Volume 17, No. 3

Spring 1998

June 21 - 25, 1998

Columbia Union College

Takoma Park, Maryland

Seventh-day Adventist Librarians: Today and Tomorrow

http://www.cuc.edu/library/asdal/conference

The librarians of the Weis Library on the campus of Columbia Union College eagerly anticipate welcoming you to the annual conference. Major highlights of this conference will be visits to Gettysburg Battlefield, Washington D.C., including a special exhibit at the Library of Congress and Sabbath afternoon trip to Great Falls on the Potomac River.

Early Bird Special

Friday, June 19

Registration at Halcyon Hall

2:00 p.m. The Library of Congress has planned a special exhibit for the American Theological Librarians Association conference which we will be able to visit only between 2 and 4 p.m. Fourteen divisions of the library will be contributing rare and fascinating items in many formats on many of the world religions. Each person will be responsible for his/her own bus and metro fare, estimated at $8.00.

Sabbath, June 20

Registration at Halcyon Hall

2:00 p.m. Trip to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park at Great Falls on the Potomac River. C & O Canal Boat Trips use a mule-drawn boat to travel the canal, leaving from the Great Falls Tavern and Museum visitor center. Costumed ranger guides describe the life and time of the canal era. Tickets are $7.50 and cannot be purchased in advance. If the weather does not cooperate, we will visit the Washington National Cathedral (Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul) and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The charge for transportation will be less than $5.00.

Adventist Resources Section Pre-Session

Sunday, June 21

Registration at Halcyon Hall

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Worship

9:00 a.m. "Dealing with Organizational Records in the SDA Library Setting" - Bill Cash

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. "New Ellen G. White CD-ROM Resources" - Tim Poirier

11:30 a.m. "Preservation of SDA Materials" - Merlin Burt

12:00 noon Lunch

1:30 p.m. Business Session:

1. Questions/Answers on Rarity of Early Adventist Materials - Merlin Burt

2. Update on SDA Material Location Project - Jim Ford

3. SDA Cooperative Obituary: Future Direction - Jim Ford

4. SDA Periodical Index Update and Discussion - Keith Clouten

5. Pioneer Library Update - Merlin Burt

6. Committee Replacement - Merlin Burt

7. SDA Dissertation Index Project - Tony Zbaraschuk

8. SDA Bibliography Project Update

9. Discussion - Merlin Burt

10. Recommendations to ASDAL - Merlin Burt

5:30 p.m. Supper

7:00 p.m. ALICE Council Meeting

Conference

Monday, June 22

Registration at Halcyon Hall

8:00 a.m. Worship - Keith Clouten, Library Director, Andrews University

8:30 a.m. Welcome to Columbia Union College - Charles Scriven, President

Welcome to the 1998 ASDAL Conference-

Per Lisle, President, ASDAL

Randy Butler, President Elect and Conference Chair, ASDAL Margaret von Hake, Library Director, Columbia Union College

Lee Marie Wisel, On-site Coordinator

9:00 a.m. "GC Web Site" - Bill Cash, Director, Office of Archives and Statistics General Conference and Jonathan Gallagher, News Director, Communication Department General Conference

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. "Internet Races": Hands-on-Instruction in Web Searching

12:00 noon Lunch

1:00 p.m. Group Photograph

1:15 p.m. Business Session I

2:15 p.m. Break

2:30 p.m. "Vision for SDA Librarians in the 21st Century" - Maynard Lowry, Library Director, La Sierra University

3:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions

5:30 p.m. Supper - Committee Meetings

7:00 p.m. SDA Periodical Index Board Meeting

Tuesday, June 23

Registration at Halcyon Hall

7:30 a.m. Depart for General Conference, worship at the General Conference, tour of Review & Herald Publishing Association, lunch in the Review & Herald cafeteria, tour of the Gettysburg National Military Park with a licensed battlefield guide including an electric map that uses colored lights to demonstrate the 3-day battle and cyclorama painting "Pickett's Charge," followed by dinner.

7:20 a.m. Load bus

7:30 a.m. Depart for General Conference

8:00 a.m. Worship at GC

8:30 a.m. Depart for the Review and Herald Publishing Association

10:00 a.m. Tour R&H

12:00 noon Lunch R&H Cafeteria

1:00 p.m. Depart for Gettysburg National Military Park

2:30 p.m. Cyclorama

3:00 p.m. Electric Map

4:00 p.m. Battlefield tour with licensed battlefield guide

6:00 p.m. Leave Gettysburg

7:00 p.m. Dinner at the Cozy Restaurant

Return to campus

Wednesday, June 24

Registration at Halcyon Hall

8:00 a.m. Worship - James Nix, Vice Director, Ellen G. White Estate, Inc.

8:30 a.m. Business Session II

9:45 a.m. Break

10:00 a.m. "Distance Learning" - Joseph Gurubatham, President, Home Study International and Griggs University

11:15 a.m. "Developing a Systems Approach to K through University Library Services." - Richard C. Osborn, Vice-President for Education for the North American Division

12:00 noon Lunch

1:00 p.m. "Developing Multiculturalism in Academic Libraries" - Cynthia Helms, Head, Department of Information Services, Andrews University

2:00 p.m. Depart for Washington, D.C. to tour the Library of Congress and view the "Religion in America" exhibit, followed by a banquet and Business Session III, ending with bus tour of downtown stopping at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial and driving through the mall to view the memorials after the lights are on.

