Last day to borrow what you need

Today is our last open day before we close for the Christmas and New Year holidays.  The Library will reopen on 2 January 2012.

If there are materials you need for writing or research during the break, come in TODAY and borrow them!

Have a blessed Christmas and a New Year filled with joy and peace ...

Paula

Catalog maintenance tonight

Our Morton Library catalog will be offline tonight for scheduled maintenance (our monthly full backup).  You won't be able to access the catalog from 10 pm Friday until 6 am Saturday.

Thanks to our systems librarian, Leland Deeds, for postponing this work until it would have the least possible impact on our students preparing their final projects and papers for the Fall term.  He's doing this even though he has to leave at the crack of dawn Saturday morning to drive all the way to Arkansas!!  Also, thanks to Ann Knox, who is assisting him.

Both of these individuals do a huge amount of work for you "behind the scenes," to ensure that our Library systems function as well as possible. 

Paula

Wonderful news !

Our retired Library Director, Prof. John Boone Trotti, has been named recipient of the 2012 Award for Excellence in Theological Education by the Presbyterian Church (USA), to be recognized at the 2012 General Assembly in Pittsburgh.  He served as our Librarian 1968-2002.

See our NewsPage for further details!

Paula

The elusive ILL form has returned !

You can once again send your ILL requests to us by clicking on the ILL tab from within the catalog.  We are sorry for the inconvenience while this form has been down.  Lisa will be very happy if you begin using it again!

Ann

Annual closure is coming

Time to plan ahead!  If you will need to do writing or research during the holidays, be advised that the Library will be closed during the Christmas and New Year time period.  There are also some days with shortened hours while classes are not in session.

Please consult the details on our Hours page, and make your plans accordingly.

Paula

Christmas party today !

Please come this afternoon to our famous Christmas party at the Library!  The building looks beautiful, decorated for the holiday.  And the Library staff treats and goodies are second to none.

Drop by 3:15-4:15.  And have a merry Christmas!

Paula

Advent resource

Are you looking for a web-based resource which brings together study and liturgical materials based on the 3-year Revised Common Lectionary?  There is a wonderful website called "The Text This Week" - or "Text Week" for short - which offers resources for study, reflection, and liturgy to assist you in preaching and teaching.  The site is organized following the texts of the Revised Common Lectionary.  Each week includes a wealth of materials, including exegetical commentaries, children's sermons, artwork, movie clips, sample sermons, bulletin inserts, hymn selections, and more.  In addition to the organization of the RCL, users may also search by scripture index, theme, and even movie titles.  To access The Text This Week, simply visit their webpage www.textweek.com !

For a similar website which offers liturgy for Revised Common Lectionary texts, check out lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu

TJ Remaley, Circulation desk worker
2nd year MDiv/MACE

ATLAS milestone : 200 titles !

The ATLA Serials full-text digital collection has now reached 200 titles, according to the American Theological Library Association.  The work of digitizing new titles and adding older issues in full-text format goes on constantly, but this is a nice milestone in that process.

These five titles have just been added :

• Bulletin for Biblical Research, published by Eisenbrauns
• Fides et Historia, by the Conference on Faith and History, Calvin College
• Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, published on behalf of The Islamic College, London, United Kingdom
• Journal of Theological Interpretation, by Eisenbrauns
• Science et Esprit, by Facultés Collège dominicain de philosophie et de théologie d'Ottawa and Editions Bellarmin

Another ten, I'm told, are coming soon.  The ATLA strives for diversity in language, subject matter and faith perspectives in their selections.  It's a very strong collection -- and still improving.

Paula