| Volume 19, No. 1 | Fall 1999 |
By Chris Cicchetti
Whew! What a summer! If you made it to Montemorelos University (MU) last summer, you know that ASDAL's second conference outside of North America was a huge success. Five years ago, ASDAL met for the first time outside of North America. That meeting at Newbold College, England resulted in the creation of the European Chapter of ASDAL. At the recent conference in Montemorelos, Mexico, ASDAL birthed two new chapters: the Inter-American Chapter and the South American Chapter. ASDAL is well on its way to becoming an international organization.
ASDAL owes a huge debt for the success of this summer's conference to the vision of Adan Suriano, Librarian at MU. He campaigned for several years to get ASDAL to agree to hold a meeting at Montemorelos, and then worked tirelessly with his staff in preparation for this event. Without his initiative, ASDAL would be two chapters short! Thanks again, Adan.
Next year's conference at Andrews University, which follows closely on the heels of the General Conference Session, promises to be another international conference. Our two previous international conferences have provided a wonderful foundation, and I am sure the conference planners at Andrews will make 2000 a banner year for ASDAL as well.
The year 2000 brings some possibilities for increasing ASDAL's influence on the K-12 educational system. So far, despite years of efforts, ASDAL's membership is largely composed of librarians in higher education with school library members being few and far between. The North American Division is asking ASDAL to participate at the division-wide teachers' convention next summer. We need to focus our energies on making an impact on the educators present there. This is an opportunity we cannot afford to miss. Randy Butler's creation of Taskforce 2000 last year was a good beginning but many more of us need to get involved. Nancy Kim, ASDAL's Coordinator of the School Library Section, has done a terrific job but it is too big a load for one person. She needs a committee to work with her on plans for the Dallas conference and other initiatives, such as bringing some school libraries into ALICE. I urge you to contact Kim and volunteer to assist her with her efforts. Also, talk to school librarians in your area and urge them to become involved with ASDAL. Support ASDAL's efforts on their behalf.
Best wishes for a productive year.
Chris Cicchetti, ASDAL President, was Reference and Curriculum Librarian at La Sierra University, Riverside, California.
JAMES WHITE LIBRARY PLANS WORKSHOPS FOR SUMMER 2000
By Keith Clouten
With the General Conference being held in Toronto, Canada and the ASDAL Conference being held at Andrews University in the summer of 2000, James White Library (JWL) is offering a number of workshops in anticipation of the influx of librarians from all parts of the globe.
Immediately prior to the ASDAL Conference, the library staff is scheduling an intensive two-day workshop entitled "Library Foundations for a New Millennium" in which several librarians will present a range of topics with a technology emphasis. Presentations will be geared to the interests of international librarians and will include: Computers and Their Library Applications; How the New Communications Technology Benefits Libraries; Getting Ready for Document Delivery; How to Create Your Own Library Web Site; Using E-mail for Professional Development; and How to Use Online Databases including Full-text Resources. This workshop starts on Sunday evening July 9, and concludes in time for the opening of the ASDAL Conference on Tuesday evening, July 11. The ASDAL Conference is scheduled for July 11-15.
July 17-21 which is the week following the ASDAL Conference, JWL staff will offer several workshops, all with a practical emphasis and again with a special appeal to visiting international librarians. For more information contact the Library Director's Office. (e-mail: mailto:clouten@andrews.edu)
Creative Management for the Librarian
July 19, 20 (2 hours each day)
| Presenter: | Linda Mack, Director, Music Materials Center |
| Description: | Day 1: Making meetings efficient, effective, and fun. |
| Day 2: Maximizing the contributions of staff to the library and the library's contribution to them; Branch libraries and other related collections: issues in establishment and administration. |
Growing a Small Seminary Collection
July 19, 20 (2 hours each day)
| Presenter: | Warren Johns (currently on leave at Newbold College) |
| Description: | Keeping in mind budget limitations, this seminar emphasizes the essential theological works for a small SDA seminary library, and offers suggestions for obtaining such works. |
Introduction to HTML Authoring
July 17-21 (2 hours each day)
| Presenters: | Sabrina Pusey, Instructional Services Librarian Steve Sowder, Systems Librarian |
| Description: | Hands-on practice using basic HTML tags, and discussions about design concepts, dynamic HTML, CGI scripts, and other web site issues. |
Introduction to Music Materials
July 17, 18 (2 hours each day)
| Presenter: | Linda Mack, Director, Music Materials Center |
| Description: | The special challenges of sound recordings, scores & other music formats, including: selection, acquisition, classifying, shelving, preserving, equipment, and donations. |
Issues in Collecting and Preserving SDA Materials
July 17, 18 (2 hours each day)
| Presenter: | James Ford, Curator, Adventist Heritage Center |
| Description: | This seminar will look at several issues involved in the collecting of SDA materials and how to best care for and preserve them. |
Managing Student Employees in Libraries
July 17, 18 (2 hours each day)
| Presenter: | Cynthia Mae Helms, Head, Information Services Department |
| Description: | Learn how to nurture student employees from the time they are hired to the time they are terminated, and discover ways you can help them prepare for the real work world. |
Planning Your Library's Future
July 17-21 (2 hours each day)
| Presenter: | Keith Clouten, Director, James White Library |
| Description: | Steps in developing a library strategic plan, including: writing a mission statement, analyzing library strengths and weaknesses, scenario planning, implementing and marketing the plan, assessing the plan. Practical emphasis. |
Simple Cataloging
July 17-20 (2 hours each day)
| Presenter: | Lauren Matacio, Head, Bibliographic Services Department |
| Description: | Learn the basics of descriptive cataloging of books and audio-visuals. |
User Needs Assessment Tools and Methods
July 19, 20 (2 hours each day)
| Presenters: | Cynthia Mae Helms, Head, Information Services Department; Terry Robertson, Seminary Librarian |
| Description: | A survey of user needs assessment tools and methods, and application to various library services such as library instruction, reference services, collection development, and library organization. |
Visual Communication
July 17, 18 (2 hours each day)
| Presenter: | Kathleen Demsky, Director, Architecture Resource Center |
| Description: | How light, space, and color affect the library work space for both employees and patrons. A practical workshop using low budget ideas to create an inviting environment in which to work and study. |
Keith Clouten is Library Director at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
"Working Together: Cooperation among Seventh-day Adventist Libraries"
June 21-23, 1999
Montemorelos University, Mexico
By Violet Maynard-Reid
Monday, June 21
Devotional: Dr. Victor Figueroa
Welcome to the 1999 ASDAL Conference by:
Randy Butler, President
Christina Cicchetti, President-elect and Conference Chair
Adan Suriano, On-site Coordinator
Keynote Address: "Cooperation Across National Borders" Dr. Jesús Lau, Dean of Academic Affairs, Universidad Autónama de Ciudad Juárez
Presentation: "Latin America, The Internet, and The SDA College Library of the Future" Gilbert Abella, Director of Public Services, La Sierra University Library
Business Session I
Steve Sowder was appointed parliamentarian.
VOTED: Minutes of last year's meeting
VOTED: Editor's report
VOTED: Treasurer's report
Ballot Results: Read by Randy Butler
President-elect: Maynard Lowry
Constitution & Bylaws Committee - Tony Zbaraschuk (1999-2001)
Scholarship & Awards Committee - Katie Hunt (1999-2002)
SDA Classification Advisory Committee - Loranne Grace (1999-2002)
Site Planning Committee - David Rios (1999-2002)
SDA Periodical Index Publication Board - Margaret von Hake (1999-2004)
Statistics Committee - Joyce van Scheik (1999-2002)
VOTED: Members for the Resolutions Committee--Sheila Clark, David Rios, and Steve Sowder
VOTED: Members for the Nominating Committee-Jim Ford, Ralph Köhler, Per Lisle, Ruth
Swan, and Aixa Vega
Reports:
Adventist Resources Section - Jim Ford gave a report on the session held on June 20.
SDA Periodical Index Publication Board - Jim Ford reported that the periodical index will no longer be printed in paper format.
Steve Sowder will be the list moderator for the SDA-librarian.
ASDAL will celebrate the 20th anniversary at PUC in 2001.
Representative from VTLS gave a demonstration of their library products and services.
VOTED: To add Sandy Browning to the Ad Hoc Committee to Study Certification/Curriculum for Para-professionals in SDA Libraries.
