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A Plan For Implementing Cooperation Between Home School Educators And Public Schools In Buena Vista County, Iowa, Mary Kohnen

Graduate Research Papers

Home school education is a choice that more parents are selecting for their children in today's world. Parents may decide to home school their children for a variety of reasons. Public schools can begin to cooperate with home school parents and assist in the education of home school students by offering the use of school resources. The purpose of this project was to develop a core collection of resources, provide a listing of services in the school library for home school families in Buena Vista County, Iowa schools. It was also intended to develop an informational brochure for home school …

The Absent American Indian Treaties: A Guide To Treaties Never Referenced At The Federal Court Level, Charles D. Bernholz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

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Collection Development In The New Millennium–Evaluating, Selecting, Annotating, Organizing For Ease Of Access, Reevaluating, And Updating Electronic Resources, Virginia A. Baldwin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The literature of the early 1990s suggested changes in the structure of collection management itself in order to accommodate the changes both now occurring and those foreseen. Sheila Creth wrote in 1991 "Until recently, the primary focus of collection development has been on building collections." She outlined the functions of collection management in academic libraries to include: selection of materials, weeding, preservation, liaison with faculty and academic departments, reference and user education, fiscal responsibility, and policy development. Creth saw the necessity for a basic change in the library’s organization structure. "According to the principles of organizational design, the traditional structure …

Learning Styles: Teaching Technology Subjects Can Be More Effective, Ronald I. Sutliff, Virginia A. Baldwin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Learning style theory has been developed and applied in various curricula for all levels of education. Kolb (1985) developed one particular method of assessing student learning style. The use of this method has been documented in the engineering and technology programs of several universities. Variations in learning style due to cultural diversity have been studied and are described in the literature.

This article describes and recommends the use of learning style theory to assess individual learning styles in the classroom and the use of teaching methods to accommodate various learning styles. Sutliff (one of the authors) administered the Learning Style …

Literature Connections To Music, Elizabeth Lynn Wick Mclean

Graduate Research Papers

This project was to produce an annotated bibliography of fiction for young adult readers with important characters or themes relating to music. The music and English departments at Mormon Trail Jr./Sr. High School in Garden Grove, Iowa requested a bibliography of young adult fiction related to music as a theme or important character so that teachers and students could choose a story to read when team teaching music and reading. The 120 books annotated were chosen through criteria selected so as to produce a list of books that would meet the curriculum needs of the teachers and reading levels and …

Virtues Or Values? Behind The Values Controversy, John Allen Delivuk

The Christian Librarian

The American Library Association (ALA) has initiated a process of defining the values of libraries. This process has influenced Christian librarians. For example, the Association of Christian Librarians (ACL) invited Michael Gorman, author of Our Enduring Values, to speak at its 2000 conference.

Finding Grandpa's Patent: Using Patent Information For Historical Or Genealogical Research, Jan Comfort

Publications

Hardly a week goes by without a phone call, an e-mail message, or a visit from a patron who is looking for a patent issued to a family member. Often, the patron does not have complete information, and sometimes has nothing more than a name and a notion that Grandpa once invented something. This article describes some strategies that can be used by Librarians to assist patrons in historical patent research. It, additionally, includes a list of sources and highlights special materials that are available at Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries.

Fifteen Months In The Planning Trenches: Strategically Positioning The Research Library For A New Century, Eric C. Shoaf

Publications

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Frontmatter (The Christian Librarian 44:1)

The Christian Librarian

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Editorial, Ron Jordahl

The Christian Librarian

Forget the hoopla of New Years Day 2000; we know that January 1, 2001 actually marks the beginning of the 21" century. That fact notwithstanding, in this first issue of The Christian Librarian for the new millennium you will find a "business as usual" attitude. Perhaps that is because not all of the TCL team members share my mathematical insistence this is really the first month of the new millennium, but more likely it is because my colleagues are more concerned about the realities of Christian librarianship in the real world than they are in sophomoric niceties.

Values For Libraries, Conference 2000 Featured Speaker, Michael Gorman

The Christian Librarian

Mr. Gorman's paper dealt with j the values of our profession based on a humanistic analysis of more than 40 years work in libraries and the scant but important body of writing on the philosophy, ethics, and values of librarianship.

Values: A Christian Perspective, A Response To Michael Gorman, J. Ray Doerksen

The Christian Librarian

Michael Gorman's recent challenge to Christian librarians at the ACL annual conference in San Diego begs for a response. What was the nature of that challenge? It was that we, as Christian librarians, should share values that can be derived completely from a humanistic perspective. It would be surprising if a humanistic perspective could successfully articulate Christian values, and in this case, there is no surprise.

