• Forward Focus: A Fond Farewell to Action for Libraries
  Brenda Bailey-Hainer, BCR's executive director, bids a fond farewell to BCR's long-running publication. However, coming in February, readers will soon discover BCR's new image and a new quarterly publication with timely communications about BCR activities and much more.
• Analyzing ILL Usage: Texas State Library and Archives Commission Project
  Heather Clark, BCR member services librarian, reports on the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) project completed in mid-December. A team from BCR, including Brenda Bailey-Hainer (BCR executive director), Clark and Lynn Taylor (BCR contract consultant), joined with two consulting partners to examine current ILL practices and create a blueprint of options for building a statewide ILL service for Texas.
• BCR Conference Management Services
  Discover how BCR's new conference management service can help you run a successful conference. BCR staff can handle all the details and create a polished resource to communicate with attendees and exhibitors.
• The Great TechScape — E-Reference: Doing It on the Fly and On the Cheap!
  Shelly Drumm, BCR's emergent technology trainer, reviews some great tools that are free and easy-to-use to help librarians answer reference questions. Take a look at Google Docs, IM, Meebo and MeeboMe, as well as Jing, a really cool new tool to illustrate just about anything online to someone who's not in the same room.
• And more... much more!

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