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ASDAL Website http://asdal.org

Editor: Sallie J. Alger

Volume 31, No. 3 Spring 2012 Published tri-annually ISSN 1523-8997 by the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians

http://asdal.org/

Volume 31, number 3 ASDAL Action Spring, 2012

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ASDAL ACTION Volume 31, number 3

Spring 2012

CONTENTS

3 Conference Travel Information and Schedule Christy Scott

6 Conference Keynote Speaker Annette Melgosa

7 Preliminary Business Session Agenda Lauren Matacio

8 Adventist Resources Section Jim Ford

9 Nominating Committee Report Joel Lutes

10 New Publication Illo Humphrey

12 Librarians on the Loose Katie McGrath

13 BYTES & BITS Andrews University

La Sierra University

Oakwood University

Union College

Walla Walla University


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2012 ASDAL CONFERENCE

Transforming Lives through Libraries Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies | Silang, Cavite, Philippines

19 24 June 2012

3 2 N D A N N U A L ASDAL C O N F E R E N C E

Now is the time to finalize your plans for the upcoming ASDAL conference hosted by the Adventist International

Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS) in the Philippines. We are looking forward to seeing the beauty of the

Philippines. There will be presentations and fellowship with librarians from around the world.

In this issue of ASDAL Action you will find travel information, local tips, and a schedule for the conference. If you

have not done so already, we encourage you to send in your registration forms as soon as possible in order to take

advantage of the early bird pricing (prior to May 15).

We look forward to seeing you in the Philippines!

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Christy Scott, ASDAL President Elect, is Reference Librarian, Walla Walla University Libraries, Walla Walla

University, College Place, Washington ([email protected])

I N T E R N A T I O N A L T R A V E L T O T H E P H I L I P P I N E S

C O N F E R E N C E T R A V E L

The ASDAL conference will begin on Tuesday, June 19 and go through Sunday, June 24. To enjoy the entire

conference you will want to arrive no later than Monday, June 18 and the final conference meetings are scheduled

for Sunday, June 24. When planning your trip bear in mind the following:

Manila is 15 hours ahead of the west coast of the US. So any flights you book will be arriving at the

earliest the next day and often 2 days later.

Be respectful of those who will be picking you up and avoid, as much as possible, arriving into Manila

during Sabbath hours. We do not want to ask the schools transportation folks to violate conscience for our

convenience. Sunset in Manila in June is around 6:30 pm. One possibility to arrive on Monday would be

to plan to leave Saturday night.

Manila is 8 time zones different from the west coast of the US. That means that jet lag is a reality and you

will want to book your flights accordingly. For information about how to handle jet lag, see:

http://www.medicinenet.com/jet_lag/page3.htm .

A R R I V A L I N F O R M A T I O N

All flights should go into the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. For members attending only the

ASDAL conference, return flights will also leave from Manila. Members planning on attending the post-conference

tour to China should review the information included in the tour documentation on the ASDAL website before

booking flights.

As you arrive at the airport, claim your tourist visa from immigration officer for foreigners (see Visa information).

Present necessary documents, usually passport and return ticket.

Claim your baggage, go through customs, and go straight to waiting area where there will be an AIIAS

person to receive you if prior arrangement with AIIAS transportation was made. The airport is using

letters of the alphabet system of spreading the passengers in the waiting area. The passenger should wait

under the letter A for AIIAS. This is where the AIIAS representative will look for the passenger.

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N F R O M A I R P O R T

AIIAS is more or less one hour away from Manila. You need transportation to bring you to AIIAS. Unless you are

used to driving in the region it is not recommended that you rent a car, but rather use local transportation.

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If you wish to book for AIIAS van, individual payment range is $12 - $60 for one way trip. (A group of 5 =$12 for

one way per person; two persons sharing = $30 per person for one way; one person = $60 for one way)

Communicate with Elizabeth Siapco for your transportation needs. Please be sure to include the time and date of

arrival, airline and flight number, and the name/s of person/s sharing the van.

