Partnering through Mentorship, Leadership, and Research

Arrivals, Check in at Lamson Hall (if you booked for campus lodging), Purchase meal cards from Dining Services

Dining Service Hours:
7:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Breakfast
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Deli & Salad Only
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Dinner

Morning Services at Pioneer Memorial Church

There are other churches in the area with slightly different schedules

Half-Day Tour to Battle Creek

Coordinators: Merlin Burt and Jim Ford
Tour Guide: Jim Nix

Welcome to ASDAL and Andrews University

• Carlene Drake, ASDAL President
• Cynthia Mae Helms, ASDAL Onsite Coordinator
• Dr. Neils-Erik Andreasen, Andrews University President

Devotional

Jim Nix, Director, Ellen G. White Estate

Welcome and Introduction

Josip Mocnik, ASDAL President-Elect/Conference Chair

Keynote Speech — "Pass it On": Mentoring via the College Library Directors' Mentoring Program

Dr. Larry Hardesty, Director, College Library Directors' Mentor Program

Response — Panel

• Josip Mocnik (Moderator), Library Director, Southern Adventist University
• Cristina Thomsen, Library Director, Southwestern Adventist University
• Margaret von Hake, Retired/Former Library Director, Columbia Union College
• Lee Marie Wisel, Library Director, Columbia Union College

Question and Answer Session

Library Anxiety and ICT Literacy: A Foundation for Mentoring Students in the Academic Library

Terry Robertson, Seminary Librarian, Andrews University;
Lauren Matacio, Instruction Librarian, Andrews University

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Library instruction has changed significantly over the last ten years with respect to the tools used to find sources. Using two different instruments, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy test recently published by the Educational Testing Service, and a modified Library Anxiety Scale, this research project worked with University students to discover if there is a correlation between library anxiety and information literacy. The results inform the focus of library instruction in a changing environment.

Announcements
Devotional

Darius Jankiewicz, Associate Professor of Theology, Andrews University

Determining our Worth: The Value of Libraries

Carlene Drake, Library Director, Loma Linda University

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As budgets decline and campus resources become scarce, it is increasingly important to market the worth of our libraries to our institutions. If the services we provide are not perceived as valuable to the institution and its mission, it will be more difficult to obtain our portion of the limited campus funds. It can be helpful in making a case to our campus administrators to look to the business world for methods of assessing our worth. Terms like return on investment, cost benefit analysis, and valuation studies will be discussed in the context of libraries. Strategies and ideas for marketing library services and collections to the campus community will be discussed.

Percieved Influence of Academic Qualifications, Gender, Religious Affiliation, and Ethnic Sentiment on Mentoring Practices among Librarians in Selected University Libraries in Nigeria

Yacob Haliso, Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Information Resources Management, Babcock University;
Uloma Onuoha, Lecturer II, Department of Information Resources Management, Babcock University

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Mentoring enhances an individual worker's development and the organization's growth, yet libraries and other organizations in Nigeria still find it very difficult to develop or even adopt formal mentoring programs that support staff development. This has led to the underutilization of existing workers who would otherwise have been more productive had they been properly mentored. It appears that religious affiliation, academic qualification, tribal sentiment, and gender difference are strong factors that militate against mentorship. The study uses the descriptive research design with questionnaire as the collection tool and the census as the sampling technique. The expected outcome (which is ongoing) is to enlighten and encourage policy makers and administrators to come up with a blue print for formulating mentoring programs.

Finding Free Online Adventist Books: Where Are They?

Warren Johns, Cataloger, Loma Linda University

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With the computerization of collections and the offering of more and more distance education degrees, including ministerial degrees, Adventist librarians need to think creatively about making available online materials, such as e-books and e-journals, relative to Adventism. The major scanning projects of Google Books, Project Gutenberg, Archive.org, MOA, CCEL, etc. are providing for the first time a number of free Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) e-books that are no longer covered by copyright. This presentation will explore cost-efficient ways for locating and then linking those materials with local library catalogs to make them more readily accessible. It will be proposed that SDA librarians working through ASDAL set up a "Google.groups" site that can serve as a permanent archive for developing and ongoing "union list" of free SDA materials on the Internet.

