WE HAVE A DREAM HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE LIBRARIANS Winnie Bell & Erma Jean Loveland ii DEDICATION “We Have a Dream: History of the Christian College Librarians” is dedicated to the group of librarians who met in Oklahoma City for the first time in 1974. Some had big dreams and some were just beginning to get a glimpse of possible dreams of cooperation among the libraries of our Church of Christ related colleges. A special dedication goes to each librarian who has dared to dream, and carry out those dreams, through the past thirty one years. A special dedication goes to Abilene Christian College/University and those capable librarians and administrators who pioneered the computer capabilities that made it possible to begin and continue the Restoration Serials Index. Another special vote of thanks goes to each member of the Restoration Serials Index Board and to each indexer. May 2006 iii APPRECIATION EXPRESSED TO FOLLOWING: Mark Tucker, and Carisse Berryhill, and other ACU faculty and staff for the space to work in archives, computer accessibility, copy machine and assistance in accumulating information. Craig Churchill and CCL executive committee for meeting and giving guidelines for this history. Shirley Alexander for her pictures, notes and place to stay in Abilene for Winnie while accumulating information to be used in this history. Marsha Harper for taking us out to eat several times at especially interesting restaurants at the noon hour, and for her input into our plans. Charles Baucom who invited us into his home and provided special treats as we discussed the history of CCL and he gave us his thoughts on the subject. Ann Dixon for allowing us to use Brackett Library faculty and staff to assist in furthering this CCL History. Nancy Eichman for her assistance with the PowerPoint presentation of librarians pictures which is a part of the history, and for scanning in Marsha Harper’s article and the Participants Chart which was made in Quartro Pro and printed in reduced print. Eric McMullen for assistance with scanning and with the PowerPoint presentation. Alicia Adams for her assistance in importing the WordPerfect document into Word and setting up an index. The WordPerfect index was not usable in Word. Eric Swanson, Resource Coordinator of Nursing, who scanned the minutes and other helpful material on to a CD to be used in preparing the history. Henry Terrill for providing copies of some minutes during the last few conferences, and listing of participants at those conferences, as well as identifying librarians in some of the pictures. To many CCL librarians who answered my e-mail plea for further information. Above all… WE GIVE THANKS TO YOU, O GOD… Psalms 75:1 Winnie Bell Erma Jean Loveland iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Appreciation expressed to the following……………………………………………………...iii Sites for Conferences………………………………………………………………………….. v Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………. vi Prelude ........................................................................................................................................... 1 The Dream Begins..........................................................................................................................2 Minutes of 1974 Meeting ...............................................................................................................2 A Little Nightmare?.......................................................................................................................7 Purpose Statement for RSI .........................................................................................................13 Index Helps Restoration Study by Marsha Harper ……………………………………….15 Christian College Librarians By-Laws ......................................................................................18 History of Restoration Serials Index by Erma Jean Loveland...............................................37 Periodicals indexed by Restoration Serials Index from1947 to 2002......................................40 Restoration Serials Index Board and Indexers 1973-2002.......................................................45 Participants in CCL Conferences (266 people)…………………………………………...... 49 Authors Page……………………………………………………………………………………52 Index……………………………………………………………………………………………..53 v Incorporated CHRISTIAN COLLEGE LIBRARIANS CONFERENCE SITES YEAR DATE SITE PAGE 1974 5/10 OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE……………………….. 2 1975 5/23 ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY………………………… 4 1976 5/14 HARDING UNIVERSITY……………………………………… 5 1977 5/27 PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY………………………………….. 6 1979* 6/24 ALA IN DALLAS – ACU IN DALLAS……………………….. 7 1980 5/29 YORK COLLEGE……………………………………………… 8 1981* 7/17 NATIONAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CONFERENCE – ACU………………………………………… 8 1982 5/28 DAVID LIPSCOMB COLLEGE……………………………….. 9 1984 6/1 ALABAMA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE………………………….. 