1. FEDLINK Membership Meeting October 14 2004 FEDLINK Update Lynn McDonald 202-707-4832 lmcd@loc.gov

2. FEDLINK Update New Services and Changes Preservation Services Serials: Bankruptcy status Serials: Competitions/RFQ for FY06 Vendor demonstrations

3. New Services Four New Agreements –MLNC (Training, based in St. Louis) –Acquisitions Solutions, Inc.* –MindBranch, Inc.* –Oxford University Press* *Descriptions provided in handouts

4. Changes: OCLC OCLC Users Group Meeting November 17 –Interface changes: Connexion (Cataloging), FirstSearch (ILL, demo current option Oct 27) –Subscription pricing –NetLibrary, QuestionPoint, ContentDM –Members Council October 24-26, Eleanor Frierson, efrierson@nal.usda.gov

5. Changes: Outsell Outsell, Inc. price changes: new options! –Level 1 $11,250 –Level 2 $21,150 –Level 3 $28,350 –Further discounts if accredited educational inst. –Direct Express option added –Go! Conference in DC area

6. Changes: Not Renewed Delmar Learning/Thomson Franklin Books Closed –Contact Dave Pachter, 202-707-4852 or dpac@loc.gov BrightPlanet, Corp IHS Energy Standard & Poor’s Investment Services

7. Changes: Payment IEEE added Direct Express ISI now Transfer Pay Only ILL Fee Payment by AOBC: $4.50 FLICC/FEDLINK now accepts Credit Cards for education and training!

8. Preservation Services 13 Companies participating (see handout) Multiple services to conserve and reformat Consulting and Training Transfer Pay Only Requests for Quotes (RFQ) required Contact Anne Harrison, 202-707-4834 or ahar@loc.gov

9. Serials Bankruptcy Court Hearing approved our settlement Discussions with attorneys regarding what can be done with funds Information to 21 affected Transfer Pay agencies this fall

10. Serials Contracts Renewed for FY05 New Contracts for FY06 Begin RFQ process January 2005 Contact Georgette Harris at 202-707-4850 or gharris@loc.gov

11. Upcoming Vendor Presentations, FEDLINK Training Room October 19 INSPEC October 20 Oxford University Press October 26 IBIS World October 28 Rittenhouse Books/E-Books November 17 Gale Group Register by calling 202-707-4800 Subscribe to FEDLIB to get announcements

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