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Resource Reviews, Robert O. Ellett

The Christian Librarian

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Oral History: Memories Transcribed, Mary M. Flekke

The Christian Librarian

Oral history began as oral tradition, the passing down of information from generation to generation. Now we commit most everything to "paper." However, there are still places in the world where the passing of history is truly an oral tradition. Within our own families, oral tradition is the main way most of us retain our favorite family stories. Unfortunately, by not recording these stories, they frequently undergo changes as they pass from parent to child, also, with the advent of technology and the decline of the extended family, these family stories are becoming lost.

Websight, Dennis Read

The Christian Librarian

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Editorial, Ron Jordahl

The Christian Librarian

The progression from one century to the next has traditionally brought us changes in attitude, invention and convention. We want to see the instant when one century slips away and another begins as momentous. With that spirit in mind we of the Editorial Staff here at TCL have made some changes. It is my hope that this has been apparent to you from the moment you first laid eyes on this issue. With the beginning of Volume 43 The Christian Librarian has a new look.

Internet Filter Use In "Acl" Libraries, Diane Sullivan

The Christian Librarian

Will Internet filters deliver us from evil or are they a necessary evil? Are Christian colleges using Internet filters? If so, which filters? What roles are Christian librarians assuming in this decision-making process?

Techtrends, Joe Matthews

The Christian Librarian

A computer's operating system is the "central nervous system." This software controls what the computer system does internally. That is, it controls the flow of information into the computer. processes the data or information and then moves the data into a file stored on the magnetic disk or displayed on a workstation screen or perhaps printed.

Resources Received, Robert O. Ellett

The Christian Librarian

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Anticipation: Sailing Into Conference, Anne-Elizabeth Powell

The Christian Librarian

rrnerly Pasadena College (Est. 1902), the spiritual, academic and cultural community that would become Point Loma Nazarene University moved to San Diego from Pasadena, California in 1973. Spanish for Hill, the word Loma is both an apt description of the site on which the University rests and an indication of the cultural influence of the Spanish on the region. Located on cliffs above the Pacific Ocean, PLNU is graced by ocean views at nearly every turn.

Honored: 1997 Emily Russell Award, Sheila Carlblom

The Christian Librarian

The Association of Christian Librarians in recognition of outstanding contribution to Christian librarianship awards the Emily Russel Award. The following article is a revision of the Emily Russel Award presentation made by Sheila Carib/om during the 1997 ACL Conference held at Northwestem College in St. Paul, Minnesota. In summary form, we have attempted to highlight the careers of the 1997 Emily Russel Award recipients.

Websight, Dennis Read

The Christian Librarian

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Frontmatter (The Christian Librarian 43:1)

The Christian Librarian

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The Christian View Of Vocation For Librarians, John Allen Delivuk

The Christian Librarian

Like two brothers, western civilization and Christianity grew up together. Christianity gave the civilization its virtues, its view of work, and its view of service. With the decline of Christian influence, there is an increasing separation between virtue, service and work. This has led to vocational crisis in professions which have described themselves as vocations. Nurses, doctors and teachers have noticed the problem. This paper will make some observations concerning the crisis, give historical and biblical insights into our view of vocation, discuss some errors with the viewpoints, give some proposals for improving the situation and conclude with a summary.

The Y Factor, J. Ray Doerksen

The Christian Librarian

Maybe college and university administrators have had it .right all the time-and librarians have been out of touch with reality. Is it possible that one of our most vocal causes has been a misguided one?

What I am talking about is the size of library budgets for the purchase of information resources. As colleges and universities experienced rapid growth following World War II, libraries shared in the largesse that resulted from increasing enrollments. New library buildings sprouted everywhere; budgets for learning resources expanded to fill the buildings. Life was good.

Thoughts From A Public Librarian, June Bostwick

The Christian Librarian

I am fairly new to the Association of Christian Librarians and librarianship. This year, the 43rd conference, was my fourth ACL conference. I have been a reference librarian for about the same number of years. I felt a bit lost at my first conference. I would imagine most people do. I was just beginning to pursue my MLS and, most of my experience had been in public libraries. So, classes that focused on academic issues didn't mean too much to me. However, other conference goers helped me choose a few subjects that could be adapted to public library service and …

Web Acquisitions & Collection Development, Gary Shook

The Christian Librarian

This article and webography is based Oil a workshop of the same title presented at the /999 ACL Annual Conference. It discusses the growing number of resources on the World Wide Web that may be useful for doing acquisitions and collection development. It begins by introducing librarians to AcqWeb, an excellent site for librarians who do acquisitions and collection development. Then representative web sites which may be useful as verification tools, review sources, collection development resources or in finding out-of print materials are listed in an annotated webography.

The Y Factor, J. Ray Doerksen

The Christian Librarian

Should librarians have faculty status? Why? The answer to the first question, as given by librarians, is normally "Yes." It is time to examine the second question-the Y factor. There are a number of reasons that librarians seek faculty status. Those who teach-or give library instruction consider their functions similar to those that faculty perform. This argument applies especially to classroom situations where librarians teach information literacy, which in the old days was called bibliographic instruction. Reference librarians, however, also believe they teach when they help students discover information. Therefore, should not all campus personnel who teach students- including librarians-be …

Resource Reviews, Robert O. Ellett Jr.

The Christian Librarian

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Editorial, Anne-Elizabeth Powell

The Christian Librarian

August 30 of this year was Heritage Day for my institution. This marks one of three days each year (the others being Baccalaureate and Commencement) on which the entire University faculty come together before the staff, student, and parents dressed in full academic regalia.

Resource Reviews, Robert O. Ellett

The Christian Librarian

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