CHRISTIAN LIBRARIANSHIP: OCCUPATION, VOCATION, OR MINISTRY

25th ASDAL Annual Conference
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 11-16, 2005

By Linda Mack and Sabrina Riley

Come to Nebraska to sample mid-western hospitality and history as well as all the wonderful opportunities for professional fellowship and development that Adventist Librarians have come to depend on over the twenty-five years of ASDAL's existence. Union College has offered the use of their fine new conference center and a location convenient for travel from the General Conference session to be held the previous week in St. Louis, Missouri.

While this year's conference will not ignore new trends in technology, management styles, or other hot topics, we will focus on us: librarians as Christians and professionals. Leading our discussion will be keynote speaker Dr. George Summers, truly an inspiration, a leader in our profession, and mentor to many SDA Librarians. Other sessions and posters will be devoted to a variety of professional issues.

In this issue of ASDAL Action we provide a basic outline of conference activities, financial, travel, and lodging information, and the registration form. Please note the May 31 deadline for the lower registration fee. The Spring issue will carry more detail of the complete program. In addition regular updates will be posted to the conference website accessed from www.asdal.org.

Accommodations
(on campus)

Union College Guest Rooms Phone number for reservations: 1.402.486.2545 Rates range from $22 for dorm guestrooms (2 twin beds and private bath) to $40 (1 queen bed and private bath). Some suites are also available. Please note: reservation requests for on campus rooms must be made by April 7th.

Accommodations
(off campus—you will need a car)

Hampton Inn South
5922 Vandervoort Dr.
Lincoln, NE 68516
Phone number for reservations: 1.402.420.7800
Rates: $67.00 + tax (Specify that you are part of ASDAL or a guest of Union College to receive this rate.) A block of 20 rooms has been reserved for ASDAL. Reservations must be made by June 19th.

Other hotels within a reasonable distance:

Quality Suites
216 N. 48th St.
Lincoln, NE 68504
Phone number for reservations: 1.800.359.2522
Rates: $71.99-$109.99

Chase Suite Hotel
200 S. 68th Place
Lincoln, NE 68510
Phone number for reservations: 1.888.433.6183
Rates: unknown

Best Western Villager Courtyard & Gardens Hotel
5200 O St.
Lincoln, NE 68504
Phone number for reservations: 1.800.356.4321
Rates: unknown

Weather

July in Nebraska is similar to July in Michigan only hotter. It is humid (I understand that corn and irrigation systems are the source of this humidity), but not as humid as Florida. Expect temperatures in the 85-100°F range. Occasional rain is always a possibility, but usually doesn't last more than one day or part of a day, so you can almost always plan on sunny weather.

Tours

While we will spend time on the serious challenges that we face, in the time-honored way of ASDAL conferences, there will certainly be time for fun. Wednesday, July 13 will be the main tour day. We board our bus at 8 a.m. for a "Missouri River Valley Tour." Our first stop will be the Lewis & Clark Visitors Center in Nebraska City. This brand new facility overlooking the Missouri River opened in 2004 and is home to the reproduction keel boat and white pirogue featured in the IMAX production "Great Journey West." For a preview check www.mrb-lewisandclarkcenter.org/index.html.

Next we'll visit Arbor Day Farm and Arbor Lodge. This is the home of the Morton family who started Arbor Day as well as the official headquarters for Arbor Day. Activities include touring the mansion, walking the nature trails, climbing the Canopy Tree House, visiting the Lied Greenhouse, and shopping in unique gift shops. Lunch options include a box lunch pre-ordered on the registration form, you may purchase a lunch at the restaurant in the Lied Lodge & Conference Center or the pie garden connected with a gift shop, or bring a lunch. For more information on this stop:
http://www.arbordayfarm.org/treeadventure.html
http://www.nebraskacity.com/sites/alodge.html

Our third stop of the day will be a tour of Peru State College Library. http://www.hpcnet.org/peru/library. Following the library visit we will proceed to Brownville and our evening dinner cruise. Tour cost $60.

For those staying over Sabbath, be sure to sign up for "Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Tour." We will probably depart Lincoln at 2 PM and stay at the zoo until grounds close at 7 PM. A box supper from Union Market is included in the tour cost. The Zoo includes picnic areas. Tour cost $25.00.

For more information:
http://www.henrydoorlyzoo.com/.

Transportation

Union College is located in south Lincoln. The city of Lincoln is serviced by American Airlines, Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, Amtrak (train), and Greyhound Lines (bus). Omaha's Eppley Airfield is also within reasonable distance (approximately 1 hour driving time) and may be your arrival point of preference with its larger selections of airline services.

