Association of Librarians & Archivists at Baptist Institutions

Job Posting: Baptist College of Florida

Staff/Librarian
The Baptist College of Florida
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Primary responsibilities are: the provision of reference services and library instruction; development of the reference collection; assistance with the maintenance and evaluation of online resources; process incoming and outgoing ILLs; some evening and weekend coverage of the reference desk; promotion of information services to the Baptist College of Florida; [...]

Constitution and Bylaws updated

At the 2009 ALABI meeting in Nashville, ALABI members approved the revised Constitution and Bylaws for the group. Those documents have been available as PDFs on the meetings page, but until now, they have not been available on the Constitution and Bylaws page. The official Constitution and Bylaws page has now been edited to reflect [...]

Records Management Workshop at SBHLA

The Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives is pleased to announce we will be co-sponsoring a Society of American Archivists workshop, Records Management for Archivists, Thursday and Friday February 4-5, 2010, at the SBC building in downtown Nashville.
This practical, introductory records management course provides an overview of records management principles and practices and tools [...]

The Value of Libraries in Economically Difficult Times

Some of you may be interested in this report that appeared on MSNBC last night about the value of libraries in difficult economic times.

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Proposed Constitution Changes

At the recent meeting in Macon, ALABI members were presented with the proposed changes to the constitution. Those changes are now available for download at the links below. The members of ALABI will vote concerning the changes at the 2009 meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Current Constitution
Proposed Constitution
Proposed Bylaws

The New Look

As you may notice, the ALABI website now has a new look. During the 2007 ALABI meeting, the members voted to take the website in a different direction, and with that decision came a site redesign. This version of the ALABI website is built upon Wordpress, a popular blogging and content management platform.
As you examine [...]