CONFE RE NCE SCHE DUL E Monday, 18 June 2012

5:00 8:00pm Registration

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

8:00 Registration

8:15 Welcome

8:30 Worship

9:00 Keynote Address; Lourdes David

10:00 Break

10:15 Librarian/Student Relationships in the University and the Importance of an Early Start;

Kieren Bailey

11:15 Business Session

12:00 Lunch

2:00 Hot Tools, Cool Results: Putting Assessment to Work; Cynthia Helms

3:00 Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index and Other Adventist Databases; Jim Ford

3:45 Break

4:00 Adventist Resources Section Business and Updates

5:00 Tour of AIIAS Ellen G. White Research Center and AIIAS Library

5:30 Dinner

6:00 ASDAL Executive Committee Meeting

7:00 AIIAS Cultural Presentation

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

8:30 Worship

9:00 Collecting, Managing, and Accessing Adventist Collections; Jim Ford

9:45 Break

10:00 Adventist Resources Section Round Table Discussion on Collecting and Preservation of

Adventist Resources in the Asia-Pacific Region Specifically, as Well as Around the

World; David Trim, moderator

11:00 Break

11:15 Digitization at the General Conference Archives and at the Andrews University Center

for Adventist Research; Joshua Marcoe and Jim Ford

Noon Lunch

1:30 Hiram S. Walters Resource Centre: An Agent of Change at Northern Caribbean

University & its Environs; Grace Carr-Benjamin

2:30 Business Session

3:30 Break

3:45 Group Photograph

4:00 Trip to Southern-Asia Pacific Division Regional Headquarters.

5:30 Dinner

After dinner, posters will be available for viewing and presenters will be there to answer

questions and discuss their posters.

Thursday, 21 June 2012

On Thursday, June 21, 2012, the delegates will be driven to Manila Harbor, and from there, will take a

ferry to Corregidor Island.

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Friday, 22 June 2012

8:30 Worship

9:00 Re-Visiting the Topic of Fiction in Adventist Libraries; Keith Clouten

10:00 Break

10:30 E-Book Challenges: The Experiences of ASDAL Libraries and Andrews University;

Silas Oliveira and Lauren Matacio

11:30 Biblico-Historical Foundations of Contemporary Library and Archival Practices; Bola C.

Atulomah

Noon Lunch

1:30-2:15 Break Out Sessions:

Archives and Special Collections

Directors

Reference and Public Services

Technical Services

2:15 Break

2:30 Break Out Session Reports

3:00 Business Session 3

Saturday, 23 June 2012

On Saturday afternoon, June 23, 2012, the delegates will be driven to the Adventist University of the

Philippines, Tagaytay, and 1000 Missionary Movement.

6:00 ASDAL Banquet.

Sunday, 24 June 2012

On Sunday, June 24, 2012, the non-school librarian attendees will be taken to Intramuros, in Manila

around 45 km from AIIAS.

School Librarians Post-Conference

8:00 Registration

8:30 Welcome and Worship

9:00 The Impact of Library Provisions on the Academic Achievements in Elementary

Schools; Michelle Orendain-Carbonilla

10:00 Break

10:15 Children and Internet Safety: What the Research Shows; Annette Melgosa

11:00 Break

11:15 Raised by Librarians: Engaging Childrens curiosity at the Reference Desk;

Christy Scott

Noon Lunch

1:30 Session

2:30 Break

2:45 Session

3:45 Break

4:00 Breakout Sessions


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CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Lourdes T. David is the director of the Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University. Prior to her transfer to

the Ateneo, she was connected with the University of the Philippines first as an instructor with the

Department of Chemistry at Los Banos, then as a librarian and professor of library science in Diliman. She

holds a bachelors degree in food technology and a masters degree in Library and information science. Her

specialization is in information technology for which she obtained training at IBM, Philippines and in

various institutions here and abroad.

She is a member of a number of national and international library associations including the Philippine

Library Association where she was a one-time president, the American Library Association and the

International Association of School Librarians. She has also been a consultant of various organizations such

as WHO, FORD Foundation, DOST and UNESCO. She is presently coordinating the testing of an ODL

module on Library Automation that she designed and wrote for UNESCO Bangkok.

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From the Internet, thanks to Annette Melgosa.