Presentations:
"Spanish-language Indexes and Library Automation Software" Hernán Hammerly, Library Director, River Plate Adventist University and Bruce McClay, Reference Librarian, University of Texas Pan America
"Cooperation Among School and Academic Libraries" Taskforce 2000 Report, Nancy Kim
"Report from First National Meeting of Adventist Libraries, Brazil" Adilson Pavan, Library Director, Brazil College, São Paulo
Wednesday, June 23
Devotional - Adan Suriano
Presentation: "Library Evaluation and the Adventist Accreditation Association" Dr. Enrique Becerra, Associate Director, General Conference Department of Education
Requests: PUC needs a librarian for the Fall Quarter. Northern Caribbean University needs an additional librarian.
Business Session II
Reports:
Site Planning Committee - Lorranne Grace gave the dates and location for ASDAL conference for the next five years.
ALICE Council - Carolyn Gaskell reported on some major changes. 1. Secretary-treasurer is now tied to the institution that is the fiscal agent for ALICE. 2. Management Committee has been replaced with a project manager. 3. Andrews cannot continue to pay the high cost of the ATLA index for the group, so there will be some changes.
Publicity Coordinator - Jess Oliver sent a report on ASDAL advertising done in Union papers in North America and in several other Division papers.
River Plate Adventist University in Argentina sent a formal invitation to host ASDAL on their campus.
Presentation: "An Institution Wide Approach to Promote Occupational Information Literacy" by Hernán Hammerly, Library Director, River Plate Adventist University, Argentina
Presentation: "Resource Sharing Among Seventh-day Adventist Libraries" Aixa Vega, Library Director, Antillian Adventist University
Business Session III
Reports continued:
Web Coordinator - the web address has been changed to www.asdal.org.
Directors Group - Peg Bennett reported on the changes for the library statistics form.
Systems - Steve Sowder reported on a request he received for the creation of a search engine to search SDA library holdings on the Web.
Technical Services - Genevieve Steyn reported on the difficulties overseas SDA librarians face in cataloging.
School Librarians - Nancy Kim announced the availability of the video produced at last year's conference, and the importance of ASDAL's participation in Taskforce 2000.
Seminary Librarians - Terry Robertson reported that this was the first meeting of Seminary Librarians.
Public Services - Cynthia Helms noted how interesting it was to compare problems and learn how each library solves them.
Constitution and Bylaws - Chloe Foutz gave the changes for Standing Rule 28 and Article IV.
VOTED: To grant the request to establish Inter-American and South American chapters in their respective regions.
VOTED: To have the 2002 ASDAL conference in Argentina.
Violet Maynard-Reid, ASDAL Secretary, is Reference Librarian at Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington.
By Violet Maynard-Reid
President: Chris Cicchetti
President-elect: Maynard Lowry
Past President: Randall Butler
Secretary: Violet Maynard-Reid (1998-2000)
Treasurer: Lee Marie Wisel (1997-2000)
ASDAL Action Editor: Cynthia Mae Helms (1998-2000)
Andrews University - Keith Clouten, Chair
Canadian University College - Joyce Van Scheik
Columbia Union College - Margaret von Hake
La Sierra University - Maynard Lowry
Loma Linda University - David Rios
Oakwood College - Jannith Lewis
Pacific Union College - Adu Worku
Southern Adventist University - Peg Bennett
Union College - Chloe Foutz
Walla Walla College - Carolyn Gaskell
Marilyn Crane (1999-2002), Chair
Jim Ford (1999-2001), Secretary
Hernán Hammerly (1999-2002)
Tony Zbaraschuk (1999-2001)
Violet Maynard-Reid (1997-2000)
Chloe Foutz, Chair
Keith Clouten
Marilyn Crane
Norma Greaves
Annette Melgosa
Adu Worku, Chair
Gilbert Abella
Nancy Kim
Sandy Browning
Keith Clouten, Advisor
On-site coordinator
President-elect
Keith Clouten (member-at-large)
Lee Marie Wisel, ASDAL treasurer (ex officio)
Chloe Foutz (1998-2001)
Margaret von Hake (1997-2000)
Tony Zbaraschuk (1999-2002)
Chris Cicchetti, ASDAL President (ex officio)
Lee Marie Wisel, ASDAL Treasurer (ex officio)
Overseas Libraries: Keith Clouten (1997-2000)
Publicity: Jess Oliver (1997-2000)
Membership: Linda Maberly (1998-2000)
Web Site: Stanley Cottrell II (1998-2000)
Jim Ford (1999-2000)
Ruth Swan (1999-2000)
Aixa Vega (1999-2000)
Ralph Köhler (1999-2000)
Per Lisle (1999-2000)
Paulette McClean Johnson (1998-2001), Chair
Morris Iheanacho (1997-2000)
Katie Hunt (1999-2002)
Chris Cicchetti,ASDAL President (ex officio)
Lee Marie Wisel, ASDAL Treasurer (ex officio)
Nancy Kim
Stanley Cottrell II (1998-2001)
Carol Nicks (1997-2000)
Loranne Grace (1999-2002)
Keith Clouten, Publisher (ex officio)
Marilyn Crane, Editor (ex officio)
Keith Clouten, Library Director of Host institution (ex officio), Chair
Jim Ford, Managing Editor (ex officio)
Marilyn Crane, Loma Linda University Representative (1998-2003)
Carolyn Gaskell (1997-2002)
Maynard Lowry (1994-2000)
Margaret von Hake (1999-2004)
Burt Haloviak, General Conference Archivist (ex officio)
Dick Osborn, North American Division delegate (ex officio)
Jannith Lewis (1997-2000)
Loranne Grace (1998-2001)
David Rios (1999-2002)
Peg Bennett (1998-2001)
Joyce Van Scheik (1999-2002)
Violet Maynard-Reid, ASDAL Secretary (ex officio)
Jamie Walker, Past ASDAL Secretary (ex officio)
Nancy Kim, Co-chair
Paulette McLean Johnson, Co-chair
Bob Dubose
Loranne Grace
Katherine Hunt
John Kihlstrom
Violet Maynard-Reid, ASDAL Secretary, is Reference Librarian at Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington.
FRIEDENSAU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY REACHES ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR
By Ralph Köhler, Translated by Wolfhard Touchard
Friedensau University Library was founded in 1899. During the post war period, growth of the collection was slow but it began to pick up in the 1950's when the library had 4,500 volumes. Until 1993, the collection was housed in two small rooms.
A brighter era dawned in 1983 when pressure of accreditation forced the library to make dramatic changes especially in the field of theology. Various entities became interested in the library's growth. Book donations came from municipalities and agencies of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Senior Citizens' Club of the Church in Tubingen (particularly with the untiring efforts of Rudolf Nixdorf). West German conferences showed their support by paying for the subscription of the academic journals.
Professionalization of the library began in the 70's when the card catalog was developed through the efforts of the following volunteers: Ludwig Martin, Ruth Schonfield (1974-1982) and Ingrid Leuter (1983-1994). Under the direction of Wilfred Werner, Old Testament teacher, and Dieter Leutert, Church History teacher, library collections grew to 13,000 volumes.
The library experienced a major breakthrough in 1993 with the appointment of Ralph Koehler as the library's first full-time librarian. His immediate goals were to remodel and enlarge the library which occupied rooms in the former cafeteria of the old school built in 1904, and to convert the card catalog to an online catalog.
Since 1994, the library has grown to 50,000 volumes (including 13,000 volumes transferred from Marienhoehe Seminary). It now provides 40 study carrels and finally an office for library personnel. Plans to have the groundbreaking ceremony for a new library building in 1999 have been postponed.
Today, the library subscribes to 300 journals in theology, social sciences, and music. During the past five years, use of library materials has increased ten times with current circulation at 20,000/year. Besides print resources, the library has 50 databases. The online public access catalog, commonly referred to as FrieDa which stands for FRIEdensau Databases, is available on CD-ROM. Credits for the electronic catalog go to Waltraud Hubner and Hannelore Oesterreich.
Interlibrary loan services for books and photocopies are available. The library is open 72 hours per week for its visitors and 800 registered patrons. Pre-arranged tours are given on a one-week advanced notice. With a record of 19,000 visitors, the library is the most-toured building on campus.