Ground Transportation to Lincoln Airport:
http://www.lincolnairport.com/

Ground Transportation Eppley Airfield (Omaha):

• Rental Cars:
  http://www.eppleyairfield.com/rentalcar/default.htm

• Shuttles from Omaha to Lincoln:
  

  • http://www.dashaboutshuttle.com/
    Phone: 1.800.720.3274 or 1.866.720.3274
  • http://www.eppleyexpress.com/
    Phone: 1.800.888.9793 or locally at 1.402.475.5465

Union College personnel will be happy to meet you at Lincoln Airport or other airport shuttle drop-off locations within the city of Lincoln. If you fly into Omaha, please arrange for a shuttle or rental car for the drive to Lincoln.

Driving directions to Union College may be found online at:
http://www.ucollege.edu/uscripts/public/template/
(In upper right hand corner of home page click on "Site Map," then click on D - Driving Directions)

Campus and area maps may be found at:
http://www.ucollege.edu/uscripts/public/template/
(In upper right hand corner of home page click on "Site Map," then go down and click on M - Maps)

Note for those working for North American Division institutions: NAD has a contract with AVIS for discount rentals which applies to any SDA institution/employee in NAD. Use corporate account #B501400 when making your reservation.

Preliminary Conference Schedule

Questions
If you have questions, contact Linda Mack, President-elect, (mack@andrews.edu); or Sabrina Riley, Onsite Coordinator, (sariley@ucollege.edu).

Call for Participation
If you act quickly there still may be room for your paper to be included in this year's conference. The theme "Christian Librarianship: Occupation, Vocation, or Ministry" encourages us to consider our role as Christian Librarians in a rapidly changing world. Branching out from the obvious, presenters might explore such aspects as: satisfying our institutions while retaining our calling, the rewards and responsibilities of faculty status, and whether our calling or occupation has changed or stayed the same. Proposals for sessions addressing other library issues of interest to SDA librarians will also be considered.

Send proposals to: Linda Mack at: mack@andrews.edu, or at the Music Materials Center Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104-0230. The Deadline for Presentation Proposals is February 15.

Posters
Our opening reception on Monday evening gives us a chance to display and discuss a number of poster presentations. Even if you can't attend the conference, you may present a proposal for a poster session that someone else may put up. Presenters or their representative must attend the opening session to explain and discuss the poster with attendees. To give us a chance to further peruse the material presented, the posters will remain on display throughout the conference.

Poster sessions have provided an effective forum for the exchange of information in the library community since introduced at the 1982 American Library Association Annual Conference. Graphs, diagrams, pictures, data, as well as limited narrative text is used to communicate information. Poster sessions may cover a wide range of professional interest including: research findings, innovative library projects, or solutions to problems. The material will be placed on bulletin boards 6' wide by 4' tall. Tables will be made available for handouts, business cards or sign-up sheets. An application is included with this issue of ASDAL Action. You may also acquire it at www.asdal.org or by e-mail from Linda Mack (mack@andrews.edu). The deadline for completed applications for Posters is April 12.

Adventist Resources Pre-Session Section Meeting
"Advancing Together"
July 11, 2005

By James Ford

Please plan to attend the upcoming Adventist Resources Section meeting the day prior to the start of the regular ASDAL Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska. We begin at 8:30 am on Monday, July 11. Briefly the program is as follows:

Merlin Burt, Andrews University, will talk about a developing trend of opening additional Ellen G. White Research Centers beyond the existing one per world division. One Center is already open and others are being discussed. What are some of the benefits and pitfalls of this development? What implications do these have on the collecting and use of Adventist materials?

Tony Zbaraschuk, La Sierra University, will present a new bibliography of SDA resources appropriate for heritage collections. This will be especially useful to those with small or developing SDA heritage collections. What are the key resources needed to be a useful heritage collection?

Michael Campbell, Loma Linda University, will coordinate a report on what happened at last summers meeting regarding strategic planning, cooperation, and coordination, and then move into a discussion of a proposed Adventist Digital Library. This has the possibility of being a seminal topic in our continuing development of electronic Adventist resources. Just how do we go about cooperating together and who will coordinate all of the activity. Come and be a part of this discussion.

If you plan to attend the General Conference Session you can enjoy the Mission Pageant on Sabbath, travel to Lincoln on Sunday, and participate in the Adventist Resources Section meeting on Monday.

Sounds like a plan. See you there!

