Greetings Everyone, If I could play some polka through this email, I would do so! It looks like Punxsutawney Phil <http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/groundhog-day-2012-punxsutawney- phil-shadow-means-6-more-weeks-of-winter/2012/02/02/gIQAriw2kQ_story.htm l> did indeed see his shadow yesterday, which means 6 more weeks of winter. That is probably good, as Utah hasn't seen much winter this year anyway. http://ac.bslw.com/mars/home.php We have been working on transitioning all of your current AACR2 authority control settings from our older version of the online profile to our most recent version. So the good news is that you shouldn't have to update the AACR2 profile unless you wish to make a change, which you can do so at any time. We have now made the RDA online profile options available for you to review at your convenience. As with the AACR2 version, you will notice that we have tried to make things a little more clearer for everyone. For instance: 1. Default options are now highlighted. Defaults are intended only to act as guideposts for you as you fill out the online profiles. Of course we recommend choosing options which best fit your institution's needs and desires. 2. There is no longer a wrong answer :D In previous versions we had 'radio' style buttons which made it difficult to deselect certain options. Now, everything is a checkbox and every option can be checked or unchecked as you like. If there is any confusion on our side about the options you have selected, we will contact you with our questions. 3. Each question has its own '?' box to the right of it. Hovering your mouse over this provides a quick synopsis of the question, as well as links within that synopsis to more details in our online wiki. While filling out the profiles, we ask that you save after each Step (and there are save options both at the top and bottom of each Step section). You can switch between Steps without worrying or waiting for the page to reload each time. You can also save Steps that have only a few items checked, or even nothing checked (again, no wrong answers for the profile). As you look over the RDA profile options, you may have questions or concerns and we welcome your feedback. Please feel free to contact us [Nate: nate@bslw.com, Jeremy: jmyntti@bslw.com, Judy: jarcher@bslw.com] at any time to discuss what's on your mind. We don't quite have everyone switched over from the previous AACR2 version to the newer version, but we are very close. We hope you enjoy cruising around the new online profile options. P.S. Backstage is planning on rolling out a company-wide blog in the very near future. We will likely post our updates about our RDA services to the blog, in addition to this listserv. As the blog is company-wide, it will also include updates from other depts. Or, should that be departments? Until next time, best regards. Nate Cothran - nate@bslw.com <mailto:nate@bslw.com?subject=Automation%20Services%20-%20Query> Product Manager, Automation Backstage Library Works 533 E 1860 S, Provo UT 84606 (p) 801.342.5697 - (f) 801.356.8220 www.ac.bslw.com/community/blog <http://ac.bslw.com/community/blog/>