Colorado Association of Libraries, Denver (CO) — November 6-8
BCR staff and associates are presenting three workshops focusing on the conference theme, Communities and Libraries. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn about the newly revised Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices, social catalogs and developments in preservation right here in Colorado. Visit Chris Cook, product support specialist, and Jay Ford, library services consultant, at the BCR exhibit booth (#129).

Museum Computer Network (MCN), Washington (DC) — November 12-14
BCR's Anne Marie Lyons, digital initiatives trainer, and Jay Ford, BCR's library services consultant, are looking forward to staffing BCR's exhibit booth (#B4) at this new venue. Discover BCR's new Digital & Preservation Services unit, offering digitization and preservation consulting and training for the cultural heritage community.

California Library Association, San Jose (CA) — November 14-16
Gillian Harrison, BCR's Marketing & Outreach director, is staffing the BCR booth (#105). Be sure to stop by to learn about BCR's newest products and services as well as how to make your library the place to be in your community.

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. New subscribers are asked to complete BCR's Quote Request form.

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

WorldCat profile redesign — The profile design updates improve the look and feel of the page and make it easier for the user to find and manage things they've done on WorldCat — and to view other users' WorldCat activities via their public profile view.

List watching — Users may track updates on interesting lists created by other WorldCat users.

weRead reviews and related items — More evaluative content provided for users to determine if this is the library item they are looking for.

Enhanced login process — An unauthenticated user opting to perform an action on WorldCat.org that requires login will be prompted by the system, at that point where needed, to login and will remain at the location in their work flow.

Editions page enhancements — Metadata has been moved into columns to make identifying the differences between editions much simpler. Also, a user will have the ability to add editions to lists.

Move all subjects into top level item metadata, removing Subjects tab — Subjects, which used to appear under the Subjects tab now all appear in the top level metadata with the rest of the subjects. Long lists of subjects will be hidden under a collapsible window which can be opened to view them. This removes a usability issue with Subjects appearing in multiple parts of the detailed record view.

Dial-A-Book excerpts added — Parts of the full text of items will be made available via a pop-up window. These excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book. The link to them will appear in the Get It section on WorldCat.org and under the cover art on WorldCat Local.

Using coupons already purchased by BCR, staff at member libraries may take advantage of the convenience and easy access to New Horizons' many offerings. BCR's coupons are valid for both computer desktop applications and technical training (some restrictions apply). Among the classes listed in the course catalog are sessions in Microsoft Technical training, Cisco systems, various programming languages, Novell classes, Linux systems, RFID and more. Desktop application classes available include Microsoft computer applications, Adobe Acrobat, desktop publishing, graphic design and more.

The discounted coupons can be used for either:

• Traditional instructor-led workshops — Lecture and demonstration, followed by student practice through hands-on exercise, in a traditional classroom setting.
• Online LIVE sessions — Live, expert instruction via the web, featuring peer-to-peer interaction and one-on-one time with online instructors.

For access to the online course catalog or to find a location near you, visit the New Horizons website. For more information about BCR discount coupons for New Horizons training or to register for a class, contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

Ovid Universal Search is a new premium cross-platform add-on feature to OvidSP that enables users to search all of an institution’s subscribed content using OvidSP even if that content resides on another platform. Users can view all results within the OvidSP interface and refine, manage and organize results retrieved through Ovid Universal Search.

Nursing@Ovid is a portal-based solution for nursing and allied health practitioners, researchers, educators and students who are looking for a single entry point to the specialized information they need to do their work. Built on the OvidSP architecture, Nursing@Ovid includes a limited version of Ovid Universal Search as a standard feature within the product.

The OvidSP Resource Center provides all the resources needed to help implement these new products in your library, including:

• Training materials
• Product information (Frequently Asked Questions, Quick Reference Guides, etc.)
• Image bank and screenshots
• Archived email communication

In addition, four journals have been added to Journals@Ovid. These include:

• Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (LWW)
• Acta Haematologica (S. Karger)
• Clinical Rehabilitation (Sage Publications)
• Topics in Companion Animal Medicine (Elsevier)

All conference presenters have been invited to submit research papers and reports from the field. These will be peer reviewed for selection for print proceedings to be published by Neal-Schuman Publishers and edited by Marie L. Radford and R. David Lankes. Publication is scheduled for mid-2009.

For anyone who was unable to get to all the sessions they wanted or would like more information, links to presentation materials are now available for download in the detailed schedule on the Reference Renaissance website. As one conference attendee pointed out, "…there were so many great sessions that they frequently competed with each other, so I had some tough decisions to make."

