Dissertation Information for Sister Mary Lucille Whalen NAME: - Sister Mary Lucille Whalen
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1965)
ADVISORS: - Allen T. Hazen
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Winifred B. Linderman - Alice Bryan - Oliver L. Lilley - Robert Beach
MPACT Status: Fully Complete
Title: THE LITERATURE USED IN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT RESEARCH IN THEOLOGY
Abstract: Problem
The problem of this dissertation was to
determine characteristics of literature used
in doctoral research in theoloqy as some basis for
selection,servicing and housing of theological library collections.
The study was designed to test hypotheses concerning
the form national origin, and language of the
materials, relative importance of subject areas in theology' and
in non-theological fields, and time span between the date of
material and its use.
Procedure over eight thousand bibliographic references
were compiled from one hundred doctoral research
studies in six areas of theology, selected on ·the basis
of a stratified random sampling of all dissertations
completed from 1952- 1961 in accredited institutions granting
doctoral degrees in theolog. These CitatiOns were verified and
analyzed, and the followinq information was
coded on IBMcards, taped and processed on
the IBM 7090 Computer: type of material,
place and date of publication, language, subject
area of theology (based on Union Theological Seminary
classification) or of non-theological works (based on Library of
Congress classification), author and title.
Findings It was found that 7l.5 per cent of the
materials were monographic, 22 per cent in serial
form and 6.5 per cent in other forms. The highest percentages
of books (68.3 per cent) and joumals(60.5
per cent) were United States publications. The language most frequently
used was English :78.6 per cent for books
and 86.1 per cent for journals. Of the thirty most frequently cited journals
the majority were in theology or were religiously oriented.
OVer half of the materials were produced in
the United States, England (17.3 per cent),
Germany (7.5 per cent) and France (6.4 per cent)following.The language
distribution was 78.1 per cent for English and 21.9 per
cent for other languages, German (8.9 per cent) and French
(6.3 per cent) being most frequent.
Protestants most often cited materials in English (80.5 per cent) and German (12.4
per cent), Catholics materials in Latin (38.1 per cent)
and French,(25.9 per cent).
Approximately two-thirds of the materials
cited were in tbeoloqy and one-third in non theological
fields. Most frequently cited in theology were Bible
Studies (26.7 per cent) and Doctrine (17.1 per cent), Liturgy
(2.5 per cent) and Moral,Theo1ogy (1.3 per cent) being the
least frequent. Works most frequently cited in non-
theoloqical fields were in history (27.4 per
cent) and philosophy (14.9 per cent). Art and music were least cited, each, ranking
only 0.1 per cent. OVer eighty-five per cent of the monographs
in almost all ields were cited once or twice
only.
As for time span, about seventy five per
cent of all literature cited was published
after 1900 and ninety per cent after 1800, greatest use being of
publications from 1946-1955. The bulk of materials from France, Germany
and Scotland was from earlier periOds.. Materials in English
tended to be recent and most foreign language materials
publications from 1900-1940, about fifty per cent of the
Scandinavian materials, however, being from 1851-1900. In theology 9
works from 1951-1955 showed the highest use
9 especially in Bible Studies. In other fields, greatest use was of fairly
recent works, except in history, where the highest use was for
publications from 1901-1910. Some implications for library administration
miqht be, (1) because of the high per~ages of
materials cited only onCe or twice, selection should consider
major areas of general interest and some specialties, including
non-·theological works. (2) because of limited space in departmental
libraries, special thought must be given to centralization or
joint housing and lists of most-used materials, (3) since the
rate of Obsolescence is slower than for
other fields and some great theological works are not available in printed form,
there should be close attention to storage and micro-
reproduction, (4) theological libraries may find oooperation a survival
factor because of the wide range of
materials necessary for theological research.
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