Editor: Sallie J. Alger

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Volume 29, No. 2 Winter 2010 Published tri-annually ISSN 1523-8997 by the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians

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ASDAL ACTION Volume 29, number 2

Winter 2010

CONTENTS

1 30th

Annual Conference Planning Committee

9 School Library Section Pre-Session Katye Hunt

10 Seventh-day Adventist Resources Section Pre-Conference Jim Ford

10 One Step Forward Felipe Tan

12 Eight Steps to Survive Tech Melt-down Bruce McClay

13 Adventist Resources Tony Zbaraschuk

14 Libraries on the Loose Katie McGrath

15 BYTES & BITS Union College

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30th

Annual Conference of the Association of Seventh-day Adventist

Librarians

Libraries 2020: Visioning and planning for the next Decade

Oakwood University

June 16-21, 2010

University Entrance

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Eva B Dykes Library

Wade Hall

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McKee Business and Technology Center

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - ASDAL CONFERENCE 2010

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO February 25, 2010*

*Thank you for the presentations submitted so far. We would like a few more on topics such as: Issues in SDA

Serials Management (getting back issues, preserving e-journals, digitization) and on the effective use of social

networking tools such as Twitter, Facebook, RSS feeds,e-book readers, etc., in libraries. We also welcome more

posters.

―Libraries 2020: Visioning and planning for the next Decade‖ is the theme of the 30th annual conference of the

Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians which will convene Wednesday, June 16 - Monday, June 21, 2010

on the campus of Oakwood University.

The Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for presentations. Presentations should promote effective

and innovative practices; emphasize collaborative approaches; provide useful information, skills or ideas and

actively engage participants.

Presentations topics may address:

Creating Interactive Information Literacy Programs

Library Partnerships & Collaboration

Creating Inviting Library Spaces

Beyond the Book – Electronic Publishing and Collection Development

Creating Services to Meet the Needs of the Internet Generation

Training, Retooling And Organizing Staff for a Mostly Digital Library

Bibliographic Control and the Internet

Marketing Services and Collections

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Types of Presentations - Presentations may include:

Paper: Research or position paper

Panel or Round Table Discussion: Group of three or more presenters

Poster: Graphic presentation of research, new ideas and effective solutions to library challenges

Submission Procedures:

To receive full consideration, submit proposals as a single Word file attachment no later than January 31, 2010 to

jlutes@puc.edu and cc: pjohnson@oakwood.edu. In the subject line, include ―ASDAL 2010 Proposal. Proposals

should include:

Title of Presentation

Presenter Information (name, institution, address, phone/fax/e-mail)

Names of co-presenters and contact information for them

Audio-Visual requests

120 word abstract

Submissions may also be mailed to: Joel Lutes, ASDAL Conference Planning Committee Chair, Nelson Memorial

Library, Pacific Union College, 1 Angwin Avenue, Angwin, CA 94508.

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Welcome to Huntsville - ―Rocket City‖

Huntsville is rich in history and technology. It is the home of

space exploration (NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight

Center), college football champions (Crimson Tides), Oakwood

University and about 160,000 residents. Huntsville is a great

place to live, work and play; and is consistently rated the best mid-

size city to launch a small business by Fortune Small Business and

the best U.S. City by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Abundant job

opportunities exist in aerospace and defense, biotechnology,

advanced manufacturing, retail and business services.

Huntsville was the site of the first English-speaking settlement in

Alabama. In 1819 the first constitutional convention and state

legislature met in Huntsville, and Alabama became the 22nd

state

of the Union.

The nation‘s space program began in Huntsville in 1950. Dr.

Werner von Braun and his team of German scientists

spearheaded the development of the Saturn V moon

rocket.

