Authors:Terry Dwain Robertson Abstract: In this essay, I focus on the sociality of librarianship in the academic setting. How should we as library workers think about the communities we serve' What mindset should guide our interactions with the people who seek our services' How should library workers think about how we collaborate to serve our public' As a profession, librarianship has a solid public service orientation, evidenced by its best community outreach, advocacy, and hospitality practices. Can Biblical teachings emphasized within the Seventh-day Adventist faith community be foundational for this ethos' Does faith integration matter' Correlating insights from Tuomela on group agency, Lankes on the mission of librarians, and the Biblical teachings on Discipleship, Second Coming, and Sabbath, I suggest the integration of work and faith is evidenced by a dispositional orientation that finds expression in a we-mode library sociality. PubDate: Mon, 06 Sep 2021 19:46:08 PDT
Authors:Denise Hunter Abstract: Since the Covid-19 Pandemic, online activities have increased exponentially. Public and school libraries have expanded their offerings and increased their online presence to ensure that patrons continue to access their services. Our school libraries in the Caribbean have not been given the attention they deserve and so are not equipped to function in the online world. Many kept their doors closed or the space reassigned for other activities. In instances Librarians have been assigned other tasks and information literacy skills placed on hold. In this time of online presence, our school libraries and librarians have a role to play in assisting our students navigate the information highway and to develop their literacy skills. There is also the likelihood that many online services will continue after the pandemic. Our school librarians and libraries in the Caribbean should be prepared to operate in the virtual space. PubDate: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:36:22 PDT
Authors:Daniel J. Drazen Abstract: The Library of Congress Subject Headings, for all its seeming comprehension, has not always been up to the task of covering Seventh-day Adventist subject matter better than the Supplementary List of Subject Headings published by the Loma Linda University Libraries as used by the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index. More important, there has been, and continues to be, a need to coin new terms as they are needed. To rely primarily on one source for assigning index terms, however comprehensive it might seem generally, is too inflexible a strategy to be realistic. Relying on both the LCSH and the SLSH is the preferred method of indexing Seventh-day Adventist periodical articles. PubDate: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 06:15:23 PDT
Authors:Margaret Adeogun Abstract: Academic libraries today are asked to justify the value they bring to the advancement of learning. The challenge for accountability has pressured many libraries to re-examine anew how students learn, and the best approaches to 21st century learning environment. Libraries are re-examining their assets – information materials, services, abilities and skills, and particularly, the library space. They are deliberating on how they can better support a learning environment that is geared toward knowledge-building and reflects a need for flexible space, time, people, and technology. Library space has turned out to be the library’s most cherished resource. Despite the fact that information items and databases are readily accessible to patrons outside the library building – a situation that could minimize their visits to the library – most academic libraries that have repurposed their spaces for social and academic explorations are experiencing an upsurge in traffic of students. In order to meet the needs of the knowledge society, teaching faculty are beginning to cherish the importance of experiential learning to prepare their students for a knowledge capitalist society where knowledge is the acme of the economy. They now realize that experiential learning cannot take place within the confines of a classroom, but in an open environment with varied resources and technology that stimulate students to think, explore, and create. This is why library spaces are becoming attractive to the teaching faculty as spaces of value, if so designed for exploration, hands-on learning, and collaboration for knowledge building. This paper reviews the teaching and learning experiences of faculty and students’ use of the James White Library Innovation Lab as a teaching and learning space for INEN 221-001 Introduction to Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Foundations of Play. PubDate: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:42:52 PDT
Authors:Terry Dwain Robertson Abstract: Within the discipline of library science, there are two themes that speak to both the philosophy of librarianship and that intersect with biblical teaching. These are “documentality” and “information literacy.” Both themes within the librarianship context emerge from and speak to the metanarratives of contemporary culture, particularly as they pertain to higher education. Documentality embraces the social values and practices underpinning the reification and commodification of human communication, from the mind of the author to publication, to distribution, to access. Information literacy, in turn, engages the social values and practices of the individual reader engaging with these authored products. Though this framing of the discussion with this terminology may be contemporary, I suggest that the themes proper are ageless, and have been addressed in Scriptures. Further, I suggest that the contribution on these themes from the Scriptures shapes a Biblically informed philosophy of librarianship. PubDate: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:35:44 PDT
Authors:Cynthia Mae Helms et al. Abstract: Citations found in Theological Seminary Ph.D./Th.D. dissertations completed between 2006 and 2010 at Andrews University were analyzed to determine how much of the cited resources were held by the library, what types of resources were used, and their age. The study showed that 2/3 of the citations were books and almost 1/3 were periodicals, 84% of the citations were held by James White Library, and the majority of the citations were published within 60 years of the dissertations’ completion dates. The study also revealed that five of the 27 most frequently cited periodicals were included in ranked lists of three similar studies. PubDate: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:20:14 PDT
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