With the success of this year's conference, BCR has committed to sponsoring a second Reference Renaissance conference tentatively scheduled for August 2010. Watch the BCR website for date and registration announcements.

The state library agencies of Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, along with the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC), together have funded a group license with the College of DuPage, negotiated by BCR on their behalf, providing access to both the Soaring to Excellence series as well as the Library Challenges and Opportunities 2009 programming. The new season includes the following topics:

Soaring to Excellence 2009 — Back to Basics

• November 7, 2008: "Reversing the Ratchet: Basic Technology Adoption Strategies for Library Workers"
• February 13, 2009: "Targeting the Ages: Programming that Hits the Mark"
• April 16, 2009: "An Ounce of Prevention: Health Reference Basics"

Library Challenges and Opportunities 2009

• November 21, 2008: "Information Literacy for Life"
• April 3, 2009: "Diversity Beyond the Obvious"

Libraries may downlink the satellite coordinates to the five College of DuPage teleconference programs for on-site viewing, or staff may view the teleconferences via webcast from any location with adequate Internet access. The webcasts, also available at no charge to libraries whose state library agencies have contracted with BCR, will be archived and available for 30 days following the live broadcast. Libraries may order tapes or DVDs of the broadcasts for their collections for $30 each.

Register online for the satellite downlink or the webcast by completing BCR's online registration form. View the downlink site license terms on BCR's Web site. Downlink equipment information can be found on the BCR website.

Questions? Contact BCR's Regan Harper at rharper@bcr.org.

World Trade Press is a publishing, educational and information products company specializing in topics of international trade, logistics and country data. The company publishes more than 65 reference books in print form, as well as downloadable reports, eContent products, map premiums, atlases, giant maps and downloadable country, regional and world maps in editable Adobe Illustrator vector format files.

WTP Online Resources for BCR Members

Global Road Warrior — A comprehensive social, cultural and travel database covering 175 countries and territories, all presented in a consistent 97-category framework for each country. With 11-million-plus words of rich editorial content, more than 6,500 colorful country photos, and 1,575 attractive country maps to zoomify and download, it's a first-class resource to see and study the world.

WorldTradeRef — The online database version of the most respected and largest-selling dictionary of trade in the world-times 50! This virtual encyclopedia of solid, comprehensive reference data for the trade and logistics industry is a must-have resource for professionals around the globe. Importers, exporters, bankers, shippers, logistics professionals, attorneys, economists and government officials use it worldwide.

For additional information on BCR's list of World Trade Press products, visit the BCR website. BCR's Jay Ford (jford@bcr.org) can answer subscription and pricing inquiries.

The Britannica website points out that,

School isn't what it used to be. Today students at every level, from grade school to grad school, are living through dramatic changes in how they learn, thanks to new digital technologies. PCs, laptops, the Internet, whiteboards, PowerPoint, and other high-tech devices, once considered educational aides for the library, the media lab, and the home, are increasingly a central part of the classroom curriculum itself. The effects have yet to be fully understood.

The new classroom is about information, but not just information. It's also about collaboration, about changing roles of student and teacher, and about challenges to the very idea of traditional authority. It may also be about a new cognitive model for learning that relies heavily on what has come to be called "multitasking." Many educators are thrilled by the prospect while others are wary about the power of educational technologies to distract students and fragment their attention.

Do the new classroom technologies represent an educational breakthrough, a threat to teaching itself, or something in between? To explore the question intelligently we've asked several experts on educational technology to join us this week for a forum on the subject at the Britannica Blog.

Participants include anthropologist Michael Wesch; Mark Bauerlein, author of The Dumbest Generation; Steve Hargadon, founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network; cognitive psychologist Dan Willingham; and David Cole, a Georgetown University law professor who has banned laptops from his lectures. Commentaries from John Seely Brown, Joyce Kasman Valenza, Kathy Ishizuka, Karin Chenoweth and others are included, as well.

Access Britannica's main blog website for other discussions. For questions or additional information BCR's about partnership with Britannica, contact Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) at BCR.

The following sites will be affected during the migration:

• www.bcr.org
• www.westernco.org
• certificate.westernco.org
• www.tribalconference.org
• www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org

The following electronic lists will also be affected:

• arsl-l
• nevdig
• digistates
• rethinking

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding while BCR makes this change. The new server will allow BCR to offer more services such as video streaming and other enhanced web applications.

Questions or problems? Send an email to info@bcr.org.

