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Amigos member research libraries gain access to Skilltype with new agreement

Amigos Library Services is making a first of its kind investment in increasing the capacity of its 500+ library members by implementing a multi-year partnership with talent management platform Skilltype. This partnership will provide access to a pilot group of research libraries to begin deploying a data-driven approach to organizational development. Initial pilot participants include Baylor University, Rice University, Southern Methodist University, Texas Christian University, Texas Tech University, The University of Texas at Austin, and Washington University in St. Louis.

MOLIB2GO Makes the Million Checkouts Club for 2022

Missouri Libraries 2 Go (MOLIB2GO), an OverDrive consortium administered by Amigos, is once again a member of the Million Checkouts Club for 2022. MOLIB2GO, made up of over 100 Missouri public libraries with similar interests and patron populations, continued to work together to share a collection of over 77,000 ebooks and audiobooks.

Reflections from NWILL Conference Amigos Scholarship Recipients

With an exclusively designed sponsorship package, Amigos supported the Northwest Interlibrary Loan & Resource Sharing (NWILL) Conference. exhibiting at a virtual booth and providing several Amigos member libraries scholarships for a staff member to attend the conference. Recipients of the Amigos Scholarships were asked to share some takeaways from the conference such as what stood out to them at the conference and anything they started or planned to change after having attended the conference.

Revamped Nursing Collection Now Available from Infobase

Curated to help nursing students excel in their studies, pass licensure exams, and prepare for long-term job success in an increasingly complex health care system, Nursing: Current Concepts and Practices Collection features copyrights only within the past five years and titles from trusted producers such as Classroom Productions, Inc., Medcom-Trainex, Elsevier, Cambridge Educational, Medivison, Nevco Educational Video Inc., and others.