NCompass Newsletter Vol. 8 No. 1 Page 9, Spring 2001

Spring 2001Page 9

Nebraska's @ your library^TM Campaign
The Nebraska Library Commission and the Nebraska Library Association (NLA) have entered into a partnership to encourage Nebraska libraries to use the American Library Association's (ALA) @ your library^TM campaign to send a clear message to society about the value of America's libraries to communities, schools, and businesses. National Library Week, April 1-7, launched the campaign. Promotional items will be offered for sale at upcoming NLA Spring Meetings and the Regional Library Systems' Annual Meetings. See www.ala.org/@yourlibrary for more information about the campaign.	Promotional Videotape Available A new videotape about the @ your library^TM Campaign for America's Libraries, including greetings from Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, is now available. This seven-minute tape is the perfect way to promote the @ your library^TM campaign to library staff members, boards, colleagues, trustees, Friends groups, school and academic administrators, and community organizations. The tape is for internal use only and should not be used for broadcast due to copyright considerations.	The tape was shown extensively at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Washington, D.C. It is being made available due to the overwhelming response of members. The cost of the videotape is $10 to cover reproduction and shipping. To order, contact the ALA Public Information Office at 800-545-2433, ext. 5041 or e-mail: atyourlibrary@ala.org. Include your name, mailing address, billing address, (if different from mailing address), and phone number. An invoice will be included in the shipment. @ your library^TM
Nebraska Libraries Featured in OCLC Annual Report
Last summer, the OCLC staff spent two days visiting four NEBASE CatExpress libraries for an article about the OCLC CatExpress Service that appears in the OCLC 1999/2000 Annual Report. Sutton Public Schools, Southeast Community College in Milford, Southeast Community College in Lincoln, and Scribner Public Library are included in the article. Thirty-eight NEBASE libraries participated in rollout testing of CatExpress, and forty-three NEBASE libraries formed the first large consortium of CatExpress subscribers when the product was released in July 1999.	Many of the CatExpress libraries participated in the Batchload project and have been filling Interlibrary Loan requests since 1998, but CatExpress has made it easier to add their holdings. During FY 2000, CatExpress libraries added 51,449 holdings to WorldCat. In the same period, they loaned 2,878 items-an increase from the 2,341 items loaned in the previous fiscal year. CatExpress was developed to provide copy cataloging with limited editing capabilities for small libraries at a low, flat-fee subscription price. For more information about CatExpress, see the Library Commission home page, search on CatExpress.	Photography crew from OCLC visits Nebraska school, public, and academic libraries featured in OCLC Annual Report.