The new, advanced Visual Search option continues the graphics-based, zoomable frames design of the previous version; however, users will now be able to select either of two Visual Search interface styles, presented in Adobe's Flash format. Library administrators with access to the EBSCOadmin administrative tools will be able to control which of the two styles will serve as the default for their institution's subscription to EBSCOhost.

Take a look at what's coming in the advanced Visual Search user interface for yourself!

The newest release of this collection helps librarians select age-appropriate works in this increasingly popular graphic novel genre. The database provides ratings for materials as well as "...descriptive and evaluative annotations .... and offers insight into both quality and content..." for librarians. Automatic links to cover art are provided so librarians can get a feel for the work. Content searches can be limited by fiction, nonfiction and biography to reflect the growing diversity available in this relatively new literary form.

New entries are added throughout the subscription year, and an automated "What's New" query gives users the ability to find resources that have been added to the database recently. As new topics are added, users can configure the database to receive daily, weekly or monthly alerts by e-mail.

Free 30-day trials are available. For more information, contact BCR's Maura Dunn (mdunn@bcr.org).

In the constant battle to stay young and feel fit, Dr. Braverman observes that people will try any of the quick fixes that come on the market, including so-called miracle products, fad diets, trendy exercise programs and untested supplements. Many even risk elective surgical procedures just to look young again. But, according to the author, you don't need surgery, pricey cosmetics or starvation to look and feel 15 years younger.

In the book, Dr. Braverman asserts that the secret to living a longer, more vibrant life has at last been discovered and the proverbial fountain of youth is right in your hands. With Younger You (McGraw-Hill, 2007) as your guide, you'll discover how to:

• Get a restful, restorative night's sleep and have energy that lasts all day long.
• Lift your mood by increasing your natural hormone levels.
• Improve your heart health with natural supplements, herbs and spices.
• Increase your muscle mass, boost your memory, build your bones, save your skin and much more.

Dr. Braverman presents a comprehensive anti-aging life plan designed to help you look and feel years younger. After taking an in-depth quiz to help pinpoint your problem areas, you will discover how to immediately address your most pressing needs. Vital organs like the heart, liver, brain and lungs will experience the benefits of hormonal balance, so you will live a lot longer and be healthier, too!

About the Author
Eric R. Braverman, M.D., is the director of the Place for Achieving Total Health (PATH) Medical Centers in New York and Philadelphia. The author of several books on health, including the bestselling The Edge Effect, he runs a thriving practice in New York City.

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 15,000 public, academic and special libraries. To help libraries promote the November eBook of the Month, NetLibrary has developed a tool kit of free promotional resources that includes print-on-demand bookmarks, a sample press release and electronic support materials. More information is available at NetLibrary's Web site.

If your library has bought resources on these topics, here's some advice:

• 363.7382 (Oil as an environmental pollutant) is where interdisciplinary works on oil spills are classed.
• 628.16833 (Oil spills) is where resources on water pollution engineering aspects of dealing with oil spills are classed.
• A work on the spill in San Francisco Bay might be classed in 363.7382097946 (Oil as an environmental pollutant in the San Francisco Bay Area — built from 363.7382) as an interdisciplinary work on a specific marine oil spill near land that discusses the impact on the water, and the coast is classed with the area number for the land affected.
• On the economic front, works on the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the yen are classed in 332.4560952073 (Exchange rates of Japanese and United States currencies), while resources on the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with respect to multiple currencies are classed in 332.4560973 (Exchange rate of United States currency).
• The discovery of an almost 18 inch-long fossilized claw from the pterygotid eurypterid (a Paleozoic era "sea scorpion") made the science news recently (see the Royal Society Publishing's "Biology Letters.") Works about pterygotid eurypterid (the one from which the fossilized claw came was probably 8 feet long) are classed in 565.493 (Eurypterida).

Visit 025.431 for specific instructions on these class numbers and more. The blog is edited by Jonathan Furner, assistant editor of the DDC, with contributions from other members of the Dewey editorial team, at the Decimal Classification Division of the Library of Congress.

