February 13, 2025

St. Louis County Library Wins Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize
St. Louis County Library (SLCL) recently won the 2025 Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize in recognition of its outstanding collaboration with local government and the community, awarded by Library Journal. The award, presented in partnership with the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation, includes a $250,000 grant and a feature in LJ’s February issue.

Amigos Library Services member SLCL utilizes Amigos services such as the Job Bank and Member Discount Services for databases and journals to enhance its offerings and better serve the community.

Continuing Education News

In-Person Book Repair Basics Training Available in Dallas, April 24
Amigos is pleased to offer a hands-on introduction and overview to help library staff maintain their circulating hardcover book collection. Preservation expert Rebecca Elder will guide attendees through repair techniques for paper (surface cleaning, mending, tipping in pages) and books (hinge tightening and corner repair) and provide guidance for setting up a repair workspace, understanding book repair terminology, and engaging a conservator.

Two sessions, morning and afternoon, will be available on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

This in-person session is limited to 12 attendees to help facilitate actual book repair practice. To provide as many member libraries with an opportunity to participate, a limit of two registrations per institution is requested.

Due to the class size limit, a waitlist will be made available for sessions that reach capacity.

Explore AI's Impact on the Research Cycle in NISO February Webinar. Free for Amigos Members!

Register today for NISO's February 19, 2025, "AI and the Research Cycle, Phase I: Environmental Scan and Discovery" webinar to hear the latest on new and developing AI technologies and their impact on scholarly research.

Amigos members receive free membership to the NISO Library Standards Alliance.

Amigos Online Learning - Free for Members

Online topical conferences, the annual member conference, Know & Go sessions, Community Conversations, and NISO member webinars are all no charge to Amigos members. Upcoming free opportunities include:

• AI & the Research Cycle (Phase I: Research & Discovery)

• Know & Go: Welcoming Adult Learners to Your Library with Bilingual Programming

• The Essentials: Library Values

• Discover Hyku: Empowering Libraries with Open-Source Repository Solutions

• Know & Go: Performance Improvement Plans

• Secrets to changing behavior in scholarly communication
  

• Know & Go: Tools for Job Seekers in Libraries

• The Future of Open Access Beyond the Nelson Memo

• Discover Hyku: Empowering Libraries with Open-Source Repository Solutions

• Managing Risk in the Information Community

• AI & the Research Cycle (Phase II: Data Collection & Analysis)

Proposals Due February 19 for "Collections Reflect Communities" Online Conference
The Amigos Online Conference, "Collections Reflect Communities" (April 10, 2025), will explore ways libraries represent their communities through collections and technical services practices. Amigos welcomes proposals for 45-minute individual or panel sessions. Submit your proposal by February 19, 2025. Sessions are presented online with technical support and moderation assistance from Amigos staff.

Missed "The People-Powered Library" Online Conference? Register for the recording!
If you missed the February 12, 2025, online conference, "The People-Powered Library", there's still a chance to view the sessions by registering for the recording. Please note that all attendees registered for the live event automatically gain access to the recorded sessions through the conference portal.