The construction of a directory of theological libraries and collections of theology

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This article was originally published in Philip Harvey and Lynn Pryor (eds.) ‘So great a cloud of witnesses’: libraries and theologies, Melbourne: Uniting Church Theological Hall and the Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association, 1995) and is reprinted here with permission.Collections of religion and theology in Australia and New Zealand’ (CORT) (Jenkin, 1992) is a directory of theological libraries and collections of theology in libraries, although originally it was confined to Judaeo-Christian theological libraries and collections of Judaeo-Christian materials. It was written to assist people locate and have access to collections of theological materials, and therefore both theological libraries and collections of materials in libraries other than theological libraries were recorded. These include special collections in academic, college, public, special and state libraries and the national libraries of Australia and New Zealand.