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Register Now and Save - What's Around the Next Bend: Future Currents in Resource Sharing

Registration is now open for the November 15 online conference "What's Around the Next Bend: Future Currents in Resource Sharing". The conference will cover a variety of topics, including marketing interlibrary loan to students, the cost of ILL, free web tools for streamlining ILL as well as e-books and ILL.  (read more...) 

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Online Preview - ProQuest's Statistical Abstract of the United States 

Are you excited about the launch of ProQuest's Statistical Abstract of the United States? If so, take time to preview a short five minute webcast, ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States: From Then to Now, that will illustrate what is to come as well as a sample of the browsing features.  (read more...

Purchase Project Muse 2013 Journal Collection Subscription - Receive Free Access       

Subscribe now to the 2013 Journal Collection from Project Muse, receive free access until the end of the year! This can mean up to three months of savings. Project Muse journal collection types, collection comparisons, and title lists can be found on this webpage. For more information or a price quote, contact Erica Owusu owusu@amigos.org.  

Special Offer - Films on Demand        

Amigos is offering 20% off Films on Demand  individual subject databases and master collections. Designed for universities and community colleges, Films On Demand offers more than 12,000 educational titles that are neatly grouped into convenient, subject-specific categories. (read more...)

Save 25% on National Geographic Magazine Archive

National Geographic magazine is the official journal of the National Geographic Society, one of the world's largest nonprofit educational and scientific organizations. Recognized for some of the highest-quality photojournalism and cartography in the world, this award-winning magazine is famous for providing in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology and the environment. (read more...

News from BioOne - 2013 Pricing, Titles, and Technology         

BioOne has recently announced their 2013 pricing, title, and technology information.

  • BioOne continues the additional 5% discount on both collections when you subscribe to BioOne Complete - all titles in BioOne.1 and BioOne.2.  This is a 15% discount for Amigos members.
  • BioOne has restructured pricing for doctoral-granting universities and will have three (rather than one) doctoral maximum price tiers based on Carnegie class. (read more...)     
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Amigos Offers Custom Cataloging Service 

Do you have 12 theses sitting on a back shelf waiting for original cataloging?  How about that donation of genealogy titles?  Is there a backlog of maps that would be a great addition to your collection?  Your hidden collections are of unique value both locally- to the community you serve, and globally- to library patrons around the world. Let Amigos help with those backlogs, special projects, and collections with cataloging needs that cannot be met by current staffing or expertise levels. (read more...)

Learn about Funding from Amigos at Live Online Event October 29

The Amigos Fellowship and Opportunity Award Program supports library innovation, development, and research. Through a competitive selection process, up to $10,000 is available annually to Amigos member libraries and their staffs.  (read more...) 

Continuing Education News 

Face-to-Face RDA Training Scheduled for  

Columbia, MO

Both the Library of Congress (LC) and U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) have announced they are moving forward with full implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) on March 31, 2013. Now that implementation is around the corner, is your library ready for RDA?   

OCLC News 

Sign Up by October 22 for a WorldShare ILL Head-start

Want to get a head-start on WorldShare ILL before the February release? As part of the November 2012 migration group, you'll get personal support and consultation with OCLC experts and make your feedback heard. (read more...)

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