A broadening conversation : classic readings in theological librarianship / [print]
edited by Melody Layton McMahon, David R. Stewart.
- Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, (c)2006.
- xv, 358 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1: The distinctive character of theological librarianship. Introduction Theological librarianship as a ministry The theological librarian: his commitment and strategy Developing professionally on the job That they all may be one Some values in theological librarianship On spiritual reading and religious reading in peril: president's address Power and responsibility: reflections on theological librarianship Part 2: Theological librarians at work. Introduction The cataloger and instruction Problems in manuscript cataloging Archival good works for theologians Changing a pile of books into a library Collection development in a theological research library Circulation in theological libraries: seeking and saving the lost Parchment, paper, PDF: the literature of theological librarianship Part 3: The theological librarian as educator. Introduction Seminary libraries and theological education The community of learning Professors and librarians: Partners in the oikumene Theological libraries revisited The structures of religious literature: conceptual frameworks for improving bibliographic instruction Theological libraries and theological librarians in theological education Part 4: Theological libraries: contexts and constituencies. Introduction Joint panel discussion: the library in the life of the seminary Some thoughts on the joint theological school-liberal arts college library The theological library: servant or -- Partner? / Claude Welch -- Religious studies and theology Serving the religion information needs of the public Part 5: The American Theological Library Association: reflections and reminiscences. Introduction Seminary librarians (greetings and challenges from ATS) / Lewis J. Sherrill -- Six years of ATLA: a historical sketch Building on our strengths for the future A look at the past A combined greeting to ATLA 40 and reflection on ATLA 1 Part 6: Changes and challenges. Introduction On the Union Classification When Catholic and Protestant theologies meet Contemporary challenges to theological librarianship The Index to Religious Periodical Literature: past, present, and future Revolution, evolutions, and syndromes Can serious academic religious book publishing survive in an age of pop culture? / Clayton E. Carlson -- Globalization and theological libraries Shadow and substance Anne Richardson Womack -- Raymond P. Morris -- James J. Kortendick -- David W. Faupel -- Simeon Daly -- James Dunkly -- Milton J. (Joe) Coalter -- Sharon Taylor -- Monica Corcoran -- Helen B. Uhrich -- Julia H. Macleod -- Lester J. Cappon -- John J. Shellem -- Caroline Whipple -- Thomas F. Gilbert -- David R. Stewart -- Roger L. Loyd -- L.R. Elliott -- Helen B. Uhrich -- Paul A. Crow Jr. -- Leon Pacala -- Andrew D. Scrimgeour -- James Dunkly -- Michael Bramah -- Robert F. Beach (moderator) -- Arthur E. Jones Jr. -- John E. Wilson -- Mary A. Dempsey -- John A. Bollier -- L.R. Elliott -- Elmer J. O'Brien -- G. Paul Hamm -- Ernest G. White -- Eileen K. Crawford -- Julia Pettee -- Gustave Weigel -- Connoly C. Gamble Jr. -- G. Fay Dickerson and John A. Peltz -- Decherd Turner -- Robert J. Schreiter -- Roy Stokes.
"As the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) celebrates the important milestone of its 60th anniversary this year, the editors have brought together in a single-volume anthology some of the best contributions to this field. Essays and papers from the past sixty years are grouped into six topical chapters (theological librarianship's characteristics, dimensions, educational role, settings, development within ATLA's sixty years, and most noteworthy changes), each of which is introduced by a present-day theological librarian."--Source other than the Library of Congress.