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2012 CONFERENCE PRELIMINARY BUSINESS AGENDA

Lauren Matacio

1. Appointment of Parliamentarian

2. Announcement of Election Results

3. Election of Nominating Committee (5)

4. Election of Resolutions Committee (3)

5. Reports from Officers

President - Lauren Matacio

Secretary - Heather Rodriguez James

Treasurer - Annette Melgosa

ASDAL Action Editor - Sallie Alger 6. Reports from Sections

Adventist Resources - Jim Ford

School Librarians

7. Reports from Coordinators

Distance Education

Overseas

Publicity

Web Site

8. Reports from Standing Committees

Constitution and Bylaws

Scholarship and Awards

SDA Classification

Site Planning

Statistics

ALICE Board

SDAPI

9. Reports from Chapters

Africa

Inter-America

10. Reports from Breakout Sessions

11. New Business

Archiving issues

12. Report from Resolutions Committee

13. Installation of New Officers

Please contact Lauren Matacio, ASDAL President, to have additional items included ([email protected])



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ADVENTIST RESOURCES SECTION PROGRAMMING

AT THE 2012 ASDAL CONFERENCE

Jim Ford

We are excited to be able to present several topics related to Adventist Resources which will help aid librarians from

locations throughout Asia who may not normally be able to attend our conferences. These sessions will focus on

basic how to do it as well as teaching attendees about resources that are currently or soon will be available to aid

them in providing Adventist materials to their patrons. Additionally they will learn where they fit in the bigger

picture of preserving and making available Adventist resources. In keeping with the recent request by the ASDAL

membership, these Adventist Resources Section programs are integrated into the overall ASDAL conference.

One session will be presented by Jim Ford from Andrews University talking about the Seventh-day Adventist

Periodical Index and the changes and improvements being made in it to benefit users around the world. Also at the

session, David Trim, General Conference Archivist, will introduce many to the Adventist Digital Library. This was

talked about last year, but much has happened since then and David will bring us up to date with this exciting new

resource.

A second session will have Jim Ford presenting a how-to session on Collecting, Managing, and Accessing

Adventist Collections. This session is designed to help those who have not yet started an Adventist collection, those

who have started but have not yet formed all of the necessary procedures, and those who are well along in this work

but need some help and direction to improve what they are doing.

The third session will be coordinated by David Trim and will feature a panel on the collecting and preservation of

Adventist resources in the Asia-Pacific region specifically as well as around the world.

A fourth session will be a show and tell to inform conference attendees about the work being done at the General

Conference and Andrews University to make Adventist resources available via the Internet.

In addition we plan a modified update session where you will hear about new Adventist resources and enjoy a tour

of the AIIAS Ellen G. White Research Center. I hope as many of you as possible will be able to attend.

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James Ford, Chair, Adventist Resources Planning Committee, is Associate Director, Center for Adventist Research,

James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan ([email protected])


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NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT

Voting for ASDAL officers and committee members will be done online this year. Each ASDAL member in good

standing will receive an email with a link to the ballot. If you do not receive this email and think you paid your dues

and should be included, please contact Lauren Matacio ([email protected]).

President-elect (Choose one)

Warren Johns, Special Collections Cataloger, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California

Lawrence Onsager, Dean of Libraries, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan

ASDAL Action Editor (Approval)

Katie McGrath, Reference/Instruction Librarian, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee Secretary (Approval)

Marge Seifert, Public Services Librarian, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee

Academic Rank and Tenure (Approval)

Carlene Drake, Director, University Libraries, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California

Bruce McClay, Librarian, Peterson Memorial Library, School of Nursing, Walla Walla University, Portland, Oregon

Constitution and Bylaws Committee (Approval)

Ruth Swan, Associate Director of Libraries, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, Florida

Scholarship and Awards Committee (Choose one)

Doug McClay, Electronic Services Librarian, Warner Pacific College, Portland, Oregon

Tony Zbaraschuk, Special Collections Librarian, La Sierra University, La Sierra, California

SDA Classification Advisory Committee (Approval)

Stan Cottrell II, Technical Services Librarian, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee

Linda Maberly, Technical Services Librarian, Pacific Union College, Angwin, California

Site Planning Committee (Approval)

Sheila Clark, Library Director, Canadian University College, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada

A big thanks to the Nominating Committee for all their hard work: Joel Lutes, chair; Sabrina Riley, Bruce McClay,

Josip Mocnik, and Paulette Johnson; members.



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Illo's new publication on the Christian Philosopher Boethius (*Rome, ca. 480 - Pavia, ca.

524) : Illo Humphrey, Ph. D.

Medivalist | Musicologist | Proto-Philologist

BOETHIUS.

