The webcast examines ideas that ensure that library education programs remain vibrant and are responsive to the needs of practitioners and is hosted by Richard Dougherty. Guests will include Dan O'Connor, chair of ALA's Committee on Education (COE); John Budd, president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE); Jan Sanders, director, City of Pasadena Public Library; and Janice Simmons-Welburn, dean of libraries, Marquette University.

Please register through BCR by completing the teleconference registration form. Select "Library Education: Facing New Realities" from the choices available. You will receive an e-mail from BCR with the URL to access the webcast.

Questions? Contact Brandie Baumann, BCR communications coordinator, at bbaumann@bcr.org.

To order, contact BCR's Karen Graham (kgrahma@bcr.org).

Springer is the second-largest journal publisher and largest book publisher worldwide in the science, technology and medicine (STM) sector and publishes on behalf of more than 300 academic associations and professional societies. Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media, one of the world's leading suppliers of scientific and specialist literature.

Sponsored by the Idaho Commission for Libraries, a series of workshops on podcasting and wikis are being offered throughout Idaho. The sessions focus on new technologies that are being used to download books, audio files, conduct research and obtain information. Friday morning's session examined podcasting and how libraries can provide the services their patrons desire.

Charles Bolles, continuing education consultant for the Idaho Commission for Libraries and former BCR Board of Trustees member, looked in on the training session. He was quoted on air, saying that podcasting is for "...anybody who has a computer, you don't even need an iPod. If the library has a Web site, they can load the audio files." The KMVT reporter noted that with the introduction of these new technologies, it's easier than ever for libraries to provide services to just about anyone, including teenagers and college students, the visually impaired and families.

For information on learning opportunities around the BCR region, please contact BCR's Regan Harper (rharper@bcr.org), manager, Training & OCLC Services, or visit the BCR training pages for a current schedule of online and classroom workshops.

Ten state library agencies along with BCR and the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC), together have funded a group license for these popular programs. Register with BCR for the satellite downlink or to view the webcast.

Visit the Summit Web site to register for this timely conference and for more information.

The in-person training coupons offer an approximate 20 percent savings. In-person Application and Technical training courses are available at New Horizons locations throughout the country. Applications courses include Microsoft Office products, graphics and Internet courses. The technical courses include Microsoft, Novell, CompTIA, Cisco and others.

Online training coupons offer a 15 percent discount. These coupons can be used for either Online LIVE or Online ANYTIME workshops. Online LIVE is a comprehensive and convenient way to learn with live, expert instruction on the Web. Online ANYTIME courses are available when you are, any time of the day or night.

Libraries can prepurchase in-person training coupons and use them at a later time, or the coupons can be purchased at the time of registration. The online training coupons only may be purchased at the time of registration. All coupons expire one year from the date of purchase.

Please visit the BCR New Horizons Web page for complete information and instructions. Questions? Contact Regan Harper (rharper@bcr.org) at BCR.

Kansas
The Kansas Tri-Conference is being held at the Expo Center Exhibit Hall in Topeka, April 11-13. BCR's Lisa Holmberg, project coordinator, Innovations & Special Projects, is scheduled to present "Understanding How Google Works," on Friday, April 13, from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Please join her to discover the inner workings of Google and how it can help libraries and their staff become better information providers. BCR's Jay Ford, Marketing & Support associate, will be staffing the BCR exhibit booth (#233). Ford and Holmberg will be available to answer questions, suggest products and services that can help save time and money and introduce what's new at BCR these days. Don't forget to stop by to get a BCR water bottle.

Washington
The Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick is hosting the Washington Library Association conference, April 18-21. BCR's Jay Ford will be available in the BCR booth to meet Washington's librarians. Keep him busy...stop by to chat with him, get an update on BCR's activities and pick up a BCR water bottle!