The library is a member of the following cooperatives/consortia: Jerichower Land, Beirat fur Wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken des Landes Sachsen-Anhaalt (Adviser for Academic Libraries of the Saxoni-Anhalt Province), Verbant Kitchlich-Wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken in deer Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Archive und Bibliotheken in der Evanglischen Kirchen Deutschland (Federation of Church/Academic Libraries in Protestant Churches), Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians, Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Spezialbibliotheken in Deuschland (Consortium for Special Libraries), and the Deutschen Bibliotheksverband (German Library Federation).
Bibliothek der Theologischen Hochschule Friedensau
(Original German version)
Die Bibliothek der Theologischen Hochschule Friedensau wurde 1899 gegründet. Bis in die Nachkriegszeit hinein war das Bestandswachstum gering. Anfang der fünfziger Jahre hatte die Bibliothek 4500 Bände (Februar 1954). Auch die räumlichen Bedingungen waren bescheiden. Bis 1993 befand sich die Bibliothek in zwei Räumen einer ehemaligen Wohnung in der 'Neuen Schule'.
Größere Bedeutung kam der Bibliothek mit dem Wandel des akademischen Status der Schule zu: Bedingt durch die Akkreditierung des Theologischen Seminars im Jahr 1983 setzte ein systematischer Bestandsaufbau im Bereich der Theologie ein. Eine große Hilfe dabei waren die Bücherspenden durch Gemeinden und Dienststellen der damaligen Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Zu nennen sind der unermüdliche Einsatz von Rudolf Nixdorf (Seniorenclub Adventgemeinde Tübingen) und die Kostenübernahme von Abonnements wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriften durch westdeutsche Vereinigungen der STA.
Wurde die Bibliothek bis zu Beginn der siebziger Jahre hinein weitestgehend ehrenamtlich betreut (u.a. Ludwig Martin), begann mit dem Einsatz durch Ruth Schönfeld (1974-1982) und Ingrid Leutert (1983-1994) die Professionalisierung der Bibliotheksarbeit und der Aufbau von Kartenkatalogen. Unter der Leitung von Alttestamentler Wilfried Werner und Kirchengeschichtler Dieter Leutert vermehrte sich der Bestand bis zum Anfang der neunziger Jahren auf ca. 13'000 Bände.
Eine Zäsur erlebte die Bibliotheksentwicklung mit dem Jahr 1993. In diesem Jahr wurde mit Ralph Köhler erstmals ein vollzeitlicher Bibliothekar berufen, dessen erste Aufgabe es war, den Um- und Aufbau einer Interimsbibliothek in den Räumen des ehemaligen Speisesaals in der Alten Schule zu koordinieren. Gleichzeitig wurde mit der elektronischen Katalogisierung des Bibliotheksbestandes begonnen. Seit Januar 1994 steht eine moderne Hochschuleinrichtung zur Verfügung mit Platz für ca. 50'000 Bände, 40 Leseplätzen und, erstmals in der Geschichte der Bibliothek, auch einem Büro für Mitarbeiter.
Ende 1994 verdoppelte sich der Buchbestand durch den Transfer von ca. 13'000 Bänden des theologischen Bestandes der Seminarbibliothek Marienhöhe, Darmstadt nach Friedensau. Seit 1993 wuchs der Bestand jährlich um drei- bis sechstausend Bände, so daß die Zielzahl der Interimsbibliothek mit fast 50'000 Bände erreicht ist. Die vorgesehene Grundsteinlegung für einen Bibliotheksneubau ist zwar nicht, wie geplant, 1999 realisierbar, aber fest ins Auge gefaßt und notwendig.
Neben den zur Ausleihe bereitstehenden Freihandbestand aus den Bereichen Theologie, Sozialwissenschaften und Musik sind fast 300 laufende Zeitschriften im Angebot. Mit mehr als 18'000 Aus- und Fernleihen im Jahr hat sich Benutzung der Bibliothek in den letzten fünf Jahren mehr als verzehnfacht. Alle Bestände der Bibliothek sind vollständig in einem elektronischen Katalog (FrieDa-OPAC) suchfähig (Katalogisierung besonders durch Waltraud Hübner, Hannelore Oestreich u.v.a.). Dieser Katalog kann als CD-ROM 'FrieDa'(FRIEdensauer DAtenbanken) bezogen werden. Neben den gedruckten Medien bietet die Bibliothek mehr als 50 Datenbanken zur Recherche an. Mehrere öffentlich zugängliche INTERNET-PC's komplettieren das Informationsangebot.
Die Bibliothek versorgt sowohl Hochschulangehörige als auch auswärtige Interessenten mit den eigenen Beständen (gebende Fernleihe) und besorgt auf Wunsch Bücher und Aufsätze anderer Bibliotheken (nehmende Fernleihe). Kopiergeräte sind vorhanden. Als Hochschuleinrichtung ist sie für jeden Interessenten offen und ist 72 Stunden in der Woche zugänglich (So-Do, 8.00 - 22.00 Uhr; Fr, 8.00 - 12.00 Uhr). Bibliotheksführungen für Gruppen sind jederzeit möglich, nach Voranmeldung auch am Wochenende. Mit fünfhundert eingeschriebenen Benutzern und jährlich mehr als 19'000 Besuchern ist die Bibliothek eine der vielbesuchten Einrichtungen Friedensaus.
Parallel zu den Aufgaben der Literatur- und Informationsversorgung der Hochschule engagiert sich die Bibliothek bei der Mitarbeit im Bibliotheksverbund 'Jerichower Land', im Beirat für Wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, im Verband kirchlich-wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken in der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Archive und Bibliotheken in der Evangelischen Kirchen Deutschland (VkwB), in der Association of Seventh-day Adventist librarians (ASDAL), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Spezialbibliotheken in Deutschland (ASpB), und dem Deutschen Bibliotheksverband (DBV).
Ralph Köhler is Library Director at Friedensau University, Friedensau bei Burg/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Wolfhard Touchard is Reference Librarian at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PERIODICAL INDEX REPORTS ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS
By Jim FordThe year 1999 is a very significant year for the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index. There are three major advances to report. The Publication Board hopes you are as excited about these as they are.
First, during this year the Index Publication Board voted to move the print index to compact disc read-only-memory (CD-ROM). From a survey taken last year we found the vast majority of subscribers had access to a CD-ROM player on their computer. With this information the Board felt comfortable moving to a CD product. The CD will contain not just one year as the print index did but will include the entire electronic index from 1978/1979 to the present. Also included on the CD will be the Cooperative Seventh-day Adventist Obituary Index. This includes listings for about 175,000 names. It will be in a separate database but searched in the same way as the periodical index.
The index will use the same Folio software used by the Ellen G. White and the Words of the Pioneer CD's. This similarity should make it easier for our users to go from one product to another. Instructions for using the CD will accompany the product.
The subscription cost will not increase this year. Without this change from print to CD, the rising cost of producing the print index would have forced us to increase subscription fees in the near future. Reduced cost of printing and reduced shipping costs will help us hold the subscription price at its current level for the time being.
Second, while the master for the CD-ROM was in preparation, the Board decided to convert the entire SDA Periodical Index database to a Folio Infobase.
Beginning in September 1999, all new data entry and all searching will utilize the Folio system. This means that when someone accesses the SDA Periodical Index database via the Internet they will use the Folio search software. We apologize for the initial inconvenience and learning curve, but all new and improved ways of doing things require some relearning. We trust this will be relatively painless and simple.
Folio is a major provider of this type of interface and provides an easy to use yet powerful search tool. The Board selected Folio as our basic software, in part, because it will handle full text much better than the previous system. We are exploring whether to provide text only which is fully searchable or also provide a graphic presentation that would include the artwork and other design elements missing in the text only approach. Access the SDA Periodical Index at: http://www.andrews.edu/library/SDAPI.html.
Third, the Index Board is exploring the possibility of providing full text access to a few key SDA magazines. We have explored the idea with two magazines and received positive reactions. There is some reluctance to making their magazine available at the date of publication for fear of losing supporting subscriptions, but some type of delayed release may be a possibility.
Your comments, suggestions, and continued support are encouraged and greatly appreciated. Direct your comments and questions to Jim Ford, Managing Editor, Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index, Adventist Heritage Center, James White Library, Box 1400, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-1400, or e-mail at fordjim@andrews.edu.
