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Christian Librarianship : Essays on the Integration of Faith and Profession by Gregory A. Smith (2002, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-100786413298
ISBN-139780786413294
eBay Product ID (ePID)2228009
Product Key Features
Number of Pages239 Pages
Publication NameChristian Librarianship : Essays on the Integration of Faith and Profession
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
SubjectGeneral, Library & Information Science / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorGregory A. Smith
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight14.9 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2002-008152
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"interesting insights"-- Booklist ; "recommend[ed]"-- Libraries & Culture ; "useful information...interesting, challenging...thought-provoking"-- New Library World ; "professional resource"-- VOYA ; "provocative essays...a worthy read...lucid footnotes...mature breakthrough book"-- Public Library Quarterly ; "excellent collection"-- Librarian's Christian Fellowship Newsletter ; "an important and profound work...groundbreaking...stands as a seminal landmark for all future discussion on this topic...presents a helpful reconciliation between evangelical Christian faith and the challenges of intellectual freedom"-- Christian Scholar's Review ; "valuable...provides much insight"-- Journal of Religious & Theological Information ; "unique and important...extensive bibliography"-- Portal: Libraries and the Academy., "interesting insights"- Booklist ; "recommend[ed]"- Libraries & Culture ; "useful information...interesting, challenging...thought-provoking"- New Library World ; "professional resource"- VOYA ; "provocative essays...a worthy read...lucid footnotes...mature breakthrough book"- Public Library Quarterly ; "excellent collection"- Librarian's Christian Fellowship Newsletter ; "an important and profound work...groundbreaking...stands as a seminal landmark for all future discussion on this topic...presents a helpful reconciliation between evangelical Christian faith and the challenges of intellectual freedom"- Christian Scholar's Review ; "valuable...provides much insight"- Journal of Religious & Theological Information ; "unique and important...extensive bibliography"- Portal: Libraries and the Academy.
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal020/.24204
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Foreword Introduction PART ONE: CHRISTIAN LIBRARIANSHIP IN THEORY 1 A Rationale for Integrating Christian Faith and Librarianship 2 The Cultural Mandate, the Pursuit of Knowledge, and the Christian Librarian 3 The Master We Serve: The Call of the Christian Librarian to the Secular Workplace 4 The Theological Library: In Touch with the Witnesses 5 The Impact of the Christian Faith on Library Service 6 A Philosophy of Christian Librarianship PART TWO: CHRISTIAN LIBRARIANSHIP IN PRACTICE 7 Library Encounters Culture 8 Multiculturalism and Libraries: A Biblical Perspective 9 Beauty for Ashes: Christian Librarians Facing a Fragmented Profession 10 And Ne'er the Twain Shall Meet? Personal vs. Professional Ethics 11 Intellectual Freedom and Evangelical Faith 12 A Christian Approach to Intellectual Freedom in Libraries 13 Nothing New under the Sun? Public Libraries and Sunday Opening in the 19th Century 14 Keeping Sunday Special in the Contemporary Workplace Culture 15 The Role of the Library in the Character Formation of the Christian College Student 16 Partnership in Library Development: The Mission Focus of Christian Librarians Afterword: The Future of Christian Librarianship Selective Bibliography About the Contributors Index
SynopsisMany Christian librarians find it challenging to integrate their religion and their profession. This text helps in this integration. It provides a foundation for further discussion of library issues from a Christian perspective and provides insight into Christian librarians., Much of the current library literature assumes that professional library service is necessarily neutral-detached from the librarian's philosophical or religious views. By contrast, contributors to this collection assert that librarianship is best practiced as an outworking of spiritual conviction. Accordingly, they discuss principles for integrating Christian faith and librarianship within various contexts, and reflect on professional issues from biblical and theological perspectives. This text will prove beneficial to Christians working in all types of libraries, whether religious or secular. This compilation of 16 essays is divided into two main parts, the first on theory and the second on practice. The first part includes chapters such as A Rationale for Integrating Christian Faith and Librarianship, The Master We Serve: The Call of the Christian Librarian to the Secular Workplace; and The Impact of the Christian Faith on Library Service. Chapters in the second part include Library Encounters Culture, A Christian Approach to Intellectual Freedom in Libraries and Keeping Sunday Special in the Contemporary Workplace Culture. Contributors include William Fraher Abernathy, Rod Badams, Donald G. Davis, Jr., John Allen Delivuk, Kenneth D. Gill, Graham Hedges, D. Elizabeth Irish, James R. Johnson, Roger W. Phillips, Gregory A. Smith, Stanford Terhune, John B. Trotti, John Mark Tucker and Geoff Warren.
LC Classification NumberBV4596.L52C48 2002
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