Sara Myers | |
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Occupation | Librarian |
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Discipline | Library science |
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Sara J. Myers is a professor emerita at Columbia Theological Seminary and former president of the American Theological Library Association. She has been the Director of numerous libraries,as well as taught at a number of universities across the country.
Sara Myers first received her Bachelor of Arts from Florida University in 1970. She then earned her master's degree in Library Sciences in 1972 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in 1990 from Emory University. [1]
In 1972 she began her work at Duke University as a Cataloger. She briefly held this same position at Pitts Library at Emory University,where she held various positions. These positions included Reference Librarian,Assistant Librarian for Public Services,and Acting Librarian. At the Iliff School of Theology and Union Theological Seminary she served as both the Director and a professor of Theological Bibliography. After her service at both of these schools she moved and became the Director and Professor of Theological Bibliography of the John Bulow Campbell Library at Columbia Theological Seminary. Here she retired and earned the title of professor emerita.
She has published a number of articles and presentations. She was a frequent contributor to The ALA Yearbook of Library and Information Services:A Review of Library Events. Her research includes women in American society,religious biography and autobiography. [2] As a result,she also served as an editor and writer in Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America,volume 1.
Myers has served as both the President and Vice President,in addition to serving on the board of directors for five years. As a member of the Special Committee of the Association for International Collaboration she was also instrumental in outreach and international awareness. She sought to increase cooperation between theological libraries across the world and support cooperative projects between the ATLA and other foreign theological library associations.
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a private ecumenical liberal Christian seminary in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,affiliated with Columbia University. Columbia University lists UTS among its affiliate schools,alongside Barnard College and Teachers College. Since 1928,the seminary has served as Columbia's constituent faculty of theology. In 1964,UTS also established an affiliation with the neighboring Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Despite its affiliation with Columbia University,UTS is an independent institution with its own administration and Board of Trustees. UTS confers the following degrees:Master of Divinity (MDiv),Master of Divinity &Social Work dual degree (MDSW),Master of Arts in religion (MAR),Master of Arts in Social Justice (MASJ),Master of Sacred Theology (STM),Doctor of Ministry (DMin),and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Candler School of Theology is one of seven graduate schools at Emory University,located in metropolitan Atlanta,Georgia. A university-based school of theology,Candler educates ministers,scholars of religion and other leaders. It is also one of 13 seminaries affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
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