New Biographies
An additional 600 biographies have been added from the African American National Biography, produced in conjunction with the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, and edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. These include the celebrated singers Roberta Flack and Gloria Gaynor, actor Morgan Freeman, professional football coach Tony Dungy and more. Also featured in this update are the lives of many lesser-known persons, such as Lester Blackwell Granger, social worker and former leader of the National Urban League; famed Haitian dancer and choreographer Jean-Léon Destiné; and Anna Madgigine Jai, a West African slave who later became a plantation owner in the early 1800s.

New Editorial Features
October introduces a new Guest Scholar feature on AASC. This month, guest scholar Steven Niven, executive editor of the African American National Biography and the forthcoming Dictionary of African Biography, discusses presidential candidate Barack Obama and his story in relation to the history of Civil Rights activism. Also available is a dispatch from Editor in Chief Henry Louis Gates, Jr., titled "Forty Acres and a Gap in Wealth," in which he examines possible causes for the increasing discrepancy in wealth within the African American population.

Feature of the Month
Each month the editors of the Oxford African American Studies Center provide insights into topics of current and historical relevance. This month's feature, "Blacks in Politics, Part 1," highlights the African American pioneers in the political world, leading up to and including current presidential candidate Barack Obama. In addition to a photo essay and featured commentary, the editors have also provided a list of articles to guide readers who want to learn more.

Would you like to receive an email alert when the next Feature of the Month is available? Sign up now!

Britannica also provides promotional materials to help in promoting a library's subscription. Send an email to request posters, fliers or table-talkers.

For additional information, please visit the BCR website. For subscription and pricing details, please contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

The complete Emerald Backfiles resource contains the digitalized content of its full archive, including 60,000 articles from more than 120 key management journals all the way back to Volume 1, issue 1, with some articles dating back as far as 1898.

A subscription to Emerald Backfiles can help your library:

• Fill the gaps — eliminate the problem of missing or lost print issues
• Disseminate out-of-print material — provide users with the widest range of digital material
• Save on shelf space — reduce physical presence and associated costs
• Save time for researchers and staff — users can access information through one familiar online platform
• Effectively manage its budget — available for a one-time purchase to ensure permanent access

For subscriptions and pricing details, contact Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org). Additional information is available on the BCR website.

BCR staff and associates are presenting three workshops during the meeting, focusing on the conference theme, Communities and Libraries. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn about the newly revised Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices, social catalogs and developments in preservation right here in Colorado.

Using Best Practices to Create Communities — Leigh A. Grinstead, BCR's CDP program coordinator, and Jamie Seemiller, program administrator, Denver Public Library Western History and Genealogy Department (Friday, November 7, 10:15 a.m.)

With the recent revision of the Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices comes the opportunity to take a new look at the way archives and libraries plan and implement digitization projects to bring new content to their communities. This session will focus on what's new in the world of best practices for digital imaging and how these standards are useful in implementing digital programs such as the IMLS funded project, "Creating Communities: Digitizing Denver Historic Neighborhoods."

Social Catalogs and the Library: LibraryThing, Shelfari, WorldCat.org and More — Linda Gonzalez, BCR member services librarian (Friday, November 7, 1:45 p.m.)

Never before have book lovers been able to share their passions so widely, so publicly. Online services such as LibraryThing, Shelfari, WorldCat.org and others enable anyone with web access to create and share lists of their favorite books and more. Users may write reviews, provide their own "tags" for resources (folksonomy) and take advantage of others' recommendations. We'll explore some of these services, and how libraries have used them to engage patrons with the catalog. Anyone with an interest in how patrons use the library catalog is welcome.

New Developments for Preservation in Colorado: SRMA, WESTPAS, IMLS and BCR — Liz Bishoff, BCR, director, Digital and Preservation Services, and Carl Stewart, University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Preservation Department (Saturday, November 8, 10:45 a.m.)

Tornadoes, fires, floods and more subtle threats are real dangers to physical and digital collections. New opportunities exist to protect our collections. WESTPAS is offering free emergency consultation and planning workshops to Colorado's libraries. IMLS is funding statewide planning grants for preservation. BCR has established a division to address digital AND preservation services. How can Colorado take advantage of these programs and what are the benefits for our libraries, local history collections and archives?

BCR Exhibit Booth
Visit BCR staff at exhibit booth #129. Chris Cook, product support specialist, and Jay Ford, library services consultant, will be available to discuss the newest BCR products, as well as provide information in our traditional service areas.

The Research Center provides data and analysis on nearly 9,500 stocks, 24,000 mutual funds and 800 exchange-traded funds as well as Morningstar analyst commentary on more than 4,000 securities. Discover the Client Site (which features COUNTER-compliant traffic reports), investing education and library marketing resources and some of the free database training services offered by Morningstar.

