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Arizona Mary Casserly, University of Albany whirlwind of reports, product announcements, and spirited discussions swept Tschera Harkness Connell, Ohio Aover the library landscape in 2006. Lorcan Dempsey’s blog announced the State University posting of the University of California Bibliographic Services Task Force (BSTF) Magda A. El-Sherbini, Ohio State report and the debut of the new Endeca-based online catalog at North Carolina University State University, which exemplified many of the BSTF recommendations.1 The Karla L. Hahn, Association of Library of Congress–commissioned Karen Calhoun report followed a couple of