On Thursday, November 9, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., BCR's executive director, Brenda Bailey-Hainer, and Ellen Fox, BCR's manager of Innovations and Special Projects, are joining staff from CliC, Colorado Alliance and the AIRS Committee in hosting the "Database Extravaganza," a preconference session to help participants expand their knowledge of electronic databases. Sessions during the day will include marketing and federated searching topics.

Two BCR staff are presenting programs on Saturday, November 11. Heather Clark, BCR member services librarian, is presenting "‘The Long Tail' and the Growing Social Nature of Information: Where are libraries in the mix?" from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. This program will examine Web services such as blogs and wikis as well as recommender services on retail sites like Amazon and Netflix and discuss their probable impact on the library environment, with particular emphasis on resource sharing.

At 2 p.m., Michael Sauers, BCR Internet trainer, is scheduled to present "Tech Terms: What's New, What's Hot, and What You've Got to Know." Learn about podcasting, phishing, malware, Wikis, RSS feeds and BitTorrent. This presentation will make you more comfortable with the most-used technical terms, before you hear about them from your patrons.

Don't forget to make time to visit the BCR booth. Get all the latest information on new products and services. And besides meeting and talking with staff members, you'll have an opportunity to win a special prize by filling out an online survey being conducted by the Colorado AIRS database group.

We are looking forward to seeing you at this year's Colorado Association of Libraries conference.