Congratulations to Kathy Hillman at Baylor University, recipient of the 2026 Betty Hurtt Meritorious Service Award. The Betty Hurtt Meritorious Service Award honors a current or former ALABI member or any individual who has served as a role model and contributed significantly to the preservation and promotion of Baptist records and manuscripts. The award includes a plaque and a resolution honoring the individual from the association.
The SBHLA is looking to fill a librarian position, a cataloging position. Please see the attached job description. Review of applications begins September 8.
Nominations are being accepted for the Betty Hurtt Meritorious Service Award. This award honors a current or former ALABI member or any individual who has served as a role model and contributed significantly to the preservation and promotion of Baptist records and manuscripts. The award includes a plaque and a resolution honoring the individual from the association. If you would like to nominate someone for this award, please submit a letter of nomination to ALABI president Adam Winters (awinters@sbts.edu) by Friday May 31, 2024.
Award nomination letter deadline: Friday, May 12
ALABI president Jill Botticelli is accepting nominations for the Betty Hurtt Meritorious Service Award. This award honors a current or former ALABI member or any individual who has served as a role model and contributed significantly to the preservation and promotion of Baptist records and manuscripts. The award includes a plaque and a resolution honoring the individual from the association. If you would like to nominate someone for this award, please submit a letter of nomination to Jill Botticelli (jbotticelli@swbts.edu) by Friday, May 12.
The Association of Librarians and Archivists at Baptist Institutions sponsors a program whereby funds are made available for partial support in digitizing Baptist historical resources. The program provides a grant of $500. More information and an online grant application is available at the link below.
The Baylor University Libraries seek applications for the position of Director of The Texas Collection & University Archives. This academic professional with faculty status provides leadership, vision, and direction for The Texas Collection & University Archives and is responsible for the strategic planning and day-to-day operations of the library and archives. The Director also provides administrative oversight of Baylor at Independence, the original site of Baylor University and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Independence, Texas. Celebrating its centennial in 2023, The Texas Collection is one of the largest Texana collections in the world. While focused on the Lone Star State, The Texas Collection also holds information on the Southwest, Mexico, westward expansion, and beyond. Materials date from the 15th century to the present and tell the story of Texas from pre-Republic, Republic of Texas, and statehood. Scholars from all over the world come to The Texas Collection to research facets of Texas including history, agriculture, literature, religion, politics, and education. The Texas Collection hosts Baylor classes and provides special presentations and programming for the public. The mission of the University Archives is to collect, preserve, and provide access to records related to Baylor University. Materials in the University Archives shine a light on the important decisions that have made Baylor the institution it is today, providing valuable insight into our storied past. For qualifications and additional information, see https://apply.interfolio.com/90470 (Opens July 16, 2021, Closes August 23, 2021)
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For.” The Baylor University Libraries support teaching, learning and research at Baylor University, and consist of the Moody and Jones Libraries; Armstrong Browning Library; Arts & Special Collections Research Center; Institute for Oral History; Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society; Library and Academic Technology Services; W. R. Poage Legislative Library; and Texas Collection with over 2.5 million volumes, significant holdings in e-journals, e-books, databases, and other digital content (https://tinyurl.com/bulstats).
The Baylor University Libraries commit to increase diversity and recognize, value, respect, and empower all members of our community. We actively challenge and respond to bias, harassment, and discrimination. We commit to a policy of equal opportunity to resources, services, and spaces for all persons. The library is a place where differences are welcomed, people are nurtured, all perspectives are heard, and every individual feels a sense of belonging (https://tinyurl.com/buldei).
The Baylor University Libraries seek a collaborative, engagement-focused Heath Sciences Librarian to join the team of liaison librarians in the Research & Engagement department. In addition to the liaison program, this department also includes public services and support and services for data and digital scholarship, instruction and information literacy, and the arts and special collections research center. This position will serve as the liaison to the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences and collaborate with the other STEM liaisons on projects related to STEM information literacy and research services. This is an academic professional position with faculty status and rank of Assistant or Associate Librarian. For qualifications and additional information, see https://apply.interfolio.com/90989 (Opens August 3, 2021, Closes September 5, 2021)
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For.” The Baylor University Libraries support teaching, learning and research at Baylor University, and consist of the Moody and Jones Libraries; Armstrong Browning Library; Arts & Special Collections Research Center; Institute for Oral History; Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society; Library and Academic Technology Services; W. R. Poage Legislative Library; and Texas Collection with over 2.5 million volumes, significant holdings in e-journals, e-books, databases, and other digital content (https://tinyurl.com/bulstats).
The Baylor University Libraries commit to increase diversity and recognize, value, respect, and empower all members of our community. We actively challenge and respond to bias, harassment, and discrimination. We commit to a policy of equal opportunity to resources, services, and spaces for all persons. The library is a place where differences are welcomed, people are nurtured, all perspectives are heard, and every individual feels a sense of belonging (https://tinyurl.com/buldei).
This Spring, two of our ALABI officers accepted jobs outside Baptist circles and resigned as officers of our organization. Steve Jones (president) took a job at the Frazier Museum of Kentucky History, and Wendy Richter (vice president) became the State Archivist for Arkansas. They both served ALABI so well and we will miss having them in our organization. Before leaving for his new job, Steve Jones appointed ALABI secretary Jennifer Taylor as acting president for the remainder of his term. The nominating committee recommends the following slate of officers to be voted on at this year’s business meeting:
President: Jennifer Taylor (Samford)
Vice President: Jill Botticelli (Southwestern)
Secretary: Daniel Williams (Mercer)
Executive Secretary-Treasurer: Taffey Hall (SBHLA)
Nominations are being accepted for the Betty Hurtt Meritorious Service Award. This award honors a current or former ALABI member or any individual who has served as a role model and contributed significantly to the preservation and promotion of Baptist records and manuscripts. The award includes a plaque and a resolution honoring the individual from the association. If you would like to nominate someone for this award, please submit a letter of nomination to Taffey Hall (taffey@sbhla.org) by Friday, May 25, 2018.
For the fifth year ALABI is offering a small grant for Baptist digital projects. Applications are open to institutional libraries and archives affiliated with Baptist colleges, universities, seminaries, historical collections, and Baptist agencies and conventions from the pan-Baptist family. Digital projects must be a Baptist-related resource such as a periodical, book(s), pamphlets, archival collection(s), or other Baptist resource. Projects funded through the grants must be made freely available without access restrictions to the general public and should involve a resource not already available on the web. More information and an online application are available at, http://www.baptistheritage.com/digital-projects/. We encourage you to apply. Applications should be submitted by May 25, 2018.