The database has an easy-to-use interface with remote access capability, a comprehensive Help and Education section (featuring Morningstar Investing Classroom) and the widely acclaimed Morningstar Portfolio X-Ray tool.

Sign up now!
The free trial ends November 15. To register, contact BCR's Maura Hadaway (mhadaway@bcr.org). She will provide a username, password and URL to access the website.

Oxford Reference Online — What's New
The latest update includes new titles and editions amounting to thousands of new and updated articles. More than 6,000 entries have been updated, including more than 24,000 brand new entries and 1,600-plus illustrations and photos.

Four new scholarly titles covering science, nature and the opera highlight the update.

• Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• The New Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians
• Grove Book of Operas
• The New Grove Book of Opera Singers

Eleven new editions are featured as well, with up-to-date facts and information. Some of the titles contain entry-level links to other editorially vetted websites, offering starting points for further research. Browse a new edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, the Oxford Dictionary of Statistics, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology and the second edition of the Oxford Picket Fowler's Modern Usage, to name a few.

Finally, three reference databases, the Grove Book of Operas, The New Grove Book of Opera Singers and A Dictionary of Opera Characters (2008), replace the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera which has not been systematically updated for more than 10 years. These new titles ensure that the opera content is up-to-date and completely trustworthy. Users will be redirected from the old home page for a short period of time.

With new biographies of 125 men and women active between the 12th and late 20th centuries, this update has a special focus on First World War I lives. Twenty-one reference group essays are included. Request promotional materials such as posters, flyers or user guides to bring the period to life.

BCR's Chris Cook can help you find the best Oxford reference database for your institution. Contact her at ccook@bcr.org or, to see all the Oxford products available, visit the BCR web pages.

Discover Credo Reference's New Content, Updates
New titles cover a variety of relevant and timely topics, such as:

• The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia
• Immigration and Asylum from 1900 to Present
• International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics
• Public Opinion, Polling and Democracy Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia

Three titles received updates:

• The Bridgeman Art Library Archives (now up from 15,000 images to more than 45,000)
• Chambers Biographical Dictionary
• Dictionary of Food: International Food and Cooking Terms from A to Z

Subscribe Before October 31
Credo Reference is offering a free month for new subscriptions that begin on or before October 31. Subscribe now and receive 13 months for the cost of a 12-month subscription in the first year for access to this innovative reference library.

For a complete list of new and updated titles, visit the Credo Reference website. For subscription and pricing information, visit the BCR website.

The eSerials Holdings service automates the process of setting and maintaining holdings for ISSN-based electronic serials in WorldCat without adding to a library's cataloging workload. It provides up-to-date serials holdings for users and a simple, efficient work flow for staff with higher fill rates and faster turnaround times for interlibrary loan and document delivery. The service debuted in July 2006 and uses the OCLC knowledgebase of eSerials to keep WorldCat informed of full text available electronically via aggregated databases and individual eJournals.

Nearly 400 libraries are enrolled in the service, which TDNet, EBSCO, WorldCat Link Manager and Serials Solutions also offer to their clients. To date libraries and vendors have added more than 4.5 million library holdings for electronic journals.

Learn more about the eSerials Holdings service. Questions? Contact BCR's Marisa Wood (mwood@bcr.org).

During the last 10 years, the foundation of BCR's CDP evolved from the premise that Colorado's archives, libraries, museums and historical societies could collaborate to share their unique resources and special collections through digitization. This type of cultural heritage collaboration had never been attempted in the U.S.

In 1999-2001 CDP received the first of many state and federal grants. This IMLS grant allowed the CDP to establish regional scan centers, develop a robust training program, consulting services and a grant program that supported digitization of cultural heritage holdings. In 2001, the CDP was expanded beyond Colorado through the Western Trails project, bringing Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas and Utah cultural heritage institutions into the collaborative.

In April 2007, the CDP merged into BCR. "The merger of the CDP and BCR has resulted in new initiatives such as collaboration with the Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums on a 2008 IMLS Connecting to Collections grant proposal," noted Brenda Bailey-Hainer, BCR President and CEO.

Today, the CDP is part of BCR's Digital and Preservation Services unit, offering training and consulting services along with products and services that support libraries' and cultural heritage institutions' digital programs. New content is being added to Heritage West on a regular basis, and BCR is partnering to submit grants that will advance digital and preservation programs in member organizations. Continuing with the CDP's tradition of collaboration and outreach services, BCR's CDP program offers best practices and resources for anyone developing their institution's digital collections.

