Bowker's New Complimentary Readers' Advisory Tool

If you like The Da Vinci Code, try The Third Secret, The Book of Q, or Eyes of the Virgin.

If you like Memoirs of a Geisha, try The Strangeness of Beauty, The Laws of Evening: Stories, or The Samurai’s Garden.

Now, Bowker’s new readers’ advisory tool, Fiction Connection, can help you provide advice to your patrons for their next great read. Confidently say, “If you like this, try this!”

Fiction Connection can direct readers to books they will enjoy by having patrons type in a title of a book they already love, or readers can casually browse titles by selecting a topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.

Like PatronBooksInPrint.com, Fiction Connection is complimentary with any BooksInPrint.com subscription.

Beginning January 20th, customers will be able to link to Fiction Connection from the homepages of BooksInPrint.com and PatronBooksInPrint.com. Links will also be found in the fiction rooms of both products.

Or you can feel free to add a separate link to Fiction Connection on your website, or set up remote access so that patrons can use this great new resource right from home.

Look for upcoming promotional materials that you can use in your local newspaper, website, or library bulletin to announce this new resource to your patrons.

Also, in March, look for a live online demonstration and training session. Sign up today at marketing@bowker.com.

Visit FictionConnection.com today!

The British are Coming --
oh wait, they're HERE!

In December, Bowker published Bowker’s British Books In Print -- the first American resource for titles published and distributed in the UK. Hard to find titles such as the UK version of Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, and Bridget Jones’s Diary are included, as well as 1.9 million other fabulous titles.

Boydell & Brewer, Cavendish Publishing, SCM Canterbury Press, Faber&Faber, Cambridge University Press, Oxford Press, Orion Publishing Group, and Hodder Headline are just a few of the top UK publishers represented.

Special pricing ($50 discount) has been extended through ALA. Order online today and have this unique collection development, acquisition, and reference tool at your fingertips.

Visit this link to view sample pages or to order this title online.

RCL Website Now Live!

What has 50,000 titles, 300 contributors, 60 subject editors, and 58 curriculum-specific subjects?

None other than the brand new Resources for College Libraries -- direct successor of 1988’s Books for College Libraries.

Now, you can learn even more online! Resources for College Libraries now has a website (www.RCLinfo.net) devoted to the progress of the highly anticipated project. RCLinfo.net features details and pre-launch discounts on the print and online versions, as well as detailed information about the new core collection analysis tool designed with the use of the RCL core list.

Additionally, the complete history of the core collection project can be explored, and a complete subject list of the titles covered is available for viewing. Learn about our advisors, their institutions, and their subject specialties.

Check back often for monthly advisor profiles and updates posted by the advisors regarding news in their subject areas and particularly interesting findings. This month, project editor Marcus Elmore comments on his experience managing this historic edition.

Bookmark it today! Don’t forget to sign up for the mailing list, so you can be updated on the latest news and developments right to your inbox - www.RCLinfo.net.

Ulrich's™ Transition

The news is making its way through the grapevine ...

The Ulrich’s line of products is now officially part of the CSA family. As of January 1, 2006, ulrichsweb.com™, Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System™, Ulrich’s Resource Linker™, Ulrich’s on Disc™, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory™, and Magazines for Libraries™ have all transitioned to CSA and will immediately begin benefiting from CSA’s leadership in areas such as interface design, award-winning support, and active customer care programs.

This transition will have no effect on your current subscription or product usage. Beginning in the first quarter of 2006, CSA will transition the invoicing function and the new invoices will provide clear instructions on remittance.

Please feel free to contact Yvette Diven, Serials Product Manager, at ydiven@csa.com for any questions you have regarding this transition. Click to read the complete customer announcement. For more information about CSA, visit www.CSA.com.

We'll Be at ALISE. Will You?

If you're heading out to the ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education) Conference before ALA, then take a few minutes to stop by our table and meet fellow librarian Paul Hoffman, who also serves as Bowker’s Educational Liaison for the Bowker Library School Initiative. This initiative was designed to provide materials, resources, and in-classroom support for those professors in library school programs who wish to teach Bowker products in their classrooms.

Bowker’s LSI program is beginning to book in-classroom support dates for 2006. For more information about the program, or to schedule a date with Paul, please contact Marketing@Bowker.com.

F U N   F A C T :

Which past or present star of the television show "ER" starred in a 2004 movie about a librarian who must save the world from the Serpent Brotherhood?

New Mailing List Options

Are you getting the right announcements from Bowker? We now offer customized mailing list options. Make sure you're receiving enhancement notices for the products you are using -- or, sign up for event and new product notices! Just click this graphic to the right to take a look at all we have to offer!