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OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY

Oakwood University, which began as an industrial school, was founded in 1896 to educate African-Americans in the

South. The school was erected on 380 acres purchased during the previous year for $6,700. Oakwood University

has a beautiful natural setting on 1,185 acres (5 km2) of prime land that had previously been a plantation. Oakwood

University was founded in 1896 as Oakwood Industrial School. It is considered one of the historical landmarks of

the city of Huntsville, located in north central Alabama. The university prepares students from across America and

from many other nations to serve God and humanity in a variety of positions and careers. Oakwood‘s signature

choir, the Aeolians, is recognized as an Achiever in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Oakwood University is

pleased to host the 30th

annual meeting of the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians. The theme of the

conference, Libraries 2020: Visioning and planning for the next Decade, challenges us to envision and develop an

action plan for the type of libraries and leaders we want to have in the near future. We hope you will come, from far

and near, to share, to be retooled, and to be renewed.

Editor’s Note—the ASDAL Executive Committee has voted to lift the ―embargo‖ on the current

online issue of ASDAL Action, so when this issue gets posted to the website, you should be able to go

there and click on the links below:

TRAVEL -Three airport options

1. Huntsville International Airport – Preferred airport as campus is 20 minutes away. For airport pick-up

please email George Lee, gglee@oakwood.edu two weeks prior to arrival. Provide flight number and

estimated arrival time. Huntsville Airport 1000 Glenn Hearn Blvd. Huntsville, AL, USA 35824

Telephone: (256) 772-9395 ext. 260 Fax: (256) 772-0305 Ground transportation from airport

2. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) – campus is 2 hours away. Must arrange own

transport to campus. Birmingham Airport Authority 5900 Messer Airport Highway Birmingham, AL

35212 Phone: (205)-595-0533 Fax: (205)-599-0538 Ground transportation from airport

3. Nashville International Airport (BNA) - campus is 2 hours away. Must arrange own transport to campus.

Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority One Terminal Drive Suite 501 Nashville, TN 37214 Tel: (615)

275-1675. Ground transportation from airport

INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS

International attendees who need letters of invitation in order to obtain travel visas must write to the treasurer at the

earliest possible time. The request for a letter of invitation requires two original, signed letters on official letterhead,

one from the member and one from an officer of the member's sponsoring institution. The Treasurer‘s address is

Lori N Curtis, Archivist and Associate Chair, Archives and Special Collections, Loma Linda University, 10072

Anderson St., Loma Linda, California 92350-001 and her email address is lcurtis@llu.edu.

Driving Directions to Oakwood University from all three airports

Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones Field, Madison, AL 35756

Driving Directions from Huntsville Airport 13.3 mi (about 19 minutes)

1. Head north on Houston Goodson Blvd SW toward Facility Way SW 0.5 mi

2. Turn right to stay on Houston Goodson Blvd SW 0.4 mi

3. Continue onto Glenn Hearn Blvd SW 0.5 mi

4. Merge onto I-565 E via the ramp to Huntsville 5.8 mi

5. Take exit 14 for Research Park Blvd 0.9 mi

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6. Merge onto AL-255 N 2.3 mi

7. Exit onto University Dr NW/US-72 E toward Huntsville 1.1 mi

8. Turn left at Wynn Dr 1.0 mi

9. Turn right at Adventist Blvd NW 0.4 mi

10. Turn left onto campus (Campus Dr.) 0.3 mi

Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN 37217

Driving Directions from Nashville Intl Airport 111 mi (about 2 hours 6 minutes)

1. Head south on Terminal Dr 0.9 mi

2. Slight left to stay on Terminal Dr 0.5 mi

3. Take the ramp onto I-40 W 3.1 mi

4. Take exit 213A on the left to merge onto I-440 W toward Memphis 3.4 mi

5. Take exit 5 to merge onto I-65 S toward Huntsville 79.2 mi

6. Take exit 1 for US-31/TN-7 toward Ardmore/Huntsville 0.1 mi

7. Turn left at TN-7 S/US-31 S 2.6 mi

Continue to follow TN-7 S

Entering Alabama

8. Continue onto AL-53 S/Co Rd 71/Main St/Old U.S. 31 S/State Line Rd W 20.8 mi

Continue to follow AL-53 S

9. Turn right at Sparkman Dr NW 0.4 mi

10. Turn right at Adventist Blvd NW 0.5 mi

11. Turn right onto campus (Campus Dr) 0.3 mi

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Birmingham, AL 35217

Driving Directions from Birmingham Airport 105 mi (about 1 hour 44 minutes)

