Library News

Oxford African American Studies Center, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary, and other suggested reading/listening/viewing for Black History Month all in one convenient online guide.

Several new books by Princeton Seminary faculty have been added to the Library collection, including:

• Religion, Ethnicity, and Xenophobia in the Bible
  Brian Rainey
• The Lord's Prayer
  Clifton Black
• Jesus as Mirrored in John
  James Charlesworth
• The Genesis of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden
  Mark Smith
• Cultivating Teen Faith
  Richard Osmer
• Barth in Conversation
  edited by Karlfried Froehlich and Darrell Guder

Beverley Williams, Collection Services Coordinator in the Library, is retiring this year after 33 years of loyal service to Princeton Theological Seminary.

Beverley began her career with the Seminary as the part-time Circulation Assistant while her late husband, Rev. Compton A. Williams, was completing his M.Div. here. She later transitioned to a full-time Serials Assistant and eventually the Collection Services Coordinator, where she continued to be an irreplaceable member of the Library team.

Thanks for sharing your dedication and commitment to the people and mission of Princeton Seminary, Bev! We'll miss you!

We'll be closing early on Friday, December 21 and will reopen Wednesday morning, January 2, 2019.

Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year to you all!

Congratulations to Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Trish Goodall, who was recognized by the Society of American Archivists this month for achieving the Digital Archives Specialist Certificate. Trish is one of only 415 people to have earned this certificate since the program started in 2011!

Enter this season of Advent with some scholarly and devotional reading.

Interlibrary loan service will be suspended December 6, 2018 through January 2, 2019. Service resumes January 3, 2019.

The library will be open extended hours December 11-20. Some of those hours will be swipe card access only. Details are posted on the library hours page.

Use of rooms in the library will be limited to Princeton Seminary students during the reading week/exam period, December 11-21.

Browse and borrow books from the circulating collection in the open display on the Concourse for the month of November, and visit the link below for more information.

On Tuesday, November 27, alumnus Rev. Andrew Wilkes will discuss his book Freedom Notes: Reflections on Faith, Justice, and the Possibility of Democracy. He will be joined in conversation by Professors Keri L. Day and Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.

The event is co-sponsored by the Princeton Theological Seminary Library and the Religion & Society program at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Talk begins at 7 p.m. in the Daniel J. Theron Room, Princeton Theological Seminary Library. We hope to see you there!

Curious about people and events in Princeton Theological Seminary's history? Make an appointment to visit Special Collections and ask an archivist!

Explore the archives to learn about student groups, like the Society of Inquiry (an early 19th c. student group that debated various questions*), as well as past presidents, faculty, individual alumni and both official and unofficial campus organizations.

*There's a print copy of the finding aid in the reference collection: REF BV4070 .P789.