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The Amigos Nominating Committee is accepting nominations from individuals interested in serving on the Amigos Board of Directors. The 2024 election ballot, to be sent to members in April, will include candidates for four positions on the board – three board of directors positions for representatives from member institutions and one board of directors position for an independent representative.

The Amigos Nominating Committee is accepting nominations from individuals interested in serving on the Amigos Board of Directors. The 2024 election ballot, to be sent to members in April, will include candidates for four positions on the board – three board of directors positions for representatives from member institutions and one board of directors position for an independent representative.

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) recently announced the publication of its newest standard, ANSI/NISO Z39.105-2023, Content Profile/Linked Document (CP/LD), which enables portions of content, data, semantics, and other resources from separate sources to be combined into a single, standards-based format optimized for interchange, search, and display.

Skilltype, a talent management platform that helps libraries identify, develop, and share expertise, now has a revamped search tool. It features advanced facet filtering, streamlining the ability to pinpoint precisely what librarians need.

Register today for the online conference, "Creative Solutions in Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Resources Management". Jennifer Baxmeyer, Assistant University Librarian for Metadata Services at Princeton University Library and the lead volunteer cataloger for LiteracyNation Inc., will present the keynote presentation, "Where Do We Go From Here?".

While the Amigos offices are closed December 22, 2023 through January 1, 2024, (TAE) staff will be monitoring courier email from December 25 through 29th.

The courier service will not run on December 25th, in observance of Christmas day, or on January 1st, in observance of New Year's Day.

Project MUSE has launched nearly 1,000 titles from more than 20 Latin American university presses and scholarly publishers, marking a milestone in their initiative to expand digital access to Spanish-language books for libraries.

Oxford University Press will join theIPregistry.org in early 2024 to make the process of checking, monitoring, and updating IP addresses easier. On January 17, 2024, Oxford will transition to using the data held by theIPregistry.org. From that point, please send any IP updates via theIPregistry.org instead of submitting updates via the Oxford "My Account" or to OUP customer service team.

Expand access to timely and trusted scholarship with the PLUS+ Package, a large bundle of titles that are part of the journal hosting program on the Project MUSE platform. These titles are not included in any of the curated MUSE Journal Collections. With a discounted bundle price, the PLUS+ Package is an affordable and convenient way to add essential, current, peer-reviewed literature to your library resources, and support academy-owned and independent non-profit publishers.

The academic publishing landscape is changing rapidly, and open access is becoming increasingly more relevant across all library types and sizes.  Register today to join the CloudSource team and a panel of CSOA customers as they discuss the three things that every librarian should know about this important and timely topic in the Library Journal Webcast: "Three Things Every Librarian Should Know About Open Access Content" on December 12th at 12 pm central.

If you missed the November 30, 2023, online conference, "Reimagining Libraries: Exploring the AI & VR Revolution in Library Services", there's still a chance to view the sessions by registering for the recording.

Registrations is now open for DOAJ at 20: Trusted. This third and final webinar celebrates 20 years of DOAJ, on December 7th at 8 am Central Time. Moderated by Joy Owango from TCC Africa, the ninety-minute webinar will have four speakers – Judith Barnsby, Ivan Oransky, Ixchel Faniel and Dr Haseeb Irfanullah – discuss what it means to be trusted and variations of mistrust in scholarly communications.

Part of National Information Standards Organization (NISO)'s ongoing efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the community, the NISO Plus scholarship program is intended for early- to mid-career professionals whose voices have been underrepresented in the information community. Awardees will learn about NISO's standards work, receive free registration to NISO events, travel and accommodations to NISO's annual conference in Baltimore (pending funder approval), networking and mentorship opportunities and more.

The latest Amigos Online Conference will highlight the innovative work happening in member libraries in the arenas of artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR). These technologies have emerged as powerful tools that enhance and expand the role of libraries, empowering them to provide innovative services and experiences to their patrons.