Oregon
OLA members are meeting in Corvallis at the LeSells Stewart and Alumni Center on the beautiful Oregon State University campus, April 18-20. BCR's Regan Harper, manager, Training & OCLC Services, is presenting the "BCR Network Update" from 8:30-10 a.m., on Friday, April 20. Come hear how BCR can help libraries save money and do more with less. Harper also will be staffing the exhibit booth and would enjoy the opportunity to meet and talk with Oregon librarians one-on-one and personally give away a BCR water bottle.

Montana
The Red Lion Colonial Inn in Montana's state capitol, Helena, is the site of the Montana Library Association Annual Conference, April 25-28. Two new faces will be representing BCR at the conference — Jay Ford, Marketing & Support associate, and Shelly Drumm, Emergent Technology trainer. Drumm is presenting two programs:

• Podcasting 101, Friday, April 27, 10:30-12 noon — Learn how to disseminate information about your library out to the public using the latest technology.
• Flickr for Libraries, Friday, April 27, 2-3 p.m. — Flickr can do many things. This session will give you ideas on how to use Flickr to promote your library and introduce two of the hottest topics in librarianship today — social software and folksonomies.

Ford will once again be staffing the BCR exhibit booth, and both Drumm and Ford look forward to meeting members of Montana's library community. This may be the last time to pick up a BCR water bottle, so make sure to get yours before they are all gone!

In version 1.70, several problems have been resolved:

• Microsoft Windows auto-update KB918118 that prevented record display.
• Validation problems with Bengali, Devanagari, Tamil and Thai.
• Export problem that added incorrect subfield information in field 035 when more than one OCLC control number is in the field.
• Missing graphics for the macro recorder toolbar.

In version 1.71, the CJK problem with entering Chinese, Japanese and Korean script character using the IME has been resolved.

OCLC recommends the following:

• If you are using 1.60, upgrade directly to version 1.72 before the April 15 end-of-life date for 1.60.
• If you are using 1.70 with the 1.71 patch and do not need the fix in 1.72 for entering CJK script, wait for the release of version 2.00 to upgrade. Version 2.00 is planned for release mid-year.
• If you are downloading the client for the first time, download and install the complete 1.72 client software.

Important reminder! Uninstall current client version(s) before upgrading to 1.72. If you previously installed a patch for your version of the client and want to upgrade to 1.72, please remember to uninstall both 1.70 and 1.71 (or both 1.60 and 1.61, if that is the version and corresponding patch which you currently have installed) before installing 1.72. It does not matter in what order you uninstall; you may uninstall either one of the pair (full software or patch) first.

OCLC will continue to support version 1.70, the 1.71 patch and interim version 1.72 after April 15, 2007; however, you will no longer be able to log on using 1.60.

Instructions for installing 1.72:

1. Open your browser to psw.oclc.org.
2. Enter your OCLC authorization and password.
3. Select the link for Connexion client only version 1.72 software or Connexion client 1.72 complete software. (See the installation instructions available at the links next to each software package for details.)
4. Scroll to the end of the OCLC Software License Agreement and select I Agree.
5. The download window should display the file name xxxxx.exe or xxxxx.exe.
6. Select Save and specify a folder on your workstation where you want to save the file. Be sure to remember the folder location for the next step.
7. In Windows Explorer, open the folder where you saved the file and double-click it to start the setup program.
8. Follow prompts to complete the installation.

Please don't hesitate to contact BCR with any questions or problems.

An exciting line up of speakers and events are scheduled:

• Reggie Rivers, former Denver Bronco, local sportscaster and avid library supporter, will be the Thursday keynote speaker.
• Joan Stein, head of Resource Sharing at Carnegie Mellon University, will present “Practice Makes Perfect: Advancing International Interlibrary Loan and the Role of the IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section.”
• Lori Ayre, project manager and founder of the Galecia Group, will give a presentation on delivery issues titled “Delivery 2.0.”
• Friday's keynote speaker Michael Carroll, associate professor of Law at Villanova University School or Law, will discuss Creative Commons.
• You will have the opportunity to hear presentations from vendors and an annual update session from OCLC.
• There will also be an update on Rethinking Resource Sharing.
• ILLiad will have a user’s group meeting Friday afternoon.