Access to the resources created by the CDP members and participants is sustained through the expanding Heritage West database. In addition to increasing access to these unique resources, the CDP also has explored opportunities for incorporating digital primary source materials into classroom instruction. Today, there are more than 130 lesson plans for K-12 teachers available through BCR's CDP website.

"After more than a decade, the CDP continues to offer libraries and other cultural heritage institutions across the West and the nation, access to tools that support their work in creating digital content as well as examples for how to incorporate digital content into teaching and learning," commented Liz Bishoff, director, Digital and Preservation Services, BCR.

Comprehensive 2009 title lists for the BioOne collections available through BCR can be downloaded on the BioOne website, with the following titles making their debut on BioOne in January 2009:

BioOne.1:
• Tree-Ring Research, published by the Tree-Ring Society

BioOne.2:
• African Entomology, published by the Entomological Society of Southern Africa
• American Malacological Bulletin, published by the American Malacological Society
• The Canadian Entomologist, published by the Entomological Society of Canada
• Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology, published by the South Carolina Entomological Society
• Malacologia, published by the Institute of Malacology
• Northwest Science, published by the Northwest Scientific Association
• The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, published by the Pacific Coast Entomological Society
• South African Journal of Wildlife Research, published by the Southern African Wildlife Management Association
• Southwestern Entomologist, published by the Society of Southwestern Entomologists

Pricing for 2009
2009 pricing for BioOne.1 is expected to increase 5 percent from 2008 rates. However, for the second straight year, 2009 rates for BioOne.2 will not increase despite the significant increase in quality content. Libraries that subscribe to BioOne.1, but have not yet purchased BioOne.2, are encouraged to take a second look. Since its 2007 launch this collection has grown both in size and in must-have, ranked content, adding 17 additional titles, with 18 more ISI-ranked during that period.

Content Changes
Effective January 2009, the following four BioOne.1 titles will no longer add new content to BioOne: Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science, published by the International Association for Vegetation Science; and In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology: Animal and In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology: Plant, published by the Society for In Vitro Biology.

The International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) will publish with Wiley-Blackwell beginning in 2009, while the Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) will continue their relationship solely with Springer. In accordance with both BioOne standard policy and Project Transfer guidelines, all IAVS and SIVB content currently hosted on BioOne will remain accessible to subscribers in perpetuity.

The American Indian Experience explores the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous peoples of the United States, from prehistory to the present day, from the Inuit of the north to the Seminoles of Florida. Discover AIE's full-text access to more than 150 volumes of reference content, hundreds of primary documents and thousands of images, including the authoritative Tiller's Guide to Indian Country in it's entirety.

Developed and indexed under the guidance of Loriene Roy, the first Native American president of the American Library Association, and a team of American Indian librarians and scholars, users can be assured that the content is trustworthy. The database is designed to meet the needs of teachers and their students, librarians and their patrons, researchers and the general public, providing an easy-to-use interface, Topic Guides to spark classroom discussion and research, a Skills Center with classroom resources and lesson plans and much more.

Libraries may choose to purchase one, two or all three of the existing modules as stand-alone products or fully integrated into The American Mosaic family of products. Visit the BCR web pages for a list of all Greenwood Publishing databases available to BCR members.

For subscription and pricing details, contact BCR's Maura Hadaway (mhadaway@bcr.org).

The ideal reference tool for students and general readers at all academic levels, Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000, introduces 1,083 individual essays covering topics ranging from personal computers to the rise of the Internet to groundbreaking advances in biotechnology. Events covered include the curriculum-oriented geopolitical events of the era — from the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973 to the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Essays also address important social and cultural developments in daily life, such as:

• Major literary movements
• Significant developments in the arts and motion pictures
• Trends in world population
• Immigration and landmark social legislation.

The definitive historical reference of the late 20th century, this six-volume edition also includes keyword lists of contents, quotations from primary source documents and more than 500 photographs, maps and other illustrations of battles, buildings, people, spacecraft and other iconic images of the period.

About the Great Events series
Salem Press' Great Events series is a far-reaching view of history, organized around significant events. It is ideal for public libraries and undergraduate colleges and is widely used in high schools for specific curriculum support. Librarians and reviewers alike praise this series for its breadth of content and extended essays. Articles are typically 1,500 words, bridging the gap between full-length, scholarly studies and the shortened forms found in encyclopedias.

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.

Roger Rosen, president of Rosen Publishing, suggested that the award of the one-year subscription be granted to North High School after hearing about the devastation following the June floods. "These teens are already feeling pressure in their lives — to succeed at school, sports, and in social situations," said Rosen. "When a natural disaster hits home, the stress level goes up for them and their families. Teen Health & Wellness will provide students and staff with all the resources they need to answer questions about their physical and mental health, and understand what those around them may be going through during this difficult time."

