Top Ten Contest winner October 29, 2009
Posted by Andy Keck in : Theological libraries , add a commentThank you for submitting your favorite reasons to come to the Divinity School Library in our recent Theological Library Month contest. The 2009 winner was doctoral student Maria Doerfler for her entry “… by year 3 of your Duke career, you might actually be able to find your way from Folios to Front Desk without a trail of breadcrumbs.”
Other entries included:
Brad Acton
Cheri Benjamin
Wes Brown
Brian M. Bryant
Johann Choi
Blake Daniel
Maria Doerfler
Wesley Johnson
Ches Kennedy
Todd Maberry
Eric Meckley
Emily Scales
Hannah R. Terry
Celia Wolff
Theological Library Month – Top Ten Contest October 1, 2009
Posted by Andy Keck in : Theological libraries , add a commentDuring Theological Library Month (October), we ask you to submit your favorite reason to come to the Divinity School Library. Deadline is October 25th. Entries will be read and winners announced at the TLM reception on Thursday, October 29 at 12:30pm and used in the library’s 2010 Fall Orientation for New Divinity Students.
Below is the list used at the 2009 Fall Orientation (with last year’s winner at number #4).
#10. Of the stellar collection: over 380,000 books, 700 periodicals, 100 electronic databases — and still growing!!
#9. There is excellent reference service — available in person, by phone, by e-mail, or by instant message.
#8. Printing from our computers is not 10 cents a page, not 5 cents a page, but free for your first 3600 copies. Please help us keep this free through being good stewards of the paper and the trees the paper came from. We have several copies of the Bible that you may check out of the library — there is no need to print out the whole thing.
#7 It’s the greatest place on campus to work — see Melissa or Anne Marie at the Circulation Desk for an application form.
#6. We’re open for the best 85 hours a week – Monday to Thursday 8 am to 11 pm, Friday 8 am to 5 pm, Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday 2 to 10 pm—See the website for our shorter hours for the first week of classes.
#5. We have computers. On the main level we have 12 public computers with access to the library catalog, databases and the network. The library also has a private computer classroom with 10 PCs hidden on Level D. If you bring your own laptop we have wireless available throughout the library and in the Duke Gardens.
#4. As Top Ten contest-winner from last year Ismael Ruiz-Millan said “In addition to Goodson Chapel, it is the place where I can be in one spirit with my other fellow students—in the first in the spirit of worship and in the second in the spirit of learning.”
#3. You get to see the world while studying the Book of Discipline – check out the view from the Baker Methodist Research Center!
#2. We’re better than Google – we’re warm-blooded! Doing theological research by using the internet alone is really dumb. Remember: if it’s not there, you can’t find it!
#1. THE STAFF!
October is Theological Libraries Month September 30, 2009
Posted by Luba Zakharov in : Theological libraries , add a commentEstablished by the American Theological Library Association, Theological Libraries Month (TLM) highlights the vital role libraries and librarians play in theological education. Now an annual October event, this year we have planned a number of events to celebrate the month:
Debra Band, acclaimed Hebrew manuscript artist, is exhibiting her collection, “I Will Wake the Dawn: Illuminated Psalms,” in the Divinity School Library and the Freeman Center for Jewish Life through October 18, 2009. The reception in the Divinity School Library on September 30th was an early kick off to the 2009 Theological Libraries Month.
October 1st: The “Top Ten Reasons Why” (I should come to the Divinity School Library) contest begins. Enter the contest from the library website. Winners and prizes will be announced after Dr. D. Moody Smith’s remarks at the Library Workers Hall of Fame event on October 29th (see below).
October 21st, 5pm, Westbrook 0014: Come to the screening of Pavel Lungin’s 2006 film, The Island (Ostrov), winner of 5 Nika awards – the Russian Oscars – including, Best Film. It is a story of reconciliation and self forgiveness. Cosponsored by Duke University Libraries and the New Creation Arts Group. A panel discussion will follow. “I cannot believe such a wondrous thing exists. It was like watching (the book), The Way of the Pilgrim.” (Lil Copan). Popcorn will be served.
The Divinity School Library “Student Worker Hall of Fame” is an honor bestowed on graduates of Duke who, as students, worked in the Divinity School Library. This list includes the Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune, founder of the Faith Trust Institute and an ordained pastor of the United Church of Christ, Dr. Jerry Campbell, President and Professor of Theological Bibliography at Claremont School of Theology and an ordained Elder of the United Methodist Church, and Dr. D. Moody Smith, George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Duke University Divinity School. Join us for a special event in the library on October 29 at 12:30pm to hear Dr. D. Moody Smith talk about working in the library as a student, ‘back in the day.’ We will close the month long celebration by announcing the winners of the 2009, ‘Why I should come to the Divinity School Library.’ contest.
Theological Library Month Contest Winner October 29, 2008
Posted by Andy Keck in : Theological libraries , add a commentThe winner of our 2008 “I should come to the Divinity School Library because…” contest is Ismael Ruiz-Millan for his entry, “In addition to Goodson Chapel, it is the place where I can be in one spirit with my other fellow students—in the first in the spirit of worship and in the second in the spirit of learning.” Thanks to everyone who contributed to our Theological Library Month contest. Be sure to check out all the great entries!.
Theological Libraries Month* is HERE October 3, 2008
Posted by Luba Zakharov in : Theological librarians, Theological libraries , 1 comment so farLooking back on Orientation, I suddenly realized that we are now in the month of October, and if you were taking notes back then, you might remember that October is Theological Libraries Month. Established by the American Theological Library Association, Theological Libraries Month highlights the vital role libraries play in theological education.
This year we started the month long tribute to theological libraries a little early – on September 29th to be exact. Collaborating with the Rare Book Manuscript and Special Collections library, the Divinity School Library presented a screening of the Full Frame Film Festivals award winning documentary, The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun. The panel discussion that followed touched on subjects like how our senses can be heightened in a monastic, sacred space; how documentary film can be a container of that sacred space, and the ways in which different faiths can engage with orthodoxy. Did anyone catch that Mr. Vig was once a university librarian who was interested in theological things?
Keeping with this tone, the Divinity School Library Gallery is also exhibiting, Illuminations: A Book of Hours; a collection of 24 mixed media works celebrating the sacredness of daily life by Lee Gruber Clark. You can meet the artist and hear her remarks on October 29th at 12:20pm. Refreshments will be served along with prizes for the winner of the “Top Ten Reasons Why I Should Go to the Dvinity School Library” contest. Contest entries begin October 3rd. Just go to our website to enter. And keep your eye on the Spotlight for more *TLM news and events.
