For a limited time, libraries can purchase these Mobile Collections and will receive a Sony Reader PRS-505, the required Adobe license and the titles included in the collection.

The collections highlight the following topics:

• Career Development and Business Self-help
• Management and Leadership
• Popular Fiction
• Romance
• Young Adult Fiction

Libraries can download the eBook titles and transfer the titles to the device and then let patrons borrow the pre-loaded device. The Sony Reader is the only electronic reading device that allows users to borrow and download eBooks from their library.

Find out more! Contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

By combining BCR's digital expertise and PALINET's proficiency in the area of traditional preservation activities, both networks now can offer their members a comprehensive set of digital and preservation services.

BCR's Digital and Preservation Services is the home of the Collaborative Digitization Program (CDP). Through CDP's collaborative partnerships, libraries have access to cultural, historical and scientific heritage collections of the West. With the addition of PALINET's well-established training and consulting opportunities in traditional preservation practices, archives, historical societies, libraries and museums have a unique opportunity to draw on the strengths of both networks to enrich and make their collections more readily available to the communities they support.

Read the news release on the BCR press page, and watch the BCR website for additional announcements.

Join with your colleagues in Estes Park (Colorado), April 30-May 1, for programs on topics such as green ILL practices, the National Courier and how to make the decision to go green less stressful. Don't forget to sign up for the regular OCLC and copyright sessions.

In addition, Cyril Oberlander and Ed Rivenburg are set to provide conference-goers with an update on the award-winning IDS Project. Its major goal is to continually implement and objectively evaluate innovative resource sharing strategies, policies and procedures that will optimize mutual access to the information resources of all IDS Project libraries.

A blog has been set up for interlibrary loan practitioners, librarians and anyone who has an interest in facilitating resource sharing among libraries. Log in to The Trailblazer and participate in the discussion.

Mark your calendar
Registration is open now. The two-day conference is inexpensive at only $95. Librarians that are unable to attend due to cost considerations may be eligible for a scholarship. Visit the conference website for details on the scholarship as well as the latest conference and hotel information.

Each center will include live, one-to-one tutoring, ProofPoint (Tutor.com's proofreading service) and SkillsCenter Resource Library, offering access to rich resources such as workshops, videos and much more.

Keep your eye on the BCR website for announcements.

BCR also provides two other tutoring resources designed to provide 24/7 virtual access to your library's resources.

• Live Homework Help — Tutor.com's after-school service connects a student with a professional tutor for live, one-on-one help with homework questions and test prep online; provides the homework assistance students need when and where they need it, even when the library is closed. Students have access to quality tutors in a safe and secure environment.
• Ask a Librarian Express — A 24/7 virtual reference resource that connects patrons to Tutor.com's online librarians, enabling customers and librarians to chat online and share websites and documents in a secure online environment.

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

The "Save to Folder" feature allows users to save content to a personalized folder for later retrieval within a session or during a later database visit. Users can create personalized folders by selecting the Folder Sign-In link found in the upper-right corner of content pages. They can then simply enter their email address and create a password.

In addition, multiple users within a single customer account can create unique folder sign-ins for any authorized database. Users can also save items to a guest folder without signing in to a personalized folder, but the folder will be emptied automatically when the browser window is closed.

BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) can help get you started with subscription and pricing information. For additional information about the wide variety of Facts on File databases available through BCR, please visit the BCR website.

Join speakers Penny Mandziara and Kelly Watson for a look at some of the innovative programming libraries today are creating to meet the evolving needs of their patrons. They will also provide a basic primer for anyone who has always wanted to plan a program, but didn't know where or how to begin.

BCR member libraries have several ways to access the teleconference, but everyone must register. Complete the BCR Teleconference Registration form, making sure to indicate how you anticipate viewing the teleconference and checking off the February 13 session. Additional information, including viewing sites in your state, is listed on the BCR teleconference webpages.