2:15 p.m. Depart for Library of Congress

Tour LC

View "Religion in America" exhibit

Banquet - Chinatown

Business Session III

Bus tour of downtown DC stopping at: ???FDR Memorial and Lincoln Memorial or ???Korean or Vietnam Veterans Memorial

School Librarians Post-Session

Thursday, June 25

8:00 a.m. Registration

8:30 a.m. Worship - Chris Litten, Chair, Education Department, Columbia Union College

9:00 a.m. Presentation: Paulette Johnson

10:00 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion: School Libraries in the 21^st Century

12:00 noon Lunch

1:00 p.m. School Visit to J.N. Andrews Elementary School

3:30 p.m. Book Talk

4:30 p.m. Business Meeting

An expanded description of the School Librarians' Post-Session is given in the School Librarians' Column.

Ground Transportation

Three airports serve the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area:

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

• SuperShuttle bus service - operates 24 hours daily. Approximate one-way fare is $19 plus $8 for each additional person. Call 1-800-258-3826.

• Taxi service - operates 24 hours daily. Approximate one-way fare is $25. Call 703-243-8575.

Washington Dulles Airport (IAD)

• SuperShuttle bus service - operates 24 hours daily. Approximate one-way fare is $28 plus $10 for each additional person. Call 1-800-258-3826.

• Taxi service - operates 24 hours daily. Approximate one-way fare is $60. Call 703-661-8230.

• Washington Flyer bus service. Call 703-685-1400.

Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)

• SuperShuttle bus service - operates 24 hours daily. Approximate one-way fare is $24 plus $5 for each additional person. Call 1-800-258-3826.

• Taxi service - operates 24 hours daily. Approximate one-way fare is $45. Call 410-859-1100.

Other Details

For up-to-the-minute information, please visit the Conference web site (http://www.cuc.edu/library/asdal/conference/).

Anyone planning to attend the American Library Association conference in Washington, D.C., June 26 to July 2, may continue to stay on campus and take public transportation to the conference (approximately $3.25 and 40 minutes).

For additional information, you may call Lee Marie Wisel at (301) 891-4222 or send e-mail to Lwisel@cuc.edu.

Please see the attached registration form for financial information.

Randy Butler, Library Director at Southwestern Adventist University, is Chair of the Conference Planning Committee. Lee Marie Wisel, Reference Librarian at Columbia Union College, is On-site Coordinator for the Conference. Merlin Burt, Chair of Archives and Special Collections at Loma Linda University, is Coordinator for the Adventist Resources Section Pre-Session. Nancy Kim, Librarian at Redlands Junior Academy and Library Consultant at the Southeastern California Conference, is Coordinator for the School Librarians' Post-Session.

By Arthur Winzenried

The original concept for this article was initially presented to ASDAL supporters some time ago. I hasten to begin by saying this as my workplace change, from Church employ to private enterprise from January 1998 may be seen by some to make my remarks below liable to interpretation as sour grapes. I would not like this misunderstanding to be made. While our organized work is not without its blemishes, it is fulfilling an important role. In common with many organizations and aspects of life in the twentieth century and beyond; however, it is not without its weaknesses. One of those is its limited vision of the place of libraries in the total scheme of Adventist Education.

Let me state at this point that I speak of Adventist Education here both in the broad sense and its more defined sense of organized educational facilities. Many of the comments herein can be applied equally to concepts of individual church libraries as well as those in our church establishments. On a church level, libraries are sometimes provided and tend to be a collection of dated information, all in print form and usually falling into two categories: story-type reading (adolescent fiction, etc.) or devotional. In the first place, most homes with readers in them will have a reasonable supply of general/fictional reading to some extent; in the second case, most Adventist homes, if indeed Adventist in more than name, will have devotional materials that are regularly supplemented and updated. To complicate matters, these libraries are staffed for a few minutes each Sabbath, only rarely during the week (mainly in North America) and by untrained persons without assistance from an effective borrowing system. Funding is usually incidental and one of the first things to be cut when Stewardship declines. So, why have church libraries?

On an institutional level, our school libraries (and those in a few offices around the Divisions) reflect their own particular institutional location. North American libraries are generally well stocked, quantity-wise at least. In places where money is more limiting, so too are the libraries. More significantly, they often reflect the all-too-narrow perspective of the particular institution they serve rather than the wider World Church visions. Being curriculum-driven, they tend to reflect only immediately relevant material. I vividly remember the occasion only six years ago when I wished to introduce "fictional" Christian literature to encourage wider reading. "Stories," whether character building or otherwise, were bad stewardship of the Lord's money. I wonder what those same administrators would have done faced with a Savior who taught all His greatest truths, indeed almost everything He said, in story format?

Among the more acceptable and well provided areas of modern Adventist libraries is that of theology. We never seem to be financially limited in this area and every Adventist library around the world I have visited is generously supplied. Mind you, not all authors are represented--there are some notable absences in some countries. Again the selection criterion seems to often be a very local arrangement. Curiously, in Australia and Britain, if not elsewhere, the Bible/Theology staff of the establishment often have jurisdiction over this area of the library either in fact or practice. It is not unheard of in a number of places for staff to order books or remove those they do not approve of from shelves regardless of the Library staff, policy or professionalism. Such visitation is usually supported by administration without question as a means of keeping doctrine "pure". The professionalism of the theology teaching staff is placed well above that of library staff, even those well informed by General Conference outlines, as indeed they are often given privileged status among their own teaching peers of other curriculum areas.

It is this latter aspect which points out one of the primary difficulties facing professional library staff within our current church organization. Education is generally perceived as something within the churched doctrinal umbrella. In most areas of the world, ministers/theologians administer the education system rather than professional educators. In some places there are those who are both, but the weight is generally very much against a non-theology orientated educational professional.

This is further reflected in the almost total lack of large active and well financed Education Departments at all levels of church administration. How many departments devote themselves to identifying suitable "fiction" for our schools, for preparing and writing library policies, for preparing and printing curriculum development materials, for preparing Church statements of education purposes on our church ethics, or for providing professional library training? It is certain that as Adventist Christians our perceptions of history, geology, biology, work place, accounting, economics, etc., etc. are coloured by our beliefs. Where is organized Church educational support for this on a global, regional or local level? How many organized departments are there who are totally focused on selecting or evaluating materials for learning, sifting the latest research, and reporting on matters of educational importance?

