2K combined reviews

The next mark of 1,500 "reviewed" in BHCTILibrary proper was reached today; when added to the 500 in BHCTILibraryToo, that reachs the 2K mark in the combined collections. As previously noted, the "reviews"consist primarilly of OCLC data and LCCN placements; but the latter is important to SACS, and when coordinated with labeling (our existing 16 BHCTI subject areas and 4 subject "clusters," which all extant entries already enjoy- the LC class is being added to the labels as each are found), I think it gives a good indication why entries fit their subjects- that they are relevant for us. I can't promise I'll keep on the retroactive reviewing of the 2.5K in BHCTILibrary proper without adding more Church Music entries to the 500 in BHCTILibraryToo; but I might. Only 1K left needing retrospection in "Proper" now.... As you may remember, "proper" is now stuffed full; once "too" is filled, I'll be placing another Google Library until all previously located (and subsequently identified) finds are accessable....

Some print progress

The MARC records of our core gift of print books, the Newport Collection, have been examined with SACS in mind. I'm pleased to report that the 4,309 items cataloged (approximately 27% of our total print collection) are clearly relevant to our collection needs, with 4,060 items belonging to the "Humanities and General Works" area. How gratifying to be able to say with precision just how fitting this gift is to Carroll.

1.5K combined reviews

The next mark of 1,000 "reviewed" in BHCTILibrary proper was reached today; when added to the 500 in BHCTILibraryToo, that reachs the 1.5K mark in the combined collections. As previously noted, the "reviews"consist primarilly of OCLC data and LCCN placements; but the latter is important to SACS, and when coordinated with labeling (our existing 16 BHCTI subject areas and 4 subject "clusters," which all extant entries already enjoy- the LC class is being added to the labels as each are found), I think it gives a good indication why entries fit their subjects- that they are relevant for us. I can't promise I'll keep on the retroactive reviewing of the 2.5K in BHCTILibrary proper without adding more Church Music entries to the 500 in BHCTILibraryToo; but I might. As you may remember, "proper" is now stuffed full; once "too" is filled, I'll be placing another Google Library until all previously located (and subsequently identified) finds are accessable....

and a bit more Questia

A few more print titles we own that Questia has:

• Jesus Christ : the risen Lord (by Filson)
• The knowledge of God in Calvin's theology (by Dowey)

A sideline on our purpose, but worth reporting.

a sidelight on Questia

I'm currently examining records for 4,309 books in our print collection from recently recovered files, and am pleased to note some titles don't have to wait to be unboxed to be seen. NexLearn users with access to Questia can find these titles and more:

• The eschatology of Paul (by Shires)
• The failure of theology in modern literature (by Killinger)
• The Christology of the New Testament (by Cullmann)
• The mission and achievement of Jesus (by Fuller)
• The promise of Heschel (by Sherman)
• The problem of evil (by King)

That's 6 books of 50 examined today; not a bad percentage, to my mind. I'll have to keep everyone updated. Additionally, Questia has full text books we don't own in hardcopy, and comes highly recommended.

Getting on the same page

Many thanks to Amanda Crane at Carroll, who's thoughfully viewed my page and reminded me of an upgrade in BHCTI nomenclature; we sport a total of 16 "areas of concentration" under four umbrella "clusters" in organizing our teaching content areas. For example:
Our Faith & Heritage cluster has the 4 areas of concentration Church History, Ethics, Philosophy, and Theology. Watch this space for further disambiguation!

Might consider it

I've not had time yet to tweak my attempt at making our libraries searchable with Rollyo, but I see Google's added a for profit facility to search sites at http://www.google.com/sitesearch/ which I may consider once I can pony up the entry fee... More on that later.