Research Behaviors of Theological Educators (Report‪)‬

Ralph Klein is a friend of libraries--hardly surprising given the scope and depth of his research and teaching. He has certainly been a friend of the JKM Library, which serves the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. From the moment I arrived as library director in the summer of 2004, Ralph has shown persistent interest in the library--interest that I am sure far predates my brief time on this campus. He reads (actually reads!) every report of the librarian, and he e-mails comments and questions to her arising from the reports. He verbally supports the library in faculty meetings and routinely calls for increased library--particularly acquisitions--budgets. When the matter of the future of the LSTC rare books came to light, Ralph formed a Rare Books Task Force, devoted hundreds of hours over Christmas break to the creation of a rare books Web site, and pledged to devote his precious retirement time to their care. Ralph uses the library: He is one of the few faculty members who routinely can be found in the West Wing, risking (!) student interruption to locate and use its many resources. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]