If you're new to DDC, learn more in an online introduction.

WorldCat Identities
Located beneath the Details tab in WorldCat.org records, links under About the Author(s) take a searcher to the Identity listing for each name in the list. Each identity listing presents a profile (or identity) of a person or a company. The listing is meant to be a snapshot of the company or the person based on some 25 million personal and corporate authors mentioned in WorldCat. Profiled names include authors, musicians, actors, directors and others in key creative roles. Profiled companies can be publishers, film studios and other firms responsible for releasing a work. The Identities page includes an interactive publication timeline, audience-level bar graph, links to related profiles and more.

For example, view the WorldCat.org record for Star Wars Episode IV, and select any of the names listed under Details > About the Authors, such as George Lucas. You will be taken to a page listing works by Lucas, as well as information on genres, subjects headings and more.

British Libraries Direct Service
Also in WorldCat.org, links are provided to the British Library Direct service, where electronic copies of journal articles may be purchased. The links are provided in the Get It and Buy This Item portions of records and are delivered as secure PDF documents (typically within 24 hours). British Library Direct offers pay-as-you-go access to 20,000 international research journals in many fields.

This new feature streamlines digital collection creation by integrating it with standard cataloging workflows. The latest release of the CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software (version 4.3) supports the Connexion digital import feature.

Connexion catalogers can attach a digital file (or files, if more than one digital file is associated with the same record) to their WorldCat record by using the Connexion client. The digital file is then added to the designated CONTENTdm collection along with its associated metadata record. Metadata records are mapped to Qualified Dublin Core when added to the CONTENTdm collection; TIFF images are converted to JPEG2000; and OCR is performed for TIFF images comprising compound objects. PDF processing occurs if enabled in the CONTENTdm collection. Additionally, the OCLC number from the WorldCat record is added to the new OCLC number administrative field in CONTENTdm.

Digital items added to CONTENTdm using the Connexion client are discoverable from OCLC FirstSearch, WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local. Each digital item added to CONTENTdm using the Connexion client is associated with its WorldCat record via a persistent URL based on the OCLC number (WorldCat accession number) of the WorldCat record. The persistent URL of the form www.worldcat.org/oclc/oclc#/viewonline (where oclc# is the number of the record) now provides one-click access to digital content. By integrating digital collection creation with standard cataloging workflows, Connexion digital import provides an additional option for organizations looking to expand participation in growing and maintaining their digital collections.

The Connexion digital import requires both an OCLC Cataloging subscription and the use of CONTENTdm Hosting Services.

CONTENTdm offers a complete set of tools to store, manage and deliver digital collections such as documents, photos, newspapers, audio and video on the Web.

Discounts for BCR Members
Interested in subscribing? Is your library ready to upgrade to a bundled package? This is the time to do so — BCR's Books24x7 subscription year runs December 31, 2007, through December 30, 2008, and BCR members can subscribe at a significant discount.

Updated Content
With more than 13,750 titles and nine collections, Books24x7 offers one of the widest, deepest collections for technology and business content today. New collections include:

• ExecSummaries — downloadable content; a perfect companion to BusinessPro with summaries on today's top business books from thought leaders
• Well-Being Essentials — titles for healthier living
• GovEssentials — a must for libraries that support a Public Administration program
• Engineering Pro — with MathML and LiveEquations; an ideal complement to ITPro
• BusinessPro — covering 100-plus business topics with more than 4,000 front lists
• ExecBlueprints — the ultimate collection for libraries supporting an MBA or ExecMBA program
• ExecBP — fully downloadable; a wealth of case study material

Free trials are available as well as an online demo featuring best practices, new content, features and tips and tricks. Learn more on the BCR Web site and access links to a list of titles in each collection.

For more information, contact Books24x7 representative, Lou Mutty (lmutty@books24x7.com; (800) 327-6960 x3681). BCR staff Jay Ford (jford@bcr.org) or Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) can also answer questions and assist with pricing and subscription information.