If you have any questions, contact Jim at: fordjim@andrews.edu

School Library Section Conference Program
"Preparing Your Library / Media Center for the 21st Century"
July 14, 2005

By Wolfhard Touchard

If you have any questions contact Wolfhard at: touchard@andrews.edu

Post-Conference Session
"Communication: Key to Successful Library Leadership"

By Lauren Matacio

Whether selling the library's new strategic plan to campus administrators, creating an awareness of library resources in students and faculty members, or convincing library staff of the necessity of change, communication is a vital skill needed by library leaders. For this reason, "Communication: Key to Successful Library Leadership" has been chosen as the theme of ASDAL's Post-conference Workshop, Friday, July 15.

The workshop will include presentations on general topics such as servant leadership, multicultural communication, and conflict resolution, as well as tips and discussion about communicating with administrators, faculty and students, and library staff. Communication with administrators involves evaluation and assessment, strategic planning, understanding campus politics, and the ability to make oral and written presentations. Expertise in public relations, gaining faculty support, and library instruction are needed to communicate with students and faculty. Communication is also an important aspect of managing library staff. Some important topics in this area are selling change to staff, mentoring and developing library workers, and training and supervising staff and student workers.

The Post-conference workshop planning committee is looking for ASDAL members who would be willing to make short presentations on the above topics or serve as panel members. Sharing successful communication experiences will benefit all. Contact any of the following committee members if you wish to participate in this way: Lauren Matacio (matacio@andrews.edu), Annette Melgosa (amelgosa@aiias.edu), Sabrina Riley (sariley@UCollege.edu).

The workshop is open to all ASDAL attendees, but will be especially geared to international librarians. Please indicate your desire to attend on the ASDAL registration form.

CANDIDATES FOR THE NEXT SET OF OFFICERS

By Cynthia Mae Helms

As specified in the ASDAL Bylaws, Article IV, Section 8, the ASDAL Nominating Committee presents to you the candidates for the upcoming elections. Please take the time to know your candidates so that you can vote wisely. Be sure to complete your ballot as soon as you receive it and mail it in a timely manner so that it gets to the president by May 1.

President Elect (one-year term followed by one-year term as president)

Lauren Matacio

Current employment: Instruction Librarian, Andrews University
ASDAL positions held: ASDAL Action Editor, 2000-2004
Involvement in other professional organizations: member of Michigan Library Association, including Intellectual Freedom Committee, Technical Services Roundtable Board, Young Adult Division "Best Books for Young Adults" Committee; member of Southwest Michigan Library Cooperative and its Council, Multitype Library Committee, Board, and Budget Committee. Served also as SMLC treasurer and chair of the Multitype Library Committee.

Ruth Swan

Current employment: Associate Director of Libraries, Florida A & M University
ASDAL positions held: member of Nominating Committee (1999-2000, 2003-2004), Ad Hoc Committee on Distance Education, and Site Planning Committee (2000-2003)
Involvement in other professional organizations: member of Panhandle Library Access Network Nominating Committee (2002-2003) and Panhandle Library Access Network Board of Directors (2002-2005)

Constitution and Bylaws Committee (three-year term, 2005-2008)

Morris Iheanacho

Current employment: Catalog Librarian, Oakwood College
ASDAL positions held: member of Scholarship and Awards Committee, Classification Advisory Committee, and Nominating Committee
Involvement in other professional organizations: member of American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, and Library Resources and Technical Services

Tony Zbaraschuk

Current employment: Special Collections Librarian, La Sierra University
ASDAL positions held: member of Adventist Resources Section
Involvement in other professional organizations: member of American Library Association and Society of California Archivists

Scholarship and Awards Committee (three-year term, 2005-2008)

Ann Greer

Current employment: Distance Education Librarian, Southern Adventist University
ASDAL positions held: member of Distance Education Taskforce and Nominating Committee, coordinator for Distance Education

Johanna McClay

Current employment: Reference Librarian, Bismarck State College
Involvement in other professional organizations: member of New Members Round Table Grassroots Committee of North Dakota Library Association (2003), American Library Association, and Mountain Plains Library Association

SDA Classification Advisory (three-year term, 2005-2008)

Stan Cottrell

Current employment: Technical Services Librarian, Southern Adventist University
ASDAL positions held: Web site coordinator, member of Nominating Committee (1997-1998) and SDA Classification Advisory Committee
Involvement in other professional organizations: member of American Library Association and Association of College and Research Libraries

Felipe Tan

Current employment: Library Director, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies
Involvement in other professional organizations: founding member of Philippine Theological Library Association and served as one of its officers

Site Planning Committee (three-year term, 2005-2008)

Ralph Köhler

Current employment: Library Director, Friedensau Adventist University
ASDAL positions held: member of Site Planning Committee (2001-2004), Adventist Resources Working Committee (2000-2003), Nominating Committee (1999-2000), Adventist Library Information Cooperative Council since 2000-2001; general coordinator of ASDAL Europe chapter 2003-
Involvement in other professional organizations: board member of DBV Sachsen-Anhalt (German Library Association, section state of Saxonia-Anhalt) and Berufsverbant Information Bibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt (Professional Association of Information and Librarianship, section state Saxonia-Anhalt)