While much of the foregoing may be seen as being negative (I may even have lost a reader or two along the way), there are some important general truths here. At the Online meeting in London in 1996, I first canvassed the concept of libraries as road transports. The concept has since been refined somewhat, and delegates to the Library Meeting in Tel Aviv this year will copy it again. I believe there is merit in the concept.

Modern education is requiring ever-increasing quantities of data to support modern curriculums that are constantly in state of flux. To move these materials to the users requires transports of large-sized, major investments. We cannot adequately or effectively support modern education without considerable financial and human resources. Further, and perhaps even more important, is the issue of who will drive the vehicle. If the driver is not adequately trained and experienced--no matter how good the contents and how many we have in the back of the truck--they will not reach the correct destination. Drivers for effective library resource centers need to be well trained and highly professional people. They need to be well versed in modern technology, which provides effective access to so many current resources, and they need to be extremely aware of their high calling as facilitators of the learning process and an important link in the train of preparing souls for God.

Further, those drivers need to themselves be aware of the best materials (not necessarily the most, or the sufficient) with which to fill their vehicles. There are some impressive transports on our roads today but what a lot of useless junk--even damaging and dangerous materials--some of them carry. After all, it is the material being delivered to our learners at all levels which is to assist the learning and not necessarily the vehicle in which it gets there.

It would seem to me that as we face the most amazing climax in our human history we are not necessarily doing our best to prepare either church members or learners. Our institutions generally have excellent curriculums in place; they have the road transport of learning all ready, but are limiting the effectiveness of the process by providing unskilled drivers--often without adequate direction and usually with insufficient means to purchase fuel and without the professional skills to select the best contents.

There is a major need for the Church as a world organization to develop a vision of libraries as resource centers for learning rather than as repositories of past history and to develop the thought that educating its people is not something for its ministry, but something to be positively approached by professional teachers well aware of present child development who in turn are supported by powerful resource providers. These resource centers should be part of the teaching process at all times and at all points of the curriculum.

Closer to home, there is a growing need for ASDAL as the only Adventist resource providers organization to take a much more active role in publicizing the importance of resources to learning, the need for professional resource staff with clear world visions suitable for making learning in this final time effective for eternity. Modern technology has provided us with some of the greatest assistance in this area that the world has known. Why do we not have a world Adventist educational resource center on the Internet operated by ASDAL???? Easy to do and not expensive, this arrangement could also hugely assist in promotion of Adventist Librarianship worldwide, be a forum for discussion, and a means of communication for the isolated ones.

Using such a resource point, ASDAL could then develop teaching resources, library information, and library assistance. We use a Z39.50 arrangement to collect all our catalogue data from Library of Congress, Australian National Library, and the British Library records, almost eliminating our in-house cataloguing. A similar arrangement of readable catalogue MARC records at Andrews or Loma Linda, for example, dealing with our specifically Adventist materials could be a real benefit to libraries worldwide. The cataloguing has been done, just making them Internet available in suitable format would not present any major problems.

I'm quite certain readers could come up with many other suggestions, but all are based on a more active development of our skills, closer co-operation, and greater acceptance by the Church of the crucial role played in education by the resource providers.

Any comments? Please send them to arthurw@ozonline.com.au.

Arthur Winzenried is Head of Library at Eltham College, a multi-campus non-denominational school on the northern fringe of Melbourne, Victoria. Eltham has three libraries catering for the needs of 1,200 or more students from K-12. It has an active policy of learning for life and the ideal place for an Adventist Christian to witness for the beliefs and practices of his church. For more of Arthur's writing on library development you can check recent issues of The Electronic Library (Learned Information, UK) or his own electronic journal at http://www.cybernex.net.au/school/laalib/infolead.htm.

By Lauren Matacio

Live guitar music? Screen printing on cookies? Is this the lobby of the James White Library (JWL)? Each year during the last week of February the lobby of the JWL is transformed into an arts center. Brown Bag Concerts featuring student, faculty, and community musicians are held each day at noon. Art and craft demonstrations occur each afternoon. Paintings, drawings, and other art objects decorate lobby walls and display cases. All are part of Andrews University's week long Creative Arts Festival.

Andrews University held its first Creative Arts Festival in 1995. Believing that part of its mission is to develop the whole being of students and faculty, the JWL jumped on the bandwagon in 1996, appointing a committee to plan library events which coordinate with the festival. The Library has now participated in three successful festival weeks.

The 1998 festival included concerts by the AU Early Music Ensemble, classical guitar students, and local guitar maker and folk musician, Jan Burda; a poetry reading by Hope College poet and librarian Priscilla Atkins; craft presentations of web page creation, charcoal portraiture, calligraphy and Russian dolls; and exhibits of drawings, paintings and art objects created by students. Events are held in the lobby for high visibility and to lure patrons into a serendipitous cultural experience. As many as 60 people crowded into the lobby for some events.

What are the benefits of creative arts programming in the library? 1) It is a great way to remind the rest of the campus that the library is the center for intellectual and creative activity. Students gain a new image of the library while listening to folk or classical music, or watching a computer art demonstration. 2) Programming attracts new users. Events are publicized in local newspapers as well as on campus and attract a wide variety of attendees, some new to the campus and the library. 3) Cultural events provide an opportunity for connections between students, faculty, and community members in a shared experience (Masters, 389). The informal setting of a library lobby also provides for casual interaction between the artist or musician and the public. 4) In addition to providing enrichment and enjoyment for library patrons, planning cultural events can provide challenging and satisfying professional experiences for librarians (Brandehoff, 41).

