Amigos Board Announces Election Results, Selects Officers for 2024 – 2025
Amigos Library Services is pleased to announce the following individuals have been elected to three-year terms (2024-2027) on the Amigos Board of Directors.
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Amigos Welcomes Naomi Gonzales as Library Services Trainer and Missouri Libraries 2 Go Coordinator
Amigos Library Services is pleased to welcome Naomi Gonzales as our Library Services Trainer and Missouri Libraries 2 Go Coordinator. Amigos' Continuing Education Services team coordinates a full schedule of online workshops, free Know & Go sessions for member libraries, our popular Online Conferences, and customized on-request training for libraries and organizations.
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Invitation to participate in DOAJ’s Community Consultation
Amigos partner, DOAJ, a trusted directory dedicated to indexing high-quality Open Access journals, plays a pivotal role in the scholarly community. Libraries make extensive use of DOAJ as a source of trusted journals, integrating metadata into their discovery systems and open access services. Amigos partnership with DOAJ simplifies the process of library contributions for DOAJ and facilitates libraries providing financial support for DOAJ's vital work.
Catch Up on DOAJ’s Data, Work and Projects in Newly Released Annual Highlights 2023 Report
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), an Amigos partner, has released an 'Annual Highlights' report outlining highlighted data, work, and projects from 2023. In 2023 DOAJ celebrated significant milestones and continued to develop their organization and service to keep pace with the changing landscape.
Controlled Digital Lending Recommended Practice Draft from NISO Out for Public Comment
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced that its draft Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-44-202X) is now available for public comment through April 21 at the project website. NISO invites all members of the information community to review the work and share any feedback.
Amigos Announces Candidates for election to the Amigos Board of Directors
The Amigos Library Services Nominating Committee has announced the slate of candidates for election in May to the Amigos Library Services Board of Directors. Candidate and voting information will be sent to the designated Voting Representatives of Amigos’ member institutions as part of the email containing the Call to Meeting.
Voting Representatives: Watch for a test message
In preparation for the upcoming elections, Amigos is testing email addresses to ensure that each member institution will properly receive voting materials at voting materials will be properly received by each member institution.
Amigos Members Win NISO Plus Scholarships
Each year, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Plus conference brings people together in a dynamic forum to explore and tackle trends and challenges in the global information community. The NISO Plus Scholarship program extends a unique opportunity for a group of emerging and mid-career professionals to contribute their perspectives and make their voices heard.
Amigos Library Services Professional Development Award for ER&L
The Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) 19th Annual Conference takes place March 3-6, 2024 with options to attend in person in Austin, Texas, or online via the Virtual Conference.
DOAJ: Criteria, Indexing and 2023 Highlights
Register today to join Amigos partner, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) for their February 21st webinar to go through some basics of what DOAJ is and how it is used.