BCR - BCReview: June 2008 newsletter

June 30, 2008

Meet BCR at Summer Conferences

BCR is participating in a number of conferences this summer, from Colorado to Idaho to Nevada and on to the west coast in San Francisco. Several presentations by BCR staff are scheduled, bringing ideas and news about cutting-edge technologies to our members. At BCR's exhibit booth, our knowledgeable and friendly staff will be on hand to provide information, answer questions and help navigate the wide variety of products and services available through BCR to the library community.

Next Generation ILS — July 20-22, Boise (ID)
From traditional to open source ILS options, hybrid systems and complete overhauls, everyone is talking about the technology infrastructure of libraries. Cosponsored by the Idaho Commission for Libraries and BCR, Next Generation ILS Symposium: Mashed Up, Fried or Half-Baked? is a great opportunity to join the discussion and help design the future of the ILS.

Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends — August 3-5, Denver (CO)
Rumors of the 'death of reference' have been greatly exaggerated! Hosted by BCR, A Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends will explore all aspects of reference service in a broad range of contexts, including libraries and information centers, in academic, public, school, corporate and other special library environments.

Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) — August 6-8, Post Falls (ID)
Join Gillian Harrison, BCR's director, Marketing & Outreach, at the annual PLNA conference, Libraries Go Wild! Beyond the Expected! She is presenting, "Plugging Into the Numbers: Using Data to Make Some Noise about Library Services," on Friday, August 8, from 10:30 a.m.-12 noon. Learn how to determine whether all the statistics your library collects are counting the same thing and more importantly, discover how to incorporate all that data into your library's message. Don't forget to stop by the BCR exhibit booth to say hello to Harrison.

Nevada Library Association (NLA) — August 14-16, Las Vegas (NV)
Bridging the Gap, the Nevada Library Association's annual conference, will give librarians the opportunity to network and learn with their colleagues. BCR's popular emergent technology trainer, Shelly Drumm, will be presenting "Big Reference on a Little Budget," Friday, August 15, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Attendees will come away with answers on how to deliver top-notch reference and instructional services without 'dropping a dime.' Then take a minute to visit the exhibit booth and get to know Jay Ford, BCR's library services consultant.

Society of American Archivists (SAA) — August 26-30, San Francisco (CA)
Two BCR representatives, Regan Harper, Training & OCLC Services director, and Liz Bishoff, Digital & Preservation Services director, will be staffing the BCR booth (#130) during the conference. Come talk to Harper about your training needs, whether your goal is to learn about emerging technologies or you want to help your staff build even stronger foundations with core practices. With Bishoff joining BCR in May, BCR now has the staff and tools to expand its current digitization and preservation consulting and training offerings, as well as the expertise and experience to initiate new projects and programs.

posted by: Brandie Baumann

Print Labels for Your Library

Libraries can now print their own unique labels using the Computype Label Maker. The labels are created in-house on an as-needed basis, saving staff time, controlling costs and helping to keep your library productive and efficient.

By simply scanning an existing bar code label, a new identical label is automatically generated. Multiple formats and layouts are available, including CD/DVD, bar codes, human readables, new labels to identify new items in a collection, asset labels and more. It is an easy-to-use, standalone system that requires almost no maintenance and takes up very little space.

Features include:

Thermal transfer printer
Bar code scanner
Optional keyboard
Optional numeric menu for label generation without a keyboard

For more information, contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

posted by: Chris Cook

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Updated

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) has been updated with new content, featuring nearly 100 new biographies of men and women active between the first and the late twentieth centuries, and 45 new reference groups charting well-known clubs, gangs and networks in British history.

New Biographies
The new biographies capture the wide breadth of British life at home and abroad and introduce users to the lives of landscapers and country house founders, such as Fanny Wilkinson, designer of more than 75 of London's squares and gardens; shapers of the empire and Commonwealth, such as Solomon Suna'one Mamaloni, chief minister and prime minister of the Solomon Islands; and early Episcopal and regional lives, such as James Berkeley, bishop of Exeter in the early 14th century.

New Reference Groups
The 45 group essays continue Oxford's project to provide a history of British clubs, gangs and coteries. New groups added in this update range chronologically from the ninth-century scholars of King Alfred's court to the Kitchen Sink painters of the 1950s, and geographically from the Scottish Martyrs to the Chindits of Burma. With more than 200 group essays available in the Themes area of the Oxford DNB, readers will find current group essays that make connections between the people involved in some of Britain's best-known networks, from the Norman conquerors to members of the early Women's Social and Political Union.

Make sure you have access to this valuable resource. BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) can provide additional information about subscriptions, pricing and discount opportunities.

posted by: Chris Cook

MRS Online Proceedings Library New to WorldCat Collection Sets

A new set of records for Materials Research Society (MRS) Online Proceedings Library was recently added to WorldCat Collection Sets. Cataloged by the University of California San Diego, these records are now available for download to your library catalog.

The MRS Online Proceedings Library makes peer-reviewed papers presented at MRS workshops available. Access through OCLC WorldCat Collection Sets currently includes 409 MARC bibliographic records.

