April 12, 2007
BCR Launches NetLibrary Shared Electronic Book Collections
BCR is launching two new NetLibrary eBook Shared Collections this spring. Below you can find descriptions of each collection, including subject areas, sample publishers and examples of titles included. Complete title lists and pricing to participate in each collection are available on the BCR Web site. Please complete the sign-up form, also on the Web site, by June 8.
BCR 2007 Shared A
The BCR 2007 Shared A Collection includes a variety of titles in several subject areas with focuses in social sciences, computers and technology, literature, education and medicine. In this collection you'll find titles such as "Firewall Policies and VPN Configuration" from Elsevier, "RNotes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide" from F.A. Davis, "Chinese: An Essential Grammar" from Taylor & Francis Routledge and "McGraw-Hill's Spanish for Educators" as well as titles from Oxford University Press, Syngress, Cambridge University Press and many more.
The collection contains only titles from 2005 to the present so it is current and up-to-date. This collection may be of most interest to community colleges, however other academic institutions, public libraries, schools and special libraries are welcome to participate.
BCR 2007 Shared B
Librarians at several public libraries helped to select the title selections for the BCR 2007 Shared B Collection. This collection includes titles such as "Annual Reports 101" from AMACOM, "100 Fastest-growing Careers" from Jist Publishing, "Divorce Without Court" from Nolo and "The Breast Cancer Survivor's Fitness Plan" from McGraw-Hill, as well as titles from Penguin, ipicturebooks and Sphinx Publishing. Subject areas include business and management, literature, health and wellness, career, consumer law and travel, as well as some children's titles and titles in Spanish.
This collection may be of most interest to public libraries, however other academic institutions, community colleges, schools and special libraries are welcome to participate.

