BCR Closed

As of December 31, 2010, the Biblographical Center for Research, BCR, has closed its doors. BCR can be reached through its mailing address, PO Box 681, Arvada, Colorado, 80001 or via email, accounting@bcr.org.

The Bibliographical Center for Research, Rocky Mountain Region, Inc., was founded in 1935 as a resource sharing focused organization assisting researchers and libraries with locating materials held in libraries outside their local community. Before automating, BCR maintained a card catalog with over 6 million catalog cards from major libraries in the West and throughout the country. As online database searching became prevalent, BCR refocused its efforts on offering access and training for computerized resources and services. Most recently, BCR served over 8,000 member libraries in primarily an 11-state region as a regional network offering OCLC products and services, training and consulting, and discounts on products and services from over 60 business partners. BCR was unique among its regional network peers because of its close relationship with state library agencies, who paid for statewide membership on behalf of all libraries in their states. BCR’s organization historical documents will be housed in the archives at the University of Denver.

LYRASIS Partnership
Please contact the LYRASIS Member Support team if you have questions about membership, purchasing or renewing database subscriptions, purchasing other products or registering for training. The Team is available to assist you weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., EST by phone at 800.999.8558, or by email at membersupport@lyrasis.org.

Product and Service Support
If you have technical support questions about accessing services that were originally acquired through BCR, please contact the vendor directly. Please check the vendor website and look for information on customer support or technical support.

Colorado Statewide AIRS Databases
If your library is located in Colorado and participates in the Colorado AIRS Statewide Database purchase, you can keep up-to-date as plans evolve renewal and billing by checking the website: http://airs.cvlsites.org/.

Heritage West
The Heritage West database is now hosted by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries through their Alliance Digital Repository. You can access the Heritage West database at: http://heritagewest.coalliance.org/.