Amigos members are encouraged to apply for the 2025 NISO Plus Scholarship Awards, an exceptional opportunity for emerging and mid-career professionals to connect with the global scholarly communications community. Applications close November 24, 2024—don’t wait to take advantage of this opportunity!
Amigos Library Services is proud to have sponsored scholarships for eight individuals from member libraries to virtually attend the recent Northwest Interlibrary Loan & Resource Sharing (NWILL) Conference, allowing them to participate virtually in sessions on the latest trends and best practices in ILL and resource sharing. Here are reflections from three of our scholarship recipients, each sharing insights gained from the conference that will benefit their libraries and patrons.
COUNTER is an invaluable usage statistics standard that is employed to collect and analyze usage data for online resources, ensuring accuracy for informed decision making. Explore best practices and strategies for assessing the reliability of gathered statistics and their reporting. Through discussion, case studies, and expert insights participants will discover how to use assessment data from this standard to optimize resource allocation, enhance user services, and align with library and industry goals.
As part of its focus on libraries and library staff, Amigos Library Services (Amigos) is funding registration for three people to attend the online aspect of the ER&L 20th Annual Library Conference. Applications are due November 14, 2024.
Collaborative collection development is a multifaceted process that requires navigating the intricacies of collaboration, partnerships with publishers and vendors, as well as a keen understanding of what is necessary to optimize its benefits for all stakeholders.
After a brief hiatus, NISO's monthly webinar series returns with roundtable discussions on building and managing collaborative collections. Amigos members can attend for free.
NISO is offering a free informational webinar on their newly published Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) Recommended Practice. And in August, their monthly webinar series returns after a brief hiatus with roundtable discussions on building and managing collaborative collections. Amigos members receive free membership to the NISO Library Standards Alliance which includes access to NISO's educational webinar program, unlimited participation in NISO Working Groups/Standing Committees, and discounted registration for all non-webinar events.
A notice by the Education Department published on May 24, 2024, announced plans to proceed with proposed changes to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), including plans to cease collecting data on Acad
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) recently announced its draft revision of the Journal Article Version (JAV) Recommended Practice as open for public comment through July 7, 2024, at the project web page.