His Influence on the European Unity of Culture:

from Alcuin of York (804) to Thierry of Chartres (1154)

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[English Abstract] [1] Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius (*Rome, ca. 480 Pavia, 524) was one of the

powerful bridges of education and general culture between European Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

He was the ideal receptacle ( | ) for the threefold scientific-philosophical-ethical

Tradition of Knowledge which led up to him, and the ideal reservoir and source ( |

) for the thirty-three generations of Masters and pupils which followed him. Given the completeness of his general culture and education, that is to say his humanitas, and eruditio

institutioque in bonas artes, Boethius can thus be considered the Father of western medival

scientific-philosophical thought, and indeed his research gave to the post-Roman period the key to

understanding the substance of true ideas through the study of fundamental concepts, such as: animae

generatio (genesis of the soul-consciousness), substantia numeri (essence of number), principalitas

unitatis (primacy of the number 1, that is to say the absolute Unity), continuo proportio superparticularis (regime of the octave), sensuum perceptio et cognitio (sens perception and the

cognitive process), summa bona or quattuor uirtutes animae (the wise management of happiness and

suffering, of justice and injustice), decem categoriae or decem praedicamenta (the ten

categories), quinque uoces (the five universals), et ctera. These important concepts were taught within the framework of the sevenfold canon of the artes liberales [liberal arts], which were divided into two distinct sections, namely: Quadruvium (ars arithmetica ars musica ars geometrica ars

astronomica) und Trivium (ars grammatica ars dialectica-ars logica ars rhetorica)

[2] The veritable goal of this study, that is to say its true aim, is to bring better into focus the influence

of the research and teachings of the Platonist Boethius on the European post-Roman civilisation

between the last quarter of the 8th

century and the first half of the 12th

century, period during which

Europe structured its basic educational, scientific, philosophical and ethical Unity of Culture, and during which took place the slow gestation of the first European universities, created in Italy, France,

England, Spain, Germany, etc. Boethius, thus, comes to the forefront as one of the most important

sources for the new Carolingian and post-Carolingian branches of the scientificphilosophical

Tradition of Knowledge as of 782, the year in which Alcuinus Euboricensis (Alcuin of York, ca. 730 Tours, 804), invited by Charlemagne, assumed his new functions as Praeceptor of the Schola

palatina in Aachen, down to 1154, the year in which the last of the great dynasty of paeceptores of

the Schola Carnotensis died, that is to say Theodoricus Carnotensis seu Brito, that is to say:

Thierry of Chartres or Thierry the Breton

[3] The intellectual and cognitive gestation periods in Europe of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th centuries

were well-rooted in the very reliable corpus provided by the works of Boethius, and by their multiple

glosses and commentaries, corpus which possessed very high standards for civilization management

and civilization development. Thus, given the quality of his opera omnia and his persona, the spirit of

Boethius remained alive in his tangible and intangible intellectual patrimony, allowing him,

posthumously, to exert a very positive influence on the founders of mediaeval universities of the 11th,

12th, and 13th centuries. In this perspective, we can now better measure the legacy of Boethius within

the framework of the European general culture from Alcuin of York to Thierry of Chartres, and,

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above all his subtle and fundamental influence on the European Unity of Culture, which contributed

largely to the birth of the Studia generalia, or Uniuersitas magistrorum ac scholarium uel

discipulorum/[discipularumque], that is to say the European medival university, a fundamentally

humanitarian institution born out of the medival urban society of the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries

[4] This textbook on the Philosopher Boethius has been thoughtfully conceived and elaborated as a

veritable research library in itself, permitting the users to understand clearly all the mentioned Boethian

word-concepts, Greek and Latin vocabulary, technical terms, editorial terms, etc., without having to go

outside the framework of the book itself. It is equipped with an extensive and up-to-date bibliography

on the works, glosses, commentaries, and translations of the Boethian corpus, on the Prosopography and

Hagiography of Boethius, on Boethius and the Liberal Arts, and on Boethian related research.

It is also equipped with a complete Index, namely: (a) the 126 Primary Sources (Manuscripts)

mentioned in the text, (b) a General Index-Glossary, (c) a Greek Index-Glossary, (d) an Index of the 14

Descriptiones (Charts Diagrams Illustrations).