The final 2008-2009 College of DuPage teleconference in the Soaring to Excellence 2009 — Back to Basics series is the April 16 broadcast, "An Ounce of Prevention: Health Reference Basics." The popular Library Challenges and Opportunities 2009 series will conclude its season on April 3, with the broadcast, "Diversity Beyond the Obvious."

BCR offers access to the College of DuPage teleconferences at no charge to many of our member states through the generous support of their state library agencies, the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and the Utah Academic Library Consortia (UALC).

RSS Feeds
Make it easy for your users and patrons to access the most recent content from Rosen's Teen Health & Wellness database. Provide them with access right from your home page using "Really Simple Syndication," also known as RSS. Teen Health & Wellness RSS feeds are based on content published on the database and are updated continually. Three RSS feeds — "In the News," "Dr. Jan's Corner," and "Did You Know?" — are currently available for subscribers to access. Learn more at the Rosen website.

Continuing Education Credit
Schedule a free Teen Health & Wellness webinar training. Not only can you earn free continuing education credits, but you'll be able to share your new knowledge with your colleagues. Contact Rosen today to schedule your free webinar.

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

Online Northwest — February 13, Oregon State University, Corvallis (Oregon)
Drop by the booth for an update on BCR activities. Meet BCR's Chris Cook, product support specialist, who is looking forward to the opportunity to meet librarians from our northwest member states including Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.

• WorldCat & FirstSearch, presented by Heather Clark, Monday, February 23, from 10:45 a.m.-12:00 noon. Increase your comfort level and optimize the powerful tools available in the FirstSearch reference interface. This workshop will address how to access FirstSearch, search WorldCat, navigate and manipulate lists of records, developing search proficiency.
• Copyright Basics for Schools (K-12), presented by Heather Clark on Monday, February 23, 1:15-4:15 p.m. Widely available digital media present teachers and media specialists with new opportunities and challenges, particularly when it comes to the area of copyright. This workshop will help media specialists and school librarians traverse the murky waters of downloadable media, copyright law, fair use parameters and the TEACH Act. Participants will form break-out sessions to interact with peers in real world scenarios as well as the opportunity to draft usage guidelines for the classroom, school or district.
• Big E-Ref on a Little Budget, presented by Shelly Drumm, Tuesday, February 24, from 9:00-10:15 a.m. The past few years have seen a profusion of excellent tools that give libraries with caviar dreams and ramen budgets the opportunity to deliver top notch reference and instructional services without dropping a dime. In this session, we'll take a peek at some of these tools, explore possible applications of them and discuss ways your library might be able to use them.
• Marketing AIRS Resources, presented by Kathy Kiely and Linda Gonzalez, Tuesday, February 24, from 10:45 a.m.-12 noon. Your library has this great AIRS database package, but now what? If you've asked this question and aren't sure how to market these products, this session is for you! EBSCO and BCR are teaming up to give you some great pointers for marketing these resources to staff and patrons. EBSCO has many resources online, and BCR will share a new marketing campaign just for Colorado. Have some great marketing tips to share? Bring them to the session too!
• Got Your Spoon? Making Sense of the Cataloging Acronym Alphabet Soup, presented by Linda Gonzalez, Tuesday, February 24, from 1:30-2:45 p.m. AACR2 and MARC may be old hat to you, and you may have heard about FRBR and RDA, but what about FRAD, FRSAR, OAI-PMH? Come and learn what these acronyms represent, but more than that, what impact they have now and may have for the future for cataloging.

If you can't make the Grand Junction meeting, you will get two more opportunities — in Greeley, March 19-20, and again in Pueblo, April 16-17. Visit the CLiC website for details on registration and cost.

Browse BCR's Events webpage for information on where to find BCR staff in your corner of the country in 2009.

