Phoenix Seminary Library Historic Milestone Events (Revised October 2019)
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Phoenix Seminary Library Historic Milestone Events (Revised October 2019) 1995 Phoenix Seminary (PS) Executive Vice President, Dr. Yarger, asked Doug Olbert, a retired AF Major, to develop a library at the Scottsdale Bible Church (SBC) youth center location off Miller Rd. and Shea Blvd. In July 1994, he began querying Doug upon their very first meeting at Bill’s North Ridge Community Church Sunday School Class, regarding Doug’s education at PS. Dr. Bill Yarger 1st Location Executive V.P. 7601 E.Shea Blvd Phoenix Seminary Scottsdale, AZ 1988-1997 (SBC Youth Center) Library Director (LD) begins investigation process and interviews Southwestern College Librarian, Alice Eickmeyer and AZ College of the Bible Librarian Dwaine Lindsey. Student helper, Roger Fankhauser suggested the use of a $25 Filemaker Pro template called “Booktrax” to begin cataloging initial books. Don Baugher, sporting a tie, Roger Fanhauser (Admin./class ’95-far right) and fellow students, Ted Wueste (class ’03-left) & Joe Page (class ’96-far left) yuk it up in front of pink partitions that in 1 year became the location of the very first library. Inside, 10 oak shelves house housed approx.. 500 books & two desks. 1996 The Library Director began re-cataloging the first 500 plus volumes via Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) software called LibraryWorld by Caspr. Bar-coding of books began with self-printed bar-codes on Avery labels—a hand-held wedge scanner is purchased to work with the LibraryWorld system. In May, the Seminary moved from the SBC Main Campus location to the SBC Chapel location at 7901 E. Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ near Hayden Road—it’s been said the property cost us $1.00. 2nd Location 7901 E.Shea Blvd Scottsdale, AZ (SBC Chapel Loc.) 1997 In August Bill Yarger leaves to pastor at Open Door Fellowship. Doug Childress steps in as interim Executive Vice President. In November, PS Library Joins the AMIGOS Consortium and adds Interlibrary Loan capability. 1998 First 5000 volumes cataloged and shelved in the 1000 Sq. Ft. Library. Volumes were added by requesting them from local area retired pastors and laity via mailers. Doug is introduced to an elementary school librarian by seminary board member, Tacy Ashby. She shares the tool, Mitnet for MARC DOS software to help clean up cataloging errors. The Director can now miraculously clean-up 5,000 MARC record errors. AZ College of the Bible (ACB) struggles financially and dissolves—it allows Phoenix Seminary to purchase its 36,000 vol. collection for $2 a book—most books are put into cool storage for two years. 4,000 select reference items are brought back to the SBC Chapel location and placed on wood shelves from the ACB library, most as reference items. 11 double metal shelves are purchased from HighSmith Library Supply company to support ongoing collection development. 1999 Director investigates future library staffing and location options in conjunction with a seminary internship—orders hundreds of library shelves for approximately $33,000 in anticipation of the next institutional site. Exec. V.P. Mark Upton authorized the purchase. ACB returns the $70,000 book purchase price--they turned a profit on the sale of their property. Mitch Miller, a former Christian book store manager is hired part-time to develop the library. 2000 PS Library moves from SBC Chapel location to the 13402 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite B-190, adding 4,200 square feet of library space. 196 new case shelves are assembled to eventually add about 31,000 additional usable volumes to the collection. Mark Upton, as Executive V.P., facilitated financial rd 3 Location assistance for the library 13402 N. Scottsdale Rd staff education. He Scottsdale, AZ worked closely with the (T-Bird & SD Rd. Loc.) Director regarding potential library designs, rd and costs of the 3 and 4th location moves. The ACB collection is moved in 900 or so boxes via Two Men and a Truck and stacked in the center of the library completely out of order. SchoolCraft sold us & assembled the new case shelving ahead of the book boxes. To organize and process the new collection it took, jokingly, “40 days and 40 nights.” This part of the collection initially was index card circulated – the other (original part; about 12,000 MARC electronic records), was set up in another area and was computer circulated. Initial full-time are staff hired—Mitch Miller, Acquisitions / Reference Librarian, Jim Santeford, Technical Services Librarian and Doug Olbert, Director of Library Services. Nearly 1 year after move Top right: Doug Olbert Top left: Mitch Miller “So much to do—really, Bottom left: Jim Santeford we are just getting started!” The Theological Library Cooperative of Arizona (TLCA) begins. Grand Canyon University (GCU) initiated our first meeting at a local restaurant in 2000. They wanted to create a Consortium of Christian Schools for the purpose of gaining group discounted databases. The Director graduates in May from PS with an MDIV in Leadership Development. In June, the Director attended his very first Library Conference at Point Loma Nazarene University with the Association of Christian Librarians. He made contact with a librarian who steered him to the software BookWhere, which helped to automate the download of Machine Readable Catalogs from seminaries and Bible colleges worldwide. This expedited the cataloging of our collection. 