Relais International is pleased to announce sponsorship of one annual Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Award for each of the next three years. The Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) Innovation Award recognizes and honors an individual or institution for changes they made to improve users’ access to information through resource sharing in their library or consortium, locally, regionally or even internationally. It is hoped that the award will encourage libraries and librarians to make changes in how they do resource sharing to improve service to users. RRS looks for efforts where people didn’t wait for the profession to provide better services for users.

     Clare MacKeigan, COO of Relais International, says “we are extremely pleased to sponsor this award. It is important that we recognize leadership and innovation in the resource sharing library community.” Relais International will sponsor one award each year for the next three years.

     The Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative is an ad hoc group that advocates for a complete rethink of the way libraries conduct resource sharing in the context of the global internet revolution and all of the developments that have arisen from that. The group is advocating for a revolution in the way libraries conduct resource sharing.

     Read more about Rethinking Resource Sharing: http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/

     Read more about Relais International: http://www.relais-intl.com/relais/home/index.htm

Beginning July 1, 2009, OCLC members will contact OCLC Support for all of your support questions related to OCLC products and services.

OCLC’s product support specialists are available to assist you 14 hours a day, Monday – Friday, from 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. Eastern Time.

Contact OCLC Support by calling 1-800-848-5800 or e-mailing support@oclc.org.

To contact MLNC for billing and ordering assistance, call 1-800-969-6562, e-mail support@mlnc.org, or visit http://www.mlnc.org.

Now more than ever you’re looking for ways to stretch your budget while not affecting the quality of service to faculty and students.

 That’s why we invite you to learn more about Ares Reserves Management Software. Ares is fully customizable and can be integrated seamlessly into Blackboard™, Moodle™ or Angel™. It’s easy to implement and so easy to use you’ll win over faculty supporters in no time.

Get the most out of your staff resources

Improve customer service

Visit Atlas in Booth 4416 at the ALA Annual Conference to sign up for a drawing for a one year Atlas Training Subscription (a $1,999 value). Pass this along to your reserves staff, if reserves aren’t your thing. You don’t want to miss out on this great offer.

 Purchase Ares before August 1, 2009 and

• pay no implementation fee
• lock in your annual pricing for 3 years

Learn more about Ares: http://www.atlas-sys.com/products/ares/

Atlas Systems is pleased to add Angel LMS ™ to its growing list of Ares-compatible course management systems. The newly released Angel™ interface represents Atlas’ latest victory in an ongoing commitment to integrating its products with external systems and facilities. Angel ™joins Blackboard ™ and Moodle ™as one of several virtual learning platforms that are Ares compatible, creating a unified and comprehensive e-learning and reserves management framework.

Credo Reference’s Company Mission is “To bring to worldwide learners and librarians electronic reference products that they simply cannot live without.” Credo takes this mission seriously and was extremely pleased when Library Journal’s 2009 E-Reference Ratings awarded Credo the highest score in the general reference category! (And the only perfect score among all 176 electronic reference resources evaluated.) In these times of difficult decisions, Credo has recently introduced a new subscription level – Credo 250. This packaging option allows customers to select 250 titles from our entire General Reference collection. This new option provides flexibility to libraries looking to maximize their resource investments in a challenging budget environment.

For a price quote email asia@mlnc.org  with your pop served or FTE. You are invited to attend one of our free training sessions to see some of the features highlighted in Credo’s review.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 11:00am, CST

Thursday, April 9, 2009, 1:00pm, CST

Monday, April 13, 2009, 12:00pm, CST

Thursday, April 16, 2009, 10:00am, CST

Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 1:00pm, CST

Friday, April 24, 2009, 10:00am, CST

Monday, April 27, 2009, 1:00pm, CST

Thursday, April 30, 2009, 10:00am, CST

For information on how to attend this webinar, please go to http://corp.credoreference.com/webinars

Credo released 140 new and updated titles in the past 12 months. For the complete list, visit http://corp.credoreference.com/new_books.

The April issue of QuickFlash, a newsletter with general and OCLC news for MLNC members, is available .

In this issue:

• Registration is now open for the next MLNC Speakers Series Videoconference, “Open Source Software and Its Place in Libraries”, scheduled for June 9th
• Visit MLNC on Flickr and invite us to be your friend!
• “The Library Rebooted,” an article from strategy+business, suggests seven imperatives for library leadership including: rethinking the operating model, embracing continuous improvement, and changing how we measure success
• The OCLC Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship invites you to complete a survey by April 8th regarding the proposed OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records
• MLNC is working with our database vendor partners to gear up for subscription renewals this spring. There are several new resources and partnerships, free trials, and online demos to read about in this issue.
• OCLC has partnered with weRead, the popular social book community, to provide reviews and reading recommendations on WorldCat.org
• ALA ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Interest Group is seeking volunteers. Submission deadline is April 10th
• Learn more about Missouri State University Libraries by reading the MLNC Member Spotlight

Also in this issue: RLG Programs releases four new reports; WiLS introduces Midwest ILLiad User Group wiki; Nielsen Company’s newest report reveals the new global footprint of social networking; gain more library visibility on WorldCat.org via your library profile in the WorldCat Registry; and more!