WorldCat Collection Sets enable libraries to:

Easily load multiple records for a specific set into your local catalog.
Set library holdings in WorldCat automatically.
Save staff time and costs by downloading pre-cataloged records, eliminating the need to catalog items individually.
Make your collections available more quickly to your users, and increase usage.

OCLC adds new collection sets regularly. Visit the WorldCat Collection Sets website for more information, to see a list of available sets or to place an order. If you have questions or need help ordering, contact BCR at support@bcr.org or via phone at 303.751.6277 or 800.397.1552.

posted by: Marisa Wood

June 25, 2008

Wilson and MLA Make Records Available in OCLC WorldCat.org

Database producers H.W. Wilson and MLA have agreed to make article-level records available in WorldCat.org, increasing visibility and access to authoritative content licensed by libraries on the web. By allowing a portion of the content in these databases to be indexed in WorldCat, users can access a single online source to find the information they need.

The article-level metadata from H.W. Wilson and MLA will be added to the more than 50 million articles indexed from NLM MEDLINE, the Department of Education's ERIC database, the British Library Inside serials, the GPO Monthly Catalog and the OCLC ArticleFirst database to expand access and discovery of authoritative content through WorldCat.org.

For the full press release and additional information about H.W. Wilson and MLA, visit OCLC's web pages.

posted by: Marisa Wood

LC Genre Headings for Radio Programs Coming Soon

Last year, the Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) of the Library of Congress began issuing genre/form authority records (MARC 21 for Authority Data, field 155) for motion pictures, television programs and videos. As the next step in the development of genre/form headings at the Library of Congress, CPSO is creating genre/form headings for radio programs.

These headings are being created by catalogers in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS) and are based chiefly on the concepts represented in the Radio Form/Genre Terms Guide (RADFG).

For more information, see the CPSO announcement.

posted by: Linda Gonzalez

June 23, 2008

OCLC Adopts New Governance Structure

OCLC has adopted a new governance structure reflecting the expanded participation in the cooperative of libraries and cultural heritage institutions from around the world. The changes will transform the current Members Council into a Global Council that will transition over a period of 12-18 months and will be coordinated between representatives of the 2008-2009 Members Council and the OCLC Board of Trustees.

On May 20, OCLC Members Council approved changes to the Articles of Incorporation and Code of Regulations that had been recommended by the Board of Trustees. Members Council also passed a resolution recommending that the new Regional Council should be set up based on agreed upon principles, that they be funded properly and that a methodology be designed for broad representation of all types and sizes of institutions represented on Regional Councils.

The change in OCLC's governance structure comes as the number of OCLC participating libraries has doubled from 30,000 to 60,000 worldwide over the past 10 years, and the number of participants outside the U.S. has grown from 3,200 in 1998 to nearly 12,000. WorldCat contributions have increased to more than 100 million bibliographical records and 1 billion holdings, with slightly more than half of the records being contributed for materials in languages other than English.

For more information, see the OCLC press release.

posted by: Brandie Baumann

Dialog to be Acquired by ProQuest

ProQuest and Dialog have announced that an agreement has been signed for ProQuest to acquire Dialog from Thomson Reuters. The acquisition will allow ProQuest to deepen its penetration in the corporate and professional research markets.

ProQuest CEO Marty Kahn says of the acquisition, "Dialog is a highly respected source of information and a trusted brand for libraries, so it is an exceptionally good fit in the ProQuest family."

Dialog will continue to operate as a distribution channel for such Thomson Reuter content as Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI), Investext, TrademarkScan, SciSearch and BIOSIS, among other important business databases that will remain available through Dialog.

ProQuest plans to refresh the Dialog platform to meet the needs of information professionals today. No changes are planned for the access and billing processes at BCR for Dialog subscribers.

For more information, contact Maura Dunn at mdunn@bcr.org. You may also read the ProQuest press release.

posted by: Maura Hadaway

Changes to OCLC EDX/FTP Password Requirements

The password requirements for libraries that use OCLC's EDX (also know as FTP) to send and/or retrieve files using the ftp address edx.oclc.org have been changed.

The password minimum length has been increased from four (4) to six (6) characters. A minimum of at least one alphabetic or national character (A-Z, #, $ or @) and one numeric character (0-9) has been enforced.

All passwords are confidential to the library and are not tracked or maintained by OCLC. Some libraries have chosen to maintain their password manually, while others use an automatic script to create a new password. Passwords must be reset the first time you log on and every 90 days thereafter. You can change your password before it expires.

BCR does not have access to edx/ftp passwords. If you need to have your password reset in order to create a password using the new requirements, please contact the OCLC Customer Support Department at support@oclc.org or by calling 800.848.5800 and choosing option 1.

posted by: Marisa Wood

June 22, 2008

OCLC Implements WorldCat Selection Discussion List

The new WorldCat Selection discussion list, OCLC-WorldCat-Selection-L, is a discussion forum for people using or considering the WorldCat Selection service. To subscribe to the new list, visit OCLC's Internet List Subscription Request page.

For more information about WorldCat Selection, visit OCLC's WorldCat Selection web page.

posted by: Marisa Wood

Serials Solutions Integrates eBooks with 360 Services

Serials Solutions' KnowledgeWorks database of electronic resources has been enhanced with the addition of more than 500,000 eBooks from 20-plus providers. The new features significantly improve the ability of librarians to manage and patrons to access these resources.

