Library News
Metadata Librarian as (Co-)Author
Apr 17, 2018
Christine (Chris) Schwartz, our Metadata Librarian and XML Database Administrator, recently co-authored a new monograph (book) with Timothy W. Cole and Myung-Ja (MJ) K. Han for ALA Editions: Coding with XML for Efficiencies in Cataloging and Metadata: Practical Applications of XSD, XSLT, and XQuery (an ALCTS Monograph). ALCTS stands for Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. Congratulations, Chris!
Youth Ministry - Selected reading
Apr 4, 2018
As the Institute for Youth Ministry prepares for the Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry later this month, we've put a selection of youth ministry titles on display near the new books shelves.
Come browse and borrow!
Holy Week Reading and Library Hours
Mar 28, 2018
Please note these upcoming exceptions to regular library hours:
- Thursday, March 29 8am-6pm (early closing for Holy Thursday)
- Friday, March 30 CLOSED (Good Friday)
- Sunday, April 1 CLOSED (Easter Sunday)
If you haven't browsed our suggested reading list for Holy Week and Easter recently, please follow the link below. Blessings to you in this season!

Database Trial: The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Online (Brill)
Mar 23, 2018
Trial runs until April 22, 2018. The dictionary contains the complete vocabulary of the Hebrew Bible, extended with variants from the Oriental and Samaritan textual traditions, the Ben Sira fragments, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Women's History Month 2018
Mar 9, 2018
Recommended reading, databases, reference titles, subject headings and links; plus Princeton Seminary theses, recently published faculty books and more for Women's History Month 2018 — all in one guide.
New faculty book: Karl Barth : post-Holocaust theologian : a systematic exploration of controversial notion
Mar 6, 2018
Prof. George Hunsinger’s newest edited volume, Karl Barth : post-Holocaust theologian : a systematic exploration of controversial notion, has been added to the collection. It contains articles by PTS alumnus Derek Alan Woodard-Lehman among others.
A copy will be placed in the New Faculty Books display near the entrance to the library when it arrives.
New databases from Bloomsbury Academic
Feb 28, 2018
Access 110 new e-books in these two recently purchased collections*
Christian Doctrines Archive 1988-2013
This collection is comprised of 54 titles, including guides to The Trinity, works from the Ecclesiological Investigations series, and several titles on systematic theology. Other works include John Calvin's Ecclesiology, The Identity of Anglicanism, and Salvation in Celluloid: Theology, Imagination and Film.
Christology Archive 1982-2011
This collection includes 66 theological monographs from the rich backlist of the Bloomsbury T&T Clark imprint, grouped around the theme of Christology, or the focus on the nature and person of Jesus Christ as recorded in the canonical Gospels and the epistles of the New Testament. The collection includes works by Thomas F. Torrance, monographs on the theology of Karl Barth, and key introductory texts such as J.L. Houlden's Jesus: The Complete Guide and Alan J. Spence's Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed.
*Princeton Theological Seminary alumni who have requested alumni database access through the Help Desk may access these databases from the Welcome, PTS Alumni! page.

Black History Month: Family Legacies
Feb 20, 2018
Princeton Theological Seminary students are sharing some of their families' stories with photos and artifacts during Black History Month. (Sponsored by the Association of Black Seminarians)

New faculty book: George Hunsinger's Karl Barth, the Jews and Judaism
Feb 14, 2018
George Hunsinger’s newest edited volume, Karl Barth, the Jews, and Judaism, has been added to the collection. It contains articles by Victoria J. Barnett and Ellen Charry, among others.
A copy will be placed in the New Faculty Books display near the entrance to the library when it arrives.
Lent, Holy Week and Easter
Feb 14, 2018
Lenten devotionals from Princeton Theological Seminary and other selected reading for the season.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which in 2018 falls on February 14. The Princeton Theological Seminary Library will be closed on Friday, March 30, 2018 (Good Friday) and Sunday, April 1, 2018 (Easter).