The pre-conference on Wednesday, April 25, will have sessions for the Colorado Courier Users Group and the SWIFT Users Group. The pre-conference is free.

The registration fee is affordable at only $85 for the two-day conference. For conference details, registration forms, information on “free registration and expenses” opportunities and hotel information, visit the conference web site: www.aclin.org/coloillconf.

CSA Illumina
Wednesday, April 4, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. MDT
Presented by CSA's Jeremy Zahrte
Session Description: Consider CSA Illumina for your library. Simple, powerful and intuitively designed, CSA Illumina offers the high quality, in-depth databases that address the current and future needs of all user levels. Providing access to more than 100 leading databases, including core files such as PsycINFO, MLA, GeoRef and Sociological Abstracts, CSA Illumina delivers precise, quick and effective research.

NetLibrary Update including New BCR Shared Collections
Tuesday, April 17, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Presented by OCLC's Doug van der Zee
Description: A lot is going on with NetLibrary this Spring... titles from new eAudiobook publishers are available and BCR is offering two new shared collections focused on Community Colleges and Public Libraries. Learn about these special offers, as well as a general content and product update, during this session with Doug van der Zee from OCLC.

The capability to add and/or update authority records will be reinstated at approximately 9 p.m. EDT, Sunday, March 25.

During that period, OCLC will also suspend the loading of distributed authority records from the Library of Congress, but will continue to retrieve contribution files. During the outage, users will continue to be able to: search and browse the LC Names and Subjects authority files, search and browse the LC Names and Subjects history files, create new authority records, edit existing authority records, lock existing authority records, save new and/or modified authority records to online and/or local files, submit new and/or modified authority records for peer review, control headings in bibliographic records using existing records in the LC Names and/or Subjects authority files, export authority records, print authority records.

Should a user attempt to add and/or replace a master authority record during the outage, a message will be displayed:

• Connexion client (1.60 or 1.70) will return the message "An error has occurred…" if either the Add record or Replace record commands is invoked. If the user attempts to add a record from either the online or local save file, other error messages may be presented.
• Connexion browser will return the messages "Add failed" or "Replace failed" depending on the action selected by the user.

Should any type of error message be returned, the user can choose to save the record to the online or local save file or cancel changes.

During the period of outage an OCLC System Alert will also be posted.

Contact Becky Dean at OCLC directly — (800) 848-5878, ext. 5144 or deanr@oclc.org — for additional information or assistance.

• Electronic delivery addresses added to one- and two-per-page printing — Users are now able to see electronic delivery addresses on the one- and two-per-page print views. Fields are limited to a total length of 101 characters for 2-per-page output and 92 characters for 1-per-page output (including the label views).
• Addition of LHR Summary field on one- and two-per-page printing — Users are now able to view local holdings data (volume, year, etc.) on the one- and two-per-page printouts.

• ISBN display in the one- and two-per page printing — Field length of the ISBN field has expanded to guarantee the proper display of the 13 digit ISBNs.
• Locations field added back to the two-per-page printing — The "Locations," field, which lists alternate lenders not in the lendings string, will once again be included in the two-per-page print view.

General Note about Printing in WorldCat Resource Sharing
In order to accommodate all required fields for printing, OCLC needed to decrease the font size from 9 points to 8.45 points. OCLC apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused and hopes to offer a printing schema in the near future that will allow libraries to customize the fields required for their local needs.

WorldCat Services Adminstrative Module: Fix
Previously, if a user defined only one Electronic Delivery Address in his/her Constant Data Options, the delivery method did not display in the Staff View Workform. The Staff View Workform would display only Electronic Delivery Addresses from Constant Data records when multiple delivery addresses were present. This error has now been fixed.

Librarians are welcome at the Digitization and Museums training. Sponsored by the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), this workshop introduces librarians, archivists, curators and other staff from cultural heritage institutions to the range of issues associated with digitization of primary source materials. The training provides an overview of key issues such as selection of materials, physical preservation, considerations for digital imaging, metadata and the resources required for responsible sustainability of digital collections.

