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Friday, June 21 • 8:45am - 9:30am
Discard to Discovery: Empowering Majority World Theology Libraries Through Book Donations

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In an era where access to information is paramount, the global imbalance in theology resources is widening. Many majority world theological libraries face challenges in acquiring their collections but in the Western world, theological collections are surplus due to library closures, mergers, space limitations, or downsizing. This conference proposal advocates for a session focused on the strategic and ethical distribution of surplus books to theological libraries in the majority world. I have just established a not-for-profit organisation called Oxford Theology Resource Link. Currently, there are five ongoing projects to support. Please see https://oxfordtheologyresourceslink.web.ox.ac.uk/ for more information. Additionally, four to five more projects are in the pipeline to send books to Africa.

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Hannie Riley

College Librarian, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford
Hannie has about 20 years of library and information experience starting at St Paul’s Girls’ School, London in 2002. She has been working for the University of Oxford since 2006, starting in the Philosophy and Theology Faculties Library and now at Wycliffe Hall as the college... Read More →


Friday June 21, 2024 8:45am - 9:30am PDT
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