Thus, this research, reference, and pedagocical textbook on Boethius is expressly designed for

interdisciplinary laboratory and classroom use on the university level by professors, post-doctoral

researchers, doctoral candidates, graduate and undergraduate students in the pluridisciplinary fields of

the Liberal Arts, as well as by teachers, parents and students on the secondary high school level. The

present research, then, is by definition interdisciplinary and pluridisciplinary, purposing a sieries of

studies in the fields of: history, philosophy, theology, liturgy, ars arithmetica (philosophy of numbers

and proportions), ars musica (philosophy of the formation of musical sounds and intervals), cognitio

(philosophy of the cognitive process), proto-philology (ecdotique: fundamental research on authors, texts, manuscripts, manuscript genealogy [stemma], complete non-normative critical editions,

including main texts with their punctuation, glosses-commentaries, and notae sentenciarum, i. e. cross-reference signs), literature, poetry, history, geography, politics, public administration,

education, biblical studies, mediaeval studies, palaeography, codicology, prosopography,

hagiography, chronology, etc., It focuses on the curricula of the Carolingian Renaissance 8th

and 9th

centuries, and on that of the Ottonian Renaissance of the 10th

and 11th

centuries, which lead directly to

the birth and development of the Studia generalia, or the Uniuersitas magistrorum atque scholarium uel discipulorum/discipularum, the primitive names of the urban European mediaeval university. This research gives as well a very good insight into the very subtle and all important domain of the

wise management of happiness and suffering, which, according to Boethius, leads the soul and body

to the summum bonum divinum humanumque, that is to say to the summit of the divine and human Goodness, Wisdom, and cognitive Hygiene. Finally, this study, Boethius. His Influence on the

European Unity of Culture: from Alcuin of York (804) to Thierry of Chartres (1154), is

designed to participate modestly in the protection and safeguard of the tangible and intangible cultural

heritage of humanity, and in the enrichment, on all levels, of General Culture, which is in itself a refuge value.

[5] Nota bene: This publication on the Christian philosopher Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus

Boethius includes an Introduction with Bibliography (Boethius: opera omnia | Boethius: Prosopgraphia | Boethius: Hagiographia), a Prologue, 12 chapters, an Epilogue, and 5 Appendices, namely: Bibliographies (Boethius and the Liberal Arts Databases and Meta-Databases on Boehtian

Research), Index of 126 Primary Sources (Manuscripts), General Index-Glossary, Greek Index-

Glossary, Index of the 14 Descriptiones (Illustrations, Diagrams, Figures, Charts). The 14 Descriptiones include two glossaries of 9th century Boethian glosses in tironian notes, that is to say Latin stenography [p. 15, p. 104], and one glossary of 9th century notae sententiarum, that is to say cross-reference signs [p. 108-110], which accompany the 9th century Boethian glosses in a family of

9th-century Boethian manuscripts) IH/ih Explicit

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LIBRARIANS ON THE LOOSE

Electronic Textbooks: the Future of Education?

Katie McGrath

On March 16, 2012, an enthusiastic salesman handed me an elegant white box. I lifted the lid and became one of the

first 3 million people on the planet to own the new iPad 3. I like it. A lot. Its fast, its intuitive, it has a super crisp

display, and the camera is more powerful than any Ive ever owned. I was thinking of all the ways I could use it to

increase productivity when I heard a small voice ask sweetly, Mommy, may I play with that?

Ive hardly seen it since.

This, of course, is exactly what Apple was hoping for when they created the device. They wanted something so

easy, so fun, so intuitive to use that even a child could pick it up and use it confidently with little or no instruction.

They succeededat least when the child is playing matching games or my sons personal favorite, What Did

Snakey Eat?

But what about the future of the iPad in education? Remember Apples big education announcement on January 19?

Apple thinks they have the answer to getting students engagedusing, of course, the iPad. How is this going to

happen? Well, kids like iPads. This is not news. Everyone likes iPads. But can we turn this love affair with

technology into a love affair with learning?

It turns out that learning can be difficult and requires a good deal of self-discipline. Probably more if the student is

working from an electronic texta paper text doesnt come with YouTube pre-installed and Facebook just a touch

away. But lets say that the student is motivated to learn and is eager to receive appropriate teacher direction. Is the

electronic textbook the wave of the future? Maybe. Apple thinks so. (Watch it here: http://tinyurl.com/7swfwx2)

According to Apple marketing head Phil Schiller, the iPad is affordable, not only for families but for schools. Not

so sure about that. I forked over 700 bucks for mineand that didnt include the data plan. Point failed.

Next, Schiller reminds us that there are over 20,000 education apps built for iPad, lots of iBooks out there, and lots

of education institutions already using iPad technology. Apple wants to accelerate that, so they are going to

reinvent the textbook. Problems with traditional textbooks which the iPad will resolve include:

Books are cumbersomekids dont like carrying so many of them around. True. Point taken.