Offered by Interface Electronics, the Potomac Digital Signage systems allow libraries to use software and hardware to communicate messages to their users. Now you can order the 42" Potomac System at a very special price of $4,995. This 42" Bundle System includes a 42" LCD video monitor, the Potomac appliance (hardware and software), wall mount bracket, CAT5 VGA and audio extender, with freight paid.

Contact Chris Cook at ccook@bcr.org for further information.

Data available within Circulation Analysis includes:

• Circulation date
• Total checkouts
• Circulation frequency
• Total titles circulated
• Percentage of titles circulated
• Titles not circulated
• Average checkouts per title circulated

To create a circulation analysis in WCA, you must first run a report via your ILS to extract a minimal set of data elements. For instructions on what data is required to create a circulation analysis and how to submit that data, please visit the OCLC Collection Analysis Web page.

OCLC is offering a free, live webinar to help you get the most out of this service. Please register to sit in on one of the following dates:

• Nov. 28 webinar
• Dec. 4 webinar
• Dec. 13 webinar

Information directly from OCLC is being mailed to libraries with an existing individual WCA subscription.

OCLC offers a live demo environment for Circulation Analysis. If you are interested in viewing it, please contact Beth Levrault (blevraul@bcr.org) at BCR for login and password instructions.

If your library has a WorldCat Resource Sharing subscription that has been in place for 12 months or more, there are no charges to begin using IFM. The service is included in your library's WorldCat Resource Sharing subscription. To begin using IFM, you can either select IFM on each request you place or set up constant data to apply to your transactions. Reports with details of your IFM transactions for both borrowing and lending are available via OCLC's Usage Statistics interface.

If your library is new to OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing and has been using the service for less than 12 months, using IFM will incur a transaction-based administrative fee of $1.36 per use (IFM4572). After the initial 12-month probationary period, your borrowing activity will be re-evaluated, and your new subscription price will have this administrative fee rolled in. If you are unsure whether your institution is in a probationary subscription period for WorldCat Resource Sharing, please contact Regan Harper (rharper@bcr.org) for assistance.

For more information on ILL Fee Management, see OCLC's FAQ pages.

These dates are:

• November 22, 2007 (Thursday)
• November 23, 2007 (Friday)
• December 24, 2007 (Monday)
• December 25, 2007 (Tuesday)
• December 31, 2007 (Monday)
• January 1, 2008 (Tuesday)

Visit the OCLC Web site for a list of nonreferral days from year to year.

As a result of discussions at the meeting, JSC decided to reorganize the structure of RDA to align it more closely to Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Functional Requirements of Authority Data (FRAD).

The current structure of RDA breaks it down into Part A (Description and Relationships) and Part B (Access Point Control). The new structure breaks RDA down into 10 sections organized into two groups. One group will focus on recording the attributes of each of the FRBR-defined entities, and the other group will focus on recording the relationships between those entities.

Other decisions at the meeting impact the practice of uniform titles for the Bible, the treatment of initial articles in certain types of headings, the creation of access points for treaties and what changes in a continuing resource require a new record.

Improved Advanced Searching
This enhancement will return more accurate results for the advanced search in the Policies Directory. Advanced Search now eliminates formats listed as exceptions, noncirculating or items in notes fields. Additionally, OCLC testing and training symbols will be eliminated from the search results. The Advanced Search for Group Affiliation has also been fixed.

Additional Quick Tips
Additional Quick Tips will be added to the Change OCLC ILL Supplier Status page. This will clarify date entry for libraries wanting to set themselves as nonsuppliers.

Additional Deflection Capabilities

The OCLC Policies Directory Quick Reference has been updated to reflect these changes.

Renewal Date
WorldCat Resource Sharing users will now have a record of the due date in the Due Date field if a second renewal request is denied. Previously, the due date of the first renewal was lost.

More Detail Descriptions on Label Format
WorldCat Resource Sharing users will now have a more descriptive definition for the label sizes including additional label formats and the number of labels on a sheet. Users will also now have the ability to print more than one shipping label at a time.