Agenda topics for the three days are:

• Day 1 – Introduction to the issues involved in digital project management
• Day 2 – Introduction to Digital Imaging
• Day 3 – Introduction to Dublin Core Metadata

For more detailed information concerning the training, visit the AASLH Web site. To learn what classes Grinstead will be providing via CDP@BCR see BCR's CDP training Web pages.

Conferences scheduled through the end of March include:

• NMLA/MPLA — Jay Ford, Marketing & Support associate, is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the joint NMLA/MPLA 2007 conference. Visit Booth #15 to find out how BCR can help your library save money, become more technologically savvy and other information.


• CLiC Spring Workshops 2007 — Gillian Harrison, BCR's manger for Marketing & Support, and Lisa Priebe, Regional Consultant/Assistant Director-Northeast, for CLiC (Colorado Library Consortium), are presenting, "Over the Desk and into the Woods: The World of Database Marketing from Your Patron's Viewpoint." Join them on Wednesday, March 15, at the Greeley Chamber of Commerce or in Grand Junction at the Two Rivers Convention Center on March 22, for advice on how to think like your user when it comes to locating information. A third presentation is scheduled for April 18, in Pueblo.

April starts out with the Kansas Tri-Conference, April 11-13:

• Kansas Tri-Conference — Lisa Holmberg, BCR project coordinator, Innovations & Special Projects, and Jay Ford, BCR Marketing & Support associate, are traveling to Topeka April 11-13, for the annual Kansas Tri-Conference. Holmberg will present, "Understanding How Google Works," on Friday, April 13, from 10:45-11:45 a.m. in the Emerald Room. Ford is helping staff the BCR exhibit booth and is looking forwarding to meeting and talking with Kansan librarians.

The merger of the CDP — with its nationally recognized digitization expertise — into BCR — a multistate library cooperative serving more than 1,100 member libraries — will enable BCR to build new service programs in the area of digitization and reach out to cultural heritage organizations in addition to bringing CDP-based training, best practices and guidelines and consulting services to member libraries.

Nancy Allen, Chair of the CDP Board and Principal Investigator on most of the CDP-related grants, said, "This is a wonderful opportunity to move CDP to a new level of leadership and service quality, combining its expertise with that of BCR and reaching out to all of BCR's members as well as offering BCR technical capacity and expertise to CDP's cultural heritage community partners and members."

"BCR has an excellent reputation for providing quality training to library staff throughout our 11-state region," commented Brenda Bailey-Hainer, Executive Director of BCR. "The merger of CDP into BCR will allow us to expand our offerings into the area of digital collections using the tested curriculum of CDP and to build on the strengths of both organizations and their staffs. In addition, CDP's past success in securing federal grant funding for cutting edge digital projects will assist BCR with moving into this arena."

CDP will move from its current offices at the University of Denver to BCR, also based in Colorado, as of April 2, and the CDP Board will dissolve its nonprofit corporation to merge into BCR, also a not-for-profit corporation. Leigh Grinstead, currently CDP Operations Coordinator, will transition to BCR in a newly created position, CDP Program Coordinator, providing continuity to CDP members and partners. The current cdpheritage.org/ Web site material will be merged with the BCR Web site over time. A Digital Services Advisory Group will be formed to advise CDP@BCR on current and new digital services and initiatives. CDP Working Groups will continue to meet to create and update best practices and standards and to assist with future planning for digital initiatives and grant proposals.

For additional information, contact Brenda Bailey-Hainer, the Executive Director of BCR, at bbailey@bcr.org or (303) 751-6277 or Leigh Grinstead, at leigh.grinstead@du.edu or (303) 871-2006 (before April 1).

The Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR) is a nonprofit, multistate library cooperative that has served the library community since its founding in 1935, providing cost-effective library and information services. Today BCR (www.bcr.org/) serves libraries in 42 states, Canada and Guam, many through statewide agreements with state library agencies in 11 western states allowing all libraries in those states to use BCR services as member institutions.