Books get dog-eared, written on, worn out. True, but the iPad isnt exactly indestructible. Point failed.

Schools can only afford a limited number of textbooks, but with iBooks, each student gets his own copy. Yes, but what about his own iPad? Who will pay for this $700 item? If the iPads belong to the school,

students will leave them behind when they graduate. They may still have their texts in their iTunes

accounts, but without a device, they cant access them. Point failed.

Books are not interactive, and dont give immediate feedback. True. Books are not interactive in the sense that Apple is using the word, but books can give immediate feedback if there is an answer key included.

Point unclaimed.

Books are not easily searchable. True. Ctrl+find technology is beautiful. Point taken.

A print index is inferior to a touch-screen index. Sounds like Apple never learned to use an index. Point failed.

Once printed, books cant be updated. True, but do you really want the content of your personal copy changing? What happens to your notes when the content changes? Point unclaimed.

So the print textbook bashing session didnt go so well, but the demonstration of iBooks 2 and the digital textbooks

which are available from big-name publishers left me drooling. And reaching for my iPad. The electronic texts are

beautiful, engaging, and downright amazing. They include fantastic photography, embedded video, intuitive

navigation, and fantastic interactive learning components. All points taken.

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The electronic textbook also features simple touch-screen highlighting and notation tools (the iPad 3 even has a

voice recognition featureyou dont even have to type), integrated word definitions, and you can put in digital

bookmarks, search your notes, search the book for keywords, and even make flash cards for study. Did I mention I

was drooling? All points taken.

Pair all this functionality with the fact that anyone can create content (iBooks Author is freeand there is a vetting

process, so only the good stuff gets published) and anyone can now audit college courses from institutions such as

MIT, Yale, and Harvard (download the iTunes U app today); the whole package is pretty much irresistible.

So will the electronic textbook revolutionize education? Probably. But before we go slashing our book budgets and

purchasing iPads for everyone, there are other factors to consider. First, at present only a fraction of what is

available in print is available in electronic format. Second, Apple isnt the only company out there making devices

and creating content, and all these competing platforms are pretty stingy about content sharing.

Third, there are precious few of these gorgeous, interactive digital textbooks available. Most e-books are little more

than digital versions of the print product. Finally and most importantly, we are talking about textbooks, not entire

library collections.

Bottom line: We are going there, but we are not there yet. The iPad 3 is awesome, but not yet awesome enough to

merit tossing out all things paper and pencil. The iEverything world is coming, but we are still farther away from it

than Apple wants us to believe.

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What new and exciting things are going on in your library? Send your Libraries on the Loose contribution to

Katie McGrath, Reference/Instruction, McKee Library, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee.

([email protected]) Twitter: @refmaster94

BYTES & BITS

Andrews University

Retirement

On July 1st, Sallie Alger, MLS, MSA, is retiring as the head of Bibliographic Services at the James White Library,

Andrews University. Sallie has taken a leadership role in cataloging, collection development and the faculty liaison

program, periodicals and acquisitions, and Services to Adventist International Libraries (SAIL) for the past eight

years, as well as previous to her development work. It will be challenging to replace her expertise, collegiality, and

leadership. Sallie has spent 20 years working in the Andrews Library. She also spent 5 years working in

development at Andrews and at Adventist Frontier Missions (AFM). Sallie has been voted by her colleagues to be

an emerita professor of library science at Andrews University.

One of the areas Sallie has researched for her presentations and posters is the benefits of working as a library

assistant in an academic library. She has served the library profession in a number of capacities. Sallie was the

ASDAL Action editor for 6 years and is currently the president of CATLA (Chicago Area Theological Association).

In 2006, Sallie spent a sabbatical in Chiang Mai, Thailand, setting up a mission resource library for Adventist

Frontier Missions. She serves on several campus-wide committees at Andrews and is heavily involved in Church

and community service. Sallie received a state-wide award for her community service from the Michigan Campus

Compact in 2008 for outstanding contributions in service learning and community service.

In retirement, in addition to her Church and community work, Sallie plans to work as a volunteer development

officer for AFM, travel with her husband, and spend time with her grandchildren.

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Larry Onsager ([email protected])



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La Sierra University

New Librarians

I am pleased to report that we are welcoming two new library faculty to the La Sierra University Library team.

