26th Annual ASDAL Conference
"Twenty-five Years: Tradition and Change"
Sunday, June 18 - Sabbath, June 24, 2006
Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN, USA
Veteran Library Administrator Keith Clouten will be the keynote speaker for this anniversary conference. Born in Australia and educated in Australia and California, Keith Clouten has served the church as library director successively at Avondale College (1961-1979), Canadian Union College (1980-1993), and Andrews University (1993-2003). During a leave-of-absence from Avondale in 1968-1970, he worked part-time at Loma Linda University Library while completing his MLS at University of Southern California. Keith has traveled extensively and provided library consultations to institutions in Jamaica, Trinidad, Peru, India, Korea, Thailand, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, and Lebanon.
Keith has provided leadership to ASDAL over the years in many capacities. He has served as Chair and member of the Adventist Library Information Cooperative Council, The SDA Classification Advisory Committee, Advisor to the Ad Hoc Committee to Study Certification Curriculum for Paraprofessionals in SDA Libraries, the Ad Hoc Anniversary Committee, the Conference Planning committee, the SDA Periodical Index Publication Board as Chair, the Library Manual Committee and for many years, the Oversees Libraries Coordinator.
Keith and his wife Ngaire are now retired and living in Alberta, Canada. We look forward to what will surely be an informative, warm and lively keynote presentation, "Adaptation, ASDAL, Atrophy."
Tina Mason has been invited to provide a workshop in disaster preparedness. She has entitled it, "Disaster Preparedness & Recovery: Is Your Institution Ready?" She stated, "Cultural institutions are vulnerable to a variety of disasters, both natural and man-made. Knowledgeable staff and written plans for dealing with emergency situations can minimize damage and enhance the salvage effort. Participants will be provided with information on how to mitigate collection damage through advance planning and preparation."
Ms. Mason is the Manager of Preservation Services at the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET). She was promoted to manager in October 2005 after serving as the Preservation Field Services Officer, then the Preservation Education Officer for nearly 7 years. She received an MLIS and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining SOLINET, she spent a year working in the Book Conservation Lab of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. She lectures on a wide range of preservation topics and is active in the ALA, Preservation and Reformatting Section, the American Institute for Conservation, the Society of American Archivists, and the Society of Georgia Archivists.
Guest Speaker Harvey Brenneise http://www.msu.edu/user/harveyb/ has served ASDAL in many capacities including twice as ASDAL president. He is now Chair, Dept. of Research and Instruction (University of La Verne). His career path has led him to serve as Head Reference Librarian (Andrews University), Resources Development and Systems Librarian (Andrews University), Library Director (Michigan Public Health Institute), substitute Adult Services Librarian (Seattle Public Library), and Interim Librarian (Everett campus Curriculum Library, City University).
Harvey will close this 26th conference with a presentation that he has entitled, "The View from 25: Looking Back, Looking Forward." You won't want to miss this presentation!
Several guests have been invited to provide morning devotionals. In addition, we had a very excellent response to our call for proposals. It was very difficult to make final assignments. Please view this information in the preliminary program.
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