Questions? Please contact Beth Levrault (blevraul@bcr.org) at BCR.

Ms. Dixon, Head of the NASA Goddard Library, presented her program in a WorldCat Collection Analysis User Group meeting held during the conference. In it, she discusses her successful use of WorldCat Collection Analysis to justify her library collection's uniqueness to funding bodies set on closing Goddard down. Ms. Dixon also discusses her continued use of the tool to inform her in the process of transforming her collection from primarily print to primarily electronic materials.

If you've been thinking about WorldCat Collection Analysis or are interested in learning more about it, view this webcast to hear about one library's practical use of the service, or visit OCLC's Collection Analysis Web page.

Britannica's Compare Countries
The Britannica Compare Countries feature makes it easy to compare and contrast different countries. Compare the history, people and land for any two countries in the world. A user simply selects two countries, clicks GO, and maps, flags, statistics, multimedia and links to articles, videos and Web sites will appear side-by-side.

Britannica's Compare Countries feature is a great tool for both elementary and secondary geography and world studies students, as well as for research projects and reports.

Explore the Nobel Prizes with Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to the Nobel Prizes features entries on every individual and institution that has been awarded the honor since the program's inception in 1901. Students learn about Alfred Nobel the man, his will that established the award and the prizes named for him. It details the selection process and the various prize-awarding bodies and provides tables that list the recipients alphabetically, by year and by prize category.

In addition, Encyclopaedia Britannica features the work of Nobel Prize winners. More than 100 Nobelists have contributed writings to Britannica, and some of the contributions of these luminaries are reproduced in this educational resource.

BCR members, including schools (K-12), public libraries and academic institutions, can purchase the Britannica Online database at a discount. For subscription and pricing information, contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

New titles available through BCR include:

• Current Diagnosis & Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Cardiovascular Physiology
• Endocrine Physiology

Current titles available through BCR include:

• Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2008
• Obstetric & Gynecologic Diagnosis & Treatment
• Pediatric Diagnosis & Treatment
• Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine

Download the new title list.

For more information about AccessMedicine and to set up a free trial, please visit BCR's AccessMedicine Web page or contact Maura Dunn (mdunn@bcr.org).

The NetLibrary Western Regional Shared Collection features high-demand subject areas such as social science, business, medicine, literature, psychology and education and includes content from 2005 to present. All titles in the collection are hand selected by the collection development team.

Early Participation Discounts
The tiered pricing schedule includes built-in discounts for early adopters and is based on FTE and population served, making it extremely affordable, regardless of library size. Early bird pricing is available for orders placed through December 14. Libraries must complete their sign-up by February 1 to join the collection.

See the NetLibrary Western Regional Collection for a sample list of proposed titles. Choose Titles purchased Excel Spreadsheet. The final title list will be based on collection participation and new content availability.

Further details of the collection can be found on the NetLibrary Web page. For your convenience, orders can be placed online.

For more information about the collection or its pricing, please contact NetLibrary's Jeff Hastings (hastingj@oclc.org) or (800) 898-6252, ext. 3811; or BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

Other such notables added to this dynamic and easy-to-use resource include:

• Emma Tenayuca, labor organizer and Communist party leader
• Buck O'Neil, baseball player and the first African American major league coach
• Arthur Tracy, popular singer and actor
• Hans Kurath, a pioneer in the systematic geographical treatment of English vocabulary and pronunciation
• Paul Rhymer, a writer for radio in the early-mid 20th century

The update includes key corrections to existing biographies and several bibliographical updates, ensuring that resource information is the most accurate available.

New African American National Biography Print Set
The African American National Biography, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, is a new eight-volume print set publishing in February 2008. It presents American history through the lives of thousands of individuals, illuminating the profound and lasting influence of persons of African descent on the life of this nation from 1529 to the present day. The biographies in this set are also regularly added to the African American Studies Center. Oxford University Press is offering a special, limited-time prepublication discount.