1. Head west on Messer Airport Hwy 0.2 mi

2. Slight left to stay on Messer Airport Hwy 1.2 mi

3. Turn right to merge onto I-20 W/I-59 S 4.5 mi

4. Take exit 124B to merge onto I-65 N toward Huntsville 79.2 mi

5. Take exit 340 to merge onto I-565 E toward Huntsville 14.1 mi

6. Take exit 14 for Research Park Blvd 0.9 mi

7. Merge onto AL-255 N 2.3 mi

8. Exit onto University Dr NW/US-72 E toward Huntsville 1.1 mi

9. Turn left at Wynn Dr 1.0 mi

10. Turn right at Adventist Blvd NW 0.4 mi

11. Turn left onto campus(Campus Dr) 0.3 mi

ACCOMMODATIONS (ON CAMPUS)

Dorm rooms have been reserved at Wade Hall beginning, Tuesday, June 16 at 4PM. Rooms include two-single

beds, bedding and towel, air conditioning, and internet access. Each room costs $50.00 per day.

ACCOMMODATIONS (OFF CAMPUS MOTELS) – 3 miles or less from campus

Bevill Center (on the campus of UA Huntsville)

550 Sparkman Dr NW

Huntsville, AL 35816

(256) 721-9428

Daily rate: $72- $79 plus tax

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Comfort Inn

3788 University Dr.

Huntsville, AL 35816

(256) 533-3291

Daily rate: $69.00 plus tax

Holiday Inn Express

3808 University Drive

Huntsville, AL 35816

(877) 863-4780

Daily rate: $89.00 plus tax

Country Inn & Suites

4880 University Dr NW

Huntsville, AL 35816

(256) 837-4070

Daily rate: $84.00 plus tax

MEALS

The Campus Dining Hall is closed during the summer. However, breakfast will be provided at a cost of $10.00 per

day. Please indicate on registration form that you will order breakfast. Except where noted, meals will be on your

own. In addition to the fast food chains, there are several restaurants nearby to choose from, for example,

Terranova‘s Italian Restaurant, Olive Garden, Mama Fu‘s Asian House and Rosie‘s Mexican Cantina. A listing will

be provided in your registration packets. ―Dine Around‖ is available for lunch and supper. In the meantime, you

may check online at http://www.huntsvillealabamausa.com/

TOURS

Friday, June 18, 2010 Depart at 8:00 AM

Birmingham Civil Rights District includes Kelly Ingram Park, where marches were formed, and the Sixteenth Street

Baptist Church, where four young girls were killed. Across the street is the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. We

may also tour the Mervyn H. Stern Library at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (tentative- if Information

Commons has been completed). On the way back we‘ll stop at the Ave Maria Grotto . The Ave Maria Grotto,

located on the grounds of Alabama's first and only Benedictine Abbey, consists of over 125 miniatures,

reproductions of famous churches, shrines and buildings. We‘ll also tour the Monastery candle Shop.

Sabbath Afternoon, June 19, 2010 – Depart 2:30 PM to CathedralCaverns

This is a magnificent sight from nature and just a short 45 minutes from Huntsville. Cathedral Caverns has the

widest entrance of any commercial cave in the world. It is 25 feet tall and 128 feet wide. Cathedral Caverns is home

to "Goliath"--the largest stalagmite in the world. It measures 45 feet tall and 243 feet in circumstance. Cathedral

Caverns has the largest flow stone wall, which is 32 feet tall and 135 feet long. Cathedral Caverns is known for the

largest "frozen" waterfall.

Monday, June 21, 2010 - Depart 3:30 PM to Marshall U.S. Space & Rocket Center

The Museum at the Space & Rocket Center will be partially closed during ASDAL due to the Star Wars exhibit,

which will open on June 24, 2010. However, we will have our banquet there and tour the facilities. If you are a Star

Wars fan, you may want to stay a few more days and see the exhibit. Tickets are on sale at

http://www.spacecamp.com.

