March issue of QuickFlash now available

The March issue of QuickFlash, a newsletter with general and OCLC news for MLNC members, is now available.In this issue:

– MLNC is pleased to offer our members a 15% discount on subscriptions to Taylor & Francis reference titles. For more information, go to http://www.mlnc.org/electronic/taylorfrancis or contact Asia Gross at the MLNC office.

– MLNC is happy to announce we are now able to offer Britannica Online and several of their online resources directly to our members. MLNC member libraries receive up to a 25% discount off Britannica Online, Britannica School Edition, Enciclopedia Universal, World Data Analyst, Annals of American History, and Webster’s Third New International Dictionary. For more information visit http://www.mlnc.org/electronic/britannica and for a custom quote contact Asia Gross at the MLNC office.

– Going to the Public Library Association 12th National Conference March 25-29 in Minneapolis, Minnesota? Put OCLC on your schedule! A complete list of OCLC events is available online at https://www3.oclc.org/app/pla_registration/.

– Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technology and Research at Vanderbilt University Library, was recently in Missouri as part of the MLNC Speakers Series. Despite radical weather, just over twenty hardy librarians showed up to hear about the “Current and Future State of Library Automation.”

– The end of life date for Connexion client version 1.70, 1.72, and 2.00 is April 1, 2008. Please upgrade to version 2.10 at your earliest convenience. For more information about installation and a link to download the software, please visit http://www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/client/enhancements/recent.htm.

Also in this issue: Missouri’s top ILL borrowers and lenders for 2007; WorldCat.org enhancements; new Collection Sets; RDA vocabularies; and more!