The addition of eBooks to the Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks will help libraries:

Track eBook titles within licensed collections.
Provide access to an integrated collection of e-resources, including eBooks.
Maintain the quality and currency of MARC records provided by eBook publishers.

The integration of eBooks across Serials Solutions 360 services gives patrons:

The ability to search the library's entire eBook collection by title or ISBN through 360 Core's E-Journal Portal.
Links to eBooks through the 360 Link OpenURL linking results page.
Access to the library's eBook holdings in its OPAC through the 360 MARC Updates service with eBooks.

For a list of the eBook providers Serials Solutions includes as part of this new service option, as well as pricing and subscription information and access to a demonstration to see how it can be integrated into your library, contact BCR's Jay Ford (jford@bcr.org). Going to ALA? Stop by the Serials Solutions booth (#1652) for more information.

posted by: Jay Ford

Final Reminder: Renewals Due

Renewals for McGraw-Hill, LexisNexis, BioOne and Oxford University Press are due now. Make sure your patrons and students have uninterrupted access.

McGraw-Hill AccessScience — June 27 (www.bcr.org/forms/accesssciform.html)
LexisNexis — June 27
- Academic libraries (www.bcr.org/forms/lexnexacademicform.html)
- Public and State libraries (www.bcr.org/forms/lexnexpublicform.html)
- School libraries (www.bcr.org/forms/lexnexscholasticform.html)
BioOne — June 30 (www.bcr.org/forms/bioone-form.html)
Oxford University Press — June 30 (https://www.bcr.org/forms/oup-form.html)
Please note: a five percent late fee will apply for any OUP renewals received after June 30. Libraries must respond in order to continue their subscription.

For questions or more information, contact:

Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) for Britannica, BioOne and Oxford University Press
Maura Dunn (mdunn@bcr.org) for LexisNexis and McGraw-Hill AccessScience

posted by: Chris Cook

June 16, 2008

Digital Imaging Best Practices, V. 2.0, Now Available

BCR is releasing the 2008 version of BCR's CDP Digital Imaging Best Practices, Version 2.0, at the Connecting to Collections Initiative, "Collaboration in the Digital Age," sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in cooperation with Heritage Preservation, June 24, in Denver, Colorado.

BCR's CDP Digital Imaging Best Practices, V. 2.0 document serves as a guide for practitioners in cultural heritage institutions (CHIs) who seek to create digital images from physical objects. Originally published by the Colorado Digitization Program in 2003 as the Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices, this updated version reflects the many changes that have occurred in the digitization field during the last five years. "Readers will find sections covering equipment selection, digital photography, image quality, storage and preservation issues that are either newly included or enhanced in this revision," noted Sarah Goodwin Thiel, digital services librarian, University of Kansas, who served as the Working Group chair.

Brenda Bailey-Hainer, BCR president and CEO said, "One of the biggest joys of working in a collaborative environment is seeing the great achievements — like this document — that collective efforts bring about. The biggest reward for this particular endeavor will be the rich digital content that will result from the many librarians, archivists and museum professionals who will use BCR's CDP Digital Imaging Best Practices as a guide to their work."

Many individuals made significant contributions to the development of BCR's CDP Digital Imaging Best Practices, Version 2. The working group draws on the expertise of its members and digitization colleagues to address the many changes informing image digitization since the publication of Version 1.0. BCR's CDP Digital Imaging Working Group took leadership for the revision, spending time researching new and updated standards, examining new technologies and evaluating new workflow options.

BCR would like to thank: Sarah Goodwin Thiel, digital services librarian, University of Kansas, who served as chair. Other Working Group members include Steve Boss, head, Library Systems, Coe Library, University of Wyoming; Mary Ellen Ducey, associate professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Libraries; Leigh A. Grinstead, digital initiatives consultant, BCR; Robert Hickerson, photographer, Spencer Art Museum, University of Kansas; Steve McCann, digital initiatives librarian, University of Montana; Marlys Rudeen, deputy state librarian, Washington State Library; and Mark Shelstad, head of archives and special collections, University of Texas, San Antonio. Special thanks go out to Stanley Smith, manager, Imaging Services, J. Paul Getty Museum, for his insightful comments and suggestions on the document.

posted by: Liz Bishoff

BCR's CDP Adds South Dakota Resources to Heritage West

BCR's CDP is adding Preserving South Dakota in Pictures to the Heritage West database. Developed through the partnership of the South Dakota Heritage Fund and the South Dakota State Historical Society, a collection of 750 photos from the Deadwood/Black Hills collection are now available.

"The South Dakota State Historical Society is excited to make available to the residents of South Dakota and in fact, the world, these images from the Deadwood/Black Hills region of our state," commented Chelle Somsen, state archivist and project manager. "Through this collaboration with the CDP, we learned about all the aspects of digitization. Now we are taking the final step of making these unique resources available to South Dakotans. This partnership of the South Dakota Heritage Fund and CDP has been a wonderful experience."

The Historical Society plans on continuing their digitization efforts, making additional content available through Heritage West. The following is taken from the new collection.