Chelsi Cannon began work at the Reference Desk in April. Chelsi graduated from Walla Walla University in 2007

with a BA degree in History and also French. Her college years included study at the Universidad Andres Bello in

Santiago Chile and the Campus Adventiste de Collonges Sous-Saleve in France. Chelsi earned a MLIS degree from

the University of Washington in 2011.

Before joining our staff she was doing reference librarian work at the University of Redlands Library. In July, she

will also take on Special Collection duties upon the arrival of Jeff deVries.

Jeff, our other new reference librarian hire, is scheduled to receive his MLIS degree from San Jose State University

in May. His previous educational record includes a BS in computer science from Pacific Union College (1981) and

an MS degree in Computer Science from Stanford University (1991). After working for many years in the computer

industry (including Google!), he decided to make a significant career change. We are looking forward to channeling

Jeffs expertise and his enthusiasm for reference service into our library program.

Although I wish these new librarians represented additional positions on our staff, actually they are replacing

departing librarians Cindy Parkhurst and Tony Zbaraschuk.

In building news, the Librarys concrete atrium floor was repaved with stone tiles during spring break. In addition

to adding beauty to the space, this improvement is intended to alleviate a long standing problem.

For many years rain water has leaked from the atrium down to the lower level, damaging books and other materials

in both the main book stacks and the Heritage Room. The repaving should seal the floor and provide a barrier to

further leaking. Following a late rain storm this spring, we noticed no leaking so hopefully this problem has finally

been resolved.

In a cooperative effort with Loma Linda University, we acquired a considerable quantity of bookshelves which were

installed in the Heritage Room over spring break. These are beautiful sturdy solid wood shelves which closely

match existing shelving in the Heritage Room. With this addition we have increased our book storage capacity in

the Heritage Room by about 30%.

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Kitty Simmons ([email protected])

Oakwood University

Oakwood Awarded HBCU Photographic Preservation Grant

The Eva B Dykes Library (www.oakwood.edu/academics/library) was awarded a grant in the amount of $50,700.83

to improve the condition of the Archive's historical photographic collection. This grant provides for appropriate

storage, conservation treatments, preservation measures, and training of Archives staff and two students. In addition

to the grant allocation, two students will participate in a one week, all expenses paid, internship at the University of

Delaware in the summer. They will learn about photograph preservation and on their return, they will work in the

Archives for seven weeks for a stipend of $3,000 each. It is expected that these two students will continue to work

with the photographs during the academic year. Applications for the internships are now being reviewed.

The photographic collection contains over 10,000 items in varying physical conditions. Under the direction of the

Archivist, Mrs. Heather James-Rodriguez, the re-housing the photographs must be completed within the next twelve

months. The grant is an integral part of the HBCU Photographic Preservation Project (www.hbculibraries.org),

funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (www.mellon.org) and disbursed by Lyrasis (www.lyrasis.org).

Lyrasis is a consortium of over 1,700 member libraries that provide access to valuable resources, professional

expertise in content creation and management and savings through group purchases to libraries.

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Retirements

The Eva B. Dykes Library extends congratulations and best wishes to Ms. Doris McCrary, cataloging assistant (38

years), Mrs. Elizabeth Mosby Paes, reference librarian (12 years), and Mrs. Gloria Sepulveda, media librarian (12

years), on their retirement, effective July 1, 2012. The library is extremely grateful for the great work and

combined sixty plus years of service that they have given to Oakwood University and the library.

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Paulette McLean Johnson ([email protected])

Union College

Photographs from the Lora McMahon King Heritage Room in the Union College Library are now available for

searching and viewing in the Union College Heritage Collections database

(http://cdm15913.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/) through the aid of OCLCs CONTENTdm Quickstart package. Material

in this collection is related to the history of Union College, the College View community, and the Seventh-day

Adventist denomination with a particular emphasis on the Mid-America Union region. The database is open access

and available to the public through the World Wide Web.

Currently the database includes three growing collections. The John W. Fulk Collection contains images of Union

College and College View from the 1920s through the 1950s. The Medical Cadet Corps Collection includes

photographs from Everett Dicks travels across the United States and around the World from the time periods he

oversaw this program from the General Conference. And the General Photograph Collection includes miscellaneous

photographs from Union College, College View and the Mid America Union.

Future plans for the Union College Heritage Collections database include a growing selection of photographs,

publications, and other visual media from the Heritage Room. Recently a successful campaign raised funds for

scanning the Clocktower, Union College's student newspaper which began publication in 1927. When the project is

finished, readers will be able search and browse the complete run of the Clocktower online.

