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Constitution and Bylaws updated

Jason Fowler — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:33:14 +0000

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 the current edition of the ALABI Constitution and Bylaws. If you plan on attending the meeting in Georgetown this year, you might want to take a few minutes to review them before the meeting.

Records Management Workshop at SBHLA

Jason Fowler — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:12:25 +0000

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 to use for establishing or continuing a records management program.

Members of the Association of Librarians and Archivists at Baptist Institutions are eligible for a $25 discount off the non-member rate. Enter the code “RMA10TN” into the promotional code on the online registration form and the discount will be activated by SAA staff.

Early bird registration ends January 5, 2010. The course also provides 10 Archival Recertification Credits for individuals who are members of the Academy of Certified Archivists. For more information and to register, visit
the education calendar of the Society of American Archivists website, http://saa.archivists.org/Scripts/4Disapi.dll/4DCGI/events/ConferenceList.html?Action=GetEvents

The Value of Libraries in Economically Difficult Times

Jason Fowler — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:30:21 +0000

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

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Proposed Constitution Changes

Jason Fowler — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:34:25 +0000

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

Jason Fowler — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:20:55 +0000

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 this new environment, we hope you will reflect on why exactly the new site looks the way it does. ALABI is an association of librarians and archivists who work for or with Baptist institutions. Many of the elements in the design were selected because of this fact. The design looks rather like a book. The image at the top of the site contains a Library of Congress call number for a book about archives. The date in the call number, 2005, represents the year that the association was organized. The header and sidebar contain images of marbled paper, a leather border, and yellowed paper. All of these were scanned from a well-preserved copy of a Baptist book, James P. Boyce’s Three Changes in Theological Institutions. The new design is intended to be a tribute to all the librarians and archivists who labor to ensure that the material remains of the Baptist heritage are preserved for future generations of Baptists.