A Biblical View Of Library Administration, John Allen Delivuk

The Christian Librarian

While individuals sometimes do worthwhile tasks working by themselves, most of the work of modern civilization is done by people working together in groups. Groups require administration. This essay examines some aspects of the role of administration and administrators in libraries from a biblical point of view.

Librarians Across The Sea: Acl And Missions, Wilbur E. Cropley

The Christian Librarian

The Association of Christian Librarians (ACL) is missions-hearted, missions-minded, and missions-handled. This stance was vital to the founders. It is also vital for the calling and ministry of the present membership. We shall expand and illustrate these statements. The past, present development, and future will be covered.

The Y Factor, J. Ray Doerksen

The Christian Librarian

Since God was able to get creation (not a small job) finished in six days, why do Christians need seven days to get their work done?

I posed a question to the ACL listserv: If your library is open on Sunday, why? My question was meant to elicit reasons, or justifications, from those who choose to open on Sunday. A number of thoughtful responses returned. It is clear that many librarians struggle with this issue, both on a personal and professional level. Some have solved the problem to their satisfaction; others have assumed a pragmatic stance - they do what …

Where Did They Come From? A Tribute To Shirley N. Wood, Jo Ann Rhodes

The Christian Librarian

The contributions of people like Shirley Wood, one of the founders of the Association of Christian Librarians, often go unnoticed due to the selflessness of their service. It is good to be reminded once in a while that what we take for granted in our 21st century library work was at one time the result of some former librarian's creativity. In the Christian library community, an individual's contributions are frequently done quietly, which is the way it should be if one wished to serve in the Scriptural way of not calling attention to oneself or one's service. Shirley Wood expended …

Bolivia Or Bust: Cila Memories, Dennis C. Tucker

The Christian Librarian

The first tentative talks about the possibility of a teaching mission to Bolivia began in June of 1998 at the annual conference of the Association of Christian Librarians. We had a semi-formal meeting to discuss the possibility at the 1999 annual conference-nearly a year before it would actually happen-at a meeting of the Commission for International Library Assistance (CILA), a ministry of the Association. The mission of CILA is to provide support for libraries in developing countries where there is a lack of formal training or financial resources. It does so by serving as an umbrella organization to coordinate requests …

Resource Reviews, Robert O. Ellett

The Christian Librarian

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Resources Received, Robert O. Ellett

The Christian Librarian

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Websight, Dennis Read

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Frontmatter (The Christian Librarian 44:2)

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Search Engines Giving You Garbage? Put A "Corc" In It, Implementing The Cooperative Online Resource Catalog, Robert O. Ellett Jr.

The Christian Librarian

This paper presents an implementation strategy for adding Internet resources to a library online catalog using OCLC's Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC). Areas of consideration include deciding which electronic resources to include in the online catalog and how to select them. The value and importance of pathfinders in creating electronic bibliographies and the role of library staff in updating them is introduced. Using an electronic suggestion form as a means of Internet resource collection development is another innovative method of enriching library collections. Education and training for cataloging staff on Dublin Core elements is also needed. Attention should be paid …

Objectivity, Values, And The Christian Librarian, Steve Baker

The Christian Librarian

The central questions of Christian librarianship in the postmodern world involve the philosophical grounds of collection development. Are there reliable objective grounds for attempting to build balanced collections? What values ought to guide the librarian in this task? How will the application of those values differ in the context of an evangelical Christian institution?

Websight, Dennis Read

The Christian Librarian

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Resource Reviews, Phyllis Fox

The Christian Librarian

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Frontmatter (The Christian Librarian 44:3)

The Christian Librarian

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Honored Emily Russel Award 2001, Woodvall Moore

The Christian Librarian

Ron Jordahl is being honored this evening for his contributions to the development of the Association of Christian Librarians, to Christian librarianship, and to college librarianship.

The Y Factor, J. Ray Doerksen

The Christian Librarian

The Sabbath issue is finished. Now it is time to take a rest (pun intended). I probably benefited from my study of the issue more than any of you, but that is what I love about education-there is so much to learn. In "The Y Factor," I usually focus on the noun in the title of this journal, addressing issues of librarianship. Today, I want to concentrate on the adjective -- "Christian".

Russian Soldiers Move Library!, Lois L. Luesing

The Christian Librarian

How does one make plans to move a library from one building, across town, and into a new site when that site is thousands of miles away from where you are in Michigan? One evening I was trying to come up with an idea of how to proceed. Suddenly there flashed into my mind a plan that I quickly wrote down. It was that very plan that we used at St. Petersburg Christian University in Russia. Surely the Lord gave it.

Meredythe Anne Scheflen, Doug Butler

The Christian Librarian

Meredythe Anne Scheflen, career missionary to Bolivia with World Gospel Mission (WGM), was the hostess for the CILA seminar team to the Bolivian Evangelical University (UEB). Here is more about this remarkable lady.