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WEATHER

Temperatures range from 68degrees–91 degrees F (20-32 C) during the month of June.

CHURCH

Oakwood University SDA Church is located on campus and is very much a community church. It offers a traditional

worship format. The day begins with Sabbath School at 9:15AM and continues with mid-day worship service at

11:00AM to about 1:00PM. Other local congregations include:

Central SDA Church http://huntsvillecentral22.adventistchurchconnect.org/

First SDA Church http://first39.adventistchurchconnect.org/

Grace Fellowship http://www.gracefellowshipadventist.org/

Madison Mission http://www.madisonmission.net/

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A word from the Treasurer…

We will no longer be publishing ASDAL Membership Directory additions and corrections in ASDAL Action.

The Directory will be kept up-to-date on the ASDAL website – www.asdal.org. Please do continue to send me

any additions and corrections so that I can insure the directory is as accurate as possible. Thank you!

Lori N. Curtis, ASDAL Treasurer, (lcurtis@llu.edu)

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SCHOOL LIBRARY SECTION PRE-CONFERENCE

Katye Hunt Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Plan now to attend and invite friends to the pre-conference of the School Librarian Section of ASDAL. This pre-

conference will be held on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 on the campus of Oakwood University in Huntsville,

Alabama.

Since the Southern Union schools utilize the services of the ANGEL program (Adventist Network of General

Educational Libraries), the majority of all libraries are cataloged and organized. Plans are being made to give

presentations that will benefit area elementary and secondary teachers in ways to increase use and understanding of

how and why the library can help students in our SDA schools.

If you would like to volunteer to present or share helpful ideas contact Katye Hunt at khunt@angelprogram.net.

Send names and addresses of individuals you would like to invite for this all day conference and invitations will be

sent.

Katye Hunt (khunt@angelprogram.net)

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST RESOURCES SECTION PRE-CONFERENCE

James Ford

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The Adventist Resources Section of ASDAL will meet on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Oakwood University

beginning at 8:30 am. Because we are meeting at Oakwood the theme of our program will focus on Black Adventist

history. We have a very strong lineup of presenters beginning with the President of Oakwood University, Delbert

Baker. Our first presentation will be a team presentation on the history of Black Adventism. Dr. Baker will talk

about the first 100 years or so. Then we will have someone bring us up to date. Following that Mervyn Warren,

Provost of Oakwood, will talk about the history of Black Adventist education.

Rounding out the morning Lori Curtis will talk about early Adventist medical education for African Americans. In

the afternoon we have Alfonzo Green talking about his recently completed dissertation on Black regional

conferences compared with a similar structure within the United Methodist Church.

The last presentation will be an update on ―where in the world‖ is AdventistResources.org. Following the

presentations we will have our usual business and update session and a tour of the Oakwood University Archives

and Museum.

Jim Ford, ARS Planning Committee (fordjim@andrews.edu)

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ONE STEP FORWARD

Felipe E. Tan

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The James White Library (JWL) moved a step forward in its quest for a world-class library when Andrews

University became a NACO member in November of 2009. NACO stands for Name Authority COoperative, a

component of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) at the Library of Congress. As a NACO member,

JWL is now authorized to create and change Name Authority Records in the NACO Authority File (NAF).

This is a significant development, as Andrews University is home to many published authors, scholars, and alma

mater from all over the world. The James White Library also houses the largest collection of works pertaining to

Seventh-day Adventists and Ellen G. White. In addition to personal names, JWL is now allowed to contribute

corporate authority records for publications coming from different levels of the Seventh-day Adventist church. With

this privilege, JWL can help standardize and contribute to the LC/NACO Authority File (NAF).

There are two types of NACO membership. One is membership through a funnel project. A funnel project is a

group of libraries that have joined together to contribute Name Authority Records to the NAF. The other is through

individual NACO membership. JWL opted for individual NACO membership. Under this set-up, JWL submits its

Name Authority Records directly to the Library of Congress for review before they become part of the NAF.