SmartMath is a formative assessment, practice and differentiation solution with 91 math topics that can be incorporated into the grades 1-6 curriculum. It includes three major areas of focus:

• Math — 35,000 math problems all aligned with NCTM standards. Downloadable study guides for each of the 91 math topics are accompanied by animated visual aids and descriptive solutions, all aimed to help students build solid foundations in the five learning dimensions of math: numbers, measures, shapes and space, data handling and algebra.
• Students — Students practice at their own rate, in their own time, in or out of class. There is no repetition of questions and the difficulty level rises progressively according to performance.
• Teachers — Formative assessments may be customized for a grade, a class or for individual students by math topic or by state standards. Progress checks summarize student time on task, success rates and item analysis, and downloadable reports can be used to analyze class performance and report overall progress.

Student News Net highlights Britannica's new current events database that brings learning to life by engaging students with timely, relevant news and current events. Designed for students in grades 4-8, lesson plans and activities teach students how to organize facts, make connections and use information in problem-solving activities. Features include:

• Current Events, with safe, age-appropriate coverage of world events
• Top News, with new articles daily
• Archived News, with 4,500 searchable articles
• Word of the Day, with a new word highlighted and defined in the Top News story
• Science & Civics, with teacher resources and current event features

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

BCR member libraries have available to them two valuable research tools from Wilson that can help students, educators and researchers find answers from the history of business and industry.

Business Periodicals Retrospective: 1913-1982 — A searchable index of the most important scholarly journals, trade publications and magazines, 1913 through 1982. It takes a look at such topics as the history of telecommunications to the rise of the global automobile market to the building of the international monetary system and the death of the international gold standard. Users will find information about technological advances, business strategies, marketing triumphs and failures, company profiles, iconic executives and much more. Discover search results with relevance in today's world, such as:

• "To Thaw Deposits." Business Week, 1933
• "Origin of the banking panic of March 4, 1933." Bankers' Magazine, 1935
• "When all the banks closed." Harvard Business Review, 1948
• "Lessons from the Banking Crisis." Bankers' Magazine, 1933

Applied Science and Technology Retrospective: 1913-1983 — Content from Wilson's acclaimed Applied Science & Technology Index. The perfect reference for tracking down important studies and exploring historical controversies. From finding papers by innovators to researching the development of a particular technology, users have access to search results such as the effects of pesticides on the environment, the rise and fall of Thalidomide or the dawn of the global economy.

Discover more about WilsonWeb databases at two BCR Product & Services Showcase sessions:

• February 3 — WilsonWeb: New Enhancements Focus (10-11 am MT)
• February 3 — WilsonWeb: K-12 Focus (1-2 pm MT)

Learn how your library can subscribe to these valuable resources. Visit the BCR website or contact Maura Hadaway (mhadaway@bcr.org).

Leadership Directories provides high-quality contact information for the leaders of major U.S. government, business, professional and nonprofit organizations. Users receive fully researched, verified and up-to-date contact data for the institutional leadership of the United States. In fact, the Congressional Leadership Directory Online already has been updated to reflect the new staff members, new committee assignments, new biographical data for congressional members, new room numbers, vacancies and title changes.

Each database specializes in a particular area of American activity, with information on nearly a half million leaders at more than 40,000 organizations. BCR is currently making the following databases available:

The Leadership Library on the Internet
Updated daily with more than 400,000 names from 40,000-plus government, business, media and nonprofit organizations, the database provides access to customized lists of names, title, addresses, phone/fax numbers, biographical data, email addresses, interactive organizational charts and more.

Leadership Networks
This unique networking database is a form of relationship mapping that can redefine the way business is conducted. The information contained in the database can help users take advantage of their existing contacts to enable them to connect through board membership, education, work history, current work relationships, family connections and more.

Congressional Leadership Directory Online
The essential communications tool for anyone working with Capitol Hill, this searchable Congressional database includes more than 10,000 Members and staffers and is updated daily. Track new and established Members, committee assignments, staff changes, caucus membership and more.

Federal Leadership Directory Online
With 90,000 Federal contacts, this is the perfect tool for connecting to other parts of the executive branch. Search and export names, titles, phone or fax numbers, titles, mailing or email addresses and expanded biographical information. Includes organizational charts and 56,000-plus email addresses.