Rapid City, SD — After the Pennington County Bank Fire
Photographed by Carl H. Rise (1888-1839)
Courtesy of SD State Historical Society

Additional cultural heritage organizations will be contributing digital content to Heritage West through ongoing projects over the next few months, including Lake County (CO), Utah State University, the Tamarind Institute of New Mexico, Silver City Museum (NM) and Palace of the Governors (NM).

The Heritage West database brings together tens of thousands of metadata records that link to digital objects from the collections of archives, historical societies, libraries and museums throughout the Western United States. Through Heritage West people have access to digital versions of photos, documents, artifacts, costumes, diaries, oral histories and manuscripts representing the cultural, scientific and historic heritage of the American West.

BCR's CDP enables access to cultural, historical and scientific heritage collections of the West by building collaboration between archives, historical societies, libraries and museums.

posted by: Liz Bishoff

BCR Vendor/Partners at ALA

Many of BCR's vendor/partners will be exhibiting at the American Library Association annual conference, June 28-July 1, in Anaheim, California. As always, they look forward to meeting BCR members, so stop by their booths and visit the people who provide the discounted services your library purchases through its BCR membership.

In today's quickly changing environment, timely access to information and the ability to keep pace with the latest developments in technology is of prime importance. BCR staff work hard to negotiate discounts on a wide variety of products and services that provide our members the means to meet these challenges, and our vendor/partners appreciate hearing that their partnership with BCR has value. Take advantage of this opportunity to meet the people behind the product.

Atlas Systems (booth #520) — Representatives from BCR will be at the booth on Saturday, June 28, from 10-11 a.m., to discuss special pricing available to BCR members.
Cambridge University Press (booth #178) — Sign up for a free trial of a new resource soon to be offered to BCR members, Cambridge Histories Online (CHO), a new research tool for undergraduates and academics.
Serials Solutions (booth #1652) — Attend the Serials Solution annual breakfast on Saturday, June 28, 7-8:30 a.m., in the Hyatt Regency Orange County. Register through Serials Solutions. Visit their booth for demos and to talk to Serials Solutions representatives about their resource access and management tools available to BCR libraries.
Greenwood Publishing Group (booth #1438) — Discover Greenwood's newest electronic product, Pop Culture Universe, as well as other databases available to BCR members, including Praeger Security International Online and Greenwood Digital eBook collection.
Oxford University Press (booth #728) — Oxford is scheduling a number of 20-minute presentations to highlight some of its recent releases and award winners, many of which are offered by BCR. Check out the booth schedule, go by and visit, receive a free tote bag, or register to win a free one-year subscription to any of Oxford's online products.
OCLC (booth #1448) — OCLC is sponsoring a variety of informative sessions and opportunities to connect with colleagues, provide updates on products and services and more. See a schedule of OCLC's events — anyone attending the conference can register. Learn more about BCR's partnership with OCLC.
OverDrive (booth #1280) — BCR members can discover the latest services and technology for digital media, including the new OverDrive MP3 Audiobook format (compatible with iPods). Don't miss your chance to win a MP3 player.
Alexander Street Press (booth #809) — Sign up for the Alexander Street Sunday breakfast, with guest speaker Daniel Ellsberg, the "man who started Watergate." Then visit the booth to see the extensive line of reference databases available to BCR members.
Emerald (booth #909) — BCR members are invited to visit the Emerald booth and discover Backfiles, a new completely digitized archive of journals back to the 1800s.
Rosen Publishing (booth #2421) — Learn more about Rosen's Teen Health & Wellness reference database at a user group meeting on Saturday, June 26 at 1:30 p.m. RSVP, since space is limited. BCR members will want to visit the booth for more information.
H.W. Wilson (booth #1600) — Be Wilson's guest at its "What's New" breakfast, Saturday, June 28, 7:30-8:30 a.m., in the Park Ballroom, Sheraton Park Hotel. Space is limited, so be sure to register. Save some time to visit the Graphic Novels Pavilion (booth #2584). Wilson will be running product demos and presentations throughout each day, so stop by the booth to see all that Wilson has to offer BCR member libraries.

Other BCR vendor/partners exhibiting at ALA include: AWE (booth 324); Morningstar (booth 1968); Naxos (booth 579); Relais (booth 472); ProQuest (booth 1638); RefWorks (booth #1726); ALA Booklist (booth 2340); McGraw-Hill (booth 1213); and Olive Software (booth 1897).

posted by: Brandie Baumann

Website Maximization: Before Redesigning Your Website

Is your library thinking about updating or redesigning its website? Do you want to make changes to your website so more people use your collections and databases and your patrons can find all the information they want?

Before you make any design changes, or even hire a consultant for a new website, take advantage of the Your Perceptions' Website Maximization product offered by BCR. Website Maximization not only includes search engine optimization (SEO), but also incorporates past patron trends and patterns of collection usage, content effectiveness, linking strategy, ease of navigation, user experience, web trending and ongoing satisfaction measurement.

These tools will help you analyze how visitors to your website are using it, and give you the information you need to increase usage of your collections and database/eContent resources, participation in your library programs and more. Satisfy your users by making it easier for them to locate what they need on your site, and drive traffic beyond the home page of your website.

Additional information is available on the BCR Website Maximization website. Contact Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) at BCR with subscription or pricing questions.

posted by: Brandie Baumann

Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards: Winners Announced

The Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards Committee has announced the winners of the 2008 award. This year's recipients are the North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education (NC LIVE) and the Information Delivery Services Project (IDS) in New York.

