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Introduction to Theological Libraries VOLUME 1 VOLUME THE THEOLOGICAL LIBRARIAN’S HANDBOOK Introduction to Theological Libraries VOLUME 1 VOLUME EDITOR: MATINA ĆURIĆ Introduction to Theological Libraries The Theological Librarian's Handbook — Volume 1 EDITED BY MATINA ĆURIĆ ATLA OPEN PRESS Chicago — 2020 Compilation © 2020 by American Theological Library Association (Atla) Preface © 2020 by Matina Ćurić Chapters © 2020 by Carisse Mickey Berryhill, Kerrie Burn, Kelly Campbell, Matina Ćurić, Andrew Keck, Seoyoung Kim, Ephraim Mudave, Katharina Penner, Alvaro Pérez, Yesan Sellan, Stephen Sweeney This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 4.0 International License. (CC-BY-NC) https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by‑nc/4.0/ Published by Atla Open Press, An Imprint of the American Theological Library Association (Atla), 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60606-6701 USA Published in the United States of America in 2020. ISBN-13 978-1-949800-04-3 (PDF) ISBN-13 978-1-949800-05-0 (EPUB) ISBN-13 978-1-949800-06-7 (Cloth) Cover Design: Simply Aesthetic Design Contents PrefacePreface.PrefacePreface . PrPrefacePrefacePrefaceeface 5555 WhatWhat.WhatWhat . are .areare are. Theological Theological Theological.Theological . Libraries? .Libraries? Libraries? Libraries?. WhatWhatWhatWhat are are areare Theological Theological TheologicalTheological Libraries? Libraries? Libraries?Libraries? 7777 TheologicalTheological.TheologicalTheological . .Librarianship Librarianship LibrarianshipLibrarianship. .asas asas. a. a aa . CareerCareer CareerCareer. .Path Path PathPath. TheologicalTheologicalTheologicalTheological Librarianship Librarianship LibrarianshipLibrarianship as as asas a a aa Career Career CareerCareer Path Path PathPath 17171717 TheologicalTheologicalTheologicalTheological Libraries Libraries LibrariesLibraries Worldwide Worldwide WorldwideWorldwide ChristianChristian.ChristianChristian . 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The mission of ITLE is to strengthen and connect theological and religious studies librarians worldwide by identifying resources, creating educational opportunities, and developing skill enhancement materials through collaborative efforts. The idea to produce a book series on the practice of theological librarianship came as a result of discussions within the Task Force about the state of theological librarianship worldwide and understanding that many theological librarians are working in isolation, without access to any form of professional training or support from colleagues. There are various reasons why this is the case, the most important being: 1) The absence of library science programs or library professionals in their working area, or if a program is available it is delivered in such a manner that a working librarian is unable to attend classes; 2) economic reasons: In many countries, a professional or master degree in library science can be very expensive, and the theological librarians or their libraries can not afford to pay for training; 3) the absence of professional theological library associations in a country or region which would organize theological library education workshops and seminars; 4) some institutions to which these libraries belong think that professional training for work in a theological library is not necessary. 5 Because of all these reasons members of ITLE have decided to develop various freely accessible, synchronous and asynchronous means of library education which will be offered to the international theological library community. A multi-volume handbook covering the most important library operations and services is one of these means. The first volume gives an introduction to theological libraries and librarians, and the context in which they operate worldwide. The remaining volumes will focus in-depth on the most important library operations such as library administration, collection development and management, library services and preservation, and interlibrary cooperation. In each volume, we hope to provide perspectives and advice from leading experts in the field and best practices from theological libraries all over the world. It is an international effort that we hope will yield stronger cooperation between different theological libraries and library associations, and inspire many new initiatives, projects, and research. Theological librarianship represents one of the oldest and most complex branches of librarianship. However, in spite of its rich and significant role and history, the topic is in many parts of the world a poorly researched area. In this first volume, we have attempted to offer a general and religiously balanced approach, and this will be our goal also in the future volumes. But because of a lack of published comparative, cross-country and intercultural research, and contacts with local experts in some parts of the world, we could not offer at this time a more global contribution. This is the reason for example why we are missing contributions from the Middle East and some parts of Asia in this volume. I hope the published texts in this volume will inspire more comparative research and connections in these parts of the world, so in the future, we can have a more complete new edition. I would like to thank all the ITLE Task Force members and authors in this volume for their contribution, advice, and support of the project, as well as theological library associations and their representatives around the world for providing us with necessary information and encouragement to make this book series available. I hope The Theological Librarian’s Handbook will prove to be very useful to many theological and religious studies librarians worldwide, as well as anyone interested in the practice of theological librarianship. Matina Ćurić 6 Introduction to Theological Libraries C H A P T E R 1 What are Theological Libraries? CARISSE MICKEY BERRYHILL I conceive of my work and that of my staff as a ministry as well as an aid in multiple future ministries.
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