INTRODUCING THE LIBRARY AT BOGENHOFEN SEMINARY
By Ralph Köhler and Johannes Kovar,
Translated by Wolfhard Touchard
Fifty years of Seminar Schloß Bogenhofen (Bogenhofen Seminary) brought many changes to its library. With those changes came memories as recalled by Hans Heinz, Professor of Practical and Systematic Theology. When he began his ministerial training in 1949, "the library started with a small book case and three books which were checked out by a faculty member," said Heinz.
Now, we are happy to report that 20,000 more volumes have been added. More than half of the library holdings are in the field of theology. Besides books, the collection contains professional journals and videos. The electronic catalog which has been available in the reading room since 1992 is not yet accessible on the Internet.
Interlibrary Loan/Document delivery services vary according to type of patron. Seminary students are charged the actual cost for borrowing materials from other libraries. Seventh-day Adventists in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany are offered photocopying service for the fee of 29 Austrian Shillings which is about U.S. $2.45 per request (to cover postage and handling) plus 1 Austrian Shilling per page. Local residents may also use the photocopying service. Requests are filled immediately with excellent student help.
The library will be glad to receive books or periodicals in good condition, especially Adventist books (including those for children and youth) and magazines. Address communications to: Johannes Kovar, Librarian, Seminar Schloß Bogenhofen 1, A-4963 St. Peter am Hart, AUSTRIA. Email address: jkovar@ssb.at.
Original German version was submitted by Ralph Köhler, Library Director at Friedensau University, Germany and Johannes Kovar, Librarian at Seminar Schloß, Bogenhofen, Austria. Condensed from Johannes Kovar, "Die Biblothek Bogenhofens Stellt Sich Vor," BOGI-Jear, Vol. 17, No. 65, Frihjahr [Spring] 1999, p. 19 and from the Bogenhofen Web site http://www.ssb.at/index2.html?/wasesnochgibt/. Wolfhard Touchard is Reference Librarian at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
ADVENTIST HISTORICAL RESOURCES ON THE WEB
By Carolyn Gaskell
Considering the wealth of full-text Adventist historical resources available, there is not a great deal on the World Wide Web as yet. I focused on the history of Adventism and Millerism in the United States. I searched mainly under the terms "Adventist," "Millerite," "Millerism," "Seventh-day Adventist," or "SDA History," and personal names of several of the early Adventist pioneers in addition to William Miller. During the course of my investigation, I found out from Michael Campbell, a student intern at the Ellen G. White Estate, that several Adventist historical sites are under construction or in beta testing. We'll see some of those in the web list later. In putting together this list of Web sites, I used around five or six different Internet search engines including Yahoo, Infoseek, HotBot, Lycos, and Excite.
The list of web sites presented today is not intended to be a complete list of the Adventist Historic Resources on the Web. Instead, it is just a start. If you have a favorite web site that is not listed here, please let me know and I'll add it to the list which I hope will become one of ARS/ASDAL's web pages.
As I sifted through the web sites resulting from various searches, I found that there were only a few full-text historical works available and fewer still of those were images of originals. However, there were a number of sites which combined images of historical paintings and/or photographs with short biographies or histories of the person or place in the image. There were several sites containing photos and paintings of geographic sites important to the history of Millerism and/or Adventism such as homes, churches, etc. Often, virtual tours of those locales would be available on the site.
Ironically, while searching on the web it was easier to locate historical information, even full-text resources, critical of the Millerite movement and the Adventist Church. So, we'll take a brief look at those as well.
Since I do not read or speak Spanish, I was only able to find a few web sites in Spanish that cover Adventist history. One of our bilingual student library assistants helped locate the sites. Then Violet and Pedrito Maynard-Reid helped identify which of those sites were of historic interest.
I have tried to group the sites together into six categories according to their content: Full or Partial-Text Resources; Pictures and Brief Biographies; En Español; Indexes; Libraries; Heritage Centers, etc.; and Controversial Literature. I trust these categories will provide a context in which to consider the relevance of the various web sites. There were a few sites I chose not to include in this list, including the list of SDA College Library web sites in the U.S. (http://dewey.wwc.edu/ - use the button for "other libraries") and the ARS/ASDAL web site (http://www.asdal.org/sdare/index.html).
I have prepared transparencies from selected portions of these sites for illustrative purposes. Many of the sites require use of the local search engine to find the relevant materials. As a rule, I have not included the search process in my transparencies. If I had, there would have been 60 slides.
Full-text or Partial Text Resources
American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amtitle.html
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library project (USA). A search under "Adventist" results in a list including a photograph of the 1912 Wausau, Wisconsin SDA annual state convention, oral histories of several SDA's, and full text of the 1957 book Cornflake Crusade by Gerald Carson. This book is a popular history which chronicles how Battle Creek became a health center and the birthplace of America's breakfast cereal industry. Includes information on SDA's and John Harvey Kellogg as well as Will Keith Kellogg.
Making of America (MOA)
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/moa/
A major collaborative endeavor to preserve and make accessible through digital technology a significant body of primary sources related to the development of the U.S. Materials are drawn from the library collections at the University of Michigan and Cornell University.
Search under "Smith, Uriah" for the full text of both The United States in the light of prophecy; or, An exposition of Rev. 13:11-17... and The sanctuary and the twenty-three hundred days of Daniel VII,14.
Search under "White, Ellen" for the full text of The spirit of prophecy, volumes 2, 3, and 11.
Search under "White, James" for the full text of Life incidents, in connection with the great Advent movement, as illustrated by the...
E. G. White Estate
http://www.whiteestate.org/
Besides full-text of the best-known books of Ellen G. White, there are articles about her and about the E.G. White Estate. Also included are selected issues relating to inspiration and Ellen G. White, basic principles regarding her messages, and more.
TAGNET - SDA History SiteTagnet is the Three Angel's Global Network site. It provides information on William Miller, including full-text of his Dissertation on the True Inheritance of the Saints (1842), an argument refuting post-millennialism. Includes history of the Millerite movement as well as some information on Ellen White. Tagnet is also an excellent location for finding SDA Churches with web pages, including those published in Spanish.
Clarence L. Thomas IV's Home Page
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/clt4/
Two full-text books by Uriah Smith (Modern Spiritualism and The Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation) and one by Charles Miles Snow (On the Throne of Sin) as well as several by Ellen G. White. Copyright statements indicate they are electronically reproduced with the permission of the Review and Herald Publishing Association. The books reproduced here are not in image format and as such not as valuable to the historian as those which are images of the original.
Pictures and Brief Biographies
Adventist Pioneer Library
http://www.tagnet.org/apl/Gallery.htm
Gallery of photos and short biographies of early Adventist pioneers. Also includes articles about the importance of the pioneers. Full text of Adventist historical articles and books available in their CD-ROM library.
AdventistsAlive
http://adventistalive.com/history.html
Pictures and brief biographies of early Adventist leaders.
Elmshaven
http://www.elmshaven.org/
Site includes history of Ellen White's residence at Elmshaven, a virtual tour of the house, brief biography of Ellen White plus picture, and other information.
In the Footprints of the Pioneers - beta site designed by Michael Campbell for E. G.
White Estate
http://www.southern.edu/~mcampbel
Links to information about Adventist historical sites in Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts. Includes some pictures.
Historic Adventist Village/Adventist Heritage Ministry - UNDER CONSTRUCTION
http://www.tagnet.org/ahm/
Explore the "quick menu" to see some of the plans for the site.
Historical Society of Battle Creek
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9840
Includes picture of the Kellogg Sanitarium under the Sojourner Truth Institute. Also includes biographical material on John Harvey Kellogg.
Pacific Union Conference home page
http://puc.adventist.org/
From table of contents choose "Other Links" then "Adventist Images." Covers selected events and biographical sketches of Adventist leaders by period. Includes pictures and brief biographies.
Washington New Hampshire SDA Church
http://www.tagnet.org/washington/index.html
Information on the history of the birthplace of Adventism. Includes pictures of the cemetery, church building (interior/exterior), SDA pioneers such as Cyrus Farnsworth, Rachel Oakes Preston, etc.
William Miller Home & Farm - beta site designed by Michael Campbell for Adventist
Heritage Ministry
http://www.adventist.org/heritage/
Pictures of the William Miller home and farm, including Ascension Rock. Brief biography with links to related sites.