The teens and staff at North High School will have access to curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life and more. North High School's principal, Dr. Vince Lewis, thanked Rosen Publishing for the award, saying, "The online resource will enlighten our students and assist in teaching and learning in many different areas."

Teen Health & Wellness has won numerous awards, including being voted a 2007 Top 10 Digital Resource by School Library Journal and a "Must Have" Product for Fall 2008. It has been selected as one of Library Journal's Best Reference Sources of 2007 and was named Best New Product, 2007 Readers' Choice Awards by The Charleston Advisor. The database has also been honored with an EDDIE (Annual Education Software Review) Award, an Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Distinguished Achievement Award, a World Wide Web Health Award and a Best Educational Software (BESSIE) Award.

For additional information on this valuable resource, please visit the BCR webpage. BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) will be happy to help with subscription and pricing inquiries.

NetLibrary shared eBook collections are for libraries that want to expand their catalog of authoritative frontlist titles in key subject areas as well as eliminate the management tasks required to maintain a physical inventory. Users can access the titles anywhere, any time, and there is no additional charge for full OCLC-MARC records. Participation is a one-time cost for ongoing access to the content in each collection.

Libraries can sign up for any of the collections regardless of library type. These are completely new, with no duplication of titles between the three collections and no duplication of titles from previous collections.

• Ready Reference — Includes high-demand reference books that libraries use on a regular basis. Featured publishers include Facts on File, Greenwood Publishing Group and Oxford University Press.
• Community College — Includes titles for general education, community college and vocational programs. Featured publishers include F.A. Davis Company, McGraw-Hill and Taylor & Francis.
• Academic — Titles relevant for both general education and upper division academic coursework in subject areas frequently requested by libraries. Featured publishers include Cambridge University Press, IGI Publishing, MIT Press, Oxford University Press and Taylor & Francis.

Special Regional Offer
Receive reduced pricing when the Ready Reference Collection is purchased with either the Community College or Academic collections prior to December 31.

Visit the BCR website to link to a complete list of titles included in each collection.

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

• Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus and Current Issues: Health — Wednesday, October 15
  Tour these two unique, award-winning resources and get a preview of the forthcoming Current Issues: Environment. Also, learn about The Reference Shelf series, the topical print volume that inspired the Current Issues family of databases, and discover Wilson editors' objectives in compiling the best journalistic content on timely issues.
• Wilson Art Suite — Wednesday, October 22
  Examine Wilson's outstanding art offerings: Art Full Text, Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals and Art Museum Image Gallery. Learn the benefits of searching Wilson's art files together and offering one seamless, relevancy-sorted results page.
  
  Preview Cinema Image Gallery, an essential companion to any film or television studies course. The database contains more than 150,000 images and includes images of films in production, such as: directors working on-set with the stars; set, costume and production design; unique hair and make-up shots; and rare behind-the-scenes material.
• Demonstrating WilsonWeb Administrator's Module — Wednesday, October 29
  Learn how to define user classes, enter custom links, load co-branding images, select interface preferences, manage navigational controls, change display preferences and much more. Customizing your institution's WilsonWeb interface will be easy after participating in this session.

Each event takes place at 2 p.m. EST. All that is needed to participate is a telephone and a desktop computer. Register at the H.W. Wilson website.

For additional information on these and other H.W. Wilson products and services available through BCR, contact Maura Hadaway (mhadaway@bcr.org) or visit the BCR website.

For additional information or questions regarding BCR subscriptions to either Serials Solutions or NetLibrary, contact Jay Ford (jford@bcr.org) or Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) at BCR. For the full news release, visit OCLC's website.

If you have emailed CPSO with questions or concerns about LC's cataloging practice in the past, please be aware that with CPSO's name change its email address has been changed to policy@loc.gov. Mail to cpso@loc.gov will be forwarded to the new address only through the end of October, after which time any mail will be bounced back to the sender as "address unknown."

Enhancement: Registry Profile information in the My WorldCat Favorite Libraries — With the October 5, WorldCat.org enhancement installation, users were given the opportunity to identify certain libraries as "favorites." When users select a Favorite Library in their WorldCat.org account, WorldCat Registry profile information is displayed for the selected library.

What it means for the Registry user — OCLC members whose holdings display in WorldCat.org are encouraged to review appropriate Registry profile information to make modifications as appropriate. WorldCat members can be authorized to manage the Registry information for their library's profile.

