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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 6, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>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: Brandie Baumann,
communications coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> 800.397.1552;
bcrpress@bcr.org<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:
bold'>BCR Welcomes New Digital Initiatives Trainer</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>AURORA</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Colo.</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>
— </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Anne Marie Lyons has joined BCR as digital initiatives
trainer, filling a newly created position in BCR Training & OCLC Services. She
also will be working with BCR’s new Digital Preservation Services division,
expanding the digitization training opportunities available to BCR members and
others throughout the cultural heritage and library communities. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Of
her new position, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lyons</st1:place></st1:City>
says, “Digital projects present different challenges to different
organizations. I’m very much looking forward to working with archives,
libraries, museums and cultural heritage organizations, and exploring how
digitization practices can be adapted to each organization’s individual
needs so they have new opportunities to share their wonderful collections with
the rest of world.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Before
joining BCR, <st1:City w:st="on">Lyons</st1:City> worked for National Public
Radio and the National Security Archive, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place> Her library experience
includes work at the Van Deusen Post Library, the Picatinny Arsenal and <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Rutgers</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>,
all in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State>.
She earned her MLIS at Rutgers and her BA in English at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saint Elizabeth</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>As
digital initiatives trainer, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lyons</st1:place></st1:City>
will be conducting online and in-person training in digital project planning,
digital capture, metadata schemas and digital preservation. She has extensive
experience in training and digital practices, and as BCR’s newest staff
member, is a valuable addition to both the expanding digitization and training
program and the BCR team. </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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:10.0pt;
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"><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>info@BCR.org</span></font></a></span></font></i><i><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-style:italic'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brandie Baumann</span></font></b></strong><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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<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>
<strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>p:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
303.751.6277 x110<br>
800.397.1552<br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>f:</span></font></b></strong>
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
style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.BCR.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>He who has a garden and
a library wants for nothing. - <ns0:City w:insAuthor="Brandie Baumann"
w:insDate="2008-10-06T15:07:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Brandie Baumann"
w:endInsDate="2008-10-06T15:07:00Z"><ns0:place w:insAuthor="Brandie Baumann"
w:insDate="2008-10-06T15:07:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Brandie Baumann"
w:endInsDate="2008-10-06T15:07:00Z"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cicero</st1:place></st1:City></ns0:place></ns0:City>
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