En Español
Biblioteca del Espiritu de Profecia
http://www.tagnet.org/ideloscharruas/Profecia.html
Some Ellen G. White materials in Spanish.
Iglesia Cristiana Adventista Del Septimo Dia: España
http://iglesia-adventista.org/historia.html
Brief history of the SDA church in Spain.
Nuestra Historia...
http://www.tagnet.org/uva/Historia.htm
Some information about the SDA church in Venezuela.
Indexes
Seventh-day Adventist Periodical and Obituary Index
http://www.andrews.edu/library/jewel/SDAPI.html
Guides to articles and obituaries in SDA periodicals.
Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/
Picture of John Harvey Kellogg's grave at Oak Hill. Brief obituaries of others buried at Oak Hill, including Ellen and James White.
University of Michigan Historical Center for the Health Sciences: Source Link
http://www.si.umich.edu/HCHS/HCHS-GUIDE/hchs.source74.htm
Index includes references to archival collections on Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek College, and John Harvey Kellogg. Collections are located at one of the following: State Archives of Michigan, Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections, and Loma Linda's Del E. Web Memorial Library.
Libraries, Heritage Centers, etc.
Andrews University, Adventist Heritage Center
http://www.andrews.edu/library/collections/departments/ahc.html
The Adventist Heritage Center is one of the primary documentary collections for the study of the SDA Church, its predecessors and related groups, from the Millerite movement to the present. This web site lists and describes the Center's major collections.
Loma Linda University, Archives and Special Collections/Ellen G. White Estate
Branch Office
http://www.llu.edu/llu/library/heritage/index.html
The Archives and Special Collections department comprises a significant research collection of Adventist source materials. This site provides a list of Adventist historical resources and description of holdings at LLU. It includes audio/visual resources such as the online collection of "Seventh-day Adventist Related Photographs" which currently contains about 2,000 photos related to Loma Linda's history. Also includes a bibliography of Ellen G. White titles.
La Sierra University Heritage Room
http://www.lasierra.edu/library/heritage/index.html
The University Heritage Room contains a collection of SDA historical resources. The web site includes a description of its holdings as well as a document file index.
Pacific Union College, Pitcairn Islands Study Center
http://library.puc.edu/
The PUC library web site links (under "Other Hot Research Resources") to the Pitcairn Islands Study Center page. This page contains a list of materials in the collection, Pitcairn Island and Bounty links, and a history of Pitcairn. At least two photos are included.
Controversial Literature
The Ellen G. White Web Site
http://ellenwhite.org/
and
http://ellenwhite.org/espanol/index.html
This site looks so legitimate that it can be misleading. However, it contains materials critical of Ellen White and the church and is maintained by ex-SDA's. The Spanish version is a computer translation of the English. It is the only English language site on this list that provides a translation.
Ballenger, Albion F. Cast out for the Cross of Christ
http://web2.airmail.net/billtod/cocc.htm
Full-text chapter-by-chapter.
Cainright, D. M. Seventh-day Adventism Renounced
http://web2.airmail.net/billtod/renounce.htm
Chapter-by-chapter full-text of the work.
Jones, A. T. Some History Some Experience and Some Facts, 1906.
http://www.ex-sda.com/atj1.htm
The URL for this site proclaims it as ex-SDA. In addition to the full-text statement listed above, this site includes a number of other works critical of Ellen White, the SDA Church, and William Miller.
Present Truth Articles by E. J. Waggoner and A. T. Jones
http://shepherds-rod.org/1888/pta.htm
The URL for this site proclaims it as a Shepherd's-Rod site. Includes text of articles.
ADDENDUM:
ADDITIONAL ADVENTIST HISTORICAL SITES AVAILABLE ON THE WEB
Historia de la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día de Los Charrúas
http://www.tagnet.org/ideloscharruas/Historia.html
Adventismo Del Séptimo Día
http://amen.net/lb/articulos/adventistas.htm
This seems to be a Baptist web site which talks about the beginnings of Adventism. Not sure how useful it might be.
Libros mensaje 1888
http://www.libros1888.com/
This seems to provide some information on Jones' & Waggoner's works in Spanish.
Recursos Adventistas en Español
http://www.arrakis.es/~cosgalla/pag02.html
A personal web page that provides quite a few links to Spanish language sites, including possibly some of historical SDA interest.
Great American Quacks: The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
http://mtn.org/quack/amquacks/kellogg.htm
Contains an entry on Dr. John Harvey Kellogg who is listed even though "he was not a true quack" because "he engaged in questionable medical procedures such as flectherizing, electropathy, and radium cures."
The Religious Movements home page
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~jkh8x/soc257/home.htm
From the main page, choose "Religious Group Profiles, Web Links & Info," then choose "Alphabetical Listing of Profile" pages. Contains photos of William Miller, Ellen G. White, James White, and Joseph Bates. Pictures are courtesy of the Adventist Pioneer Library. Also mentioned is the SDA Encyclopedia as a source of information. Gives brief history of the church and the Millerite movement. Also has current information on the church as well as additional web links.
Research Collections: The Millerites & Early Adventists, 1840-18780
http://www.umi.com/hp/Support/Research/Files/122.html
One full page description of the microform collection on this topic, including a brief summary of Millerism and Adventism. The microform collection is held by a number of SDA libraries, including Peterson Memorial Library at Walla Walla College.
History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Wales
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/John_Surridge/
Choose the first web link on the History of the SDA Church in Wales. Very brief.
SDA Church Home Page
http://news.adventist.org/main/
Currently contains an online video 150 Years: The Review at Battle Creek - March 27, 1999. Need to download a real time video plug-in.
Carolyn Gaskell is Library Director at Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington. This paper was presented at the Adventist Resources Section Pre-Session, ASDAL Nineteenth Annual Conference, Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, June 20, 1999. Updated June 28, 1999
What's Out There?
By John Kihlstrom
The thrill of discovery is what I love about being a school librarian. I enjoy nothing more than the opportunity to help Erica, our student pastor, use the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI) online to locate the Adventist Review article she just can't put her hand on; or to help Tom our history teacher access the State Department Human Rights Report for the countries we are representing during our Model United Nations Day; or to help Fran our math teacher discover lesson plans that relate to her field trip to the local corn field maze.
I thought I would share with you a few of my favorite library resource ideas which you most likely have already heard of in passing but may not be using on a regular basis.
Develop a library web site page to assist your students in accessing the Internet. My students use library web site every day. Take advantage of the web sites which our fellow college librarians have so graciously made available. For example, when Erica needed an article from the Adventist Review, she merely went to the Andrews University web site and clicked the SDAPI link. She found the citation within a short period of time and looked up the article in the printed edition of the Adventist Review in our collection. Don't forget the following CD-ROM's which my students use on a regular basis: Ellen G. White Writings and Words of the Pioneers.
I have also discovered that some of the databases previously inaccessible because of steep prices are now affordable either because the publisher has offered them on a small-school-discount, or they are now available at a special price negotiated by our state Department of Education and sometimes paid for by our state legislature. Examples of the former are SIRS on CD-ROM and the Electric Library. Examples of the latter are Britannica Online and ProQuest. Contact your state Department of Education to find out what resources are available through your tax dollars. You might be surprised.
Then there is LM_ Net, a discussion group open to school library media specialists worldwide. Over 10,000 school librarians can't be wrong. Some complain that almost 100 e-mail messages a day is overwhelming. I say, "Use your delete key." If I have a question concerning the operation of my library, I usually discover the answer just by "lurking." Otherwise, I go to the Archives or post a "target" question. Check it out at http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
Coordinated by Nancy Kim, Librarian at Redlands Junior Academy, Redlands, California. John Kihlstrom is Director of the Library/Media Center at Spring Valley Academy, Centerville, Ohio.
Wright, H. Norman. Relationships that Work (and Those that Don't). Ventura, CA: Gospel Light, 1998. 1 videocassette and 1 guide. 100 minutes.
Anyone considering marriage would benefit from the insights given by this video. With a relaxed, casual, at times humorous approach, Dr. H. Norman Wright, a well-known counselor, gives a Christian-based presentation to an interested audience. Wright uses Max Lucado's quotation "What matters most in life is not what ladders we climb or what ownings we accumulate. What matters most is a relationship." Wright states that a relationship is a mutual sharing of life between two people.