This NACO membership is the culmination of the efforts JWL has made to update its authority records. To resolve

this, JWL explored various ways—one of which was through NACO membership. Last year a NACO training

workshop became available which I attended from October 26 to 30, 2009. I joined more than twenty participants

from all over the United States in John Adams building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. For five

days, three specialists from the Library of Congress led in the presentations and hands-on practicum. Topics

discussed included MARC 21 Authority Format, Personal Names, Corporate Bodies, Geographic Names and

Uniform Titles.

The seminar was intensive, comprehensive, and interesting. The focus of the presentations was to familiarize and

explain to the participants the standards and guidelines involved in creating and changing authority records. The

lecturers were not only competent, but I found them helpful and caring. This helped create a positive learning

atmosphere. While the last day of the seminar concluded the workshop, it actually signaled to the participants the

beginning of actual authority work.

Information regarding NACO is available on http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/naco.html

I encourage librarians to plan to have your institutions become members of NACO.

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Felipe E. Tan is Senior Cataloger, James White Library,

Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan (tan@andrews.edu)

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EIGHT STEPS TO SURVIVE TECH MELTDOWNS WITHOUT MELTING DOWN

Bruce McClay

Any one will work, but several combined together work admirably. I know – I have tested them.

1. Reboot, reboot, reboot. Not the computers, copier, or printer, but yourself. Whatever you

do to reboot – nap, coffee, walk, call a friend – do it! It may not help with the tech

problem, but you‘ll feel a lot better, and, after all, that‘s what counts.

2. Scream – often and loudly. Pretty soon the echoes will come rolling back and you‘ll feel

that you have lots of company and you know how ―misery loves company.‖ Only

problem is, it may not be the kind of company you want or need at the moment.

3. Laugh hysterically. If you are very lucky this will confuse the ―tech gremlins‖ that thrive

on the energy generated by frustration and misery. If not, it will at least confuse your

friends.

4. Change a baby‘s diaper. Everything is a matter of perspective, and this will put you in

touch with the reality of our world.

5. Have a blame storming session. They are popular in some libraries anyway.

6. Run around . . . and around and around and around. It won‘t do any tech good, but

exhaustion also changes one‘s perspective.

7. Look pensive and wise and say something like, ―Life is like a bowl of cherries. You

never know what you‘re going to get ‗til you get it.‖ You‘ll feel good and your co-

workers will be impressed.

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8. Be patient. Scientist say the universe is expanding or contracting (or our sun is going to

blow up) – either way, it will all be over in a few billion years, so why worry today

(Originally printed in the ACRL Washington Newsletter, Fall, 2009, No. 65) _______

Bruce McClay is Librarian at the School of Nursing Library, Walla Walla University, Portland Campus,

Portland, Oregon (Bruce.McClay@wallawalla.edu)

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ADVENTIST RESOURCES

Tony Zbaraschuk

Scarecrow Press has reprinted Gary Land's Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists under the new title The

A to Z of Seventh-day Adventists (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009 c2005. 419 p., ISBN 9780810868267). If

you already have the old one, you don't need this; if you don't, it's a useful supplement to the Seventh-day Adventist

Encyclopedia. It's a somewhat scattershot collection of articles with an extremely useful bibliography taking up 1/3

of the book.)

Two interesting Ph.D. theses popped up on the radar: Leslie Hardy's

Socialising accountability for the sacred : a study of the Sanitarium Health Food Company (University of Adelaide,

2008, 404 leaves) provides a nice look at an Australian institution, and Tommy Faris' William Miller: a common

sense life (Columbia University, 2007, 357 leaves) shows the continuing scholarly interest in Adventism and history

that has been such a nice feature of the last two decades.