DeForest Nesmith

Current employment: Public Services Librarian, Union College
ASDAL positions held: member of Resolutions Committee twice
Involvement in other professional organizations: member of American Library Association and Capitol City Reference Professionals, presented at Nebraska Library Association and at Nebraska College and University Library section, secretary of Lincoln Library Association and Lincoln Health Science Library Association

Statistics Committee (three year term, 2005-2008)

Jim Ford

Current employment: Associate Director, Center for Adventist Research, Andrews University
ASDAL positions held: chair, secretary, and member of Adventist Resources Section; managing editor of SDA Periodical Index; secretary of SDA Periodical Index Board

Adu Worku

Current employment: Library Director, Pacific Union College
ASDAL positions held: president-elect, president, member of SDA Periodical Index Board
Involvement in other professional organizations: member of California Statewide Electronic Consortium

Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index Board (five-year term, 2005-2010)

Paulette McLean Johnson

Current employment: Library Director, Oakwood College
ASDAL positions held: president-elect; president; member of Scholarship and Awards Committee, School Library Section, Executive Committee; publicity coordinator; co-chair of School Librarians' Task Force
Involvement in other professional organizations: member of American Library Association and Network of Alabama Academic Libraries

Sabrina Riley

Current employment: Library Director, Union College
ASDAL positions held: member of Andrews University Local Arrangements Committee for the 2000 ASDAL conference
Involvement in other professional organizations: collaborated with other librarians in the Michigan Colleges Foundation as a secondary developer for an online information literacy tutorial

As chair of the Nominating Committee, I wish to thank the following members of the Nominating Committee for their part in preparing the list of candidates: Ann Greer of Southern Adventist University, Elizabeth Mosby of Oakwood College, Marsha Rasmussen of Southwestern Adventist University, and Deanna Stevens of Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences. I also wish to thank those of you who filled out the nomination forms distributed at the last ASDAL Conference because they were a big help in getting this job done. A great big thank you to the candidates for their willingness to run for office.

Note: Biographical notes provided by the individuals.

Cynthia Mae Helms, Chair of the ASDAL Nominating Committee, is Head, Dept. of Information Services at James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan (helmsc@andrews.edu)

FRESHMAN LIBRARY ORIENTATION IS SUPREME

By Lauren Matacio

For the first time in many years, the James White Library was a required stop during Andrews University's (AU) Fall 2004 Freshman Orientation Week. Over 230 freshman and new students visited the library on "College Success Day" in groups of 25 to 30. Students pre-registered for a 30 minute slot between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Each library orientation session was divided between a tour of the building and an introduction to the library Web site and catalog in the Instruction Lab.

The "Supreme Library Experience," as it was called by AU Student Success director, Karen Tilstra, was coordinated by the Library Instruction Committee, at Tilstra's invitation. Staff members from many library departments participated by conducting tours, demonstrating the library catalog, distributing library brochures and souvenirs, stamping the students' participation cards, baking cookies, and serving refreshments. The library orientation day was busy but successful for students and library staff. In the words of one freshman, "It wasn't so bad!!"

Lauren Matacio is Instruction Librarian at James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan (matacio@andrews.edu)

MARGARETE HILTS' GENEROUS GIFT

By Bruce McClay

Margarete Hilts passed away on May 11, 2004 (see obituary below). Just before Christmas, I received a copy of her will along with a letter from the legal firm representing Randall Bishop, one of the beneficiaries and the nominated executor. Those privileged to know Margarete, know how much she loved and supported Adventist libraries and librarians. This love and support was reflected in her will. Here is a statement from her will:

"General Pecuniary Gift to Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians. I give a pecuniary gift of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians. I request the Association use this gift to establish a scholarship fund to be named after my beloved husband, D. Glenn Hilts. The purpose of the fund is to generate sufficient income only without invading the principal of the fund, to provide an annual scholarship award to a graduate student enrolled in an ALA accredited program of library science. The determination of the annual recipient of this scholarship gift will be made in the discretion and on the terms and conditions as established by the acting scholarship award committee of the Association established for the purpose of determining those students who are qualified and deserving to receive such award."

