A. GENERAL INFORMATION
| Name
of Institution |
Believers Church Theological Seminary |
| Year
institution founded |
1993 |
| Name
of Library |
BCTS
Library |
Year
Library founded
(if different from above) |
|
| Full
Address |
Believers
Church Theological Seminary
Kuttapuzha P. O.
Tiruvalla - 3
Kerala State - 689 103
India |
Mailing
address
(if different from above) |
|
|
Contact |
Telephone:
0469-2602509, 2605219 |
| |
Fax:
|
| |
Others:
|
| Email |
chackoc@rediffmail.com/chackoc@gmail.com |
| Website/Homepage |
|
B.
STAFF AND QUALIFICATIONS
Head Librarian
| Name |
Mr.
Chacko Chacko |
Qualifications
(highest degree earned) |
Educational:
Ed. S. (Library Automation) |
| |
Professional:
Ed. S.; M. A. L. S. (Library Science) |
Library
Staff (including Head Librarian)
| |
Full-time |
Part-time |
Voluntary/
Temporary |
| Total
no. of staff |
8
|
1 |
1 |
| No.
of staff with degrees in |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| •
Only Theology |
2 |
-- |
-- |
| •
Only Library Studies (or equivalent) |
|
-- |
-- |
| •
Both Theology and Library Studies (or equivalent) |
1 |
-- |
-- |
•
High School and Library Course |
-- |
-- |
-- |
C.
ACCESS
| Main
user community of the library |
Main
user community of the library Students and
Faculty
|
| Terms
of access |
Open |
| Opening
hours |
10
hours per day
|
|
Disabled friendly |
Yes |
| Lending
|
Yes |
D.
COLLECTIONS & PUBLICATIONS
| Books/monographs |
No.
of volumes: 140.000 |
| |
No.
of titles: 80.000 |
| |
Language
percentage:
English:
English
99%
Others 1 %
|
| Periodicals |
Total
no. of titles:300 titles |
| |
Current/active
subscriptions: 275titles |
| Coverage/collection
strengths |
1.
Missions
2. Evangelism
3. Theology
4. Bible
5. Christian Education
6. Pastoral Theology
7. Religions
8. Philosophy
|
Special
collections
(give statistics, if possible) |
|
| Others
(please specify) |
|
Publications by the library
(e.g. bibliographies, indexes, periodicals,
catalogs, etc.) |
|
E.
FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Classification
system used & edition
(e.g. DDC, LC, Union, etc.)
|
Library
of congress |
| Catalogue
type (retrieval system) |
Computer
catalogue
(and card catalogue as back-up) |
| URL
of catalogue |
none |
| Automated
library management system & version |
ATHENA |
|
Facilities/Services |
1.
Search
2. Circulation
3. Acquisition
4. Periodicals |
|
Others |
-- |
F.
AFFILIATIONS AND NETWORKING
| Professional
affiliations and memberships in library associations |
1.
Indian Theological Library Association (ITLA)
2 . Forum of Asian Theological Librarians
(ForATL)
|
| Other
affiliations |
|
G.
GENERAL
Which
do you see as a priority in developing an
Asian resource collection? Choose ONE (please
tick)
|
-
listing of theological journals published
in Asia
-
listing of a basic bibliography on Asian
theology
and culture
|
| Further
suggestions to enhance the development of
Asian theological libraries and/or Asian resources |
-- |
| Other
remarks |
-- |
Date:
December 2008
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