Minutes of the 18th Annual Meeting of the
Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians
Monday, June 22
Spoke of change in libraries, especially technology, and of nostalgia for days of filing in the card catalog. We must continually ask what to do. Mal. 3:6. God changes not, Jesus changed the world and was a major paradigm change. There are two kinds of change, one of which is technology which we must learn to harness and control. Some changes are destructive such as a change in moral values, and some things must not change. For example, pornography is available on the web. There are some moral absolutes which do not change. We must preserve some things from change and deterioration.
Per Lisle welcomes the group to the conference followed by a welcome by Margaret Von Hake. Charles Scriven spoke of total quality management benchmarking and how you might find out the best organizations. His answer was to ask your librarian. Libraries work to provide access to as many people as possible and are as good as it gets.
Their presentation included the following points: 1. Need for an internet strategy, 2. Immediate goal and objectives, 3. Future goals, 4. Current challenges, 5. Organizational concerns, 6. Meeting the concerns, 7. Questions of context, 8. Recommendations. The Web page was demonstrated, including news, links, GC 2000, facts, who we are, church alive, Linda Ferry, Norma Nashed, David Balderstone. It was suggested that a web page should be simple. There was mention of a prototype of Adventists Online which will eventually be available through the internet. Other pages shown included the president's page, archives, services, SDA Yearbook, and the Trans-European Division. A prototype for a different approach to the web page was also demonstrated.
Thanks expressed by Cynthia Helms. Note was made of the presence of scholarly articles in ASDAL Action. Thanks expressed to Maynard Lowry about Glenn Hilts. The journal has been expanded to include international libraries. A request was made that "library directors submit reports about their libraries. Constitution and Bylaws committee has been asked to change ASDAL Action from newsletter to official publication or or something that would reflect the inclusion of scholarly articles."
VOTED: To accept the report.
Tony Zbaraschuk was appointed parliamentarian. The Executive Board appointed Stan Cottrell as web coordinator. [The Executive Board had a candidate for the position of Membership Coordinator, but had not be able to make contact. Linda Maberly has since agreed to take on the responsibility.]
President-elect: Chris Cicchetti
Secretary: Violet Maynard-Reid (1998-2000)
ASDAL Action editor: Cynthia Helms (1998-2000)
Constitution and Bylaws Committee: Chloe Foutz (1998-2000)
Scholarship and Awards Committee: Paulette Johnson (1998-2001)
SDA Classification Advisory Committee: Stan Cottrell (1998-2001)
SDA Periodical Publication Board: Marilyn Crane (1998-2003)
Site Planning Committee: Loranne Grace (1998-2001)
Statistics Committee: Peg Bennett (1998-2001)
Per read the members of the committees, and noted that chairs need to be elected.
Gary Shearer, Marilyn Crane, Morris Iheanacho, Bob Baldwin, Cynthia Helms.
Adventist Resources Section report given by Jim Ford, who reported that there were no recommendations.
VOTED: that this be accepted. [It was later determined that reports need not be voted upon, and other reports were simply read with no votes taken]
VOTED: that next years meeting be held at Montemorelos.
Maynard Lowry is going to check on the possibility of having the year 2000 meeting at Kingsway.
He noted that technology moves faster than we can keep up. The future is in our own hearts and heads. He noted some challenges including death of distance, liaisons to information, and librarians as information hubs. He passed out pieces of paper and asked the audience to address several problems and solutions using the Crawford Slip Method. These included personnel, resources, and access/services.
Wednesday, June 24
Randy Butler introduced Jim Nix who cited Amos 3:7. Jim went on to give 10 reasons why E. G. White is relevant to him. 1. EGW consistently uplifted Christ and pointed people to him. 2. EGW teachings of Great Controversy makes sense of today's times. 3. Following EGW counsels results in life-style blessings. 4. Health advantages. 5. EGW gave us no new Bible, points us to scriptures. 6. Impact on Church institutions. 7. EGW predictions never contradicted. 8. Fruit of her life-- she focused on making God better understood. 9. Physical phenomenon accompanying her visions. 10. When her writings are read, the voice of God is heard. Jim also gave an account of a project at Battle Creek.
School Librarians given by Nancy Kim.
Scholarship and Awards Committee. It was noted that the recipient will be announced later.