Margarete Hilts also stipulated, under the Disposition of Residue portion of her will, that one (1) share was to go to Union College to establish an endowment fund to help support the Union College Library. It is clear that Margarete Hilts loved Adventist libraries and librarians and was willing to back up that love with practical support. I wish that there was some way that we could thank Margarete for her generosity, but she is gone. I know that I have thought for some time about giving a gift to the D. Glenn Hilts Scholarship, but it takes a long time when money is involved for the thought to move into action. I think that it is time to quit thinking and do something. So, I invite you to join me in making a contribution to the scholarship fund as a "thank you" to Margarete. Gifts should be made payable to the D. Glenn Hilts Scholarship and sent to The Community Foundation, 3800 Orange St, Suite 230, Riverside, CA 92501. Be a part of Margarete's generosity!

Bruce McClay, ASDAL President, Associate Librarian, School of Nursing Library, Walla Walla College, Portland, OR (mcclbr@wwc.edu)

Obituary

Margarete Louise (Ambs) Hilts (BA '35) died on May 11, 2004, in Riverside, Calif., following a brief illness subsequent to a fall. She was born December 4, 1912, in Otsego, Mich.

A faculty member at La Sierra College for more than 50 years, teaching in the department of modern languages, Hilts was among the first faculty members at the college to earn a doctor of philosophy degree. She received her doctorate from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Hilts was married to the late D. Glenn Hilts, who was the first Seventh-day Adventist to acquire a professional library degree, and who served as librarian of La Sierra College until his retirement in 1973.

Margarete's father, Karl Ambs, (Dip '28), was the long-time business administrator of Emmanuel Missionary College and La Sierra College. The mathematics and computing building at La Sierra is named in his honor.

All who knew her remember Margarete's charm and graciousness, her sense of humor, and her love and mentoring of students.

(Used by permission of Focus: the Andrews University Magazine, Summer 2004, Volume 40, no. 3)

SPECIAL LIBRARY COLLECTIONS: ARCHITECTURE RESOURCE CENTER

By Kathleen Demsky

The Architecture Resource Center (ARC), a branch of James White Library, Andrews University, provides the Division of Architecture with resources for the study and research of architecture. It also supports other campus disciplines such as facility planning, educational and church architecture, environmental psychology, behavioral science, and the social sciences. The collection is of a broad scope with an academic focus in architecture and design. The ARC currently holds a collection of over 25,000 books and 90 periodical titles. The ARC is also home to a special and growing collection of materials on environmental design research which is recognized by an international audience.

Since 1987, the ARC has developed a special relationship with the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) and has become the official repository for worldwide publications. The purpose of this collection is to advance the art and science of environmental design, to improve understanding of the interrelationships between people and the built environment and to create environments responsive to human needs. The interdisciplinary collection holds books, trade journals, EDRA proceedings, documents, technical papers, and multimedia materials supporting research in the disciplines of environment and behavior. The collection has been developed over the past 36 years and will continue to expand, existing as the most comprehensive assemblage in the world!

The ARC's collection is augmented yearly from the EDRA book display held at the annual EDRA conference. Each year this collection grows by 400-500 books and videos, valued at approximately $28-30,000. The annual bibliographies are also maintained on the ARC website (http://www.andrews.edu/ARCH/arc/).

The birth of this new and emerging discipline of Environmental Design Research, or as it sometimes referred to, Environment Behavior Studies, had its roots in the early 1960's when visionaries in the field of architecture and design began to develop a new school of thought. These professionals sought an interdisciplinary forum in order to facilitate a multi-disciplinary group of individuals for the purpose of integrating research methods. Within academic circles of that era, specialization in fields of study had become increasingly sub-divided, therefore, there was little cross-disciplinary communication between the sciences. At this time, a few designers came to realize that both their traditional problem-solving and the knowledge of the man-environment system was highly inadequate (Sanoff and Cohn 1969, v-vii). For this reason, design professionals teamed up with scholars from behavioral science, psychology, anthropology, and medicine, and other fields of study with a common denominator, the study of man.

From these beginnings an organization was born which today is known as the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). At the present time EDRA is an international, interdisciplinary organization with some 2500 members.

The goal of EDRA has been to bring together designers and scientists, who have the commitment and ability for synthesizing concepts, and to encourage research beyond the boundaries of their own fields of study. Through the generations of EDRA there has been an evolution of growth, those theoretical mavericks, if you will, whose position is startling to some members of the first generation who only sought to apply some of the technology of their discipline to new conceptual problem areas (Pequegnat 1988).

The essence of EDRA is to advance the art and science of environmental design research, to improve understanding of the interrelationships between people and their built environment with the natural surroundings, and to help create environments responsive to human needs. EDRA also provides many opportunities for the exchange of ideas.