Maybe a whole week dedicated to the creative arts will not fit your library, but some kind of event probably would. The Melvin Gelman Library of George Washington University turns its 24-hour study room into a café for coffee house poetry readings several times during the year (Masters, 388). The John F. Kennedy Memorial Library at California State University, Los Angeles sponsored a monthly lecture series celebrating ethnic diversity ("Cal State," 12). Looking for ideas? Events can be part of existing campus festivals or attached to national events such as National Library Week, Black History Month, or Women's History Month. The ALA Internet home page offers program suggestions at http://www.ala.org/publicprograms. Create an event--nourish the spirit!

References

Brandehoff, S.E. (1997). "Turning Libraries into Cultural Centers." American Libraries, 28,41-43.

"Cal State, LA Holds Lecture Series on Diversity." (1989). Wilson Library Bulletin, 63:12,15.

Masters, D.C., J. Arneson, and H. D. Lutton (1994). "Café Gelman: an Innovative Use of Library Space." The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 19:388-390.

Lauren Matacio is Catalog Librarian at James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

By Bernard Helms

When was the last time you stopped to think of what all goes on at the loading dock? Is acquisitions work just like opening up Christmas packages everyday? Let us sit down and pick up some loads from the dock and open them up.

Having recently graduated with my MLS, I would like share some thoughts on the area of the library where I have had the most experience--acquisitions. During my formal course work, the acquisitions process (which will be referred to throughout the rest of the article as just "acquisitions") seemed to be treated very lightly, almost as if the this was some type of "naturally-occurring" process. After working with acquisitions for the past ten years, I can truly say that it is not as easy as some think it is. No, it is definitely not as easy as picking up a book from the shelves of some book store and falling in line at the check-out lane. We can probably pardon our teaching faculty for misunderstanding the role of acquisitions but I find out that many of people in the library profession have a vague understanding of the intricacies of acquisitions with the types of demands and requests that come to my desk.

From my perspective, acquisitions is the "heart" of the library's operation. A library that does not acquire new print and electronic resources fails in its mission. Acquisitions deserves more attention than it is now getting because of technological advances. Working in an academic library often presents its own special challenges in the acquisitions area. Often professors requesting materials fully expect the library to have their orders in by the time they are needed without giving the library sufficient time to process them or without realizing that there may be a backlog of materials to be ordered. Others seem to assume that since they have seen the book in a local bookstore, the library will acquire the book from that local bookstore. Still others assume that all library books are purchased through the publisher rather than through a jobber. While it may be faster and sometimes cheaper to purchase direct from the publisher, it does not seem to be very cost effective given the number of accounts that would need to be established and the blizzard of paperwork that it would create. Books and serials are often purchased through a jobber who offers discounts and free shipping.

Dealing with Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) materials has its own unique problems. Citations are often inaccurate especially if based on flyers or passed on by word of mouth. Even citations coming from SDA publications are incomplete. There are so many versions of the same title--some of which are reprints under different titles; others are the same old titles published outside the USA. What baffles me sometimes are requests for items to be purchased from one country only to find out they were published in another country, i.e. a book ordered from India was actually published in England. Publications outside the USA necessitate special trips to the bank to get bank drafts which often cost more than the books themselves. Another source of frustration with SDA materials is recently written dissertations from non-SDA institutions. Not too long ago, I received two orders for two different titles of dissertations by the same author. I ended up having to call the author to verify the title of her dissertation.

After several years of learning by the "seat of my pants" I have made some "discoveries" that I would like to share with my colleagues:

1. Order your educational videos through the distributor and not through a jobber.

2. If you do any ordering of foreign monographs, get a copy of Directory of Foreign Monograph Vendors Serving Libraries in North Carolina. The booklet was published in 1990; so, it may have gone out of print. You may want to get a copy of the more expensive International Book Trade Directory: Europe, Australia, Oceania, Latin America, Africa and Asia, published by K. G. Saur.

3. A good source for CD's is Audio Visual Buff, P.O. Box 2628, Athen, OH 45701-5428

4. Join this discussion group: ACQNET-L: a moderated listserv for acquisitions. To subscribe send e-mail to listserv@listserv.applestate.edu with subscribe ACQNET-L your name.

5. Here are two highly recommended Web sites:

   1. ACQWEB: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/acqs.htm

   2. Interloc: http://www.interloc.com. This is a searchable database showing the holdings of several used book stores online. Many of the books seem to be publishers' remainders and often come with mylar dust covers.

Bernard Helms is Acquisitions Associate at James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. He recently graduated with a Master of Library Science degree from Indiana University, Indiana.

By Peter Marks

Librarianship is rather a modern profession, although libraries and librarians themselves date from antiquity. The first professor of librarianship was appointed to a German University in the 1840's. Melvin Dewey established the first American University Library School at Columbia University in 1886. American library education in the University setting was founded in 1923 by the Williamson Report. Meanwhile, the first British University Library School was established at the University of London in 1919. The first Australian librarian with specialist university qualifications graduated from Columbia around the turn of the century.

Historical Background of the Australian Library Profession

Initial library development took place between 1850 and 1900 and then slowed until after World War 2. The seeds of a revival were planted in 1935, however. In that year an American librarian of note, after surveying Australian libraries, condemned most of them as "cemeteries of old and forgotten books." From that time on, things began to happen. Public libraries began to spread throughout the land, and a national examination system for librarians was developed with library schools of sorts attached to the major library in each state. The examination system started in 1944 and was only given a decent burial in 1980 after university library schools had taken over. The first successful Library Association in Australia was founded in 1937, and the Australian Library Journal began in 1951. The Association, although sponsoring the examination system, came in the 1950's to believe in University education for librarianship and has, since 1960, been the sole accrediting body for library schools.

