 Jack
Ammerman
Head Librarian, School of Theology Library
D.Min., 1988, Princeton Theological Seminary
M.Ln., 1987, Emory University
M.Div., 1977, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.A., 1968, Southwest Baptist College
Dr. Ammerman's Publications
Mr. Ammerman’s scholarly interests include food and
spirituality as well as the impact of electronic technology
on teaching and learning. He is active in several efforts
to digitize library resources and to develop electronic resources
to aid in scholarly research. Ammerman is also the editor
of the ATLA/Scarecrow Press Bibliography Series.
As a co-principal researcher for a project entitled, “The
Development of Research-Based Learning Communities Supported
by Electronic Pedagogy,” Ammerman studied the creation
and maintenance of online learning communities. This project,
funded by the Lilly Endowment, explored creative ways to share
useful research-based information with congregations, religious
bodies and their leaders, and the general public. A key component
was the development of new web-based applications that will
make research information readily accessible over the Internet.
Ammerman continues to coordinate the development of the Sociology
of Religion Database that grew out of this project. SocRelDB
is a directory of sociologists who study religion and a bibliographic
database consisting of 13,000+ records.
Ammerman comes to the School of Theology Library from Hartford
Seminary where he was Librarian and Director of Educational
Technology from 1995-2002. Before that, he held several positions
at the Pitts Theology Library at Emory University. In each
of these positions, his interest in emerging issues in theological
librarianship and information technology resulted in active
participation with colleagues to develop new digital library
resources and to explore the future of theological librarianship.
Ammerman’s most recent publication is an essay entitled,
“Recording the Moment: moving from a collection model
to a documentation model” in September 11 2001: A Historical,
Theological, and Sociological Critique., ed. Ian S. Markham.
Oxford, England: Oneworld, 2002.
For more information, please visit: http://people.bu.edu/jwa/
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