This 100-minute video is divided into four sessions. Highlights of Session 1 are Judith Sill's 3 rules for selecting a spouse: a) Is that person really available for marriage? b) What you see is what you get. c) How does this person make you feel about yourself? Wright recommends writing a time line of one's relationships, including what happened with each one.
Styles of dating are presented in Session 2. They are friendship, discipleship, missionary, Pharisee, Messiah, honeymoon, commit-a-phobic, love bucket, classified, and desperation. Mistakes can be made when dating that lead to disaster in marriage. Ask a potential mate deep, thoughtful questions to thoroughly know the person. Warning signs should be recognized, and one's identity should not be compromised. Building a relationship on sexual involvement should be shunned.
Research indicates that marriages based on physical attraction last three to five years. When romantic attraction is the basis, they last five to seven years. The "seven-year itch" is a real phenomenon, for when romantic attraction wanes there is nothing to keep the marriage going. Older people sometimes experience intellectual attraction, and they can be very selective. Friendship is the ideal basis on which to build a relationship. Six areas of compatibility are shown in a compatibility wheel. Emotional and spiritual compatibility are the most important, according to Wright. They outweigh the social, physical, recreational, and intellectual areas.
Gender, personality, and learning differences are explored in Session 3. This final session gives the viewer characteristics of a healthy relationship and pitfalls to avoid. The highest intimacy is sharing feelings. The big question is "Can you both connect on a feeling level?" If the answer is no, the couple should not marry.
This video gives an overview of the book by the same title. It can be used for individual study and as a ministry tool for large and small group leaders. I would recommend it to anyone interested in a relationship.
By Jess Oliver, Director of The Mary Jane Mitchell Multimedia Center at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Anthropologist Gary Wright of the State University of New York-Albany writes a very interesting description of the little town of Berrien Springs where he grew up in the 1950's. The author looks back on his childhood experiences and cunningly weaves through them a potpourri of important historical, geographical, socio-cultural facts as well as descriptions of the flora and fauna of the place. The reader can easily identify himself with the author as he describes himself running around the woods, fishing in the river, or running out of the house of his Adventist friend's house when vegetarian "choplets" were being cooked. Street names and some outstanding tombstones with the names of Kephart, Kimmel, Mars, Murdock, etc. become more meaningful particularly to Berrien Springs residents or to anyone who has visited this town.
Seventh-day Adventists (SDA's) and Battle Creek College (Emmanuel Missionary College) are mentioned. SDA's are described as "a law abiding and non-revolutionary sect." In the same chapter, he says "I think they were perceived by the townspeople as honest, scrupulous, and totally trustworthy in all areas." And though the SDA's were warmly welcomed when they arrived in 1901, they did not quite fit into the firmly established tradition of the town. They were socially marginal to the town and were eventually looked down upon. They dressed and spoke like the rest of the townspeople and yet they were considered a "persistent social enclave."
Photographs of James and Ellen White, Emmanuel Missionary College in the 1950's, and the 1839 [Berrien County] Courthouse which served as the church and school are included. Footnotes have been eliminated to make the text flow smoothly but a bibliography is provided at the end of the book. The index shows minor differences in page references for terms such as Adventists and Seventh-day Adventists. Emmanuel Missionary College is indexed but not Battle Creek College. "White, James and Ellen" is one entry.
There have been books published on Berrien County where there are references to Berrien Springs but Wright's book is the only book published about Berrien Springs. This is especially valuable as it gives the reader an idea of how the village viewed Andrews University as an SDA institution and the population that it came with.
By Cynthia Mae Helms, Head of the Department of Information Services at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
By Marilyn Crane
Benowitz, June Melby. Encyclopedia of American women and religion. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 1998. 466 p. ISBN: 0874368871. $75.00. Topics of interest to Seventh-day Adventists found in this work: Ellen White, Sojourner Truth, and temperance.
Brekus, Catherine A. Strangers & pilgrims: female preaching in America. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. 466 p. (Gender and American Culture series.) ISBN: 0807824410. Ellen White is mentioned in the chapter on the Millerites. Sojourner Truth is also mentioned.
Dysinger, P. William. Heaven's lifestyle today: health in the context of Revelation 14, a Biblical and modern science perspective. Silver Spring, MD: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Ministerial Association, 1997. 160 p. ISBN: 157847003X. $13.00. The author, who has medical and public health degrees, believes that Revelation gives a framework for teaching basic health principles for body and mind.
Harris, Clifford as told to Patrick Thomas Conwell. DeathDance: a true story of drug addiction and redemption. Grand Terrace, CA: Drug Alternative Program, 1999. 267 p. $15.00. ISBN: 0967045002. The author's redemption from drug addiction is told against the background of Seventh-day Adventist culture. He and his wife direct a drug recovery program in California. (Available from Drug Alternative Program, 11868 Arliss Drive, Grand Terrace, CA 92313.)
Knight, George R. Philosophy & education: an introduction in Christian perspective. Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1998. 3rd edition. 266 p. $18.00. ISBN: 1883925207. The author has added a chapter on post modernism and a section discussing critical pedagogy, multiculturalism, and feminism. He has also greatly expanded the material on the aims of Christian education as they relate to the role of the teacher and added a section on values education.
Numbers, Ronald L. Darwinism comes to America. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. 216 p. $40.00 ISBN: 0674193113. Some of the topics covered are: the impact of Darwinism on America including the early reaction before Sputnik, creationism in the 1990's, and the varieties of evolution and creationism. The author's intent is to dispel myths and misperceptions about Darwinism.
Religious and secular reform in America: ideas, beliefs, and social change. Edited by David K. Adams and Cornelis A. van Minnen. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1999. 273 p. $55.00. ISBN: 0814706851. The book gives the papers delivered at the Third Middleburg Conference of European Historians. . . Apr. 23-25, 1997. There is no index. Apparently Seventh-day Adventists are not mentioned but the book does give context to the North American religious world in which Seventh-day Adventism grew up.
Religious diversity and American religious history: studies in traditions and cultures. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1997. 305 p. $50.00. ISBN: 0820319171. William Miller, Seventh-day Adventists, Ellen White, and David Koresh are included in the chapter, "History, historians, and the historiography of indigenous sectarian religious movements in America" by Stephen J. Stein.
Note: This column lists titles published outside the major publishing houses of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Marilyn Crane is Special Collections Cataloger at Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.
A Bug's Life!
By Randy Butler
During our recent ASDAL conference in Montemorelos I had the opportunity to briefly address preservation issues. While I only touched on the topic of insects and other vermin, I did receive several requests for more information. So, I decided to use this column to share some additional information and hopefully bring some clarity to a problem frequently faced by all institutions.
A bug's life is focused on four primary elements: (1) water, (2) food, (3) reproduction, and (4) nesting and/or hibernation. Libraries potentially provide the perfect habitat for all needs of insects as well as four-legged vermin such as rats, mice, etc. Insects are drawn to libraries for example because they are usually air-conditioned in the summer. Sensing the coolness of the building, insects automatically associate the cool environment with water. They enter most buildings initially looking for the source of the coolness which they believe to be water. In Texas we are swarmed by crickets from late July through the first real frost. They enter our library looking initially for water, but all too often they find food and wonderful nesting areas. This is true in any building, especially if it is air-conditioned. While many species will hibernate or die off during the winter, others are attracted by the warmth of the building during the cold months. Nevertheless, they are still looking for water and other life sustaining elements.
Libraries are plagued by a number of different insects including ants, silverfish, carpet beetles, crickets, cockroaches, moths, termites, dust mites, spiders, and a whole host of other pests. These and many others often find libraries to be the ideal home. Workers and patrons leave food particles and wrappings lying around. They are attracted to the starches and proteins found in paper and binding materials. Many of the glues used today in bindings are still animal based by-products which provide all the nutrients that insects need. Leather bindings also provide proteins and salts needed by insects. Some insects like silverfish, book worms, and termites will not only eat the paper contents of a book but will also build elaborate nests in the gutters, between signatures of pages, or the spine and cover. Insects are adept at finding leaking pipes, drinking fountains that overflow, or leaking faucets for their source of water. Often insect infestations can be traced to the plumbing. Four-legged vermin like books mostly for nesting material. They may also eat paper pages for the gelatins used as glossy coatings or the starches and proteins contained within the fibers. Remember, paper is cellulose (usually wood-based) and all vermin will eat cellulose and use it for nesting.