Besides the images found in this collection, additional historic photographs from the Heritage Room may be viewed

in the Nebraska Memories database (http://www.nebraskamemories.com/).

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Sabrina Riley ([email protected])

Walla Walla University

National Library Week Luncheon

On Monday, April 9, 2012, Walla Walla University Library hosted the twenty-first annual National Library Week

luncheon for faculty involved in scholarship throughout the previous year. Invitations were presented to faculty

involved in publication, poster sessions, presentations, dissertations, research studies, art shows, and other

scholarship in their discipline. This year over twenty individuals attended the luncheon, enjoying food and

fellowship, as well as the opportunity to learn about new library resources available for them and their students. Joe

Galusha, biology professor and Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, spoke briefly on the research process

and how to inspire students to creative curiosity.

Scholarship submissions given to the library are compiled into a bibliography for the previous year. This years

bibliography held submissions from 35 faculty members representing 15 departments. Bibliographies for this year

and the previous six years may be found on the Walla Walla University website: www.wallawalla.edu/15541.

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Christy Scott ([email protected])

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Second Annual William Landeen Library Lecture a Success!

A Strike at the Heart: Mining Community Memory in a Central Washington Coal Town, the Second Annual

William Landeen Library Lecture, drew more than 23 alumni, students, and faculty during Alumni Homecoming

Weekend, 2012. David Bullock, Professor of Communications, was this years featured speaker. Carolyn Gaskell,

Director of Libraries, introduced the lecture series and the days speaker.

The event was held Friday afternoon, April 27 in the Reference Room at Peterson Memorial Library. David tied his

research about the mining heritage of Roslyn, Washington - and his grandfathers story about working those mines -

to the library and archival research he conducted while piecing together the story. Davids research and presentation

were sponsored in part by Humanities Washington for which he is a Humanities Washington Inquiring Minds

Lecturer for 2010-2012. Andra Aaby, interim Reference Librarian, created a display of books, maps, photos, and

coal that attendees enjoyed perusing both before and after the lecture.

In addition, David made available several of the books he used in his research which alumni enjoyed leafing through

after the lecture. These resources exemplified the purpose of the William Landeen Library Lecture series which was

created to highlight the connection between faculty scholarship and library resources. Particularly interesting was

John C. Shidelers Coal Towns in the Cascades, as it contained the article A Little Nest of Fascists reprinted from

the May 30, 1924, issue of the New Republic. Davids family comes from Central Washington and he remembers

Roslyn and Cle Elum as small, sleepy towns.

Finding out that they had once harbored fascists was so intriguing that he started researching the topic. During

the question and answer period following the lecture, two alumni talked about their familys involvement in the

mining and oil industries.

Publicity before the event included running an ad in the Collegian, WWUs student newspaper, and designing a new

sign for the front of the library to announce the lecture series. Intended to be used each year, the sign has space to

attach information about the current speaker. Andra Aaby, Annette Melgosa, and Christy Scott were instrumental in

working with WWUs student-run Pictor Graphics in developing the sign. The communications department created

its own poster announcing the event and multiple departments offered colloquium credit for current majors attending

the lecture.

Created last year (2011), the purpose of the William Landeen Library Lecture is to heighten awareness of the

connection between faculty and student scholarship as it relates to library resources and services. The series is

named after William M. Landeen, a former Walla Walla College president, who was instrumental in securing

accreditation for the university and worked closely with Molly Sittner, then librarian, to improve the librarys

collections to meet accreditation guidelines. A small honorarium from the librarys Jennie M. Livingston Memorial

Library Fund accompanies the lecture.

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Carolyn Gaskell ([email protected])



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ASDAL OFFICERS, 2011/2012

President: Lauren Matacio, AU

President-Elect: Christy Scott, WWU

Past President: Joel Lutes, PUC

Secretary: Heather Rodriquez-James, OU

Treasurer: Annette Melgosa, WWU

ASDAL Action Editor: Sallie Alger, AU

For membership and other information, write:

ASDAL

Walla Walla University Libraries

104 South College Avenue

College Place, Washington 99324

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ASDAL Action is the official publication of the Association of Seventh-day Adventist

Librarians. Its purpose is to keep members abreast of the associations activities, 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 October 15, January 15,

and April 15.

WEB SITE: http://www.asdal.org Read current & past issues online!

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