Macon in the Rearview

Posted on May 23, 2008 by admin

ALABI 2008 at Mercer University is now in the books. I sincerely enjoyed spending time with everyone who attended. I am always encouraged by the camaraderie and collegiality that exists at our meetings, and this year was no different. Every year I walk away from this meeting thinking, “I love being an archivist. I love this field. I love serving Baptists. I love spending time with my colleagues in other Baptist institutions.” This year was no different.

All of those who worked towards bringing ALABI together this year are to be heartily commended. The officers arranged a wonderful meeting, and Laura Botts of Mercer University deserves a special thanks for being such a capable and welcoming host. The hospitality everyone received at Mercer was exceptional.

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The New Look

Posted on April 7, 2008 by admin

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.

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