NC LIVE received the award for making more than 500 hours of licensed PBS videos available to its 198 members via streaming video files and significantly improving user access by eliminating the need to share physical copies of the material.

The IDS was recognized for designing rapid access to more than seven million volumes for 140,000 students and 10,000 faculty members. The project was developed by a team at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library and currently serves 27 academic libraries in New York, both public and private.

Of the recipients, Anne K. Beaubien, chair of the 2008 Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards Committee said, "These are well-executed ideas that exemplify the principles of the Rethinking Resource Sharing initiative. I'm delighted that there are so many efforts building on resource sharing to improve access to information for users."

Each winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000. The awards will be presented at the ALA RUSA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing ALA Preconference, June 27, in Anaheim, California. In addition, recipients have been invited to present at Rethinking Access to Information: Evolving Perspectives on Information Content Delivery, in Boston, August 5-7. Funding for the Innovation Awards was provided by the Alliance of Library Service Networks. Ongoing support for the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative is provided by OCLC and BCR.

The Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative was started to advocate for a complete rethink of the way libraries conduct resource sharing in the context of the global Internet revolution. In order to showcase resource sharing innovation, the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative created an award to encourage libraries and librarians to make changes in how they do resource sharing and improve service to users. More information is available on the Initiative's website at: www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org.

posted by: Brandie Baumann

ILS Symposium Set for July 21-22

From traditional to open source ILS options, hybrid systems and complete overhauls, everyone is talking about the technology infrastructure of libraries. The Next Generation ILS Symposium: Mashed Up, Fried or Half-Baked? is a great opportunity to join the discussion and help design the future of the ILS.

Gather with your fellow librarians, July 21-22, in Boise, Idaho, to talk about current options, new developments and private sector applications, as well as ideas for the future. Speakers scheduled for the event represent a wide range of experience and include Marshall Breeding, director for Innovative Technologies and Research at the Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University; Karen Schneider, community librarian, Equinox; Jamie LaRue, director of Douglas County (CO) Public Libraries; Matt Goldner, executive director of End User Services, OCLC; and Ira Frosch, President, Palazzo, Inc.

The conference is open to anyone interested in ILS and what the future holds. Register for the conference online (www.bcr.org/nextgenils). Cost is $95 for staff of Idaho libraries and $125 for all other registrants.

Make sure to book your hotel by June 28 to obtain the special conference rate at the Doubletree Hotel/Boise-Riverside.

The conference is sponsored by The Idaho Commission for Libraries and BCR.

posted by: Brandie Baumann

Rosen Adds RSS Feed to Teen Health & Wellness Databasse

Rosen Publishing is making its popular Teen Health & Wellness database content available via RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds. Now subscribers can receive continuously updated content sent directly to their desktop.

Choose any of the following Teen Health & Wellness RSS feeds to receive the latest news:

In the News — Stay up-to-date on the latest health and wellness news and how it impacts teens' lives.
Dr. Jan's Corner — Get the latest Q&A as real teens submit questions to Rosen's resident teen and family therapist.
Did You Know? — Find out interesting, surprising or just plain weird facts from the world of health and wellness.

RSS is a popular means of sharing content (such as news stories) without requiring readers to constantly visit a website to see what's new. RSS feeds contain headlines and hyperlinks to longer articles or web pages.

To subscribe to the Teen Health & Wellness RSS feeds, select one of the feeds above. Then click on either the text link or the RSS icon, and follow your news reader's instructions for subscribing to (or adding) feeds. Repeat the process to add as many feeds as you like. Note: You will need to log into the site, or access the site via a subscriber library, to read the full story.

Learn more about Rosen's Teen Health & Wellness reference database. Visit the BCR website or contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

posted by: Chris Cook

June 13, 2008

Emerald Adds Journals, Website Enhancements

Emerald has added two new journals to its family of reference databases and completed several enhancements to its website interface, making access faster, easier and more intuitive.

New journals available in Emerald's extensive product line are:

Indian Growth and Development Review — Celebrating the publication of the inaugural issue, Emerald is providing free access to two of the articles being published in the first issue. The journal aims not only to further contemporary debate on growth and development in India, but to impact directly on decision-making processes in this area.
Journal of Applied Accounting Research — Of interest to both academics and practitioners, the Journal of Applied Accounting Research will publish high quality manuscripts concerning issues relevant to the practice of accounting in a wide variety of

New website enhancements include:

Improved navigation tools designed to take the guesswork out of navigating the various sections and products in the website.
An intuitive design which takes users to their destination easily and quickly, without having to ponder options.
All-new "interest zones" with business and management resources, bringing together robust content into a centralized zone that is only a click away.

For additional information about the full line of Emerald products and services available through BCR, visit the BCR website or contact Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org). She can also help with subscription and pricing inquiries.

Please note: During the website upgrade, some products may have moved. For additional information, please visit Emerald's signposts page to locate those pages which have new homes.

posted by: Chris Cook

OCLC Updates WorldCat Registry

WorldCat Registry users around the world can now access global resource sharing policy information in the Registry. Previously only available to subscribers via the Policies Directory, information about global resource sharing is now included in institution profiles within the WorldCat Registry and can be accessed by any Registry user.