The following Registry fields are provided for display in My WorldCat Favorite Libraries section:

• Name and Location: Name, Address, Wi-Fi access, Phone and Fax, Library Information URL
• Online catalog: Base URL
• Virtual Reference: URL

OCLC members whose holdings display in WorldCat.org are encouraged to review and edit their library's Registry profile information to make modifications as appropriate.

If you need assistance accessing your library's Registry profile, contact BCR's Marisa Wood at mwood@bcr.org. Several tutorials also are available to help put the WorldCat Registry to use for your library.

• Enhancement: Select Your Favorite Library / Affiliate with a Library — When a user locates an item and views the holding libraries, the user can identify one of those libraries as a "favorite." For users, this means that selecting a library as a favorite will cause that library to appear at the top of the holdings list for that user for all items viewed. Selecting a library also will add that library to the user's list of favorite libraries on their My WorldCat page.
• Enhancement: Add format and language facets to editions pages — This will assist the user in discovering items in large edition sets.

• Enhancement: Improved material type handling and display, including:

• Display literary form and literary text
Examples:
Literary form (bks): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166924679
Old Display: Book : Biography
New Display: Book : Humor, satire, etc. : Biography

Literary text (rec): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58046168
Old Display: Audiobook on CD
New Display: Audiobook on CD : Comedy

• Suppress redundant types
Examples:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44955817

• Old Display: eBook : Computer file
• New Display: eBook
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/73286931

• Old Display: Downloadable audiobook : Audio book, etc. : Sound effect Computer File Sound Recording
• New Display: Downloadable audiobook

• Enhancement: Correct duplicate display of personal names, countries and titles as subjects.
Example:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63703974

ProQuest Hospital Collection — Access to the latest health care information for medical professionals, hospital administrators, patients and their families:

• ProQuest Health and Medical Complete
• ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
• ProQuest Health Management
• ProQuest Psychology Journals
• ProQuest Family Health

ProQuest Unique Products — Image, funding, scholar profile and "calls for papers" databases, including:

• CSA Illustrata Natural Sciences
• COS Funding Opportunities
• COS Scholar Universe
• Papers Invited
• Dialog

For additional information on any of these products, including subscription and pricing information, please contact BCR's Maura Hadaway (mhadaway@bcr.org).

Ann Joslin, Idaho State Librarian, is serving her second consecutive year as the BCR Board of Trustees vice-chair. Cotton and Joslin, in addition to their duties during regular Board meetings, are joined on the BCR Executive Committee by newly elected representative Ann Marie Clark, Director, Arnold Library, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle (WA). Returning Executive Committee members include Gina Millsap, Executive Director, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (KS); and Mary Wegner, Iowa State Librarian. Brenda Bailey-Hainer, BCR President and CEO, serves as secretary-treasurer.

Four newly elected trustees participated in orientation activities prior to the Board meeting. New members are R. Cecilia Knight, Catalog Librarian, Grinnell College (IA), academic library trustee; and Jamie LaRue, Director, Douglas County Libraries (CO), at-large trustee. Nancy Allen, Dean and Director, Penrose Library, University of Denver (CO), research library trustee, and Gina Millsap, Executive Director, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (KS), public library trustee, both were elected to a second term. All will represent BCR member libraries through June 2010.

BCR would also like to welcome two new state library representatives to the Board of Trustees. Patti Butcher, Director, Statewide Resource Sharing, is sitting on the Board on behalf of the Kansas State Library; and Sarah McHugh, Statewide Projects Manager, is representing the Montana State Library.

Dr. Lorraine Haricombe, Dean of Libraries, University of Kansas, Watson Library, Lawrence, was elected as BCR delegate to the OCLC Members Council, for a three-year term. She is joining Claudia Thornton-Frazer, Digital Initiatives Coordinator, Librarian, Cowles Library, Drake University (IA); and Sheryl Taylor, Director of Library Services, John & Louise Hulst Library, Dordt College (IA), in representing BCR on the OCLC Members Council.

Of her new position, Lyons says, "Digital projects present different challenges to different organizations. I'm very much looking forward to working with archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage organizations, and exploring how digitization practices can be adapted to each organization's individual needs so they have new opportunities to share their wonderful collections with the rest of world."

As digital initiatives trainer, Lyons will be conducting online and in-person training in digital project planning, digital capture, metadata schemas and digital preservation. She has extensive experience in training and digital practices, and as BCR's newest staff member, is a valuable addition to both the expanding digitization and training program and the BCR team.

Before joining BCR, Lyons worked for National Public Radio and the National Security Archive, Washington, D.C. Her library experience includes work at the Van Deusen Post Library, the Picatinny Arsenal and Rutgers University, all in New Jersey. She earned her MLIS at Rutgers and her BA in English at the College of Saint Elizabeth.

