The Amigos eShelf℠ Service has been available to libraries since the beginning of November. Since then, we have been getting the word out by attending conferences and posting to social media. Just this fall, we exhibited and presented at the Missouri/Kansas, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Arizona Library Association conferences, and also attended the Charleston and LITA conferences.
Join us February 11, 2016, for the next Amigos Online Conference, "Going Out of Bounds with Reference Services." During this conference, we will be hearing from librarians across the country regarding innovative reference outreach, programming and integration with other departments in the library.
Reference librarianship has transformed from standard "behind-the-desk" reference to roving reference, to virtual reference, and finally beyond the library walls. As part of this evolution, libraries have begun integrating reference services into other library and community services, bringing reference services directly to the need. Whether through innovative programming, bringing librarians out of the library, or incorporating librarians from all specialties into library work, libraries have sought to embed reference into their communities.