Access to global resource sharing policies will help Registry users determine whether a library will loan a resource identified through the WorldCat database to libraries within the same country or in other countries. Consulting the Registry for this type of policy information will save time for library staff trying to obtain needed items for their users.

All institutions in the WorldCat Registry can define global resource sharing policies. OCLC will gather information from the Policies Directory and pre-populate the WorldCat Registry with the global resource sharing policies of WorldCat Resource Sharing subscribers. A user authorized to modify an institution's settings can create or modify that institution's policy information.

The following policy information will display to WorldCat Registry users:

Copy policy

Copy within the same country for free or for a fee
Copy to other countries for free or for a fee

Loan policy

Loan within the same country for free or for a fee
Loan to other countries for free or for a fee

Visit the WorldCat Registry to enter global resource sharing policies for your library or view policies for other libraries around the world. If you have any trouble accessing the WorldCat Registry, contact BCR at support@bcr.org.

posted by: Marisa Wood

WorldCat Collection Analysis Presentations Available Online

Two new WorldCat Collection Analysis (WCA) presentations from OCLC's continuing speakers series are now available online. Discover how to use WCA to help weed your library's collection, or listen to a WCA presentation given at the PLA conference in March.

The most recent recording, offered on April 17, features Mary Aagard, collection project librarian at the Purdue University Libraries. Ms. Aagard presents how she is using WorldCat Collection Analysis as a deselection tool to inform the process of weeding her library's storage facility. Access her archived presentation, "Weeding the Storage Facility: WorldCat Collection Analysis as a De-selection Tool."

To learn about WorldCat Collection Analysis for public libraries, listen to the presentation by global product manager, Glenda Lammers, "Collection Analysis for Public Libraries," given at the PLA conference in Minneapolis this past March.

Visit the OCLC website for a list of recent web sessions and podcasts that have been archived.

posted by: Heather Clark

2008-09 FirstSearch Per-search Pricing Announced

Per-search pricing and access from July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, for OCLC's FirstSearch databases, is now available. Libraries can purchase per-search access to the FirstSearch databases in blocks of 500 through BCR.

A FirstSearch search is counted when a search word or phrase is sent to FirstSearch (e.g., "search baseball and umpires" is one search). With a purchase of 10,000 searches, for example, a library makes it possible for its patrons to perform 10,000 searches in FirstSearch.

The price of a search is $1.20, or $600 for a block of 500 searches. OCLC Governing Members and Members (as defined in the Membership and Contributions Protocols document) are eligible for a discounted price of $1.05 per search, or $525 per block.*

To learn more about FirstSearch, visit BCR's website. More information about per-search pricing and access also can be found on the OCLC website or by contacting Maura Dunn at mdunn@bcr.org.

*Prices are subject to change and are stated and payable in U.S. dollars.

Blocks can be purchased for the following FirstSearch databases:

WorldCat	OCLC ArticleFirst
OCLC Electronic Books	OCLC Electronic Collections Online (bibliographic database)
OCLC PapersFirst	OCLC ProceedingsFirst
ABI/Inform	AGRICOLA
Alternative Press Index	Alternative Press Index Archive
Arts & Humanities Search	Biology Digest
Books In Print	Books In Print with Reviews
Business Dateline	Business & Industry
Business and Management Practice	Clase/Periodica
Contemporary Women's Issues	Disclosure Corporate Snapshots
Dissertation Abstracts (available in USA only)	EconLit
ERIC	GEOBASE
GPO Monthly Catalog	H.W. Wilson Select Plus
MEDLINE	Newspaper Abstracts
Periodical Abstracts	PsycFirst
SIRS Researcher (The) World Almanac	Worldscope GLOBAL

posted by: Maura Hadaway

June 09, 2008

BCR Member News

Honors, Awards and Grants
BCR members are true movers and shakers in the library world, and BCR shares their commitment to providing services that reach out to everyone. From recognition by prestigious journals and local associations to monetary grants and awards, our members reflect the wide diversity in the library community. Kudos to all those being recognized below.

Special congratulations go out to Wyoming's Laramie County Library System (LCLS) for being honored as the Library Journal/Gale 2008 Library of the Year. Not only does the library provide cutting edge technology in its brand new building and a dedicated staff, but the library has a reputation for providing exemplary service to the city of Cheyenne as well as to the surrounding community. For the full story, see the June 15 feature article in Library Journal magazine.

Steve Roskoski, Multnomah County Library, Portland (OR), was named the 2008 Paraprofessional of the Year, by the editors of Library Journal. The award, sponsored by Brodart Library Supplies & Furnishings, a BCR vendor, singled out library assistant Roskoski for his commitment and contributions to serving the library, its constituents and the surrounding community, as well as his ability to break down the barriers that sometimes exist between support and professional staff.

The 2008 Oregon Librarian of the Year is Michael Gaston, director of Deschutes Public Library. He was commended by the Oregon Library Association for his exemplary contributions to libraries over the past 30 years. Jan Griffin of the Eugene Public Library was honored with the Oregon Library Association Distinguished Service Award for "excellence in library service to her community."