Australia has been eclectic in taking from both British and American librarianship for the development of the profession. In many ways the American model of University education for librarianship was considered the ideal but it was more politically correct to follow the British apprenticeship system. So the first university school of librarianship was established in 1960: the University of New South Wales situated in Sydney. In 1968, the Australian library profession was given its first full-fledged Professor of Librarianship. In 1975, the second University library school was established.

The development of library science in Australia has been remarkable and it is now equal to anywhere else in the world. This should not be surprising because Australians are known widely as early adopters of technologies such as computers and the Internet as well as automated library management systems.

Education for Librarianship in Australian Universities

The Australian University sector has changed remarkably in the last 30 years. A second tier of tertiary education institutions known as Colleges of Advanced Education began in the late 1960's. Librarianship was promoted as a profession best belonging to this new type of institution. Thus a number of new library schools began in these institutions starting from the mid 1970's. The early preference of Australian library education to be post-graduate was overtaken by such a policy because the main Colleges of Advanced Education were not post-graduate institutions so much. Then, beginning in 1987, these Colleges of Advanced Education were transformed into universities. So, while a healthy emphasis on post-graduate education for librarianship has continued, it is balanced by numerous undergraduate course offerings in librarianship. Today Australia has 38 universities in a population of around 18 million people. Up until 1987 there were only 19. The University of New South Wales has close to 30,000 students. The 185 students in the School of Information, Library and Archive Studies make up a very tiny percentage of the total student body.

In 1995, there were 997 post-graduate students of the information professions and 1,841 undergraduate students. These post-graduate students are in 14 universities, but there are only four schools with over 100 students. Undergraduate students in librarianship belong to some 21 different institutions, seven of these being major players. About two-thirds of these undergraduate students are part-time students and almost half study by distance education. Between 70-80% of the total number of students of the information professions are women. A small but significant number of students are from overseas. Paraprofessional occupations are served by many other courses in a variety of other institutions.

My school at the University of NSW has now graduated a total of 22 doctoral students, around half of these graduating in the last three years. Around half of these have been from overseas, a handful being from Iran. Higher grade Master's degrees, completed either by course work or research, also attract a significant number of overseas students to the University of NSW. The basic entry level qualification to the Australian library profession is still a two-semester Graduate Diploma. At the University of NSW, one can elect to proceed to a Summer Professional Attachment plus a third semester of course work to obtain a Master of Information Management degree. In 1995, our school had 185 students and nine academic staff. These staff are all specialists in a variety of sub-disciplines. Only two do not have doctoral degrees and all are well acquainted with the wider library world, both in Australia and overseas.

My Experience in Australian Library Education

My first semester in the School of Information, Library and Archive Studies was full of interest and challenge. Several of the courses were on the soft end of the information profession, such as "Communication and Information in Society." Courses in "Management for Information Professionals" and reference work were also there. The more high-powered courses dealt with Information Technology, Information Systems and with mastery of the central mystery of cataloguing, (a dying art), acquisition policies, and access issues.

In the second semester, there was opportunity for the taking of electives in management issues, specialist librarianship of all types, and issues such as advocacy, public programs, and outreach, "Computing Applications in the Information Environment," "Index and Thesaurus Construction," or "Laboratory in the Conservation of Library Materials." Two elective courses were put on the World Wide Web last year for the first time. More are expected shortly. Mid-semester, the entire class traveled to Canberra for several days to visit the National Library of Australia, the specialist and state of the art Federal Parliamentary Library, and the huge High Court of Australia library maintained solely for seven High Court Justices and counsel. The National Library staff were so busy explaining their state of the art electronic document delivery and national library access system that they forgot to show us or even talk about books.

The third semester is an opportunity to specialize even further. Assessment is done mostly on 2,000-3,500 word essays except for computer and other technical exercises. One or two courses have examinations.

Conclusion

Australian university schools of librarianship and such like are all committed to excellence. All of these must be accredited by the Australia Library and Information Association in order to operate. Most of them have a three-pronged commitment: teaching, research, and community service. Above all, their students are equipped to survive in a world of rapid technological change. Some feel that there are too many library schools for our small population yet each of them is busily cultivating niches in the educational marketplace.

Peter Marks recently graduated with a Master of Information Management degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Nancy Kim, Coordinator and Author

The schedule for the School Librarians' Post-Session is given at the end of the Conference program. I would like to expand that schedule in this column hoping to make it more enticing to those just thinking about attending.

Paulette Johnson, head of the Interlibrary Loan Department and one of the reference librarians at Pacific Union College, is currently working on a Doctor of Education degree through La Sierra University. Her research focuses on "The Accessibility of the Media Center, Its Resources and Services as Perceived by Seniors in Seventh-day Adventist Academies." She will share the proposal for her dissertation with us and will also ask us to fill out the questionnaire for librarians which she sent out to selected academies in the North American Division.

The panel members are Keith Clouten, Library Director at Andrews University and author of "Revitalizing the Academy Library;" Chris Cicchetti, Reference/Curriculum Librarian at La Sierra University and a former school librarian; and David Chapman, librarian at Tidewater Adventist Academy in Chesapeake, Virginia. One panelist is yet to be chosen but all will bring a breadth and depth of experience, knowledge, and ideas as we discuss the future of SDA school libraries in the 21st century.

Seeing for oneself how others do things is most often a tremendous learning experience. The visit to J. N. Andrews Elementary will hopefully provide just such an opportunity. In addition to seeing how this school incorporates the resources on CD-ROM's into their curriculum, you will also be invited to try out the electronic database services of a number of different companies.

The Book Talk should be a little more relaxing than the other activities. Plans are being made for a representative of a local bookstore to present some new book titles to you--possible titles for you to include in your school library collection.

A short business meeting will wrap up the day's activities.