SDA Classification and Advisory Committee report given by Marilyn Crane. She noted that changes will be incorporated into the new version, and that it will be put on a web page.
SDA Periodical Index given by Keith Clouten. He noted that the 25th anniversary is coming up. The index is financially stable. The CPI is used as a basis for annual price increases. Direct billing has been implemented. There was some discussion of how long to keep publishing the index in a paper format. It is recognized that there is still a need. With the upcoming indexing of German periodicals the index will become international in scope.
ALICE report given by Keith Clouten. Alice is two years old, with $200,000 going in and out of the ALICE account during that time. ALICE has decreased costs to libraries. We are beginning to work with a consortium of consortia. Maynard Lowry will be project manager. It is important that data bases are available to off campus users and international users.
Overseas Library Coordinator report given by Keith Clouten who pointed out that ASDAL is becoming international itself. ASDAL Action Europe is active. There is a need to share statistics. Core bibliographies are needed.
Constitution and Bylaws Committee report given by Chloe Foutz who mentioned two proposed revisions.
1. Revise standing rule 27: Present wording: "The ballots must be received by the president on or before May 31." Proposed wording: "Ballots shall be distributed by mid-march and must be returned by May 31."
VOTED: to accept change of wording in standing rule 27.
2. Add standing rule 28: "When a member requires and official letter of invitation to an Association meeting in order to obtain a visa, the letter shall be issued by the Treasurer or a person designated by the president."
VOTED: to accept the addition of standing rule 28.
Publicity Coordinator report given by Cynthia Helms. An announcement about the D. Glenn Hilts Scholarship was sent to all union papers and divisions. SDA colleges have received a poster for advertising the award. Union papers also received an announcement inviting K-12 librarians, principals and teachers to attend the ASDAL conference. In July, reports of the conference will be sent to appropriate publications.
Ad hoc committee for paraprofessionals report given by Adu Worku. This report relates to academic library staff and notes that attention should be given to paraprofessional titles. Paraprofessionals should have a H.S. diploma, Library Assistants an AA degree, Library Associates a Bachelor's degree. A certification route is also available. Continuing education is an option. There is a need for standardization and classification of positions. Compensation needs to be addressed. The committee will continue to address these issues and report again next year. There was some discussion regarding what the committee might do.
VOTED: that David Rios be placed on the Conference Planning Committee.
He spoke of distance education emphasizing distance education methodologies, use of technology in distance education, and the library and librarians and distance education. He concluded with the future of distance education.
Richard emphasized the contribution Libraries make to cooperation. He noted colleges and universities should develop cooperative arrangements on a larger scale, especially in the light of the deficits facing higher education today.
Cynthia Helms discussed how other cultures differ from us, and how understanding those differences can help us better help library patrons.
The $1000 scholarship has been awarded, but not yet collected.
| ASSOCIATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LIBRARIANS ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT for May 31, 1997 to May 31, 1998 presented June 21, 1998 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Balance on hand May 31, 1997 | $5,776.79 | ||
| INCOME: | |||
| Dues | 1190.00 | ||
| Subscriptions | 50.00 | ||
| Scholarship | 290.00 | ||
| Interest | 53.12 | ||
| TOTAL: | 1583.12 | $1,583.12 | |
| $7,359.91 | |||
| EXPENSES: | |||
| ACTION | 735.38 | ||
| Supply | 147.77 | ||
| Administration | 308.30 | ||
| Hilts Scholarship | 1000.00 | ||
| TOTAL: | 2191.45 | $2,191.45 | |
| Balance on hand May 31, 1998 | $5,168.46 | ||
| Lincoln SDA Credit Union - March 31, 1997 | $4,486.27 | ||
| Interest | 183.09 | ||
| Lincoln SDA Credit Union - March 31, 1998 | $4,669.36 | ||
VOTED: That we accept the report.
VOTED: Ad hoc Anniversary Committee will consist of four from the US and one from overseas to plan the 20th anniversary of ASDAL. Members are Chloe Foutz, Keith Clouten, Annette Melgosa, Norma Greaves, Marilyn Crane.
VOTED: that Chloe Foutz be chair of the committee.
Randy Butler, Chair
Clint Anderson
Paulette McLean Johnson
ASDAL RESOLUTIONS 1998
Is there a second?
Second.
Carried.
Respectfully submitted by James Walker, ASDAL Secretary
Last Revised February 20, 2001