An annual conference is hosted each spring by a different University. (Scotland, Mexico, Canada, U.S.A., etc.) Attendance is international, culturally diverse, and multi-disciplinary amongst the sciences and humanities. Cross-disciplinary discussions and research are ongoing through publications, electronic discussion groups, and personal communication, but the culmination takes place each year in the electric and passionate atmosphere of the annual conference.

Researchers also travel to Andrews University for the purpose of research and are always impressed with the depth of the collection. They are pleased to find all the resources they require gathered together in one place. We receive calls from various organizations (including NASA) and researchers because much of our materials are one of a kind and are housed only in the ARC. There is a constant stream of inter-library-loan requests for these items.

The director, along with several student assistants, has developed an extensive method by which books and materials are requested using a data base of over one thousand publishers which has been carefully constructed and maintained by ARC personnel over the years. Publishers respond by sending sample copies of materials which are then processed and prepared for transportation to the annual conference site.

The ARC has received awards, and accolades from the EDRA organization recognizing the significant contribution to the advancement of EDRA's goals. It is said by the membership that the "Book Display" (provided by Andrews University) is the heart of the annual conference. The director also organizes a book auction which provides scholarships for students in the field of study. Other schools of architecture envy our relationship with EDRA and our special collection. It is a privilege for us at Andrews University James White Library to house such an extensive source of original materials. The ARC is a bridge that connects students, researchers, and professionals of various disciplines to the study of human behavior design.

Kathleen Demsky is Director, Architecture Resource Center, James White Library, Andrews University (demskyk@andrews.edu)

BIBLE AND BIBLE STUDY GUIDES:
e-Bookmarks & Internet Resources, a comprehensive reference collection

By Wolfhard Touchard

Below you will find an entire Bible Study Internet Reference Library. Included are scriptures in over 240 languages; most of which are downloadable and printable. I consider this to be one of the richest blessings I've ever received in doing my work.

Muslims, Buddhists, and a multitude of others can now study the Bible in their own language, in their homes, and in privacy—what a find!

http://www.andrews.edu/library/RefDesk/guides/rel-l.html provides access to:

• Bible Atlases & Maps; Maps for Bible Study
• Bible Commentaries - 40+
• Bible Concordances - 2
• Bible Dictionaries - 8
• Bible Encyclopedias - 8
• Bible Lexicons - 4 (needs special software for Greek & Hebrew)
• Sermon Outlines
• Bible Time Lines - a Gateway
• Bible Topical Index - 1
• Bible Translations - over 240 (parts or entire Bible)

Wolfhard Touchard, Reference and Database Librarian, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI (touchard@andrews.edu)

FROM A DISTANCE . . .

By Ann Greer

Christian Librarians: Spirituality as Their Strength

The restructuring of higher education in the 1990s dictated major changes in the practice of librarianship. Technology and the World Wide Web placed demands on librarians to complement their parent organizations' online learning curricula with electronic library support. Friess (2002) summarized these innovations as the saving grace for librarians that fueled increases in library use. Not only have remote learners accessed full-text books, journal articles, and streaming media but on-campus learners boast of online research assistance even when the library building is in full view of their dorm rooms. Christian librarians of the denomination have definitely pushed at the frontiers of the new digitized environment as the world marketplace demands lifelong learners. Both campus and off-campus librarians are on equal footing as they have developed the ability to interpret user requirements without direct face-to-face contact, as well as the ability to direct users to resources without having shelves of physical objects to browse. It seems that their human skills of visioning with a commitment and their enthusiasm translate to faith-based endeavors with spirituality as their strength (Collins, 2004).

From a few online Christian free resources fifteen years ago to millions of pages of hypertext, this "From A Distance" column looks back and chronicles several noteworthy Christian web-sites for book-marking or adding to your distance learning library collection:

Adventist Resources on the Web, Carolyn Gaskell, Library Director, Peterson Memorial Library, Walla Walla College
http://www.asdal.org/sdare/arsweb.html

Seventh-day Adventist Resources, Tony Zbaraschuk, Heritage Room Librarian, La Sierra University
http://www.lasierra.edu/library/onlinedb_enc/SDA_resources/

Other Seventh-day Adventist Resources, Stan Cottrell, ASDAL Website Coordinator,
http://www.asdal.org/sdare/index.html

Journal of Adventist Education
http://education.gc.adventist.org/jae/guidelines.htm

Annette Melgosa, Associate Library Director, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, Philippines, is the coordinator for the December 2004/January 2005 special issue on libraries. She invites readers to explore "the library's role in disseminating Christian values and supporting the philosophy and mission of the school." Association of Christian Librarians (ACL), The Christian Librarian, encourages writing and publishing. Issues include the Christian interpretation of librarianship, theory and practice of library science, bibliographic essays, reviews, and human interest articles relating to books and libraries.
http://www.acl.org/