2001 With extensive volunteer help, the library completed its own in-house “retrospective conversion” (saving $75,000) and cataloging 23,000 volumes in one year allowing the collection to be viewed totally online just in time for the Association of Theological Schools accreditation site visit in March the following year. The following individuals contributed greatly to the retrospective conversion from paper index card to online circulation: Janet Oliver (cataloger), Vel Leroy (item processing)—they both contributed three days a week for 1 year. Jack Weber, Bob Miller, Louis and Elain Witt, Bonnie Mason and Martha Riediger. Each was responsible for downloading hundreds of Z39.50 MARC records weekly. Volunteers (Start year): Back row: Jerry Left: Janet Oliver Leatherwood (1999) (1999); Right: Vel LeRoy Blytha Talatha (2003); (2000) (Amazingly Doug Bonnie Mason went to High School (2000); with Vel’s son) Front Row: Margaret Jones (2003); Martha Riediger 2002 (1997) This 2002 photo is one of our early TLCA meetings at Cook College and Theological School in Tempe. We pursued a consortial arrangement with little progress and eventually we decided to make our organization a non-legal entity mainly for reciprocal lending and prayerful/professional assistance. Thus the Theological Library Cooperative of Arizona was born. We met mainly at the GCU red-brick library in the beginning and so Suella Baird, its Director, led most of our meetings in the beginning. Later we all started sharing the leadership of our meetings. In 2003 GCU was purchased and by 2008 the leadership decided to utilize mostly digital media, thus Suella, a very skilled leader and librarian was let go. Alice Eickmeyer of Southwestern College (ACU) became my personal library tutor in 1995 upon entering Phoenix Seminary—then I knew nothing about library science. Alice is pictured in a red dress at the far left in the front row. Alice retired around 2006/7 and moved to Eugene Oregon. To On the top row far left is the PS Library Director, Doug Olbert, to the right the right of her is Darcy Peletich, Kino Institute’s is Julie Hines librarian for Golden Gate Baptist Seminary later named librarian; then Kay Sproul who founded Gateway Seminary; next is Mark Thomas who was the librarian for Cook International Baptist’s College and Seminary College and Theological School before this American Indian School library; next is Shirley Anderson who was Alice’s dissolved in 2007—Mark took the minutes for our meetings for years, he librarian assistant. later got a library position on the east coast. Suella Baird is next. Association of Theological Schools (ATS) accredits PS and Library for five years. 2003 Jim Santeford and Doug Olbert are accepted to the University of AZ’s Library School. 2004 Janet Oliver joins the staff of the library as Associate Librarian--Cataloging, after five years of volunteering. 2005 The Library is given the opportunity to design a brand new facility and occupy suite 100 at the new PS home off 42nd Street and Thomas road in August. The move of all books, shelving and equipment was completed in just one week. Stacks are A library moving company brought 40 moved ahead plywood carts to assist of the our move book carts to the new location Carts were “shrink Stacks are assembled ahead wrapped” so books would of the “shrink not be shaken out of their classification order wrapped” carts Suite 100 Library entrance at 4222 Arcadia Gateway Center, E. Thomas Road 4222 E. Thomas Road in Phoenix. Jerry Leatherwood joins the library team as unpaid staff, and is given the title of “Conservation Technician”— Jerry processed and repaired many volumes during the fall and spring semesters. Jocelyn Miller joins the library team as Associate--Library Services. The two women Jerry Leatherwood, staff are Jocelyn Miller (far left) Conservation then Janet Oliver Technician 2006 Library committee prepares a self-study for the ATS 2007 site visit. Doug appears with Earl The project, entailed Eisenhower Jr., President cataloging and digitizing 200 Eisehower’s nephew. The rare photos of Senator Barry Goldwater for the AZ Director did 2 library internships in the summer Memory project. Earl and his of 2006. Doug and Earl wife Judy worked closely worked together at the with the Senator. Earl as speech writer and Press Arizona Historical Foundation at the Hayden Secretary, Judy as Chief of Library, AZ State U.