In preparation for the panel discussion I recommend that you read at least some of the items in the bibliography listed below:

Bruning, Michael. "Is Money Spent On Libraries a Wise Investment?" Ohio Media Spectrum. 1994 Win; 46: 18-20.

Clouten, Keith. "Revitalizing the Academy Library." Journal of Adventist Education. 1995 Oct-Nov; 58: 26-29.

Curriculum Futures Commission. Focus on Adventist Curriculum for the 21st Century. North American Division Office of Education. 1997 Feb.

Hartzell, Gary N. "You Can't Talk Just to Each Other: Information Power and Information for Powerful People." The Book Report. 1996 May/June; 11-13+.

Lance, Keith Curry. "The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement." School Library Media Annual. 1994; 12: 188-197. Also available from ERIC at: http://www.ed.gov.databases/ERIC_Digests/ed372759.html

Loertscher, David V. "The Future School Library Media Center." School Library Media Annual. 1995; 12: 78-90.

Marchant, Maurice P., Marsha D. Broadway, Eileen Robinson, and Dorothy M. Shields. "Research into Learning Resulting from Quality School Library Media Service." School Library Journal. 1984 Apr; 30: 20-22.

Van Deusen, Jean Donham. "The School Library Media Specialist as a Member of the Teaching Team: 'Insider' and 'Outsider'." Journal of Curriculum and Supervision. 1996 Mar; 11(3): 229-248.

Wilford, Valerie J. "Technology Is Not Enough." School Library Journal. 1993 Nov; 39: 32-35.

Even though this day is listed as "post-session" I hope that many of the college/university librarians will plan to attend along with as many school librarians as possible. It will be an informative, educational, and even entertaining day. Come!

Nancy Kim is Librarian at Redlands Junior Academy, Redlands, California and Library Consultant at the Southeastern California Conference, Riverside, California.

Lewis R. Walton. The Lucifer Diary, Story of an Angel: an Allegory. Glennville, Calif., Aralon Press, 1997. 433 p. $13.95.

Great controversy. Extraterrestrial beings. War in Heaven. The Messiah. Lewis Walton brings these themes and many more to life as the great controversy between good and evil unfolds from the perspective of Lucifer. While this book is a fictitious account, since we do not know all that Satan is doing, it is thoroughly based on Biblical facts. The book recounts the entrance of sin in Heaven, the rebellion of Lucifer and one third of the angels, and their expulsion from Heaven on down to the fall of man, the coming of the Messiah, and the last days of the world prior to the second coming of Jesus.

Lucifer and his counselors analyze portions of Daniel and Revelation, though not in great detail. The primary focus of the Revelation section is on chapter 13 and the emergence of a power in an empty land area. Lucifer and his leadership corp then plan their last great struggle against the Realm and their remnant followers on Earth.

The last chapters quickly recount the development of what Lucifer calls "the most massive assault ever undertaken during the war." The purpose is to get humans to forget a creator God, to introduce the idea that Earth and those things on it came about by chance and slow change, which will lead humans to believe they are the highest form of life in the universe. They can rely totally on themselves with no need for a Supreme Being. The last part of this plan is to introduce a world government based on atheism which promises to solve all social ills. So, the story unfolds to the final apocalypse.

Lewis Walton, a conservative Seventh-day Adventist attorney, author, and speaker, is a gifted story teller. A previous book, entitled Omega (1981), about the John Harvey Kellogg pantheism crisis in the early 1900s, is a compelling story and had tremendous impact when it came out. This book is no exception. The story moves fast enough that the reader is taken along with the action and may find it difficult to put the book down. The fictional qualities may bother some, though much of Adventist publishing these days includes many of these same elements.

The half of the book up to the birth of the Begotten, who is the Son of God, includes detailed images, action, and thoughts of the evil participants. From the birth of the Begotten the story turns into more of a narrative of His life and a recounting of historical events with less behind-the-scenes story as at the beginning. I was anticipating the passion week descriptions, especially resurrection morning as one of titanic struggles between the Realm and Lucifer's legions, but the book soft-pedaled this culminating event of the great controversy. It reads:

"Out of the sky comes an explosion of light and energy that shakes the ground. It is Gabriel, bursting through the barrier, entering the world of human sight and sound, and the terrified legionnaires lie as still as dead men, gaping at this towering extraterrestrial, still blazing with light and power from the throne. For a moment the warriors look at each other--humans armed with stubby swords, whose job it is to keep this grave intact, versus a warrior from the Realm, incandescent with power and armed with the mysterious weapons of the cosmos. And then as if they aren't worth another glance, he turns and sweeps away the massive stone that seals the door, 'Son of God, ' he cries out, in a voice that splits the morning air, 'come forth: Your Father calls you!'"

With that the resurrection story is about over. I would have expected more. It is thrilling nonetheless, but it left me unsatisfied.

Walton does a good job of making Lucifer seem more real than most of us think he is. He portrays Lucifer as an intelligent being, not one with horns and a pitch fork. Lucifer comes across as one who surrounds himself with advisors, though he is still undisputed sovereign of the dark realm, commanding a highly efficient and orderly host of evil angels. While making Lucifer seem more real the author also portrays him as less wicked as many may perceive him to be. According to the book, he comes across as having a soft side at times. This is not to say Walton forgets Lucifer's ultimate purpose. In one scene, Lucifer and his top strategist and counselor discuss the book of Revelation immediately following John's last vision. The following dialog occurs:

Lucifer speaking: "Well, that leaves us with a choice. We both know how it [the cosmic war with the Realm] will end. We both know there is not a chance of victory. So how shall it be, my friend? Shall we concede the result, or shall we go on as if there were still hope?"

"We will go on," he [Meldibon, the counselor] rejoins. "It will give us something to do. We will make the Realm pay for every inch of territory they gain, and we'll charge them dearly."

