members

 

           Keith Gaertner Linda Elkow  
       Tracy Byerly     Keith Gaertner       Linda Elkow
 
Amigos Library Services is pleased to welcome the following staff of the St. Louis-based Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) to Amigos.  MLNC staff members officially became members of Amigos' staff July 1, 2012, when that organization's operations were formally merged into Amigos.   Read more... 

Amigos Hosts Audio Visual 

Preservation Online Conference 


George Blood

As it is with most things, age is not kind to audio visual media.  Not only that, but many of the machines that play them have or will become obsolete.  How libraries preserve these materials and provide access to them was the theme of the online conference "Fast-Forward>>The Future of Audio Visual Materials," hosted by the Amigos Imaging & Preservation Service (IPS) Friday, September 7.   Read more... 

Amigos Welcomes Four New Vendor Partners 

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  ProQuest  Optimal Resume  RBP

Amigos is pleased to welcome four new vendor partners to its Member Discount Services program.   Read more...

 Onetime Librarian Now Does It All 

in New Mexico


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Amigos Director Charlie Kalogeros-Chattan has a full plate these days as the Community Services Director for Los Alamos County, New Mexico.  Just over a year ago, the county asked her to serve as the acting director at the close of a period of great turmoil within the county's government     Read more...  
Missouri College Library Renovates, Innovates 

Lisa Farrell

 

East Central College is a two-year community college located in Union, MO, approximately 50 miles west of St. Louis. The Union campus library recently completed extensive renovations to its facility and the weeding of its collection.    Read more...

Amigos to Participate in Fall Library Conferences

 

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Amigos will be on hand this fall at a number of state library association annual conferences.  Read more...

Funding Available from Amigos for Innovation, Development, Research

 Through a competitive application process, up to $10,000 is available annually to Amigos member libraries and their staffs.      

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Goodson Chairs August 10 Board Meeting 

New Chair Jennifer Goodson presided over the August 10, 2012, Amigos Board of Directors meeting in Dallas.  Read more...

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