School of Theology Appoints New Head Librarian

BOSTON UNIVERSITY is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Jack W. Ammerman as Head Librarian for the School of Theology Library, effective January 1, 2003. He succeeds Dr. Raymond Van de Moortell, who has returned to parish ministry.

Dr. Ammerman has served churches in Connecticut and New Jersey, and was Director of Campus Religious Activities at Mercer University. He received his doctorate from Princeton Theological Seminary, and has served Pitts Theology Library at Emory University as Reference Librarian and as Curator of Archives and Manuscripts. Since 1995, he has been Librarian and Director of Educational Technology at the Hartford Seminary.

He is a Co-Principal Researcher in a Lilly Endowment-funded project on the Development of Research-based Learning Communities Supported by Electronic Pedagogy, has served on the Technology Advisory Committee of ATLA, and has an interest in digital library projects. He is a frequent presenter to national and local library organizations.