The Collaborative Digitization Program, established in 1999 as the Colorado Digitization Project, enables access to cultural, historical and scientific heritage collections of the West by building collaboration between archives, historical societies, libraries and museums. The CDP (www.cdpheritage.org/) provides assistance to the cultural heritage community through best practice guidelines, workshops and digitization grant funding. The CDP also delivers access to thousands of digital photographs, text and sound files documenting the history, culture and science of the west through Heritage West.

Three candidates are competing for the single open position for the BCR OCLC Members Council delegate election. Five candidates are running for four open positions on the BCR Board of Trustees.

BCR OCLC Members Council Election
Information about the BCR OCLC Members Council delegate election can be found on BCR's Web site at www.bcr.org/elections/mc/mcelect.html. Designated voters for BCR's OCLC governing members will receive an e-mail message in mid-March with instructions on how to cast their ballots. Votes must be cast by April 27.

Voters will elect a delegate from among the following candidates:

• Dr. Lorraine Haricombe, Watson Library, University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)
• Sheryl Taylor, John & Louise Hulst Library, Dordt College (Sioux Center, Iowa)
• Doris Wisher, Jay Sexter Library, Touro University Nevada (Henderson, Nevada)

BCR Board of Trustees Election
Information about the Board of Trustees election is found at www.bcr.org/elections/board/botelect.html. Voting in this election begins in early April, and the deadline for submitting Board of Trustees ballots is May 4. Open positions and the candidates running to fill them are:

School and Processing Centers Trustee:

• Gail Anderson, Mountlake Terrace High School (Edmonds, Washington)
• Mark Ferguson, Cherry Creek School District (Englewood, Colorado)
• Nancy White, Academy School District 20 (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

• Ann Marie Clark, Arnold Library, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington)
• Kris Haglund, Bailey Library & Archives, Denver Museum of Nature & Science (Denver, Colorado)
• Susan Ferrer-Vinent, Denver Art Museum Library (Denver, Colorado)

• Barry Neil Brown, Mansfield Library, University of Montana (Missoula, Montana)
• Greg Cotton, Cole Library, Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa)
• Kate Gordon, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage (Anchorage, Alaska)
• Rod Henshaw, Cowles Library, Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa)
• Susan Holmes Hill, Brigham City Library (Brigham City, Utah)

Seven databases represent topics as diverse as Latin American and African American culture and history, information on terrorism and security, traditions and accounts of everyday life from antiquity through the present day, as well as a tool to help librarians and other professionals who work with readers identify books they will enjoy reading. The seven databases include:

• The African American Experience
• The Latino American Experience
• The Reader's Advisor Online
• Praeger Security International Online
• Daily Life Through History
• World Folklore and Folklife
• World Cultures Today

Visit the BCR Web site for information regarding these products, pricing and how to order.

A free trial is available until the end of March. Contact Jay Ford (jford@bcr.org) for more information.

Documentation for the Terminologies Service is now available on the OCLC Web site and includes:

• Setup Instructions — Procedures for your initial access to the OCLC Terminologies Service.


• Online Help — This is the same online Help that is found in the Terminologies interface itself. It is reproduced for the benefit of those who would like to print it out or for those who prefer to learn about the Terminologies Service without having to access the service itself.

Its diverse services include online selection and ordering, EDI transfer, MARC record delivery and e-notifications for new titles published in France and other francophone countries. All book receipts, cataloging and online databases are based on professional review of materials at Touzot’s Paris bookshops.

In addition to Touzot, Aux Amateurs de Livres International, Casalini Libri and Harrassowitz are active WorldCat Selection vendors.

Also, Puvill Libros has agreed to partner with OCLC for WorldCat Selection. Headquartered in Barcelona and with offices in Mexico, Portugal, France and the United States, Puvill Libros supplies books published and distributed in Spain, Mexico, Portugal, Andorra and Latin America. Its services include monographic orders, subscriptions, standing orders, approval plans, USMARC records, new title services, book processing services and EDIFACT ordering and invoicing.