ProQuest Entrepreneurship
Educators, students and entrepreneurs have access to a variety of unique resources that bridge theory and practice. Included are:

• Video Clips — 11,000-plus downloadable videos and interviews with experienced entrepreneurs (complete with transcripts) bring the value of experience and mentorship to the desktop.
• Market Research Reports — More than 12,000 market research reports and data from multiple sources addresses the need for data and research on emerging markets and product ideas.
• Templates, Forms, Sample Plans, "How To" Guides — Dissertations and unedited, full-length working papers (from SSRN — Social Science Research Network) as well as journal articles are refreshed weekly with about 400 new titles.
• Business Cases — Contains the full text of more than 320 cases with more than 1,050-plus cases examined.
• Conference Proceedings — The latest in scholarly research spanning all topics (from USASBE — United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship).

Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Government documents are among the richest sources of information available to researchers across all disciplines, but these materials are also among the most difficult to use, often requiring users to seek the assistance of experienced and knowledgeable government document or reference librarians.

The new online edition of the Monthly Catalog includes all issues of the catalog from 1895 to 1976, when records become available online from the Government Publications Office (GPO). It has been designed to give users keyword-easy access to this vast body of knowledge. Besides producing a detailed bibliographic record for users, facsimile page images are also available.

In addition, users can simultaneously search across more than 950 monthly issues to identify key government publications. Indexed documents provide information on demographics and education, energy, environmental issues, health and nutrition, legal and regulatory information, and much more.

Subscribe Now!
Community colleges and public libraries (450,000 and fewer population served) receive a 10 percent discount when ordering before December 15. Libraries that currently subscribe to ABI/INFORM and purchase a ProQuest Entrepreneurship subscription may be eligible for deeper discounting. Custom quotes are available for other library types.

Free Information Sessions
Watch the BCR training website for free Products and Services Showcase sessions covering these two new ProQuest products.

For pricing, please complete BCR's quote request form. Questions? Contact Maura Hadaway (mhadaway@bcr.org).

Overview
This self-paced, interactive tutorial will take you through the steps of locating your institution's Registry profile, editing it and sharing it with others. See how to create and authenticate a user logon and how to use the Advanced Search feature.
Flash-based. Run time: 11 minutes

How to Connect Patrons to Your Library
Learn how to add deep linking URLs to your Registry profile that allow patrons to connect directly to the item record in your online catalog. (YouTube version)
Flash-based. Run time: 4 minutes.

Global Policies
This short video shows how to make your interlibrary loan policies visible to users of WorldCat Registry. (YouTube version)
Flash-based. Run time: 4 minutes.

For additional information, contact BCR's Marisa Wood (mwood@bcr.org).

Visit the OCLC website to see highlights of the revisions. Note that not every change made is included in this list.

The 4th edition is available online. Hard copies can be ordered through OCLC's Online Service Center.

If you have any questions or need assistance ordering your copy, contact BCR's Marisa Wood (mwood@bcr.org).

Credo Reference offers the full text of more than 320 reference titles from 60 highly regarded publishers. Discover how easy it is to access the full range of resources with a single search. All content is accessed through a new interface which features:

• Integrated cross-searching through related entries and cross-references.
• Seamless, one-click searching of other library resources such as library catalogs and periodical databases.
• A compelling concept map for visualizing your search — a great tool for visual learners.
• 165,000+ images for use in projects, presentations and websites.
• Integration with popular Web 2.0 services to facilitate sharing and bookmarking.
• Many more features and customization options.

For additional information, visit the BCR website. To subscribe, contact BCR's Jay Ford (jford@bcr.org).

This three-hour workshop acknowledges that many librarians fall in the role of being a teacher, either as an instructional academic librarian or as a public librarian involved in educational programming. With a little lecture and a lot of activities, participants will explore some pedagogical fundamentals and discover how to improve teaching skills. While the focus is on teaching technology to the public, the lessons can be applied to almost any teaching scenario.

The workshop is designed for librarians who are just starting to train others and feel they need some training themselves, as well as librarians who have been training for some time and are interested in learning more and sharing their experiences. Participants will learn:

• The basics of planning and promoting tech classes for your patrons
• Learning styles
• Good trainer traits and tips
• Evaluation

Special discounts are available for groups. Register now at the BCR website.

On-Request Workshops
Interested in this training, but it's not being held near to where you live and work? Or perhaps you don’t see what you are looking for in the BCR schedule or want to provide training for just your staff? Bring BCR to your location to train your staff in the areas you want and where and when you want it. Contact BCR at training@bcr.org to find out more.