"Well," I finally say, "nothing else is going to happen here on this island [Patmos]. Let's get back to headquarters [Rome]."

This may be a good book to introduce someone to the great controversy theme. While not heavy theologically, it does introduce many concepts in a novel-like format which is familiar to unchurched individuals. It is also a very interesting book for Seventh-day Adventists to read to gain a new perspective on the great controversy between Christ and Satan. While Walton could picture Lucifer, Satan, as more despicable, the reader is touched many times with the awesome power of the "Ancient One" and beings from the Realm who intervene on our behalf against the evil empire around us. At 433 pages it is longer than many books we typically read for spiritual nourishment, but I would recommend it as an alternative way to increase your faith and trust in the Ruler of the Realm of Light.

Jim Ford is Curator of the Adventist Heritage Center at James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

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Cornforth, Leon. Meeting the Mormon Challenge with Love: The Book for Mormons. Marshing, Idaho: Leon Cornforth, 1997. 222p.

This book was written in direct response to a statement found in the introduction to the book Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon by Orson Pratt, briefly as follows:

If, after rigid examination, it (the Book of Mormon) be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such . . . by (using) strong and powerful arguments-by evidences adduced from scripture and reason. (Words in italics supplied).

Cornforth, who was raised by a Mormon mother and is appreciative of the fine traits of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has set out to meet this challenge in this work. He compares Mormon claims and beliefs with Scripture and historical facts; he examines the history of how Joseph Smith came to write the Book of Mormon, a possible prior source used (a work of fiction by Solomon Spaulding), and the mysterious disappearance of Spaulding's work before the Book of Mormon was published. Mormon teachings such as the priesthood, law and grace, the ten commandments, and the prophetic gift in the last days are studied.

This book makes a sizable contribution to scholarship by reproducing in full an authentic, autographed copy of The Joseph Smith Papyri: a Translation & Preliminary Survey of the Ta-Shert-Min & Ter Papyri (1968), an analysis written by Dee Jay Nelson at the request of the Mormon church. (The actual papyri that Joseph Smith used to produce The Book of Abraham were found and given to the church in 1967). This work is available on microfilm from only a few libraries in the United States. Mr. Nelson is a recognized archeologist, Egyptologist, and lecturer, well versed in the ancient Egyptian religion and languages, and also an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After a detailed examination and analysis of the text of the papyri, Mr. Nelson shows that they were common Egyptian funeral documents, of which many examples exist to this day. In the Introduction to this document, the author regretfully states that the teachings of the Mormon Church and the principle of Egyptology "are not completely reconcilable."

Cornforth begins and ends this clear, readable book with his personal testimony as to how God led him to a deeper understanding of the Bible. Those who are curious about ancient Egyptian documents and those who want to learn more about the claims and beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints should read this book.

Carol Morse is Serials Librarian at Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington..

Marilyn Crane, Coordinator

Recent Books, Theses, & Periodical Articles

Armageddon in Waco: critical perspectives on the Branch Davidian conflict. Edited by Stuart A. Wright. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. 394 p. ISBN: 0226908445 (cloth). $30.00. An evaluation of the tragedy at Waco, Texas with chapters by "leading scholars [who] explore all facets of the confrontation in an attempt to understand one of the most confusing government actions in American history."

Bacchiocchi, Samuele. Immortality or resurrection? A biblical study on human nature and destiny. Berrien Springs, MI: Biblical Perspectives [4990 Appian Way, Berrien Springs, MI 49103, (616) 471-2915], 1997. (Biblical perspectives 13). 304 p. $15.00. This study contrasts two opposing beliefs in human nature and destiny--dualism and wholism.

Conklin, Paul K. American originals: homemade varieties of Christianity. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. 336 p. ISBN: 080782342 (cloth). $19.00. A history of "original forms of Christianity" in America concentrating on those organizations that are largest and most influential. The author clusters his selections in six characteristic groups. Adventists share the chapter entitled "Apocalyptic Christianity" with Jehovah's Witnesses.

Fitch, Suzanne Pullon and Roseann M. Mandziuk. Sojourner Truth as orator: wit, story, and song. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1997. (Great American orators, number 25). 238 p. ISBN: 0313300682. $65.00. The book is organized in two parts: critical analysis which gives context; collected speeches, reports, public letters, and songs. Sojourner Truth lived in Battle Creek and was acquainted with Seventh-day Adventists.

Lamy, Philip. Millennium rage: survivalists, white supremacists, and the Doomsday Prophecy. New York: Plenum Press, 1996. 295 p. ISBN: 0306454092. $26.00. This book "examines the dark underbelly of America's millennial dream" as expressed by one reviewer. Adventism and Seventh-day Adventists are given a brief mention. Branch Davidians and Davidian Seventh Day Adventists are discussed in greater length.

Lukas, J. Anthony. Big trouble: a murder in a small western town sets off a struggle for the soul of America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 875 p. ISBN: 0684808587. $30.00. The story of the 1905 murder of Idaho's former governor, Frank Steunenberg, by Harry Orchard is told within the social background of that time. Many fascinating characters, some well known, are involved.

Lummis, Trevor. Pitcairn Island: life and death in Eden. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate Pub. Company, 1997. 173 p. ISBN: 1859284310. $60.00. Another telling of the Pitcairn story discussing the "purpose of the Bounty's voyage, the mutiny and its consequences," and subsequent events.

Severa, Joan L. Dressed for the photographer: ordinary Americans and fashion, 1840-1900. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1995. 592 p. ISBN: 0873385128. $60.00. This work consists of photographs of men, women, and children from the latter half of the 19th century. An accompanying biographical or explanatory paragraph accompanies each photograph. A full length photograph of Dr. James C. Jackson is included.

