Applications deadline: October 13, 2009
Decisions will be announced by November 15, 2009

Dates of Session:
April 22-26, 2010 – Wabash College

Leadership Team:
Roger Loyd, Duke Divinity School, Director
Amy Limpitlaw, Yale Divinity School
Cait Kokolus, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
Dennis Norlin, American Theological Library Association
Paul Myhre, Wabash Center

Eligibility:

• full-time professional librarian working in an accredited seminary or theological school in the United States or Canada
• within the first seven years of librarian role
• member of the American Theological Library Association (ATLA)
• commitment to full participation, from the beginning to ending date and time, for the workshop session
  

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Description:

Theological librarians play an essential role in the educational process. Institutional standards developed by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) highlight the need for librarians to contribute to theological scholarship – teaching, learning, and research – in ways specific both to the profession and to the particular school, its mission, curriculum, and resources. Yet in practice the means of fulfilling this expectation are not always clear or immediately available to librarians. This colloquy will explore the vocation of theological librarianship and promote the development of strategies and skills for increasing the effectiveness of librarians in the teaching/learning/research process in their own institutional and professional contexts. The colloquy is sponsored jointly by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion and the American Theological Library Association (ATLA).

Colloquy Goals:

1. To provide an opportunity for theological librarians new to the profession to reflect on the distinctiveness of theological librarianship as a vocation and a profession.

2. To assist theological librarians in developing their role as educators and as partners with faculty and students in the task of theological scholarship.



4. To provide opportunities for participants to consider the collaborative nature of librarianship in theological education and to engage in a community of peers.

Please Note: U.S. Law prohibits the Wabash Center from paying stipends to participants with certain classes of foreign national status. The Wabash Center is, however, able to reimburse ALL participants for travel and other expenses.

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