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Assistant/Associate Provost for University Libraries – Azusa Pacific University – Azusa, CA

January 15, 2025 Job Posting

Job Summary

Azusa Pacific University seeks an energetic and visionary leader, deeply committed to the success of students and faculty, to serve as Assistant/Associate Provost for University Libraries. APU invites applications from candidates who have a comprehensive record of success in library administration and demonstrate exceptional skills and experience that will enable them to provide strong leadership to a research, teaching, and outreach enterprise across multiple campuses. Azusa Pacific University is a comprehensive, evangelical, Christian university located 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California. As a leading Christian university in California, Azusa Pacific University grounds rigorous academics on a solid spiritual foundation. With an intentional focus on scholarship, faith integration, diversity, and internationalization, APU provides high-quality academic programs within a tight-knit community of disciples and scholars.

Systems Librarian – Yavapai County Free Library District – Prescott, AZ

January 8, 2025 Job Posting

Job Summary

The systems librarian is the system administrator for the Yavapai Library Network, a consortium of 58 libraries.

Director of Library Services – Institute for Worship Studies – Jacksonville, FL

January 2, 2025 Job Posting

Job Summary

The Director of Library Services oversees the Institute for Worship Studies (IWS) library operations to support the mission and curriculum of IWS. The director reports to the IWS Academic Dean. The position is part-time and non-exempt status; 15 hours per week.

A Better Shape

January 1, 2025 2025, Reference Point Devotional

^“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV

When we are facing adversity and a spiritual battle, it is easy to blame God and to beg Him to remove us from it. “Why me?” is something that easily falls from our lips instead of gratitude and worship. We think if we are doing battle, God is picking on us, or just AWOL. Libraries and librarians, as well as Christians, are facing a lot of adversity and uncertainty currently, and many of us are facing them in our personal lives as well.

January 2025

January 1, 2025 CLC Update

Note from the Coordinator

Happy New Year! I pray that you had a blessed Christmas season. May 2025 be a year that is marked by a renewed commitment to share Christ’s love in all we do. May our institutions of Christian higher education be empowered by the Holy Spirit to equip students for lives of faithful service. Please take note of this month’s vendor updates below.

Beth Purtee
CLC Team Coordinator

Vendor Updates

Good News! ProQuest has agreed to offer a 15 percent discount on PQDT Global and on ProQuest Religion to CLC members who are not current subscribers. For further information, as well as to get a price quote for your library, please contact your ProQuest (Clarivate) account manager and let them know you are a CLC member and are entitled to the 15 percent discount. If you don’t have an account manager or don’t know who your library’s account manager is, please contact Lindsey Newman: Lindsey.Newman@clarivate.com, who is serving as the primary contact person at ProQuest for the CLC member discount.

Thank you to those who have responded regarding your interest in participating in this ACRL Benchmark group subscription. We do not yet have the 6 libraries needed to begin a group subscription. Please feel free to email clc@acl.org with any questions or to receive an update.

A member of our team met with a representative from Accordance Bible Software. In Spring 2025 they are planning to implement a web portal subscription model with an FTE-based cost scale. They seem open to providing a discount for CLC members. We plan to resume the conversation once the product has launched.

We recently received an updated discount list from Emery-Pratt. Please see the website for details.

Proquest

December 19, 2024 CLC Offers, E-Resources

Timeline: Ongoing

New subscribers to Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT Global) or Proquest Religion Database receive a 15% discount off list price.

Cataloger/Reference Librarian – Louisiana Christian University – Pineville, LA

December 18, 2024 Job Posting

Job Summary

The cataloger is responsible for maintaining an electronic catalog which allows library users to find needed materials whether in print or electronic. Their primary responsibility will be for original and copy cataloging and providing reference assistance when needed by faculty, staff, and students. Must be a visible Christian leader and give witness as a person who lives a life that honors the Lord Jesus Christ and is consistent with the Statement of Christian Standards of Louisiana Christian University and the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.

12/2024 – Tonya Fawcett

December 16, 2024 2024, Member of the Month

Tonya is the Director of Library Services at Grace College & Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, IN (2099 FTE). She has been a faithful member of ACL for 27 years.

Faculty Services Librarian – Cumberland School of Law, Samford University – Homewood, AL

December 13, 2024 Job Posting

Job Summary

Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law invites individuals interested in serving in a Christian university environment to apply for a position as Faculty Services Librarian in the Lucille S. Beeson Law Library.

The God Who Sees Us

December 1, 2024 2024, Reference Point Devotional

“She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me’” (Genesis 16:13 NIV).

Being a librarian often feels like being invisible. It’s rare that people know exactly what it is we do. Many people believe librarians are two-dimensional beings that exist to shush people or who get to camp behind a reference desk and read whatever they want all day. Sometimes librarianship can feel like a thankless job. No one sees the long hours spent on cataloging, book display creation, or acquisitions. No one sees the stress of patron-librarian interactions or the frustration of trying to keep library programs afloat. We often feel unseen in our struggles and in our work.

Assistant/Associate Provost for University Libraries – Azusa Pacific University – Azusa, CA

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Systems Librarian – Yavapai County Free Library District – Prescott, AZ

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Director of Library Services – Institute for Worship Studies – Jacksonville, FL

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A Better Shape

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Cataloger/Reference Librarian – Louisiana Christian University – Pineville, LA

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12/2024 – Tonya Fawcett

Faculty Services Librarian – Cumberland School of Law, Samford University – Homewood, AL

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