The Progressive Librarians Guild named Miriam Rigby its winner of the 2008 Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize. A student in the MLIS program at the University of Washington's Information School, Rigby's essay entitled "Just Throw It All Away! (and other thoughts I have had that may bar me from a career in archiving)," was recognized as the best essay written by a student of library/information science on an aspect of the social responsibilities of librarians, libraries or librarianship.

Tim Jewell, director, information resources, collections and scholarly communication at the University of Washington (Seattle), is the inaugural recipient of the Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management. The award, conferred by the Collection Management and Development Section (CMDS) of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), recognizes significant and innovative contributions to electronic collections management and development practice.

James Elmborg, Ph.D., associate professor and director, School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, is the 2008 recipient of the Reference Service Press Award for his article, "Libraries in the Contact Zone: On the Creation of Educational Space."

The Dayton (IA) Public Library received a $900 Libri Foundation matching grant to help pay for new children's books.

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress awarded the Kansas Center for the Book at the State Library of Kansas, the 2008 Boorstin Center for the Book prize for innovative literacy projects that "touch readers of all ages, preschool through adults."

Two libraries in Colorado were awarded Promising Practices grants from the Colorado State Library. Westminster Public Library will be able to continue creating a language area in the library set up to cater to the needs of patrons learning new languages and to those whose first language is Spanish. Weld County Library's Bilingual Every Child Ready to Read program teamed a local community early childhood educator with the outreach librarian to develop an "essential points" curriculum to share bilingually at Head Start parent nights, as well as encourage "hands-on and take-home projects designed to engage parents and help them see how easy it is to do literacy."

The University of Wyoming Libraries' received a donation of 500 books from China's ambassador to the United States. The books cover a variety of topics, including Chinese history, culture, language and cuisine, in print, CD and DVD formats.

Henderson (NV) District Public Libraries received a $2,500 award from the Nevada Humanities to cover the cost of activities related to its One Book Henderson program for 2008.

posted by: Brandie Baumann

Oxford Expands Language Dictionaries Online

Oxford University Press (OUP) has expanded the content available in its Language Dictionaries Online, adding two new languages and an audio pronunciation feature. This fully searchable, completely comprehensive suite of bilingual dictionaries and unique study materials give BCR members extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages.

New Languages Added: Russian and Chinese
Subscribers to the Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (OLDO) now have access to more than four million words, translations and phrases as part of the OLDO service. Learners can take advantage of a full suite of support materials using its robust functionality, including a virtual keyboard, mouse-over pronunciations and much more.

Audio Pronunciation
The new native speaker audio pronunciation feature allows users to hear how words actually sound with correct stress and intonation. Pronunciation is available for the newly added languages, Chinese and Russian, as well as for French, German, British English, American English and Spanish English. To access the pronunciations, simply click on the loudspeaker icon next to the appropriate word on the entry page. (Click here for an example.) If you are having trouble hearing the audio files, please consult Help to ensure that your browser is configured correctly.

Word of the Day
Help your students or patrons improve their vocabulary. Sign up and begin receiving the Word of the Day in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese and Russian.

Promotional Materials
Oxford has available a number of promotional materials to help spread the word about these new enhancements. Just send an email to OLDO to request flyers, posters or bookmarks.

Access to these new features is included as part of an existing subscription, so you can start accessing them immediately. When you login to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, you will now see Russian and Chinese available next to French, Italian, Spanish and German, and the loudspeaker icon will automatically appear within entry text. Take a look!

For anyone interested in more information or starting a new subscription, please contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) or visit BCR's Oxford Language Dictionaries Online webpage.

posted by: Chris Cook

NetLibrary eBook Shared Collection Closing June 23

Don't miss out. Sign up by June 23 to take advantage of the breadth of eBook titles now available in NetLibrary's Spring 2008 Western Regional Shared eBook Collection.

Selected 2007 and 2008 titles are found in three distinct collections: academic, community college and ready reference. Access to the contents of this new collection is expected to begin in early July. Participation is a one-time cost for ongoing access to this content.

To view pricing information or to order any of these collections, complete the BCR order form. Questions? Contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

posted by: Chris Cook

Britannica Online School Edition Receives Award

Britannica Online School Edition was named winner of the 2008 CODiE award for Best Education Reference or Search Service, in recognition of its ongoing value as an aid to classroom learning. This gives BCR members one more reason to take advantage of the special partnership BCR has with the Britannica family of database products.

As either a current subscriber through BCR or as a new subscriber, this means member libraries have access to the comprehensive learning resources found in Britannica Online School Edition, with content proven to provide students and teachers with a combination of reference information and interactive learning tools. This includes such features as: extensive multimedia; current periodicals; Britannica's proprietary, editor-checked Internet guide; and a growing number of primary sources.

For subscription and pricing information, please contact Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) or visit the BCR website. For more information about the CODiE awards, visit the SIIA website.

posted by: Chris Cook

June 04, 2008

NetLibrary eBook Offers Inspiration For Life Changes

NetLibrary's June eBook of the month, 'What Now?,' is bestselling author Ann Patchett's essay on hope and inspiration for graduates and anyone at a crossroads in their life.

Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay offers encouragement to anyone thinking about making a change, whether graduating, changing careers or transitioning from one life stage to another. With wit and candor, Patchett tells her own story of attending college, graduating and struggling with the inevitable question, what now?