For subscription information about the African American Studies Center, the online authority on the African American experience, contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

After its annual review of product prices, CDS was able to reduce product prices because of operational cost savings. These cost savings were realized in part because of lower staffing levels during the previous year.

The update reminder window will display when library staff members log on to the Policies Directory Web site, the WorldCat Resource Sharing staff view or the WorldCat Services Administrative module.

If you've not updated your Policies Directory information in 12 months or more, you will see a reminder window asking you to choose one of three options upon login:

• Update your institution's information, including policies and contacts.
• Receive another reminder in 30 days.
• Indicate that your institution's policy information is already current and up-to-date.

Once you have updated your directory information, or have indicated that your information is current, the reminder message will be automatically reset and will not display again for another year.

Founded in 1971 and acquired by Baker & Taylor in 1999, YBP's headquarters are located in Contoocook, New Hampshire, a village 70 miles north of Boston. Their U.K. office, Lindsay and Croft, is in Godalming, a town in the county of Surrey, approximately 35 miles southwest of London.

To see a complete list of WorldCat Selection vendors, both currently active and forthcoming, visit OCLC's WorldCat Selection Partners.

The acclaimed source for the best coverage and analysis of U.S. congressional legislation from 1945 to today is now available in a powerful, easy-to-navigate online edition. CQ Almanac is renowned for its in-depth analysis of the path legislation takes through Congress, including how bills are changed, derailed or ultimately passed during an annual session of Congress. Get over 60 volumes of vital political coverage — on zero shelf space!

Investigate this valuable new resource. Sign up now for a free demo (using IE as your browser).* Additional information about CQ Almanac Online Edition also is available.

For pricing information, contact BCR's Chris Cook at ccook@bcr.org or (303) 751-6277.

*Other browser applications such as Firefox can access the demo at this URL.

Coutts is able to help libraries with the transition from print to electronic content, offering the MyiLibrary aggregated e-book platform and integrated workflow processes. To find out more about Coutts, visit their Web page. For more information about WorldCat Selection, please visit the WorldCat Selection Web page.

360 Counter is the first service that enables users to assess usage in combination with costs to make better decisions. It automates the workload associated with aggregating, manipulating, calculating, reporting and archiving usage data from Project COUNTER reports and a library's e-resource cost data.

To request product literature and library-specific pricing, please contact Serials Solutions (360@serialssolutions.com). Remember to mention that you are a BCR member to ensure you receive quotes that reflect the special BCR prices available for all of BCR's Serials Solutions' services.

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

The session will be conducted online in late January or early February of next year. This is a great opportunity for you to present without having to travel. If you have ideas for a presentation, please contact Heather Clark (hclark@bcr.org) to have them passed on to those organizing the meeting.

Starting this month, a link to each organization's record in the OCLC WorldCat Registry will be sent out. OCLC's WorldCat Registry allows libraries worldwide to manage and organize their data for vendors and third parties by creating and maintaining a comprehensive institutional profile in a single, Web-accessible location.

Memòria Digital de Catalunya — Memòria Digital de Catalunya is a cooperative repository for preserving and compiling the Catalan Heritage. The Spanish language collections focus on the cultural heritage of the Catalan region and include journals, posters, naturalistic drawings, maps, stereo cards, magazines, manuscripts and photographs. (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitries de Catalunya)

AlabamaMosaic — AlabamaMosaic is a repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places and people. Its purpose is to make unique historical treasures from Alabama's archives, libraries, museums and other repositories electronically accessible to Alabama residents and to students, researchers and the general public in other states and countries. (Auburn University Libraries and Troy University Library, Birmingham Public Library, Samford University Library, Jacksonville State University Library, Huntsville-Madison County Public Library, University of Alabama and the University of South Alabama)

Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions — The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions' digital collection provides access to one of Raynor Memorial Libraries' most important research collections. This collection of 1800 photographic images of Native Americans spans the years 1880-1950 and document more than 100 tribes in 38 states. (Marquette University Memorial Library)

These are just a few of the many outstanding digital collections created by CONTENTdm users. To access the entire Collection of Collections, visit the CONTENTdm Web site.

