Library Instruction Videos

Catalog Tutorials

See also: How to Log In to HathiTrust (above) and Controlled Digital Lending (below)

Controlled Digital Lending

"Controlled Digital Lending is the library practice whereby a library owns a book, digitizes it, and loans either the physical book or the digital copy to one user at a time."

For an animated illustration of this practice, watch Controlled Digital Lending Explained.

Watch Controlled Digital Lending at Princeton Seminary for a short demo of borrowing digitized books.

See also: Internet Archive Partnership Expands Access

Summon Tutorials

YouTube Playlist: Library Instruction / How-To Videos

The playlist below includes Alumni Resources Overview; Atla Religion Database Tutorial; Religion Database Tutorial; Self-Service Features in Summon; Library Catalog Login; Library Catalog: Mobile Versions; Library Catalog: Saving your searches; Library Catalog: SMS Alerts; Adding Wright Library to Google Scholar Settings; Freely Available Preaching Resources; and Exploring The Earl Palmer Collection, among others.

Library Lectures

YouTube Playlist: Library Lectures / Presentations

The playlist below includes: Adventures in the Seminary Library Land (Karlfried Froehlich); Light and Delight: from Tradition to Innovation in the New Library at Princeton Theological Seminary (Rayford Law); Building the Theological Commons at Princeton Theological Seminary (Gregory Murray); Faith and Politics: Religion on the 2016 Campaign Trail (Elizabeth Dias); Down to Earth: The Bible and Environmental Ethics (Jacqueline Lapsley); The Battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict (Justin Farrell); Exploring the Healing Power of Gratitude (Laura Bratton); and Light in Darkness: Images of Evil and Redemption in Hitchcock's Films (C. Clifton Black).

The links below go to individual pages that include transcripts.

Princeton Theological Seminary Media Archive

The Princeton Theological Seminary Media Archive in the Theological Commons contains a growing number of audio and video recordings.

  • Building the Theological Commons
    A brief presentation about Wright Library's flagship digital project. "[T]he Theological Commons represents a blending of the aims and methods of mass digitization with the informed curation and accurate resource description that are the hallmarks of librarianship...[working] to achieve a balance that maximizes the reach and usefulness of these digital resources for research and ministry." Running time: 00:21:00

Princeton Theological Seminary Multimedia Channels