Jamaica Expansion

Northern Caribbean University will undertake an $18 million (US $300,000) expansion project for the university’s school at Andrews Hospital in Kingston, the island’s capital. The new facility will accommodate 100 residential students as well as improve administrative facilities. At the same time, NCU, an Adventist institution of higher education, will open a second campus in the Port Antonio, Portland, section of Jamaica by early 2004 to meet the expanding demand for enrollment, which NCU President Herbert Thompson said had almost reached the cap of 5,000 students for the new school year. [Byron Buckley]

Librarians Unite in Europe

The first European conference of Seventh-day Adventist college and university librarians and archivists took place in Friedensau, Germany, in early August. Twelve archivists and librarians met at Adventist Theological University. Among the goals of the group are more opportunities to exchange resources online, as well as more regular conferences on information sharing. [Mandy Hannemann]