News Media Directory Online
This basic version provides advanced intelligence for media campaigns and stories, such as contact information for more than 40,000 reporters, editors, bloggers, producers and other staff. Find detailed beat information and advice from journalists on who or who not to go to when pitching a story.

News Media Directory Online Premium
This version gives users all the functionality of the basic version, plus the ability to build lists and download up to 5,000 customized records within a one-year term.

BCR has scheduled a number of Product & Services Showcase sessions to introduce our membership to Leadership Directories. Focusing on The Leadership Library on the Internet, attendees will learn about the type of information that can be found as well as how to get the most from the data that is available. Register through the BCR website for sessions scheduled in late February and early March.

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

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 these awards to encourage libraries and librarians all over the world to make changes in how they do resource sharing and improve service to users.

Funding for the 2009 Innovation awards is provided by the Alliance of Library Service Networks, a group of U.S. independent regional networks that includes Amigos, BCR, FEDLINK, ILLINET, INCOLSA, MINITEX, MLC, MLNC, NELINET, Nylink, OHIONET, PALINET, SOLINET and WiLS. The Nebraska Library Commission is also a member.

Nominations are accepted for individuals, library institutions or consortia. Individuals being nominated must have been employed in a library (anywhere in the world) and held some responsibility for their institution's resource sharing services at the time the contribution is nominated. Innovations must have gone live since January 2006.

To be considered for the award, please submit a description of the user-centric service change you or a colleague implemented that has improved resource sharing in your library, consortium or state. Complete application requirements and procedures can be found on the Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards webpage.

Applications or nominations must be postmarked by or have an email date of March 5, 2009.

Send your submissions to the chair of the Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards Committee no later than March 5:

Beth Farmer
Assistant Director
Tampa Bay Library Consortium
1202 Tech Blvd., Ste 202
Tampa, FL 33619
farmerb@tblc.org

Recipients will be asked to attend the Rethinking Resource Sharing Forum in May and present on their project. Registration to the Forum and a travel stipend will be provided to one person from each winning project to assist in defraying attendance costs.

This is the second year the Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards will be presented. In 2008, the winners were:

• Information Delivery Services (IDS) Project, at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library
• NC Live Media Collection

More information about the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative is available at their website. Ongoing support for the Initiative is provided by OCLC and BCR.

The Librarian is IN
BCR's public library market coordinator, Justine Shaffner, will be the eyes and ears for the public library community via The Librarian is IN. Her job is to be aware of all the issues and concerns public libraries are facing and help turn these challenges into success stories. By providing a place where the ideas and solutions to problems are collected, Shaffner hopes to generate a collaborative environment where these same issues are then circulated throughout the public library world.

Get Used
BCR's marketing team is launching Get Used, a blog aimed at helping libraries and cultural heritage institutions boost their marketing efforts. Gillian Harrison, director of Marketing & Outreach, and Meg McCroskey Blum, manager of Marketing & Communications, are the blog authors and will be focusing on tips, trends and tools to help your institution design and maintain successful, low-cost marketing efforts. The duo hopes to make marketing easier and more successful for libraries and cultural heritage institutions and to spread the word about what amazing services they have to offer.

Want to learn more? Sign up at the BCR website.

BCR members need ways to organize, analyze and expose their expanding inventory of databases and eContent for their patrons and customers. The Ares system automates library reserve services and provides fast, effective use for faculty, students and reserve staff. Robust copyright management, integration with a variety of eLearning environments and the ability to accept a wide variety of file formats are just a few of the key Ares features. Visit the BCR website for more information.

The new version includes increased functionality and flow of Blackboard integration, automated course integration through the staff Client, improved class and item cloning capabilities and additional Hot Key functions, to name just a few. For a complete list of changes, visit the Atlas Systems website.

In addition, Atlas Systems is offering a special pricing promotion available until August 1. Any institution that purchases the Ares Version 2.5 will have the $2,000 implementation fee waived and will be able to lock in their annual pricing for three years. This can result in substantial cost savings for BCR member libraries.

