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TRAILS has a 60-day trial of all four Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library collections, to begin today and run through June 16th, 2025. Below, you’ll find username and password login information, and in the attached Welcome Letter, you’ll find further information on enabling access on your end to the trial, and tips to make the most of it

URL to access the platform: https://www.jkplibrary.com/home

Username: TRAILS2024

Password: TRAILS2024

Bloomsbury welcome letter -

Dear TRAILS Colleagues,

We just received communication from Wix that they are transitioning their current Wix Forum configuration, to a new Wix Groups configuration. This change is happening quickly, with a deadline in May to have the switch made. This information was not shared with Wix customers as we were making the initial transition to the Wix Forum. With this newly announced information, the Website Group will need to re-evaluate the viability and features of the new Wix Groups option as a forum for TRAILS. To evaluate this new Groups format, we will need to pause use of the new forum.

We are requesting that everyone move all TRAILS communication back to the original discourse forum ( https://discourse.trailsmt.org/) immediately. Pamela will be moving relevant posts on the new forum back to the old forum. Access to the new forum will be temporarily hidden from the website on Friday, April 18.…

Dear TRAILS Colleagues,

We just received communication from Wix that they are transitioning their current Wix Forum configuration, to a new Wix Groups configuration. This change is happening quickly, with a deadline in May to have the switch made.  This information was not shared with Wix customers as we were making the initial transition to the Wix Forum. With this newly announced information, the Website Group will need to re-evaluate the viability and features of the new Wix Groups option as a forum for TRAILS. To evaluate this new Groups format, we will need to pause use of the new forum.

We are requesting that everyone move all TRAILS communication back to the original discourse forum (https://discourse.trailsmt.org/) immediately. Pamela will be moving relevant posts on the new forum back to the old forum. Access to the new forum will be temporarily hidden from the website on Friday, April 18. Site…

Per PQ -

Earlier this year, ProQuest announced several strategic updates and new product offerings. Since then, many of our customers with Academic Complete and College Complete subscriptions have shown interest in ProQuest Ebooks (PQE), a new product upgrade that adds 500,000 additional ebook titles to their existing collections.

Pricing info will be obtained after we know which libraries may be interested.

Montana State University (MSU) has expressed interest in pricing for this upgraded package and UM has already acquired it.

Please respond to this post if this could be of interest by Friday, April 18th.

Good morning,

Please note, the "old" TRAILS forum has now been set to read-only.

You can still browse any old posts, however, new actions such as creating posts or replying to a post are disabled.

Please reach out to any member of the TRAILS Web Committee if you have questions (Pamela, Nathan, Ashlynn, Hannah).

Thanks!

Hannah

https://www.montana.edu/president/search/tessman.html

Dear TRAILS Members, We are excited to provide a virtual, one-day, in-house workshop just for TRAILS members. The training is designed to focus on homegrown learning, localized content and practical training tailored to meet our community's needs.

Date: May 21 Time: 9 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Platform: Zoom

Key Highlights:

• Keynote Speaker: Emily Knox, has a PhD in Communication, Information, and Library Studies, and is the current Interim Dean Designate and Professor at the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Knox is a recognized expert on intellectual freedom and she wiill share insights from her most recent book, Foundations of Intellectual Freedom.

• MT Legislative Update: Hear from our past and current MLA Presidents about recent Montana legislative developments.

• Learn about policies for responsible use of AI and for Collection Development: These are especially important topics in light of the current technological, legal, and financial climates.

Recommendations poll: https://forms.office.com/r/Fs33LD2nSH

Poll results 2025 Alma RS recommendations.xlsx

Meeting Recording RSF 2025