Personalizing the pandemic experiences of theological & religious studies librarians during COVID-19 / edited by Megan E. Welsh and Ian Burke

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Welsch, Megan E., editor.

Burke, Ian, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Religious aspects.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Theological libraries.

Religious libraries.

Librarians.

librarians.

Medical Subjects:

Librarians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 281 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Atla Open Press, an imprint of the American Theological Library Association (Atla), 2024.

Summary:

Our aim in this volume is to personalize the pandemic by curating chapters that describe the experiences and practices of theological and religious studies librarians during the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents:

Introduction / Megan E. Welsh and Ian Burke

Long-forgotten passion of my youth / Hannie Riley

Looking back / Michelle Spomer

The pandemic as chrysalis / Evelyn Frangakis, Jenifer Gundry, and Jeremy Wallace

Stranger in a strange land at a strange time / Robert Burgess

Re-visioning student staff management through a pastoral-care lens / Jude Morrissey and Deanna K. Roberts

Understanding students' experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in small theological libraries / Victoria Tsonos and Marta Samokishyn

The changing realities of special collections and archives / Brian Shetler

COVID-19 web archives / Kayla Harris and Stephanie Shreffler

Equipping myself / Hannie Riley

Panic, pivot, plan / Elizabeth Miller and Caitlin Soma

Spiritual resonance in a virtual age / Benjamin Dueck

Meditations in an emergency / Bobby L. Smiley

Library leadership in the long lockdown and beyond / Patrick Milas.

Notes:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC): creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781949800340

9781949800357

9781949800364

OCLC:

1428855971