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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>October 7, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Contact: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Brandie
Baumann</st1:PersonName>, communications coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> 800.397.1552;
bcrpress@bcr.org</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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<h1><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:Verdana'>New </span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Verdana'>BCR Board, Officers Installed for FY 2008-2009</span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
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<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Aurora</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Colo.</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> — At the
September 26, 2008, BCR Board of Trustees meeting, incumbent Board chair, Greg
Cotton, Interim College Librarian, Cole Library, Cornell College (IA), welcomed
new and returning members to the BCR Board of Trustees.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>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, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fred</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hutchinson</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cancer</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Research</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Dr.
Lorraine Haricombe, Dean of Libraries, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kansas</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>About BCR<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>BCR brings libraries together for
greater success by expanding their knowledge, reach and power. They offer a
broad range of solutions and their hands-on, personal attention to each member
enables them to deliver effective and timely solutions that help libraries keep
pace with new developments in technology and services. BCR is the
nation’s oldest and most established multistate library cooperative.
Since 1935, the BCR team has helped libraries learn new skills, reach patrons,
increase productivity and save money. BCR (<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bibliographical</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for Research) is a 501(c)3
nonprofit headquartered in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Aurora</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:place>. For more information,
visit www.BCR.org or email <a href="mailto:info@BCR.org">info@BCR.org</a></span></font></i><i><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-style:italic'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><strong><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brandie Baumann</span></font></b></strong></st1:PersonName><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Communications
Coordinator</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BCR</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>14394 E. Evans Ave.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Aurora</span></font></st1:City><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CO</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">80014-1408</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><br>
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303.751.6277 x110<br>
800.397.1552<br>
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303.751.9787<br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>e</span></font></b></strong>:
</span></font><a href="mailto:bbaumann@bcr.org" title="mailto:bbaumann@bcr.org"><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>bbaumann@bcr.org</span></font></a><br>
<a href="http://www.BCR.org" title="http://www.bcr.org/"><font size=2><span
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