Seminary Second Semester
We began the second semester of this school year in early January. I have 25 Greek students and 9 Hebrew students, so they keep me busy! I have a good relationship with the students, and most evenings, there are at least half a dozen students hanging around my front porch: using the internet, doing homework, asking to use my printer, organizing payments for books they have ordered, and more! It makes my evenings busy, but happy!
Library Work
I am the coordinator for the seminary library. Our library is divided into two sections: the French section and the English section. Several years ago we organized all the books in the French section, assigning Dewey decimal codes to all of them and training the student librarian on how to keep the books organized. It really made a difference, and it is much easier for the students to find the books they need in the French section.
However, we had never done much to organize the English section. Although there are many more books in this section, most of our students don't know much English, so these books don't get used as much. But in the interests of having a fully organized library, the seminary administrative counsel asked me to finish the inventory and organization of the English section. It's a big job, but I now have finished a full inventory (over 2000 books in the English section). As I find time, I've been adding Dewey codes to the books and getting them in order.
As I took inventory of the books, I found many of them were in poor shape. Heat, dust, and termites don't do any good for books! Thankfully, it is possible to rebind the books quite cheaply using locally available materials. One of our current students, Tychique (pronounced tee-sheek), has been helping us to do the rebinding of the books, so that we can keep them available longer for our students. Thanks, Tychique!
