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Informed by Joy: A Christian Librarian's Reflection on C. S. Lewis

Michels, David H.

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Title
Informed by Joy: A Christian Librarian's Reflection on C. S. Lewis
Author(s)
Michels, David H.
Issue Date
2022
Keyword(s)
  • joy of information
  • C. S. Lewis
Abstract
In Surprised by Joy C. S. Lewis offers us his account of his conversion to Christianity. Using his experiences of joy as "signposts," he leads us through his early life up to his conversion at age thirty-one. I reflect on Lewis's account as a librarian, researcher, and fellow Christian, considering his information world and the people who aided and hindered him on his faith journey. I conclude with some thoughts on his and my own conversion, as both unique yet shared experiences within the Christian tradition.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Illinois School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Library Trends 70 (4). Spring 2022
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2022.0014
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2022 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 70 (4) Spring 2022: Joy of Information [Restricted Access] PRIMARY
Library Trends 70 (4) Spring 2022: Joy of Information [Restricted Access]. Edited by Jenna Hartel and Hailey Siracky.