The GC has another handbook out: Pastor's & elder's handbook for women's ministries : a complete guide for local

church leaders. (Silver Spring, MD: Women's Ministries Dept., 2007. 96 p. ISBN 9781578470457) Important if

you're training future church leaders or have any interest in women's ministries. And you may wish to add Monte

Sahlin's Mission in metropolis : the Adventist movement in an urban world (Lincoln, NB: Center for Creative

Ministry, 2007. 274 p. ISBN

9780971026476)

Three histories of local Adventism round out this column: Elaine Harker's God's children in the Ukraine

(Moorooka, Qld. : Boolarong Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780646484297) and Nadine Toler Hansen's Alaska mission

history : the beginnings of Seventh-Day Adventist work in Alaska, 1896-1983 : a scrapbook (Anchorage, AK:

Alaska Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, 2007. 552 p. no ISBN). Finally, a privately published Ministry

adventures in the Caribbean by Gloria Josiah (Bloomington, IN: Central Milton Keynes, 2007, 93 p. ISBN

9781425972165) is recommended for completists only.

See you next issue!

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Tony Zbaraschuk is Special Collections Librarian, La Sierra University Library, Sierra University, Riverside,

California (tzbarasc@lasierra.edu)

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LIBRARIANS ON THE LOOSE—DIGITAL ARCHIVES

Katie McGrath

Elizabeth sits quietly in her rocking chair, gazing out the window and remembering. It has been over 65 years since

she graduated from Southern Junior College, now transformed into Southern Adventist University. She thinks about

her classmates, her professors, the good times she had while she was a student. She longs for her old yearbooks. If

she had them, she could go back and see again the faces that meant so much to her, but as a military wife she has

moved so many times that these were lost years ago.

Suddenly, she has an idea. This tech-savvy great-grandma turns on her computer and navigates to Southern

Adventist University‘s website. She finds the link for the library and quickly scans the menus. Her heart beats

faster as she clicks the link for Digital Archives. Could it be? Yes. With just a few clicks of her mouse, she is

browsing through the pages of yearbooks she thought she would never see again.

This is the beauty and the power of the Internet. Libraries everywhere are harnessing this power to deliver content

around the globe to patrons who cannot come into our physical buildings. Welcome to the digital age, where

distance means nothing—the world is just a click away.

Well, not the whole world. It was not until 2009 that Southern Adventist University‘s McKee Library was able to

embark upon a digitization project, and it is far from complete. The goal of the project is to preserve official

publications of Southern Adventist University and make them accessible to interested parties, but only a handful of

available publications have actually been digitized. The project is off to a good start, but there have been and

continue to be hurdles to overcome.

Funding, of course, is a ubiquitous concern which never goes away. The initial launch of the project was the result

of the joint efforts of Alumni Relations, Marketing and University Relations, and McKee Library. Major funding

assistance came through the Mass Digitization Collaborative established by LYRASIS to assist member libraries in

digitizing their content. Supported through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the LYRASIS

membership, one of the goals of the Collaborative is to digitize and make unique, regional, and cultural heritage

materials available for public access.

Which brings us to another significant concern—privacy. In order to bring this service to its members, LYRASIS

has teamed up with the Open Content Alliance, supporting free and open access to digitized material. Materials

digitized under the program are available on the Internet Archive website, and therefore available to the entire online

community. While this relieves contributing members of the burden of hosting content, questions have been raised

about what is and what is not appropriate to be made publicly available. In the case of Southern Adventist

University, contact information for students and faculty has been printed in the back of the yearbook for a number of

years, and for this reason it was decided not to include Southern Memories (1945-present) in the initial launch of the

project.

Physical size of materials has also been an issue. During the planning stages of the project, it was hoped that

Southern Accent could be included in the initial launch, but the pages of this publication are unfortunately too large

for the ―scribe‖ scanners used by Internet Archive to handle. It would have been necessary to first convert the issues

to microfilm, and then proceed with digitization—a process which was prohibitively expensive. (However, recently

prices have been adjusted so items can be done entirely on a ―fold-out‖ station at a reasonable cost, so it may yet be

possible to add Southern Accent to the McKee Library Digital Archives.)

Despite these and other hurdles, Southern Adventist University‘s McKee Library is pleased with the initial launch

and hopeful about the continued growth and success of the digitization project. The alumni paper (now called

Columns), Legacy (a campus publication devoted to student literary works), and yearbooks dating before 1945 are

currently available, both on the Internet Archive site and through a direct link from McKee Library‘s website.

Discussions are being held about which publications will next become part of the digital collection, and how to fund

these additions.