A Guide to Christian Resources on the Internet, including Christian Colleges & Universities, Indexes, Guides, and Subject Trees
http://iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-resources.html

Christian Corps International Libraries. Online books: natural, exegetical, historic, systematic, and practical theologies.
http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/library.htm

List of Journals (Fulltext & Free) Supporting Academic Research

Biblica
http://www.bsw.org/project/biblica/

Christian Ethics Today
http://www.christianethicstoday.com/Key_Word_Search.htm

Christianity Today
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/main/archives.html

Discernment (applied Christian Ethics)
http://www.wheaton.edu/CACE/resources/discernment.htm

Journal for Christian Theological Research
http://home.apu.edu/~CTRF/jctr.html

Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
http://www.jcrt.org/archives/

Journal of Applied Missiology
http://www.bible.acu.edu/missions/page.asp?ID=272

Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/articles7.html

Journal of Religion & Society
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/toc/Archive.html

Journal of Southern Religion
http://jsr.fsu.edu/

Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry
http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/maa_journal/

Princeton Review (1831-1882)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/browse.journals/prin.html

Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies
http://www.jewish-studies.org/English/fset.html

Quodlibet: Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy
http://www.quodlibet.net/archive/

The Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1960-1969.html

Theology Today
http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/search/index-browse.htm

Women in Judaism
http://www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism/

Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft May use AGoogle@ translate feature
http://www.degruyter.de/rs/261_5248_DEU_h.htm

References

Collins, W.L. (Fall, 2004). A personal reflection on long distance secondary caregiving: Spirituality as a strength. Social Work & Christianity: Journal of the North American Association of Christians in Social Work, 31 (3), 295-303.

Friess, S. (2002, July 25). The Web didn't kill libraries. It's the new draw. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved January 06, 2005, from the World Wide Web: http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0725/p02s02-ussc.html

Ann Greer is Distance Education Librarian at McKee Library, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee. Submissions for "From A Distance" may be sent to atgreer@southern.edu.

ADVENTIST RESOURCES COLUMN

By Marilyn Crane

Amazing facts book of Bible answers. Volume 1. Roseville, Calif.: Amazing Facts, Inc., 2004. 128 p. ISBN: 1580191762. The book is based on answers given by Pastor Batchelor to questions answered during his live radio call-in show, Bible Answers Live.

Barrett, Mary. A little book of prayers for parents. Grantham, England: Autumn House, 2004. 125 p. ISBN: 1903921155. $5.00. Each page contains a scriptural verse accompanied by a short prayer.

Rodrigues de Oliveira, Juarez. Chronological studies related to Daniel 8:14 and 9:24-27. Engenheiro Coelho, Brazil: Imprensa Universitaria Adventista, 2004. 205 p. ISBN: 8589504069. An interdisciplinary approach — exegetical, historical, and astronomical — to the study of two key scriptural passages dealing with prophetic time from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective.

Union College — light upon the hill. Lincoln, Nebr.: Union College Alumni Association, 2004. 208 p. ISBN: 1886626065. This title is an illustrated history of Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. It contains brief biographies of its presidents, a section on important dates and memorable events, and an index.

White, Ellen Gould Harmon. Passion of the ages. Earlton, NY: Homeward Publishing, 2004. 151 p. ISBN: 093880507. The book, created in response to the motion picture, Passion of the Christ, contains the final fourteen chapters from the book, Desire of Ages, describing Christ's suffering at Calvary.

The word of God for the people of God: a tribute to the ministry of Jack J. Blanco. Edited by Ron du Preez, Phillip Samaan, and Ron Clouzet. Collegedale, Tenn.: School of Religion, Southern Adventist University, 2004. 647 p. ISBN: 0970765177. "The content of this book seeks to highlight God's Word for His people in honor of Jack J. Blanco, . . . a long time religion professor, pastor, and missionary for God's cause . . ."

Marilyn Crane is Special Collections Cataloger at Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California (mcrane@llu.edu).

BYTES AND BITS

Andrews University

Larry Onsager

The focus of the library over the past 18 months has been:

• the promotion of information literacy on campus
• the continued development of the infrastructure necessary to support the increasing variety of electronic resources in the collection
• support and storage for the print collection and
• the need for upgrading student and faculty study space

All of which fall within the library's strategic plan, "Direction; Charting a Course Amid Change," created in the year 2002 and the University's Legacy of Leadership, fund raising campaign, which was unveiled in 2004.