For details on purchasing and pricing, contact BCR's Maura Hadaway (mhadaway@bcr.org). Talk to her in person at ALA Midwinter. She will at the Atlas Systems booth #2154 on Sunday, January 25, 2:00-3:00 p.m., at the Colorado Convention Center.

In Tutor.com's Online Classroom, all of the interaction between the student and a tutor takes place in a secure environment. While in session, students can chat one-to-one using instant messaging and use the interactive whiteboard for brainstorming ideas, drawing diagrams and working through problems. Now a separate entry page and unique URL are available for students and adult learners in addition to one-click entry to the en Español Service.

For information about subscriptions and pricing levels, contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

New "hot topic" areas include sections on green and environmentally friendly living as well as expanded coverage on obesity for teens. New entries, such as autism, sickle cell anemia, school violence and domestic violence are covered. According to Rosen's research staff, school and public libraries are reporting "increased demand for concise and well-researched information on these critical subjects." Teen Health & Wellness provides anytime, anywhere access for teens and young adults searching for answers.

Enhancements to Teen Health & Wellness include several new features, such as the Personal Story Project. Young adults are invited to contribute their own story about successfully dealing with or overcoming a challenge in their lives. Writers of stories selected for publication on Teen Health & Wellness receive a letter of commendation from Rosen Publishing and a gift certificate to Barnes & Noble. Stories as wide ranging as alcohol abuse to scoliosis to eating disorders have been published.

In addition, teens and librarians can now customize database reading lists to include their favorite titles. They can suggest both fiction and nonfiction books to be added to each subject entry's recommended reading list.

Finally, Rosen has made virtually all Teen Health & Wellness promotional materials completely customizable, allowing libraries to easily add their library URL and login information. By helping libraries spread the word about the vast variety of resources available to their users, increased usage has naturally followed, proving the value of such reference products.

To learn more about BCR's partnership with Rosen Publishing, please contact Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org). She can help you with questions related to subscription terms and pricing. Visit the BCR website for additional information about Rosen's Teen Health & Wellness database resource.

The Dewey editorial team also invites those who may be interested to the Dewey Breakfast/Update during ALA Midwinter. Register to attend at the DDC website. The program will feature a research update and a preview of a history-of-concepts prototype Dewey web service.

RDA directs catalogers to input three data elements currently not existing in the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed. (AACR2), though these elements are designed to replace the General Material Designation (GMD) specified in AACR2 1.1C and encoded in MARC field 245 (Title Statement) subfield h. Three new variable fields, 336, 337 and 338, are proposed for these three new elements: Content type, Media type and Carrier type, respectively.

The 336 (Content type) is proposed for both the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority formats, while the 337 (Media type) and 338 (Carrier type) are proposed only for bibliographic records. Content type, as defined in RDA 6.10, reflects a characteristic of an expression of a work, as modeled in the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, while Media type (RDA 3.2) and Carrier type (RDA 3.3) note characteristics of an expression's particular manifestation.

For more information about these data elements, please see the full draft of RDA.

The RDA/MARC Working Group, which submitted the proposal, has included suggested new codes for the 007 (Physical Description Fixed Field) to accommodate new terminology. "MARC Proposal No. 2009-01/2: New content designation for RDA elements: Content type, Media type, Carrier type" may be found on the Library of Congress website.

The questions and concerns of many libraries have prompted OCLC's Members Council and Board of Trustees to jointly convene a group of Members Council delegates and library community leaders to study those concerns. The Review Board will consult with librarians and OCLC member representatives, review the numerous comments about the policy which have been made in a variety of venues and recommend principles of shared data creation as well as changes to the policy.

For further information, please see OCLC's press release.

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.