11 1986 5/22 FLORIDA COLLEGE…………………………………………… 12 1988 5/12 FREED-HARDEMAN COLLEGE……………………………… 13 1990 5/3 PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY…………………………………… 16 1992 5/21 HARDING UNIVERSITY………………………………………. 17 1993 5/27 ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY………………………… 21 1994 5/19 OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN USA………………………………. 22 1995 5/18 DAVID LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY……………………………. 22 1996 5/23 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN COLLEGE…………………………… 23 1997 5/28 FAULKNER UNIVERSITY, MONTGOMERY………………… 24 1998 5/21 ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY…………………………. 25 1999 5/25 HARDING UNIVERSITY……………………………………….. 27 2000 6/16 PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY……………………………………. 28 2001 5/24 FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY…………………………… 29 2002 5/15 DAVID LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY……………………………… 31 2003 5/15 OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY……………………… 32 2004 5/27 YORK COLLEGE………………………………………………… 33 2005 5/17 ROCHESTER COLLEGE, MICHIGAN………………………… 34 2006 5/31 FLORIDA COLLEGE…………………………………………….. 36 * These were not conferences but several colleges sent representatives. vi INTRODUCTION Christian college librarians have been meeting as a group since 1974. This is a period of thirty two years. During the 2005 conference at Rochester College it was felt that a history of the Christian college librarians would be in order and President Craig Churchill asked Winnie Bell, Librarian Emeritus from Harding University to consult with Erma Jean Loveland, ACU Emeritus, Griffin Copeland, Florida College Emeritus, Charles Baucom, York College Emeritus, Don Meredith of HGSR, or others that were present at the organizational meeting and prepare a history of the association. Winnie accepted the appointment. There were 28 people at the first conference at Oklahoma Christian College, representing the following 12 colleges: Abilene Christian College, Alabama Christian College, David Lipscomb College, Florida College, Freed-Hardeman College, Harding College, Harding Graduate School, Lubbock Christian College, Northeastern Christian College, Oklahoma Christian College, Pepperdine University, and York College. A listing of all who attended for this first conference, as well as all conferences, is found in the chart of PARTICIPANTS IN CCL CONFERENCES. The person who has attended the most conferences is Marsha Harper* with 21 conferences: Don Meredith* attended 20, Myrna Perry* 18, Charles Baucom* 16, Winnie Bell* 16 + 1968, James Ward* 15, Herb Gore 15, Erma Jean Loveland 14, and Henry Terrill 14. There has been a very good representation from each of our colleges at all conferences, despite many college calendar interruptions. Since Winnie Bell was writing the history, Erma Jean Loveland agreed to write a history of the Restoration Serials Index, make a list of periodicals indexed by RSI from 1947 to 2002, and make a list of Restoration Serials Index board and indexers 1973-2002. Erma Jean has also proof read and made suggestions for improvement of the history. * These librarians were present at the 1974 conference. 1 WE HAVE A DREAM HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN COLLEGE LIBRARIANS 1968 PRELUDE Yes, as early as 1968 librarians were expressing their dream of the future of cooperation among our Christian college librarians. In the January 13, 1969 issue of the Oklahoma Christian page 6 is recorded that for the first time in the history of Christian education the librarians from our Christian colleges met for a luncheon to talk of mutual problems while at a conference of the South West Library Association in 1968. Dr. Ed Holley, Texas Library Association President in 1971, was present at the luncheon and encouraged us to work together for the common good. This meeting was arranged by Mrs. Oma Carter, library consultant servicing Southwestern Christian College at Terrell, Texas. The meeting was well worth the effort and it was hoped a similar meeting could be held in future years. Left to right top row: Miss Shirley Birdsall, Harding College librarian; Miss Callie Faye Milliken, Abilene Christian College librarian, Mrs. J. Harvey Dykes, reference librarian Harding College; Miss Winnie Bell, cataloging librarian, Harding College; Mrs. French, Oklahoma Christian College librarian and Mrs. W. T. (Oma) Carter representing Southwestern Christian College and librarian at OCC for eleven years. Miss Marguerite Anderson, former librarian of Abilene Christian College and now public librarian of Richardson, Texas (was present, but not in this picture); 2 THE DREAM BEGINS In 1974 Dr. Bailey McBride, Academic Dean of Oklahoma Christian College, came up with the idea, and the librarians from OCC encouraged him, of inviting all of the Christian college librarians, to meet at the Oklahoma campus for the first Christian college librarians meeting. Library faculty and staff of OCC included Malcolm Hinckley, Suzy