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The Duke University Libraries and the Duke University Alumni Association have worked together to provide access to a set of online resources available to all registered Duke alumni including the full ATLA Religion Database. Also, the Duke Alumni Card (mailed to you after graduation) allows the cardholder book check out privileges at Perkins [...]

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Please join us February 24, 2012 at 1:30PM in Westbrook 0012 for moderated discussion on open access journal publishing that will focus on core questions about open access and journal publishing: Who is doing open access? What does it take to start a new open access journal? When is open access appropriate for an existing [...]

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The Divinity School Library has reduced the hours it is open to the public (people without Duke ID cards) to coincide with changes made by Perkins Library System to enhance the safety of students and employees. The library will open at the same times as before but the new closing hours for the public are: [...]

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The painting, The Vision of Isaiah, by Luke Allsbrook, is on exhibit in the Divinity School Library until December 31, 2012. The exhibit is sponsored by the Arts and Aesthetics committee, chaired by Prof. Jo Bailey Wells.  Read more…

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Director of the Library

On January 6, 2012 By

Duke University Divinity School seeks to make an appointment of the Director of the Library, a faculty position, effective July 1, 2012. We invite applications from (or nominations for) persons who have expertise in the management of theological libraries, especially those in university settings.

The Director of the Library is responsible for the [...]

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Duke has chosen Sakai, an open-source collaboration and learning environment, as the successor to Blackboard for course and organizational site management. All access to Blackboard will end on June 30, 2012 and Sakai will handle all Divinity School courses beginning in Summer 2012. Content from Blackboard courses dating from Fall 2007 has been transferred to Sakai [...]

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The Divinity School Library will be open regular hours during Reading Week and Finals. After finals end on Friday, December 16th, we will have reduced hours during the semester break: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and CLOSED from Friday, December 23rd through Monday, January 2nd. Regular semester hours will resume on [...]

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Please welcome our new Reference Librarian, Hannah Rozear. She will share reference duties with Andy Keck, as well as working on other library projects. We are delighted she has joined our staff.

Hannah holds a BA in Art from Davidson College and an MSLS from UNC Chapel Hill. She has previously worked at Lilly Library [...]

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Congratulations to our own student employee Wes Johnson for his winning reason to come to the Divinity School Library: “Where else can you go where the biggest problem around is just a broken printer.” A video of Wes and his winning reason will be used with other nine reasons at next Fall’s library orientation for [...]

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The Divinity School Library is pleased to promote a new research guide devoted to Biblical Commentary from Historic Sources. The guide includes historic commentaries, historical works with scriptural indexes, and scriptural indexes to the Patristics.

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