• ALA Booklist — Booth #1412. Discover how Booklist Online can help with collection development workflow, and see the Baker & Taylor direct purchasing tool in practice. Earn discounts and take away a sample issue of Booklist and Book Links.
• ABC- Clio/Greenwood — Booth #1632. See live demos of the newly released reference products, American Indian Experience, Pop Culture Universe and more.
• Alexander Street Press — From a Customer Appreciation Breakfast to several roundtable sessions to live demonstrations, there is something for everyone. Stop by their new island at booth #1924, or find them in the Comics Pavilion at booth #1153. For a full list of all the events and activities, visit their conference webpages.
• Altarama Information Systems — Booth #552. Complete a brief survey and discover what reference librarians and chocolate have in common. Ask about RefChatter, available from BCR.
• Atlas Systems — Visit the BCR booth (#2508) on Sunday, January 25, from 2-3 p.m. to learn more about the products, services and training opportunities available. Several BCR staff are scheduled to join Atlas representatives at the first Atlas Systems user meetings on Saturday, January 24, in room 703 at the Convention Center. The Ares Users meeting runs from 4-4:45 p.m., and the Aeon Users meeting is scheduled immediately after at 4:45-5:30 p.m.
• Britannica — Booth #1407. See product demonstrations of CODiE award-winning Britannica Online along with new additions, Britannica SmartMath and Student News Net. Can't make it to the conference? Register for special WebDemos to see what was presented and more: Wednesday, February 4 (10-11 a.m. or 2-3 p.m. Central Time).
• Credo Reference — Booth #2343. Credo Reference has scheduled a special technology showcase on Monday, January 26, at 11:15 a.m. in the Pueblo Theater. Find out how popular sites like Craigslist and NetFlix relate to online reference. Library information systems can enhance the user's experience by allowing browsing across broad expanses of content and, like Craigslist, easily allow users to find meaningful content without searching and without prior knowledge of the syntax of search systems.
• Emerald Group Publishing, Inc. — Booth #2518. Emerald is celebrating the launch of its eBook Series Collection with cake and refreshments on Friday, January 23, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., and Meet the Editor sessions are being held in the booth throughout the conference. In addition, Emerald is hosting breakfast in the Curtis Hotel, 8:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 24 and on Sunday, January 25 in Room 608 at the Colorado Convention Center.
• H.W. Wilson — Booth #1504. Join your colleagues at the H.W. Wilson, "What's New" breakfast, Saturday, January 24, 7:30-8:30 a.m., in the Grand Ballroom at the Brown Palace Hotel. Learn about new WilsonWeb databases, view product demos and arrange free 30-day trials. Ask about the 10 percent conference discount.
• McGraw-Hill — Booth #2117. Visitors are invited to sign up for email alerts and receive a free McGraw-Hill tote.
• Morningstar — Booth #2135. Register to win a complete set of investing books.
• Naxos — Booth #531. The Naxos Music Library boasts the world's largest collection of streaming classical, jazz, wind band, choral and world music.
• OCLC — OCLC is sponsoring a variety of informative sessions and opportunities to connect with colleagues, share experiences with fellow users as well as participate in discussions that will help shape the future of OCLC services. OCLC events are open to all ALA Midwinter conference registrants. For more information on OCLC's scheduled events and to register, visit the OCLC conference website.
• ProQuest — Booth #1804. Learn about the newest additions to the ProQuest family of database products and services; test-drive ProQuest’s new website; and enter to win some great prizes including a Garmin GPS system.
• Taylor & Francis — Booth #1932. Stop by and say hello to BCR's friends from Taylor and Francis.
• Tutor.com — Booth #1037. Get a sneak peek of the new Online Classroom.

Other BCR vendor/partners exhibiting at ALA include: Rosen Publishing (booth #1304); OverDrive (booth #2042); CQ Press (booth #1614); RefWorks (booth #1812); Serials Solutions (booth #1904); and Scholary Stats from SWETS (booth #1642).

Kick off your conference activities on Friday, January 23, with the Exhibits Opening Ceremony from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Plan to drop by the BCR booth (#2508), where BCR staff members Gillian Harrison, Chris Cook and Jay Ford will be on hand to welcome you, help you find your way in our home city and suggest the best in entertainment and dining.