Plans have been developed to consider the whole library as an "information commons." In keeping with this concept the library instruction lab was upgraded with 8 additional computers (16 total) and reconfigured desks last fiscal year. This year 6 additional public access computers have been added to Information Services (23 total), 5 additional public access computers have been added to Multimedia Services (10 total), and 2 additional public access computers have been added in Periodicals (4 total). These computers will provide a one stop shop for students enabling them to conduct their research and prepare papers and presentations using the Microsoft office products.

The library has begun collaborating with Student Success during freshman orientation week to introduce the students to the library as well as continuing to promote the library through the annual library fair each September.

In 2005, the James White Library is planning to join MeLCat, a statewide catalog, interlibrary loan, and delivery service, sponsored by the Library of Michigan. The Library of Michigan has a contract with Innovative Interfaces Inc. to develop MeLCat. The Michigan Library Consortium has a contract with the Library of Michigan to oversee MeLCat implementation. When this project is complete, our students and faculty will have access to 39 million items in 400 plus libraries.

The Innovative Interfaces automation system is being upgraded to the Millennium system, one module at a time. The circulation and cataloging modules have been implemented. The serials module is on order. Plans call for the acquisitions module to be purchased next fiscal year. At that point, we will have the basic modules needed to be called a Millennium site.

The Library has used the Serials Solutions Journal management system since 2002. JWL includes both print and electronic journals in its Periodicals A to Z list and has recently added the Article Linker service which links from any database to full-text articles in one or more other databases to which the library subscribes.

In November 2003, the Adventist Heritage Center and the E. G. White Estate Branch Office were administratively integrated to form the Center for Adventist Research (CAR). CAR is administered by Dr. Merlin Burt and Jim Ford, as director and associate director of the new center. With an integrated mission, the new Center is positioned to be of greater service to the Church.

The Adventist Heritage periodicals task force which includes staff from bibliographic services, periodicals and CAR is collaborating on a project to fully catalog the approximately 3,000 Adventist periodicals in our collection.

Severe space needs within the library have lead to:

• investigating the possibility of off-site storage space for periodicals that are duplicated by electronic collections.
• the purchase of electronic journal collections such as the American Chemical Society Digital Library and Oxford Journals Online.
• plans for compact shelving and an automated retrieval system.
• plans for renovating and reconfiguring the present library space to include additional doctoral and faculty research facilities, an expansion of group study spaces and other resources for undergraduate students.

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Andrews University–Center for Adventist Research

Merlin Burt

The Center for Adventist Research (CAR) at Andrews University has been very active during this last year. Jim Ford has nearly completed the integration of the White Estate library with the rest of the CAR collection. The records will continue to indicate that they are White Estate books but are now physically located with other volumes in the stacks.

On December 15, 2004, the Review and Herald donated to CAR the rare materials from their editorial library. Jim Ford and I packed up approximately 2,500 volumes and brought them to Andrews in a truck. We are in the midst of accessioning them. The collection will remain distinct as a legacy of the Review and Herald. The publishing house is to be commended for thinking of how this collection can be most effectively used by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I believe I am correct that this is the most significant transfer of early Millerite and Adventist materials since Potomac University was moved to the newly formed Andrews University some 45 years ago. The president of Andrews University is planning a dedication service for the collection in connection with the next board meeting on March 5, 2005. We appreciate the extra support that the University is providing to make sure that these significant materials are rapidly processed and made available to researchers at the Center.

We also received a donation from Judy Blodgett of her late husband Ralph Blodgett's Ellen G. White materials. Ralph spent much of his adult life collecting almost every publication by Ellen White. We were also delighted that from this collection the main office of the Ellen G. White Estate at the General Conference was able to complete its collection of original Testimonies to the Church by Ellen White.

Many things are planned for this semester and the rest of the year. I will only mention a few. Besides the Review and Herald project, we are planning to republish our copy of William Foy's 1845 tract describing his visions. This is the first in a series of smaller heritage treasures held at CAR. We hope in the future to publish other significant though not generally available tracts, books, and manuscripts. We hope, later this year, to publish either the Hiram Edson manuscript fragment or an original manuscript we have from Isaac Newton. Another planned activity is our first annual "Ellen White and Current Issues" Symposium scheduled for April 4, 2005, to be held in the Seminary Chapel. We also plan for a Seminary Adventist history study tour in August 2005.

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Loma Linda

Marilyn Crane

Jerry Daly, who has been the Library Director at Loma Linda University for the past several years, has resigned to become the Assistant Vice-president for Global Outreach for LLUAHSC (Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center). Carlene Drake, who was the Associate Library Director is now Acting Library Director.

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Walla Walla

Bruce McClay

I would like to thank everyone for their prayers and expressions of concern during my recent illness and surgery. I am praising God that he guided the doctors! I am now on a slow road to recovery and regaining my energy (I didn't expect them to remove so much of that)!