Provide your patrons with access to any of the following Cambridge University Online products on or before December 1 and get one month's access free:

• Cambridge Companions Online
• Lectrix
• Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles, from the Beginnings to the Present

Free trials of all Cambridge University Press Online services are also available:

• Cambridge Companions Online
• Historical Statistics of the United States
• Lectrix
• Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles, from the Beginnings to the Present
• Shakespeare Survey

For more information or to subscribe today, contact BCR's Maura Dunn, mdunn@bcr.org.

Although WorldCat.org and the Open WorldCat program are available via the open Web, libraries must have holdings in WorldCat and an active WorldCat subscription on the FirstSearch interface in order for their holdings to display in WorldCat.org services. In other words, if your library has only "per search" access to FirstSearch, your item's ownership will not display in WorldCat.org.

Worldcat.org services do not affect traditional holdings display via Connexion, WorldCat Resource Sharing or FirstSearch. A library adding holdings to records in WorldCat using any approved method (such as OCLC Connexion, CatExpress or batch processing) will show its holdings for other Connexion, FirstSearch and WorldCat Resource sharing users.

For more information about WorldCat.org and Open WorldCat, visit www.oclc.org/worldcat/web/default.htm.

OCLC's comparison chart of WorldCat's public views is located at www.oclc.org/worldcat/introduction/comparison.htm.

The Digital Initiatives Trainer will help libraries and cultural heritage institutions keep pace with advances, breakthrough technologies and exciting developments in the field. Individual will teach professionals and paraprofessionals about cutting-edge digitization technologies and advancements. Other duties include the creation and design of training programs, consulting on special projects, and travel for professional activities and events.

For more information about this position, see the recruiting ad on BCR's Web site.

BCR already offers members discounted access to Greenwood Publishing's unique, trusted and award-winning databases and the following services are eligible for the year-end promotion:

• The African American Experience — Library Journal: "Best Online Reference Selection" Preview
• The Latino American Experience — Library Journal and Booklist: "Recommended" Preview
• The Reader's Advisor Online — Library Media Connection: "Highly Recommended" Preview
• Praeger Security International Online — Library Journal: "Recommended" Preview
• Daily Life Through History — Library Journal: "Best Online Reference Selection" Preview
• World Folklore and Folklife — Library Journal: "Best Online Reference Selection" Preview
• World Cultures Today — available in combination with Daily Life through History and World Folklore and Folklife

Preview each of these resources by clicking the Preview link — username: greenwood; password: leader.

For more information, visit BCR's Greenwood Publishing Web page or contact Maura Dunn at mdunn@bcr.org.

OCLC will contact subscribers directly with details about reimbursement for unused portions of their existing subscriptions to the database. Libraries that support research in the sciences may wish to use other databases available through BCR and OCLC FirstSearch that index much of the same content as Basic BIOSIS. Related databases in the field of science include:

• Biological and Agricultural Index (indexes approximately 40 percent of the same content as Basic BIOSIS)
• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (indexes approximately 57 percent of the same content as Basic BIOSIS)

Together, the Biological and Agricultural Index and Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management databases cover approximately 97 percent of the 395 journals indexed in Basic BIOSIS.

If your library would like to subscribe to these databases, please contact BCR's Maura Dunn, mdunn@bcr.org or (800) 397-1552.

This session is conducted using Microsoft Live Meeting for the visual portion and a toll-free conference call for the audio portion (streaming audio is not available). If you have not previously participated in a Live Meeting session, you may test your computer for compatibility with Live Meeting using the following link: go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52354.

To register for this session, please go to: https://www.sporg.com/pom/registration?cmd=event_info&event_id=94774.

Any comparison groups (e.g. Authoritative Lists, Peer Comparisons, Secondary Groups and Predefined Groups) you have previously created but have not accessed in 120 days are automatically deleted. This is due to the tremendous amount of data storage space such comparisons take up.