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It is exciting to be a librarian in this time of transition. Projects such as McKee Library‘s digitization initiative are

filled with the promise of continuously improving the services we provide to our patrons and removing obstacles

which previously hindered access to materials. By tapping into the possibilities afforded by the digital age, our

efforts are helping Elizabeth and others like her as we move toward a time when the world will truly be just a click

away.

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

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

Tennessee. (kmcgrath@southern.edu)

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BYTES & BITS

Union College

Union College Library has been a busy place during the last several months. DeForest Nesmith retired effective

November 30, 2009. By December 21 he and his wife were on their way to South Korea where they will teach

English and Religion classes until June. Jeannette Wetmore was promoted to Public Services Librarian as of

December 1.

This semester we have inaugurated a redesigned home page for the library. Our two goals in this project were to

"unbury" links to our online resources and to mesh the design with that of the main Union College home page.

We're pleased with the results in both areas. We also started a Union College Library Facebook fan page. And

we're experimenting with offering instant message reference service using Meebo.

The Heritage Room also recently acquired the class composite photos and yearbooks from Platte Valley Academy

which merged with Enterprise Academy a couple of years ago to form Great Plains Academy. Great Plains

Academy is using the Enterprise campus and this last fall the Kansas-Nebraska Conference desided to revert the

Platte Valley Academy campus to farmland. As a result a new home for the photographs and yearbooks was needed

on short notice. There are multiple copies of the yearbooks which we do have permission to share with other

Adventist libraries. If you are interested in yearbooks from Platte Valley Academy, please contact Sabrina Riley

(sariley@ucollege.edu). Copies prior to 1991 are limited, but copies since then are plentiful. Any copies we do not

keep or find new homes for will be given to the Platte Valley Academy Alumni Associaton.

Sabrina Riley (sariley@ucollege.edu)

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ASDAL OFFICERS, 2009-2010

President: Josip Mocnik, SAU

President-Elect: Joel Lutes, PUC

Past President: Carlene Drake, LLU

Secretary: Heather Rodriquez-James, OU

Treasurer: Lori Curtis, LLU

ASDAL Action Editor: Sallie Alger, AU

For membership and other information, write:

ASDAL

Loma Linda University Libraries

11072 Anderson St.

Loma Linda, California 92350-0001

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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 association‘s activities, collection

development projects and activities related to SDA materials, and the progress of SDA libraries

throughout the world. It includes scholarly articles, bibliographies, book reviews, and other

information that keeps SDA librarians up-to-date with the profession.

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ASSOCIATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LIBRARIANS Thirtieth Annual Conference

Oakwood University, Huntsville, AL June 16-22, 2010

Registration Form

Name: _______________________________________Institution: _________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip, Country: ___________________________________________________________

Email: _______________ Phone: ___________________ Fax: _______________________

Registration fees (includes one banquet ticket):

Member (early bird -by May 15) $70.00 $_________ Member (after May 15) $85.00 $_________

Non-member (by May 15) $75.00 $_________ Non-member (by May 15) $90.00 $_________

Student/Retiree (by May 15) $50.00 $_________

Student/Retiree (after May 15) $65.00 $_________

Adventist Resources Pre-Session $10.00 $_________ School Librarians Session

(if not registered for conference) $10.00 $_________

Breakfast $60.00 $ _________

Additional banquet tickets x $35.00 $_________

Birmingham Day Tour (3 entrance tickets, supper) x $60.00 $_________ Sabbath Afternoon Tour (includes supper) $50.00 $_________

Housing: ___ I am arranging my own housing ___ I am requesting a single-dorm room x ($30.00) $__________

___ I am requesting a double-dorm room x ($50.00) Name of person sharing room: _________________________________

Transportation: I need transportation to/from HSV Airport $30.00 $__________ Arrival Date: _________________ Departure Date: _______________

TOTAL $__________ Make check payable to Oakwood University and mail with form to: Ms Elaine Gray Eva B Dykes Library Oakwood University 7000 Adventist Blvd. NW Huntsville, AL 35896

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