OUP is pleased to offer a sale on one-time purchases of Oxford Digital Reference Shelf titles, valid until March 31st.   OUP is also offering 50% off a new subscription to Oxford Reference Online Premium.  For a new library OROP subscription, libraries can get either a 4-month sub or 16-month sub, in order to stay on the normal renewal cycle.  Remember that the DRS titles seamlessly integrate into the OROP database.  For libraries that don’t have a sub to OROP, each of the DRS titles will be accessed individually through their URL (they wouldn’t cross-search).

If any MLNC member would like to take a look at DRS, OUP has set up a “sneak peek” trial for a few of the titles.  You can use “sneakpeak” as both username and password for accessing:

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
www.oxford-womenworldhistory.com

Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
www.oxford-christianchurch.com

Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
www.oxford-maritimehistory.com

Encyclopedia of African-American History, 1619-1895
www.oxford-africanamericanhistory1.com

More information including title lists, free trial information and order forms can be found by following the links at www.mlnc.org/electronic/oup

Facts on File offers dozens of online resources to fit every library
need.  Throughout the month of March visit www.fofweb.com/Demo to check
out these great resources. This free trial includes:

*US Government Online
*American History Online
*American Women’s History Online
*African-American History Online
*American Indian History
*Modern World History
*Ancient and Medieval History Online
*World Atlas
*Science Online
*Health Reference Center
*Bloom’s Literary Reference
*Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center
*Curriculum Resource Center
*Curriculum Resource Center: Junior Edition
*World News Digest
*Issues and Controversies
*Issues and Controversies in American History
*Today’s Science

To logon: username = mlnc
    Password = mlnc

For information on pricing and ordering email asia@mlnc.org

Credo Reference will be running the following webinars of the new Credo Reference platform in the month of March 2009.

The following are the March Webinar times:

* Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 2:00 pm, CST
* Friday, March 6, 2009, 9:00 am, CST
* Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 2:00 pm, CST
* Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 1:00 pm, CST
* Friday, March 20, 2009, 10:00 am, CST
* Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 3:00 pm, CST
* Thursday, March 26, 2009, 11:00 am, CST
* Monday, March 30, 2009, 1:00 pm, CST 

For information on how to attend this webinar, please go to http://corp.credoreference.com/webinars 

The demonstration will take about an hour and will cover the following:
* Content! - We're now up to 393 full-text titles from over 60 publishers covering all subject areas.  New titles recently released and soon to be released.
* New platform with enhanced features now available!  New features including seamless searching into other library resources using a newly-developed meta-technology only available with Credo Reference, new concept map, roll-over technology, and much more.
* Search functionality - general layout, cross-references, scope, and subject/title configurations.
* Other Features - dynamic table functionality, interactive world atlas, flash animations, videos, and audio files.
* Credo Reference Administrative System - combining new customization features, content selection, usage stats, Marc Records, and more.
* Promoting Capabilities - MARC Records, title/subject linking, user guides, etc.  Credo Reference customers and some effective promoting techniques.
* Recent Reviews - Credo Reference is top-rated in E-Reference! (Library Journal Annual Reference Review, November 15th, 2008) 

View the Library Journal review at http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6635801.html  

The Library Journal has recently released its Annual Reference Review (November 15th, 2008) and Credo Reference received a perfect score and the highest rating for general reference resources.  Credo Reference received a perfect 4-Star rating in all 7 categories!   Please click the following link to see the results - http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6612289.html 

I hope that you and/or your colleagues are able to attend any of these Webinars!

Credo Reference’s Company Mission is “To bring to worldwide learners and
librarians electronic reference products that they simply cannot live
without.”   Credo takes this mission seriously and was extremely pleased
when Library Journal’s 2009 E-Reference Ratings awarded Credo the
highest score in the general reference category! (And the only perfect
score among all 176 electronic reference resources evaluated.)

In these times of difficult decisions, Credo has recently introduced a
new subscription level – Credo 250. This packaging option allows
customers to select 250 titles from our entire General Reference
collection.   This new option provides flexibility to libraries looking
to maximize their resource investments in a challenging budget
environment. For a price quote email asia@mlnc.org with your pop served
or FTE.

You are invited to attend one of our free training sessions to see some
of the features highlighted in Credo’s review.   Please visit the Credo
training page at http://corp.credoreference.com/training for a full
schedule. You can sign up for a session by emailing
support@credoreference.com.

Credo released 140 new and updated titles in the past 12 months. For the
complete list, visit http://corp.credoreference.com/new_books.