The Role of the Christian Librarian in Postmodern Academia

Nicola Palmer, Acquisitions and Serials Librarian, Northern Caribbean University

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The purpose of this paper is to stimulate among practitioners in the field of librarianship recognition that the Christian librarian's role is not one of business as usual in the performance of their varied duties. It posits that this professional can impact positively in the workplace to the glory of God and that, as Gregory Smith (2002) puts it, the relationship between an avid Christian faith and librarianship need not be adversarial. A particular set of values, a strong work ethic, and the implementation and adherence to best practices are considerations which can be credited to any profession, yet the Christian librarian working in the reality of postmodern academia is challenged to bring to the profession virtues and ethical underpinnings which will reflect an unmistakable Christian philosophy which hinges on love to God and man, thus becoming an authentic and transparent Christian.

Mentoring in Librarianship: the Training Experience at James White Library

Felipe Tan, Senior Cataloger, Andrews University

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This presentation will explore the concepts of mentoring in librarianship from the traditional to the current. It will also describe how cataloging can be a viable situation for mentoring as implemented and experienced at James White Library in 2008. Several issues that were encountered in the process will be presented. While training can be done on either an individual or group basis, there are varying factors that come into play. No single type of mentoring is applicable to all librarians; however, if mentoring practices are tailored according to the library's needs and situations, they can yield positive results.

Announcements
Devotional

Carolyn Macomber, Training and Development Coordinator, Human Resources, Andrews University

Finding Demographics of Web Site Visitors Using Google Analytics

Steve Sowder, Systems Librarian, Andrews University

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By using free software from Google, one can obtain a wealth of information about the visitors to a web site, i.e. which pages are viewed the most/least, where the visitors are located, what browsers are used, what screen resolutions are used, and other information. This information can be used to guide the continuing development of a web site.

Bringing in the Leaves of History of Helderberg Primary School

Yvette Sparrow, Technical Services Librarian, Helderberg College

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In South Africa our forefathers had the vision to establish an elementary school on the same campus as Helderberg College. Unfortunately very little was done to keep comprehensive records of the history of Helderberg Primary School, and there was no central source of information on the history of this school. This led to the publishing of a book celebrating the 80th anniversary of Helderberg Primary School in 2008, a book giving details of the school's beginnings in 1928 right up to the events which played out during 2008. The methods of retrieval and the partnering with other researchers are dealt with in this paper.

Breakout Sessions

• Directors (Moderator: Carol Nix)
• Public Services/Instruction (Moderator: Wolfhard Touchard)
• Technical Services/Systems (Moderator: Warren Johns)

Teaming Up to Meet the Challenge: The Southern Experience

Genevieve Cottrell, Cataloger, Southern Adventist University;
Stanley Cottrell II, Technical Services Librarian, Southern Adventist University;
Marge Seifert, Public Services Librarian, Southern Adventist University

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The presenters team up to reflect on the utilization of a team-based approach to library management at Southern Adventist University. The library management challenges faced and the rationale for the adoption of the team approach will be discussed. Team-based library management will be reviewed. The organization of the teams and their responsibilities will be outlined. The team leaders will reflect on their team experiences. The adavantages and disadvantages of the team-based approach to library management at Southern will be discussed.

Factors Affecting Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Use of Academic Librarians in Southwestern Nigeria: the Leadership Role of Babcock University, Nigeria

Yacob Haliso, Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Information Resources Management, Babcock University

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The use of information and communication technology (ICT) improves service provision of the librarians. In spite of this, it is observed that librarians in Nigeria do not maximally utilize the ICTs. Consequently, the community of scholars complains about the poor information services provided by the librarians. This study investigated the factors that may be responsible for the poor utilization of the ICT in southwestern Nigeria.

Middle Eastern Banquet — Lincoln Room, Dining Center

• Hebrew Dance Group
• Resolutions Committee Report
• Tribute to the Retirees (Coordinator: Lori Curtis)
• Handing of the Gavel to the Incoming President (Carlene Drake and Josip Mocnik)
• Awarding the Presidential Plaque to the Outgoing President (Lori Curtis)