Please note, however, that ILL Analyses are the exception. They do not expire.

Visit OCLC's WorldCat Collection Analysis at http://www.oclc.org/collectionanalysis/.

Your library's interlibrary loan service should reflect your philosophy of service, your institution's mission and your library's unique collection. But how do you do that? What's behind interlibrary loan, how does this community work together and where do you go for support beyond the keystrokes?

Join other interlibrary loan practitioners for a free half-day workshop entitled "ILL — Everything You Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask" on January 11, 2008, from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The workshop is brought by RUSA STARS, the Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section of ALA's Reference and User Services Division www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/stars/rusastars.cfm.

This no-charge workshop will help you understand the "why" behind interlibrary loan — the community you're a part of and your responsibilities to that community as a borrower and a lender. Copyright, standards and other resources will also be discussed.

Who should attend: Resource Sharing staff responsible for setting resource sharing policies, entering reciprocal agreements, making decisions about end-user services, interacting with collection development or overseeing resource sharing.

Whether you're new to resource sharing or you've been providing service for years, this is a chance to reconsider your operation, rethink your approach and be a full participant in the resource sharing community.

To register, visit http://www.incolsa.net/WebCal/eventreg.html?EventID=2740&CALid=5583.

Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts and oral lore collected in the modern era, Schwartz has gathered together nearly 700 of the key Jewish myths. Read about Adam's diamond and the Land of Eretz (where it is always dark), the fall of Lucifer and the quarrel of the sun and the moon, the Treasury of Souls and the Divine Chariot. Discover new tales about the great figures of the Hebrew Bible, from Adam to Moses; stories about God's Bride, the Shekhinah and the evil temptress, Lilith.

For each myth, he includes extensive commentary, revealing the source of the myth and explaining how it relates to other Jewish myths as well as to world literature (for instance, comparing Eve's release of evil into the world with Pandora's). For ease of use, Schwartz divides the volume into 10 books: Myths of God, Myths of Creation, Myths of Heaven, Myths of Hell, Myths of the Holy Word, Myths of the Holy Time, Myths of the Holy People, Myths of the Holy Land, Myths of Exile and Myths of the Messiah.

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 15,000 public, academic and special libraries. To help libraries promote the November eBook of the Month, NetLibrary has developed a tool kit of free promotional resources that includes print-on-demand bookmarks, a sample press release and electronic support materials. More information is available at http://library.netlibrary.com/eBookOfTheMonthResources.aspx?ekmensel=20_submenu_42_link_2.

The sliding-scale discounts are available across the entire collection, by defined Subject Collections or by individual title purchases. Subject Collections are prepackaged titles in 15 categories. Purchase one or more Subject Collections and receive a 50 percent discount off the title's list price.

Log in to TitleSelect to view title lists and e-book list prices.

Individual Title Purchase
The year-end sliding scale discount also is available for title-by-title purchases according to the number of titles being ordered. Note: the discount applies only to titles purchased in a single order.

For additional information, contact BCR's Chris Cook, ccook@bcr.org.

The presentations are:

Registration is free. Sign up at www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=LangSetsDiverseCommunities2007.

OCLC Language Sets are the fast way to build multilingual collections, making it easy and affordable to serve culturally diverse communities. In the package of preselected sets, everything required is available to begin, maintain or expand a non-English language collection of books and DVDs. Or with custom collections, library staff can inform OCLC of the type of materials they want to receive (fiction, nonfiction, juvenile, DVDs, etc.). Regardless of the option selected, a library receives quality MARC records for each title, the library's symbol is added to WorldCat and free cataloging and shipping are provided.

For more information about OCLC Language Sets please go to www.oclc.org/languagesets/.

The BCR group subscription period is December 1 through November 30. New subscribers are always welcome, and new subscriptions will be tied into the group subscription period. CQ product information is available on BCR's Web site at www.bcr.org/reference/cqpress/index.html. New subscribers will find a link to an order form on this Web page as well.

If you have any questions, please contact BCR's Chris Cook at ccook@bcr.org.