Throughout the conference, BCR staff members will be available to answer questions, discuss new products and services and introduce visitors to the latest developments in technology and products.

Exhibit hours on Saturday and Sunday run 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Monday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

In addition, BCR's Emerging Technologies trainer, Shelly Drumm, is slated to participate in an ARCL pre-conference workshop, "Nobody Told Me I’d Have to Teach! Strategies for the Accidental Librarian." She will be joining Laura Coons, instructor, General Education, from Johnson and Wales University, on Friday, January 23, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Using a lecture format, the two trainers will discuss how to turn a librarian into an effective and enthusiastic teacher.

Hope to see you there!

The author, Dr. Stephen Stahl, is an internationally renowned clinician, researcher and teacher in psychiatry and psychopharmacology. SEPO is an annual subscription-based product and will be updated monthly including new illustrations from the forthcoming Stahl's Illustrated series.

Some of the user-friendly features you will find in SEPO include:

• Fully linked indexes and suggested reading section
• Drug search by name, class or use
• Icon-driven navigation
• Illustrations viewable by chapter in the teacher's set

For further information, please visit the BCR website, or contact Maura Hadaway (mhadaway@bcr.org).

Take a journey through the history of Hollywood with rare behind-the-scenes images including directors working on-set with the stars; set, costume and production design; and hair and make-up shots. Cinema Image Gallery also offers an extensive archive of television stills focusing on both classic and modern TV.

Some of the highlights include:

• Four thousand promotional movie posters and lobby cards
• Rights to images cleared for education use
• Links to reviews and other articles about titles
• Links to biographies
• Content spanning more than one hundred years

Attend a Wilson Express Live online training mini-session to discover the many software enhancements added to WilsonWeb and to preview Cinema Image Gallery, Wilson's newest database. For additional information and to register, visit the Wilson training webpages. Two sessions remain open, January 21 and January 28. Sign up now.

Contact BCR's Maura Hadaway (mhadaway@bcr.org) to register for a free trial or for subscription and pricing details. For additional information, visit the BCR website.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
This encyclopedia offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date information on all aspects of this fundamental area of the visual arts, including historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.

Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1985: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass
In nearly 700 entries, the African American experience is documented, from the arrival of the first slave ship to the death of Frederick Douglass.

Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Featuring 450 articles by an international community of scholars, this is the definitive account of what is known about the Dead Sea Scrolls — their history, relevance, meaning and the controversies that surround them.

Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
This reference surveys the breadth of critical thought on art, culture and society — from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory.

Does your library subscribe to Oxford Reference Online Premium? If so, don't forget that all Oxford Digital Reference Shelf titles, in addition to being accessible at their individual URLs, seamlessly integrate and are cross-searchable within Oxford Reference Online Premium.

For more information about Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf as well as a complete list of titles, visit the BCR website. For details regarding subscriptions and pricing, contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

The new homepage for Britannica's Online School Edition clearly points students to the appropriate reading level. Teachers will find the useful "Teachers Resources" service, including curriculum standards and learning materials, readily accessible right on the homepage. Visit the new Britannica Online School Edition website to try out its new functionality.

Free Webinars for Britannica Subscribers
Britannica's free webinars provide K-12, public and academic librarians with the opportunity to learn how to use these valuable resources to their fullest extent. And it can be done right at your school or library. Sessions are scheduled once a month between now and the end of May. Sign up today.

Learn more about BCR's partnership with the Britannica family of database resources. Visit the BCR webpages or contact Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) at BCR.

"BCR is pleased to have someone with Steve's experience to manage the Shelf2Life project. His past work with the library community will be a plus as we embark on this important new project," commented Liz Bishoff, Director, Digital and Preservation Services.

Shelf2Life is a collaborative program between BCR, BiblioLife and Ingram Digital. As manager of BCR's new Scan Center facility, Wrede will be responsible for designing, implementing and managing processing workflow and procedures for imaging operations.

