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Amigos Library Services provided scholarships for five library professionals to attend the Northwest Interlibrary Loan (NWILL) and Resource Sharing Conference.

Join featured trainer Elliot Williams to build your metadata expertise through four comprehensive courses. Each course is designed to strengthen your understanding of metadata concepts, standards, quality, and relationships. 

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Looking for strategies to connect your patrons with career and job resources? Have young adults searching for their first career, or active job seekers searching for employment? We have two upcoming Know & Go sessions that feature library programs and resources focusing on careers.

Digital accessibility helps ensure that all users can access and engage with library resources and services.

The latest issue of CONTINUED: The Amigos Continuing Education News

Amigos vendor partner Project MUSE provides access to trusted humanities and social sciences scholarship from more than 400 university presses and scholarly societies.

Bloomsbury Publishing is offering Amigos members an additional 10% discount on new subscriptions and one-time purchases of select digital collections from September 15 through November 15, 2026.

As colleges and universities continue to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on teaching and learning, libraries are increasingly playing a key role in supporting AI literacy efforts across campus.

Staff changes happen frequently. Maintaining current contacts helps Amigos deliver invoices, service notifications, newsletters, and member communications to the appropriate staff, reducing delays and ensuring smooth service. Accurate contacts help your library get the full value of its Amigos membership and ensure critical information reaches the staff who need it most.

Bibliotele is a Spanish language streaming service built for public and academic libraries and special member pricing is available for this Amigos vendor partner.

The full conference schedule has been released for The Flexible Library, Amigos Library Services' online conference taking place September 23, 2026.

The Amigos Continuing Education schedule for October through December is now live, offering a variety of courses designed to support library staff at all levels. As a reminder, all courses are free for everyone at member libraries, including administrators, librarians, staff, volunteers, and student employees. 

Amigos Library Services will offer two upcoming Know & Go sessions focused on practical challenges facing library professionals today. These one-hour online sessions offer timely, actionable guidance that attendees can apply in their own organizations. Register for these sessions today.

Amigos is announcing an expanded schedule of Fall 2026 Digital Repository Service Office Hours, a series designed for libraries and cultural heritage institutions interested in learning more about Hyku, a community-supported digital repository platform for organizations of all types and sizes.  

Amigos vendor partner PolicyMap continues to expand its data and mapping platform with new features designed to help libraries better understand and serve their communities.

Hispanic Heritage Month offers libraries an opportunity to connect their communities with stories, voices, and cultural experiences that resonate year-round.