Prevention is the best strategy for success. The following actions are essential for preventing and responding to insect invasion:
Response to a major infestation may also include fumigation of the entire building which can be very expensive. Individual or groups of materials can also be commercially fumigated. Be sure to air materials before returning to the shelf. Many museums and archival institutions used to fumigate in a chamber on the premises and would occasionally take in outside work. This option is however no longer available in the U.S. due to new Occupational Standards and Health Administration standards in the late 1980's. Very few institutions today operate there own fumigation chamber. While at Loma Linda and Northern Arizona University, I had small fumigation chambers constructed according to a commercial blueprint. These chambers used a low wattage bulb to vaporize Thymol crystals which then killed mold or insects. However, Thymol is a carcinogen and I do not recommend that it be used by anyone other than a trained conservator. I also placed materials in sealed plastic garbage bags with Thymol crystals, but I would not use this method today because of the health hazard.
There are other options. Paper materials (books not photos) can be frozen to kill most larvae and adult insects; however, many insects will revive during defrosting. Defrosting also risks moisturizing the materials. Although not a highly recommended method, I mention it in passing since you might hear of it when requesting help. The simplest and best option, short of commercial fumigation, is to use a Space Age organic and non-toxic product called Ageless. The key element of this treatment is an oxygen scavenger patented and produced by the Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company. Ageless packets, which come in various sizes, act by removing oxygen from a sealed EVOH package/envelope thereby depriving insects of oxygen. Stuffing an infested book with an Ageless packet inside a sealed EVOH envelope will cause the insects to dehydrate and die after 3-4 weeks. The envelopes are reusable but not the packets. Ageless will kill cockroaches while freezing will not.
EVOH barrier film envelopes and Ageless packets can be ordered by e-mail (keepsafe@interlog.com) from a Canadian source owned by Jerry Shiner.Please send your preservation questions to: Randy Butler, Southwestern Adventist University, 101 W. Magnolia St., Keene, TX 76059; e-mail butlerr@swau.edu.
Randy Butler is Library Director at Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, Texas.
Andrews University
Two Research Centers to Merge
The Ellen G. White Research Center and the Adventist Heritage Center on the Andrews University (AU) campus have agreed on a space merger within James White Library. For several years the two centers have lived close to each other on the lower floor of the library, but separate chains of command have been a barrier to any kind of merger.
The idea was born this past summer as the library struggled with the urgent need for additional space to house its expanding collections of books, periodicals, manuscripts, and archives. Discussions between the two center directors, William Fagal and James Ford, led to a proposal in which the two centers would share re-modeled space on the lower floor of the library. The proposal stops short of complete integration of functions and staff, but seeks to share common entrance and reception areas, reading room, exhibit area, and vault.
Although the merger proposal was driven by the space-needs issue, the directors of both centers see significant benefits in an integrated facility. Chief among these is improved service to Andrews students and faculty by having a single service point for all SDA research needs ("one-stop shopping"), a larger pool of staff to provide assistance, and extended hours for Adventist history research. Detailed plans for the necessary renovations are currently being developed.
Library Staff in Retreat
The entire faculty and staff of James White Library took a day to retreat from regular business on Thursday, September 16. Meeting in the Pioneer Memorial Church Commons, the group focused on the theme "A Library of Faith at the Threshold of the New Millennium."
Guest presenter for the morning session was Ray Doerksen, Library Director at Seattle Pacific University on the west coast. Coming from a background of library employment in both public and private universities in Canada and the United States, Doerksen has led in the development of a philosophy of Christian librarianship. In his presentation at Andrews, Doerksen challenged the library staff to go beyond "faith and integration" to "faith and life."
Afternoon sessions focused on future directions for James White Library. Using scenario visioning technique, the staff looked at how the library is doing now (what we are doing well, and what we are not), what they would like to see the library become by 2005, and how to get from here to there. The results of the discussions will be used in developing a new strategic plan for library services at Andrews.
Library Web Tutorial Nearly Finished
The Information Services Department of the James White Library is pleased to introduce a new web tutorial, The Library Primer. Developed by Sabrina Pusey, Instructional Services Librarian, The Library Primer is designed to help students, both on and off campus, learn how to search the library catalog, online databases, and the World Wide Web effectively and efficiently. It is made up of six lessons: (1) Computer Basics (2) Netscape Navigator (3) Library Catalog (4) Search Strategies (5) Online Databases (6) World Wide Web. Lessons 1-5 are ready to use and available on the James White Library home page: http://www.andrews.edu/library/. Lesson 6 is scheduled to be finished by December 1999.
New Librarians
James White Library welcomes two new librarians to its staff this year, both coming from outside North America. Marilyn Gane is Head of the Periodicals Department and Coordinator of Off-Campus Library Services. Until recently she was library director of the Sydney office of the Australian Taxation Department. Josip Mocnik from Croatia is Catalog Librarian. He has just completed a master's degree in librarianship at University College, London.
Keith Clouten* * *
Canadian University College
The return of students, increased enrollment, and excitement of fresh beginnings has brought new life and vibrancy to all areas of the campus, including the library. English 101 students, busily working on library research worksheets, are full of questions. New students, intimidated by their first assignments, cautiously approach the workstations. Returning students, confidently postponing course work, browse the Internet or a newspaper. All of these activities have strained our already bursting-at-the-rafters library to new levels.
NEOS consortium activity in books and articles has more than doubled over the past year. We received a grant from the government for an ARIEL station. When this is up and running, we anticipate a greater increase in article exchange. Carol Nicks, Assistant Librarian, is just now finishing up the last of our database cleanup project left over from the record transfer into the NEOS catalog. If you hear shouting from the north, you'll know it's us!
Another exciting development is The Alberta Library Card Program. With this card, our students and faculty may check out materials from any of the 200 libraries province-wide. The Alberta Library's licensing agreements have given us the privilege of increasing our full-text database offerings to include Electric Library Canada, Canadian Business and Current Affairs, and Britannica Online.
Joyce Van Scheik
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Columbia Union College
The Weis Library is pleased to announce that Donald Essex has joined the library faculty as Circulation Librarian. Essex is a graduate of Pacific Union College, where he was a library assistant at the Nelson Memorial Library, and of the University of Maryland, where he received his Master of Library Science in 1998. He was employed as a reference librarian at the U. S. Census Bureau Library from the time he graduated from the University of Maryland until he came to the Weis Library in June of this year. Don's wife, Joy, is the office manager in the Nursing Department at CUC.
Weis Library has retired four of its eight card catalogs after removing the cards for the items which are now in THEO, the online catalog, and compressing the remaining cards. This event was made possible by Lee Wisel, Stan Cottrell, and the student workers. They spent many hours on this project before the fall term started. Additional computer stations will be installed in the space made available by the departing card catalogs.
Margaret von Hake
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La Sierra University
Z39.50 Server Grant
The La Sierra University Library has received a $7,500 grant from the State Library of California to install the Z39.50 server module in the Library's automation system. The purpose of the grant program is to assist libraries in upgrading their systems in order to enhance the resource sharing activities and promote the idea of a virtual library in the state. Beyond permitting users from other libraries with Z39.50 clients to query the La Sierra online catalog, this upgrade will facilitate greater ease of use by campus users who employ bibliographic management software such as Endnote.
Personnel Changes
Media services and the Library and have been doubly handicapped by the resignations of Don and Chris Cicchetti. Don resigned to take a position as Director of Instructional Technology with Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Chris will seek employment in the area following the move. Don has been the architect of a well-developed media services program on campus that includes instructional support, campus event support, sound engineering, and video editing services among others. Chris has served as the Curriculum Resource Center and reference librarian for several years. Both will be missed. Due to budgetary limitations neither position will be filled immediately.
Maynard Lowry
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Loma Linda University
Our physical plant has been greatly improved. It seems like we have been recarpeting forever. The lobby was redone in December 1998. Since March, we have worked on the other floors. For the most part it was done on Fridays when we had fewer users and fewer hours open to the public. It also gave us the other four days to move the books from the bottom shelf in each section. Some walls also received paint. Others are still waiting for their turn. We even had a few of the study chairs reupholstered--a great improvement! Reupholstering the rest of the chairs will be the next project.
In October campus administration requested that for the next year, personnel at the Webb Memorial Library (University) and the Jesse Medical Library and Information Center (Medical Center) study ways of integrating services to better serve the campus constituency.
