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Call for Proposals-Delta Serials Conference, with noted expert Jeffrey Beall as keynote!

Submitted by Amigos on Thu, 2017-01-05 08:04

The Inaugural Delta Serials Conference will take place Thursday, July 27 through Friday, July 28, 2017, on Arkansas State University’s Jonesboro campus, with noted expert Jeffrey Beall as keynote. This conference will focus on advances, developments, and continuing issues in the management and use of all serial library products. Beall will discuss open access journals and predatory publishing.

Don’t Forget-Computers in Libraries 2017 offers discount to Amigos members!

Submitted by Amigos on Thu, 2017-01-05 08:03

Attending the Computers in Libraries 2017 conference March 28-30 in Arlington, VA? Register through Amigos and save up to $180 off the early bird registration fee!

Want to learn more about metadata?

Submitted by Amigos on Thu, 2017-01-05 08:02

The second course in a brand new series, Metadata Principles and Practices: Metadata Standards and Types, will be January 12, 2017 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CDT. This two-hour online workshop should be taken after, "Metadata Basics." It is designed to help catalogers, archivists, digital project managers, or anyone needing an overview of metadata, discover how metadata standards are created. Participants will learn how to understand the roles of schemas and DTDs in defining tags and learn how to list types of metadata and their roles in describing resources.

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