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2010 ALABI Meeting
The officers of ALABI (Association of Librarians and Archivists and Baptist Institutions) would like to announce that ALABI will have its annual convention at Georgetown College, in Georgetown, Kentucky on June 2-3, 2010. The main topic will be The Digital … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
User-Centered Practices in Libraries
During ALABI 2009, ALABI President Kent Millwood led the breakout session on User-centered Practices in Libraries. Kent has graciously compiled notes used for the session and provided them for members of ALABI. Kent has some great content here, and he … Continue reading
Baptist Library Uses WorldCat Local
OCLC’s newly released WorldCat Local online catalog solution has quickly gathered a number of implementers. This new search and discovery service offers a number of advantages over traditional ILS catalogs. One Baptist library, the James P. Boyce Centennial Library at … Continue reading
Whitsitt Diaries Open at Virginia Baptist Historical Society
The Virginia Baptist Historical Society has opened to researchers the 16 volumes of diaries, 1885-1889, kept by Dr. William Heth Whitsitt, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The diaries have been opened following the publication earlier this year of … Continue reading
2009 Minutes Available
The minutes from the 2009 ALABI meeting are now available. They can be found on the meetings page, or you can click here to access them directly. A hardy thank you to Eldonna Deweese for taking good minutes and distributing … Continue reading
ALABI 2009 Presentations — Paul Roberts
I want to thank everyone who participated in this year’s ALABI meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the course of the next few days, I will try to post some of the exceptional presentations that our speakers brought this year. One … Continue reading
ACA Recertification Points at ALABI
One thing always looms larger than anything else in the minds of Certified Archivists: recertification points. Yes, recertification points. Those little slips of paper that help one avoid ever having to sit through the CA exam again :). This year, … Continue reading
A Rare Book Librarian Responds to the Kindle
A colleague brought this article to my attention, and I thought some of you may find it interesting. How do you think this recent development will change the way libraries and archives do their work? (HT: Paul Roberts)
2009 ALABI Meeting
The annual meeting of the Association of Librarians and Archivists at Baptist Institutions will be held on June 3-4, 2009 at the Southern Baptist Convention Building in downtown Nashville. The staff of the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives will … Continue reading