David Rios
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Southern Adventist University
Southern Adventist University (SAU) has joined the Tennessee Electronic Library Consortium, which just became active in October. Membership brings with it access to a number of Gale databases, including InfoTrak. The best part about this consortium is that there is no cost to Tennessee libraries -- the state has underwritten the costs!
Ann Greer and Peg Bennett attended the Adventist Virtual Learning Laboratory Conference and were glad to see Keith Clouten, Joel Lutes, and Margaret von Hake there. The group voted to create an Adventist University Distance Learning Consortium which would offer courses in cooperation with various of our institutions. For example, I understand AU and SAU will be cooperating in offering an MBA. There may be times when students from one of our institutions wish to take a course or two from another of our schools via distance education and naturally require library support. There was a wonderful spirit of cooperation exhibited among the attendees, which included administrators, K-20+ teachers, and librarians. The recommendation was that this consortium adopt a similar structure to ALICE as the attendees felt that our libraries had demonstrated the value of cooperation. In order to continue the libraries' leadership in this area, I hope we can all begin a planning process for our cooperation in distance learning so that we will not lag behind when the first courses are offered by the consortium.
Peg Bennett
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Southwestern Adventist University
The Library has undergone a number of changes this summer. Clinton Anderson retired July 1 after 14 years at SWAU. He is missed but keeping busy tending his livestock and garden on his ranch. He passed his Marc Record to Marsha Rasmussen who is now cataloging full-time. Judi Jones, wife of History Professor Steve Jones, was hired part-time as an Acquisitions Technician. While she does not have an MLS, she brings the experience of working in the Oklahoma University library system to our workplace.
The Library has also remodeled a former workroom into a new Technical Process (TP) work area. The former TP space will be occupied by Access Services, Periodicals (including duplicate exchange), and Field Services. A new office was also built for Sharon Wion, Coordinator of Periodicals, Reference, and Field Services, on the third floor (bound periodicals). A new reference counter which will be located at the library entrance will be built and installed this year.
The next major hurdle is to hire a full-time reference librarian. The University Administration has not approved a new hire, but the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools mandated a larger staff and attention to Library Instruction (LI). We plan to have an LI classroom ready by next summer but will still need a reference librarian to run the operation and reference services. The pressure is on the Administration to take action.
Our campus enrollment is up again this year. Fortunately, the Library has again received corresponding increases in its book, media, and periodical budgets. We are at present staying just above inflation costs. Our primary online databases continue to include FirstSearch, ABI/Inform, Encyclopedia Britannica, and CINAHL.
Randy Butler
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Membership Renewal
Please check the mailing label on this issue of ASDAL Action to be sure that your renewal has been received by the treasurer. If the mailing label reads "1999" your renewal has not been received and this will be your last issue of Action.
Please refer any questions to: Lee Marie Wisel, ASDAL Treasurer, Weis Library, Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD 20912. E-mail: lwisel@cuc.edu.
Lee Marie Wisel
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Women's Devotional
Check out the devotionals for Jan. 24, June 15, Aug. 20, Sept.3, and Oct. 17 in the women's devotional book for the year 2000. They were written by one of our own ASDAL members, Bessie Lobsien. The book, entitled In God's Garden, is edited by Ardis D. Stenbakken and Dorothy S. Watts. Proceeds of the women's devotional book go for women's scholarships.
Bessie Lobsien
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Seminary Librarians' Discussion List
Have you heard of the Philosophy, Religion, and Theology Librarians' Discussion list? PRT-LIBN is an e-mail forum for Philosophy, Religion, and Theology librarians and librarianship. It focuses on "the collection, storage, and dissemination of information within a library setting, regardless of format or type of library." Discussion may include "collection development, handling and weeding of materials, CD-ROM and online databases, user services, bibliographic instruction..." To subscribe, send e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU and write in the body of the letter SUBSCRIBE PRT-LIBN Your Real Name.
Bruce McClay
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The Lure of Development
Norma Greaves is the latest recruit into the world of fund raising. Greaves, until recently Director of Library Services at Caribbean Union College, Trinidad, has been appointed to be in charge of Development, Public Relations, and Alumni Relations at the same college.
Norma Greaves
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Muchas Gracias
The recent ASDAL conference provided a delightful and enriching experience to meet fellow Adventist librarians from across the Americas. In spite of the fact that I do not know a word of Spanish, I chose to drive my little Saturn from Ohio to Montemorelos. Whenever I got lost (which was often), whether it be on the back roads to Allende or in downtown Montemorelos, the citizens I met tried their best to be very helpful to a stranger like me. I would like to thank the Director and staff of the library at the Universidad de Montemorelos for their gracious hospitality during our ASDAL convention.
John Kihlstrom
Oakwood College
Reference Librarian
Qualifications: ALA-accredited Master of Library Science degree. Library knowledge for information retrieval. Ability to access information from print and electronic resources and catalogs. Communication skills for interpersonal relations. Ability to provide bibliographic instruction and research assistance; and network interlibrary loan service. Manage overall basic reference services.
To apply: Submit resume and references to Dr. Jannith Lewis, Director of Library Services, Oakwood College Library, 7000 Adventist Blvd., Huntsville, AL 35896; e-mail: jlewis@oakwood.edu.
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Walla Walla College
Branch Librarian, School of Nursing, Portland, OR.
Begins July 1, 2000
Manages all aspects of the branch library's operation and facility. Reports to the Director of Libraries. Also works closely with the Dean, School of Nursing.
Required: ALA-accredited Master of Library Science; computer information management, supervisory, and excellent interpersonal communication skills; experience with Internet-based information resources and INNOPAC automation system; ability to provide individual and group instruction and reference services; strong service orientation.
Desirable: experience in nursing, health care, or academic library; at least three years' supervisory and reference experience; knowledge of current and emerging multimedia and networking technologies.
Library Systems Technician
Half time with pro-rated paid and extended sick leave benefits. Begins as soon as possible. Possibility of working into full time.
Requires knowledge, expertise, and experience with networking and administering computers and various peripherals with a variety of operating systems including but not limited to Windows 95/98/NT and Unix. A working knowledge of the Internet and TCP/IP required. Knowledge of building databases, particularly of digital images desirable. Needs ability to create and maintain Web pages in various languages and applets (i.e. HTML and Java). Needs good organizational, interpersonal, and problem solving skills. Writing and editorial ability desirable. Knowledge of library processes and terminology helpful. Requires two years of college and/or several years of experience. Bachelor's degree preferred.
Responsible for maintaining library's network of servers, computers, printers, and other peripherals. In consultation with librarians, designs, upgrades and maintains web pages and Internet links that serve main and off-campus sites as well as distance education programs. Establishes and maintains access to web-based databases. Provides technical support to library staff.
Send applications to Carolyn Gaskell, Director of Libraries, Walla Walla College, College Place, WA 99324.
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Zaoski Adventist Seminary
Volunteer Cataloger
This seminary in Russia urgently needs a librarian with knowledge of the LC Classification to spend a minimum of three months at Zaoski, cataloging English language books. If a married couple is available, the spouse could assist with English language instruction. Zaoski will pay airfare and provide accommodation, meals, and incidental expenses.
For more information contact Keith Clouten at James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104; e-mail: clouten@andrews.edu.
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ASDAL OFFICERS, 1999-2000 President: Christina Cicchetti President-elect: Maynard Lowry, LSU Past President: Randall Butler, SWAU Secretary: Violet Maynard-Reid, WWC Treasurer: Lee Marie Wisel, CUC ASDAL Action Editor: Cynthia Mae Helms, AU For membership and other general information, write: ASDAL, Columbia Union College Library, 7600 Flower Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912. |
Editor: Cynthia Mae Helms Assistant Editor: Lauren Matacio Editorial Secretary: Ericca Erhard ASDAL Action is the official publication of the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians. Its purpose is to keep members abreast with the association's activities, the collection development projects and activities related to SDA materials, and the progress of SDA libraries throughout the world. It includes book reviews, bibliographies, and articles that keep SDA librarians up to date with the profession. It is published three times a year: fall, winter, and spring. Deadlines are Oct. 15, Jan. 15, and April 15. Subscription is part of the ASDAL membership fee. Non-members pay $10.00 per year. ASDAL WEB SITE: http://www.asdal.org/ |