AmigosNow Articles

Why the Amigos eShelf℠ Service?

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2016-04-07 10:06

-Amigos eShelf℠ Service Manager Christine Peterson

I get this question a lot.

Why should my library consider signing up for the Amigos eShelf℠ Service? What makes it different from OverDrive, Baker and Taylor’s Axis 360, or ebrary? Isn’t this just another e-book platform like those from the commercial vendors?
No, it is definitely not the same. We’ve built it from the ground up to address the concerns expressed to us by libraries.

New vendor partner Data-Planet finds fans among Amigos members

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2016-04-07 09:53

Data-Planet, our newest vendor partner, bills itself as "A Universe of Data at Your Fingertips," and it's easy to see why. Data-Planet Statistical Datasets provide easy access to the largest repository of standardized and structured statistical data. The repository contains over 25 billion data points from more than 75 source organizations, 4.3 billion datasets, 400+ source databases, 16 major subject categories and thousands of descriptors.

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