The following is a summary of the new features now available:

• A new Image Quick View limiter replaces the Articles With Images limiter
• The Image Quick View limiter includes multiple sort options by image type. Can I limit my EBSCOhost search results to articles that have Image Quick View available? Can I set the Image Quick View limiter to display under Limit your results on the EBSCOhost Result List screen?
• Direct link to the Basic Search Screen from both the Basic and Advanced Search Screens
• Keyword renamed New Search
• Result List mouse over text changed from Refine Search to Search Modes and Limiters
• Entire phrase for cited references on Result List replaces the number of references in parentheses
• Search mode specified on Result List green bar
• Search History View Results anchor positioning improved
• Date Slider Bar with original search date ranges. How do I use the Date Slider feature in EBSCOhost?
• Additional Help link added to Choose Databases Screen
• Publication name and date added to NewsBank results

In addition, EBSCOadmin has been updated to provide library administrators with automatic advance notification when the login used to access EBSCOadmin is about to expire.

Visit EBSCO's Support Site to learn about new features, search among thousands of FAQs, download Flash tutorials, Help Sheets or User Guides. Use the EBSCO Support Form to communicate with Technical Support at any time.

For pricing and subscription inquiries, contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).

Save the Date
Friday, January 23, 2009 — Breaking Down the Silos: Planning for Discovery in Library 2.0, an ALA Midwinter symposium presented by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS).

Libraries today face many choices when trying to optimize resources discovery for their patrons. Much of our information resides in separate silos, yet patrons want an integrated, intuitive and interactive discovery experience. Many companies have developed products that attempt to deliver that experience. How can libraries evaluate the options: next generation catalog interfaces, federated search engines, link resolvers? How do they choose which will be the best fit?

• Speakers include:
• Robert Wolven, AUL for Bibliographic Services and Collection Development
• Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Programs and Research
• Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technology and Research Vanderbilt University Library
• Jill Grog, Electronic Resources Librarian/Associate Professor University of Alabama Libraries
• Kristin Antelman, Associate Director of the Digital Library North Carolina State University


• Panelists include:
• Don Barlow, Director, Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio
• John Meador, Director of University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York
• David Lee King, Digital Branch & Services Manager, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
• Jennifer Bowen, Director of Metadata Management and a principal investigator for the eXtensible Catalog Project University of Rochester River Campus Libraries

Advance Registration
Division/RT member: $199.00; ALA member $249; Nonmember $299; Student/retired member $99

On-site Registration
Division/RT member: $249; ALA member $299; Nonmember $349; Student/retired member $99

Special Discounted Rate For Both Symposia (Implementing an Institutional Repository, January 22; and Breaking Down the Silos, January 23)
Division/RT member $339; ALA member $419; Non-Member $499; Student/retired member $198

ALCTS thanks Innovative Interfaces, Inc., for their generous support of this event.

For more information, contact Cynthia M. Coulter, Head, Technical Services Department, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa; Phone:(319) 273-2801; Fax:(319) 273-2870; Email: cynthia.coulter@uni.edu.

Please see the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA webpage for details on accessing the draft and making comments.

BCR member libraries starting a new subscription can save in two ways:

• Receive 2007 statistics free — Institutions that purchase a license for a minimum of 15 platforms also receive 2007 statistics for free, enabling them to immediately compare 2008 usage to 2007 statistics.

• Lock in pricing — Institutions can purchase a 36-month subscription to ScholarlyStats and pay each year individually on the anniversary of the order. For example:
  • Annual consortia price x three years
  • ScholarlyStats will invoice one-third of the total at time of order
  • For years two and three, ScholarlyStats will invoice one-third of total each year on the anniversary date of the institution's subscription start.

Select the session you would like to attend to access registration information for each session.

November 18 Session

• 2-3 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time

November 20 Sessions

• 10-11 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time
• 2-3 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time

Special Offer
Subscribe to ExecSummaries by December 31, and get a one-year complimentary subscription to ExecBlueprints.

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

ALASKA
Linda Thibodeau has been appointed the state librarian and director of the Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums of the State of Alaska. Thibodeau currently sits on the BCR Board of Trustees as the Alaska State Library representative. She replaces Kathryn H. Shelton, who retired October 31, after a long and distinguished career in the library community.

COLORADO
Douglas County Public Libraries announced that Associate Director of Research and Collections Rochelle Logan, is the new president-elect for the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL).

Teri R. Switzer is the new dean of the Kraemer Family Library at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

The Colorado State Library announced that Shelley Walchak is now senior consultant for Library Community Programs. Previously she worked as a regional consultant and director of continuing education for the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC).

David Farnan has been named the new associate director of community services for the Douglas County Libraries. He comes to Colorado from the Cleveland Heights-University Heights (OH) Public Library.

The City of Boulder has appointed Tony Tallent as library director to its four-branch system. He comes to Colorado from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County, North Carolina.

IDAHO
Daniel W. Lester, head, library network services, Albertsons Library, Boise State University , retired at the end of October after 18 years of service to the university and the Idaho library community.

IOWA
The Iowa State Library welcomed Scott Dermont, its new Library Development Consultant. Previously he was at the Ames Public library in various capacities, and earned his MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

KANSAS
Robin Brooks Clark is the new library manager at the Turner Community Library, Kansas City (KS). She most recently was a public services specialist at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library.

Lynn Holloway is the new library director of the Augusta Public Library. She has worked as a librarian in Kansas, Florida, California, Swaziland and Germany.

Johnson County Library has promoted Jennifer Mahnken to the position of associate director for branch services and David Hanson to system-wide services manager.

MONTANA
Rene Tanner has joined the Montana State University reference team in Bozeman.

The new youth services librarian at the Bitterroot Public Library, Hamilton, is Sally Blevins.

UTAH
Jean P. Shipman has been appointed director of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah. She replaces Wayne J. Peay, director from 1984 to 2007.

The Utah State Library Division welcomed Sue Ludington as its new youth services coordinator/consultant in September.

WASHINGTON
Michele Leininger, State Library of Iowa continuing education consultant, has accepted the position of information experience director with the Pierce County Library System, Tacoma.

Libraries may downlink the satellite coordinates to the broadcast for on-site viewing, or staff may view the teleconferences via webcast from any location with adequate Internet access. The webcasts are 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 website. Downlink equipment information can be found on the BCR website. Once the registration is received by BCR, details about linking to the program will be sent out.

This year, access to the College of DuPage teleconferences is available at no charge through the generous support of the BCR member state library agencies of Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, as well as the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and the Utah Academic Library Consortia (UALC).