Spangler, J. R. And remember--Jesus is coming soon. Silver Spring, MD: Ministerial Association, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 1997. 127 p. ISBN: 1578470137. Collected in this volume are the best writings of Elder Spangler while he was editor of Ministry magazine. It was compiled and edited by John M. Fowler and issued in Elder Spangler's memory.

Venden, Morris. It's who you know. Siloam Springs, AR: Concerned Communications [Highway 59 North, Siloam Springs, AR 72761, (800) 447-4332], 1996. 174 p. ISBN: 0904748464. $13.00. A new edition of Venden's earlier titles, How to make Christianity real and The reason for the season.

Walters, James W. What is a person? An ethical exploration. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. 187 p. ISBN: 0252022785. $24.00. Walters is a professor of ethical studies at Loma Linda University. His book explores the "idea of proximate personhood, with criteria for helping to determine which individuals possess a unique claim to life."

Walton, Lewis R. The Lucifer diary: story of an angel. An allegory. Glennville, CA: Aralon Press [P.O. Box 308, Glennville, CA 93266, (805) 872-3741], 1997. 433 p. ISBN: 0965683400. $14.00. A fictional account of Lucifer's life which includes a history of evil and its results in the world culminating in a "final solution."

Marilyn Crane is Catalog Librarian at Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.

Loma Linda University

It has been some time since I last reported changes in our faculty and staff. On March 1997, Elisa Cortez rejoined the library as a faculty member at reference. Elisa's M.L.I.S. is from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She had previously worked at our circulation desk as a student. Carlene Bogle, Public Services Chair, was voted President-Elect of the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona in October 1997. Daniel Tan, Circulation Supervisor, retired in December 1997 after 20 years of service. Brenda Glennie, already an ASDAL member from La Sierra University, was hired as the new supervisor. Merlin Burt has completed his residency requirement for his doctoral degree at Andrews as well as 52 hours of the 72 required.

David Rios

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Southern Adventist University

In the fall, ANGEL will add another component: NAD ANGEL, and will begin serving the North American Division elementary and secondary schools. This will be phased in gradually, beginning with 10 schools in various geographical locations, and adding each year those which express interest -- and cash! ANGEL will begin offering electronic access for those preferring it. This next year will serve as a pilot and no doubt will be a valuable learning experience!

By the summer, Circulation is hoping to have in place electronic reserves that the students may access off-site. Electronic library tours are in the offing, and our library skills modules (required of all Composition and Speech students) will be going online.

Peg Bennett

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Walla Walla College

The College Place Post Office is automating. For Peterson Memorial Library that means a street address and zip code change! As of May 1, 1998 the new address will be:

Peterson Memorial Library
Walla Walla College
105 S. W. Adams
College Place, WA 99324-1195.

Peterson Memorial Library will host the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges: Librarians group this October. Carolyn Gaskell is jointly planning the meeting with colleague Henry Yaple from Whitman College, Walla Walla.

For those who have been following the ongoing dialogue between the Board of Trustees and the College, reports from both groups and relevant news articles can be found on the College's home page: www.wwc.edu. Full-text of the Board's "Commission on the WWC Theology Department: Final Report December 16, 1997" and the College's response "The Spirit of Adventist Education: Thinking About God's Will, Mission, and Purpose for WWC and It's School of Theology" are available there. A limited number of printed copies in booklet format are available from the College's Public Relations Department. Contact:

Rosa Jiminez
Public Relations
204 S. College Ave
College Place, WA 99324.

Carolyn Gaskell

Even though I have moved out of the SDA system, I do enjoy receiving ASDAL Action, and keeping abreast of what is going on. I especially appreciated the article on David Glenn Hilts in the Fall edition, since I wondered who he was.

My status has changed slightly. With my new title as Instructional Services Librarian, I got an assistant and an office with a window. I am enjoying the new challenge of coordinating and developing bibliographic instruction which has an excellent program already in place. I do continue to provide reference service since all librarians in this library help with the reference.

Bruce McClay

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I am now on the Internet with this e-mail address: evmabley@bmi.net. I am just getting used to using e-mail. As of October, I became legally blind as I lost my central vision. I am thankful that I still have my peripheral vision. Computer work is harder, but I keep at it as I can.

Elwood Mabley

Hilts Scholarship: May 31 Deadline

ASDAL is taking applications for the $1,000 D. Glenn Hilts Scholarship until May 31. To qualify, applicants must be accepted into a library science program accredited by the American Library Association and must expect to complete their degree within the next two years. For information and application forms, contact Carol Morse, chair, ASDAL Scholarship and Awards Committee, Walla Walla College Library, 204 S. College Ave., College Place, WA 99324. E-mail: Morsca@wwc.edu.

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Thank You

As I come to the last issue of my term as editor, I wish to thank all of you who have taken time to write something for ASDAL Action. My appreciation goes to Marilyn Crane, Adventist Resources Column coordinator, and Nancy Kim, School Librarians' Column, for faithfully keeping up their columns. I have enjoyed working with Treasurer Lee Marie Wisel in keeping track of our accounts and membership; and lately, for updating me with the latest developments regarding the conference program. Library Directors, your news bits were important. Thanks for sending them. Those of you who wrote reviews and all the other articles-all I can say is: what would ASDAL Action be without your efforts at research, writing, rewriting, and finally sending them my way. I know it takes a lot of effort to write but it brings a lot of satisfaction to have something completed. Readers, it was fun imagining an invisible audience and it was even more exciting to receive your comments and print them for the rest of our readership. I thank all of you, readers and writers, for your support.

Your Editor,

Cynthia Mae Helms

Eighteenth Annual Conference, June 21-25, 1998

Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, Maryland

Registration Form

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Fees are per room per night. All accommodations are air-conditioned

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