Regents Theological College Library

Regents Theological College Library

City/town

West Malvern

address

Elim International Centre, West Malvern Road, West Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 4AY

Telephone

01684 588966

email

website
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Contact & Job Title

Tim Walsh M Phil PhD, Librarian and Archivist

Purpose & main user community of the library

To support the undergraduate and postgraduate courses of Regents Theological College, as well as the ministers and ministers-in-training of the Elim Pentecostal Church.

Terms of access

Application may be made for external membership from other theological college students on a reference basis.

Opening hours

24/7 for students and staff. Office hours for visitors.

Disabled access

Temporary ramps for internal short flights of stairs. Much high shelving.

Lending to other libraries & visitors

ABTAPL ILL. No lending for visitors.

Number of volumes

c.37,000

Periodicals – Back Issues

200+

Current Periodicals

12

Other materials

DVDs, CDs, CDROMs, pamphlets, Masters’ dissertations and PhD theses

Volumes added per year

400 (purchased and donated)

Coverage

Pentecostalism/Charismatic Movement; Biblical Studies; Theology; Church History; Leadership; Practical Theology.

Special Collections

Pentecostal/Charismatic texts and journals; Holiness texts.

Catalogue Type

Online

Other facilities

Printing/Scanning/Photocopying

Full Time Staff

1

Voluntary Staff

3 local residents

Changes in next five years affecting the above

Establishing a Pentecostal Research Centre based on special collections.