QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE DIRECTORY OF ASIAN THEOLOGICAL LIBRARIES; 3RD EDITION

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

Name of Institution 	
	
Year institution founded	
	
Name of Library 

Year Library founded 
(if different from above)		
Full Address

	
Mailing address 
(if different from above)	

	
Contact 	Telephone: 
	
	Fax: 
	
	Others: 
	
Email

Website/Homepage

B. STAFF AND QUALIFICATIONS

1. Head Librarian
Name
		
Qualifications 
(highest degree earned)	Educational: 
	
	Professional: 

2. Library Staff (including Head Librarian)

	Full-time	Part-time	Voluntary/
Temporary	
Total no. of staff
				
No. of staff with degrees in				
•	Only Theology				
•	Only Library Studies (or equivalent)	
			
•	Both Theology and Library Studies (or equivalent)	

C. ACCESS

Main user community of the library	
	
Terms of access	
	
Opening hours
		
Disabled friendly

Lending	

D. COLLECTIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Books/monographs	No. of volumes: 
	
	No. of titles: 
	
	Language percentage: 

	
Periodicals	Total no. of titles: 
	
	Current/active subscriptions: 
	
Coverage/collection strengths

	
Special collections
(give statistics, if possible)	

	
Others (please specify)

	
Publications by the library
(e.g. bibliographies, indexes, periodicals, catalogs, etc.)	

	

D. FACILITIES AND SERVICES

Classification system used & edition 
(e.g. DDC, LC, Union, etc.)		
Catalogue type (retrieval system)	
	
URL of catalogue	
	
Automated library management system & version 		
Facilities/Services	

	
Others

	

E. AFFILIATIONS AND NETWORKING

Professional affiliations and memberships in library associations

	
Other affiliations	

	

F. GENERAL

Which do you see as a priority in developing an Asian resource collection? 
Choose ONE (please tick )	(  ) listing of a basic bibliography on Asian theology and culture
(     ) listing of theological journals published in Asia
(     ) listing of Christian publishers in Asia
(     ) circulating duplicate lists of books/serials on Asian issues
(     ) setting up a clearing house for Asian theological resources
(     ) conducting a regular Asian theological library survey
(     ) setting up a joint catalogue of books/serials in Asian theological libraries
(     ) other (specify):

Further suggestions to enhance the development of Asian theological libraries and/or Asian resources 	

	
Other remarks

		

Date: ______________________