From student to line cook to teacher to waitress and eventually to award-winning author, Patchett's own life has taken many twists and turns that make her exploration genuine and resonant. As Patchett writes, "'What Now?' represents our excitement and our future, the very vitality of life." Praised as "The best graduation present on the market…" by Publisher’s Weekly, 'What Now?' highlights the possibilities the unknown offers and reminds us that there is as much joy in the journey as there is in reaching the destination.

Ann Patchett has written for a variety of publications and is the author of many books, both fiction and non-fiction. Among numerous awards and prizes, she was honored with the PEN/Faulkner Award for her novel, Bel Canto, which has been translated into more than 30 languages. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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. To access each month's eBook as well as a tool kit of free promotional materials that can be downloaded and personalized for your library, visit the NetLibrary eBook of the Month resources webpage.

For more information about eBooks, please contact BCR's Chris Cook at ccook@bcr.org.

posted by: Chris Cook

Bailey-Hainer Elected ASCLA President 2009-2010

BCR's president and CEO, Brenda Bailey-Hainer, is the new president-elect of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). She will begin her term as president-elect in July 2008 and assume the presidency in 2009-2010.

"ASCLA members touch libraries of every type and size through their consortia, state library agencies and specialized service agencies," said Bailey-Hainer. "I'm honored to serve an organization with the potential to have a huge impact on libraries, their staffs and their constituents."

Bailey-Hainer has served as president and CEO of BCR since 2006. Previously, she was director of Networking and Resource Sharing at the Colorado State Library where she was responsible for the Colorado Virtual Library, oversaw statewide resource sharing initiatives for Colorado libraries as well as the AskColorado statewide collaborative virtual reference service, and served as program manager for a digital resource called Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection.

Bailey-Hainer has been honored with the 2005 Mountain Plains Library Association President's Board Choice Award, was named among the 2002 "Movers and Shakers" by Library Journal and awarded Librarian of the Year for 2001 by the Colorado Library Association (CLA). She received the CLA Technology Project of the Year Award in 2004 for Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection. She is active in a variety of state and national library associations.

posted by: Brandie Baumann

June 03, 2008

BCR Adds Public Library Market Coordinator to Staff

Justine Shaffner has joined the staff at BCR as public library market coordinator. She is filling a new position in BCR's Marketing & Outreach department, reflecting not only an organization-wide move by BCR to develop programs and add focus to specific library types, but cementing BCR's renewed commitment to helping public libraries perform at their very best.

As public library market coordinator, Shaffner hopes to help libraries create innovative solutions for their most challenging problems. Of her new position, Shaffner says, "BCR has solutions for many issues public libraries encounter: my goal is to talk to public librarians about their biggest concerns, and together we can craft solutions that really work. I am excited to help BCR staff begin to hone their broad base of library knowledge and expertise into a clearer understanding and awareness of the needs of specific library types." As public library market coordinator, Shaffner will be convening public library working groups to help inform BCR's future products and services offerings.

In addition to her duties as public library market coordinator, Shaffner also will be acting as project coordinator for PLINKIT. PLINKIT is a multi-state cooperative that aims to help public libraries implement the open-source software, Plone, to develop customized websites for their individual libraries.

Before joining BCR, Shaffner spent more than 10 years at the Douglas County libraries in Colorado, first as reference librarian and then head of Adult Services for the Philip S. Miller Library. Previous to that, she held the library director position for the Sandown Public Library in Sandown, New Hampshire. In addition, she was chair of the statewide AskColorado Steering Committee for six years which won the AskCO Project of the Year award in 2004. She has a wealth of public library experience, and BCR is excited to have such a strong advocate for public libraries on the team.

posted by: Brandie Baumann

June 02, 2008

Visit BCR Partners at SLA

Are you attending the Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference in mid-June? Are you a BCR member? If so, stop by and visit some of the companies that provide the discounted products and services your library has access to through your BCR membership.

BCR staff work hard to negotiate discounts on a wide variety of products and services, and our vendors appreciate hearing that their partnership with BCR has value, not only in cost savings, but in access to information specifically geared to the special library community.

Please take a few minutes to visit some of BCR's partners, including:

H. W. Wilson — Visit the Wilson booth (#343) for previews and demonstrations of products available to BCR members, including WilsonWeb CX, Wilson's Art Suite, education and applied science databases and more.
OCLC, Inc. — Register to attend either of the two free special events they are sponsoring. See details at OCLC's SLA info web page. Visit them at booth #601.
Greenwood Press — See a demonstration of Praeger Security International Online, the largest full-text, electronic resource available on international security with content on energy security, human trafficking, natural disasters, information security and more. (Booth #243)
Morningstar — Learn all about the new Morningstar Investment Research Center (formerly Morningstar Library Edition). Visit booth #536.
LexisNexis — BCR's long-time vendor partner has consistently provided outstanding service and support for its family of academic and library reference databases. (Booth #701)

Don't forget to stop by the BCR exhibit booth (#1314). Our expert staff welcomes the opportunity to discuss the particular needs of your library and can work with you to craft custom solutions to help your library keep pace with new developments in technology and services.

posted by: Brandie Baumann