Before joining BCR, Wrede was senior consultant for networking and resource sharing at the Colorado State Library, acting as the Colorado Virtual Library (CVL) coordinator, with responsibilities for GIS project management, and as the Maintenance Agency for the NISO-NCIP Implementation Group, providing direct system administration and user support. Previous to that, he served as project manager for the CARL Corporation, based in Denver, and was head of Circulation Services, Norlin Library, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Wrede earned his M.A. in Librarianship from the University of Denver and a B.A. in History from Iowa State University where he participated in the University Honors Program.

For more details, visit the BCR press release webpage.

The committee is developing a slate of candidates to run for four positions on the Board of Trustees: school library trustee, special library trustee and two at-large trustees.

Current trustees — Nancy White, school library trustee; Ann Marie Clarke, special library trustee; and Greg Cotton and Kate Gordon, both at-large trustees — will end their two-year terms on the Board as of June 30. With the exception of Cotton, the current Board chair, the incumbents are eligible to run for reelection to their seats for a second term. Among other qualifications, candidates should have significant knowledge and interest in BCR and its activities, experience with making policy level decisions, experience with financial oversight for a significant budget and an understanding of the role of a governing board.

The BCR Nominating Committee is responsible not only for soliciting candidates to run in the election, but also for determining which candidates are qualified and then selecting the nominees to run for each vacancy, with the intention of securing as broad a representation on the Board as possible in terms of geographical distribution and different types and sizes of member institutions.

Nancy White, Academy School District 20 (Colorado), is chairing this year's Nominating Committee. She is joined on the committee by Mary Anne Hansen, Montana State University Libraries; Ellen Fockler, Washoe County School District (Nevada); MaryKay Dahlgreen, Oregon State Library; and Susan Hamada, Salt Lake County Library Services (Utah). Under BCR's bylaws the committee chair is appointed from among the BCR trustees. The remaining committee members are selected from four member states, assigned alphabetically on a rotating basis each year.

Individuals from any BCR member institution are eligible to be considered by the Nominating Committee for inclusion on the election slate. The committee will present its proposed slate of candidates for approval at the February Board of Trustees meeting.

Anyone wishing to be considered for the election slate should contact BCR's Sharon Hoffhines (shoffhines@bcr.org). She will forward the information to the Nominating Committee. BCR members also may assure that a write-in candidate for the Board is automatically added to the slate by sending the written permission of the nominee and the signatures of 10 voting BCR members to BCR. Contact Hoffhines for a write-in nomination form. Once completed, the form may be faxed to 303.751.9787.

The deadline for submitting the names of potential nominees to the committee for consideration is January 30.

Watch for updated information about the Board election on the BCR Board elections webpage.

Exercise can decrease the risk of heart disease, improve memory and mood, help one sleep better and slow down the aging process. Yet most people find plenty of excuses for not exercising. Learn how physical activity protects from a wide range of common diseases, including never-before-published information about the ways movement improves quality of life.

In this new guide from authors Dr. Tedd Mitchell, medical director of the world-renowned Cooper Clinic; fitness research expert Dr. Tim Church; and veteran health writer Martin Zucker, readers are presented with a manageable program on how to get up and move, eat better and feel great. They can customize a plan by selecting one of the three "Move Yourself" programs packed with cardio, nutrition and weight-resistance advice tailored to one's individual needs.

The book's 14-day menu suggestions help participants learn to make better eating choices, and the authors provide plenty of inspiration to help stick with the program and stay positive. They prove that being more active doesn't have to be difficult, time-consuming or expensive.

Filled with lessons from the authors' thousands of patients and study participants, this medically sound program provides the tools to:

• Start logging daily activity
• Add movement easily into a daily routine
• Get moving when tired, traveling, busy or depressed
• Optimize cardiovascular health
• Strengthen muscles safely
• Increase joint flexibility

For details about the book, visit the publisher's website. For information about eBooks, please contact BCR's Chris Cook at ccook@bcr.org.

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