For more information, please visit the OCLC WorldCat Selection and vendor partners Web site.

Two sessions are currently scheduled. Both begin at 3 p.m. ET.

• Choosing the Right Route: Preparing Newspapers for Online Access — March 15
  OCLC preservation experts will explain the activities that lead to successful newspaper digitization projects. You’ll see the path those projects take and hear the key steps you can follow to ensure similar results. Guest speaker, David Roberts, Wissahickon Valley Public Library Director, will share his journey through the newspaper digitization process and offer lessons he learned along the way.


• Delivering and Managing an Online Newspaper Collection — March 27
  Ron Gardner, OCLC Digital Services Consultant, will discuss how to deliver a first-class user experience with CONTENTdm — from displaying your newspaper collection to enhancing, storing and managing it.

Register online.

Celebrating the start of Alaska's new ListenAlaska Digital Catalog, OverDrive generously donated two MP3 players — one to be given away at the BCR Network Update on Saturday, February 24, and the other given away during a drawing at the BCR exhibit booth. The lucky person whose name was drawn at the exhibit booth was Maureen Callahan from the Seward Community Library. Joe D'Elia from the A Holmes Johnson Memorial Library in Kodiak won the player given away during Bailey-Hainer's program. Thanks to everyone who attended the BCR Network Update and took the time to stop at BCR's booth.

Visit the BCR Web site to view photos Bailey-Hainer took during the conference.

Women's History Month — Test drive one of these fascinating databases before March 31. Gain insight into women's participation in events important to an understanding of the times in which they occurred.

• Women and Social Movements
• Primary Sources of the Women’s Movement
• North American Women’s Letters and Diaries
• British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries

Latino History Month — Learn about Latino literature and women's contributions to the genre. Free access to these databases begins March 15 and ends April 30.

• Latino Literature
• Latin American Women Writers

Don’t wait! Sign up now at Alexander Street Press, and start planning your activities for patrons and faculty. Enjoy free access to full-text articles, images, manuscripts, photos, playbills, oral histories, audio files and assorted ephemera.

Questions? Contact BCR's Jay Ford (jford@bcr.org).

Free access to this resource provides valuable information for anyone planning a trip to Ireland, including learning how to join in the pub life of Dublin or meet Ireland's people through its theater and music groups. Little known historic sites, such as the lake where St. Patrick first landed in 442 AD, are highlighted, as are some of the finest golf courses in the world. Packed with essential information for the adventure-minded traveler, this guide is a comprehensive introduction to the people, the places and the culture of Ireland.

The eBook of the Month showcases new and noteworthy titles available from NetLibrary. Each month, NetLibrary selects a new featured title and provides free, unlimited access through the authenticated homepages of more than 13,000 public, academic and special libraries. NetLibrary has developed a tool kit of free promotional materials that can be downloaded and personalized for your library.

For more information about eBooks, please contact BCR's Gillian Harrison at gharriso@bcr.org.

Follow the illustrated timeline to identify developments in the lives of women since antiquity, including the areas of civil rights, social reform, science and the arts. Read quotes, essays and speeches from female artists, scientists and leaders. Watch video clips, use the learning activities to take an in-depth view of women's achievements or read articles on topics such as feminism and the history of Mother's Day.

Try it today! Appropriate editions are available for public libraries, schools (K-12) and academic libraries. Visit the BCR Britannica Web page for pricing and subscription information.

The following list of Wilson Retrospective databases available to academic libraries was omitted:

• Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective: 1905-1983 (just released)
• Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984
• Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982
• Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983
• Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984
• Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981
• Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
• Applied Science & Technology Retrospective: 1913-1983 (scheduled for release Summer 2007)

Schools also benefit from a special discount offer for WilsonWeb database tools for the K-12 library. For information on savings on annual subscriptions, visit the Great Schools Web page.

Don't forget that these special offers expire March 28. Contact Karen Graham (kgraham@bcr.org) at BCR for more information and subscription rates.