 David Allan Hubbard Library & Collections
Goal: $27 million
Fuller’s new library, with added collections, will be a top-notch center for
scholarship befitting a seminary that produces more PhDs than any other. Named
for past president David Allan Hubbard, the library will allow us to more than
double our collection of volumes, augment essential archives, and offer the
study space and technological capabilities the Fuller community desperately
needs. Most important, the Hubbard Library will respond to a changing world by
documenting the history and movement of evangelical thought, with an emphasis on
the voices of developing evangelical churches in the Two-Thirds World.
Gifts toward this opportunity will:
- Support construction of the new David Allan Hubbard Library which, built
adjacent to the existing McAlister Library, will add 47,000 square feet of
technologically equipped space for collections, study, and archives
- Contribute to $3 million in new collections and renovation of the existing
McAlister Library
ERIC JACOBSEN
Student, PhD in Theology
Talks about the David Allan Hubbard Library
As a doctoral student in the area of theology and culture, I have a special
interest in the role the church can play in the community through the buildings
we build. I believe that the spaces we create can serve to either draw us
together, or isolate us.
I’m excited about Fuller’s plans to build a new library because I believe it
will express at least two values to Fuller students and to the community as a
whole. First, that the life of the mind matters. A library in the architectural
tradition of the “great universities” will send a clear signal that our love for
Christ can contain a desire for serious intellectual inquiry. Secondly, a
beautiful library that respects the local context will communicate our desire to
be active participants in our community as we proclaim the good news of the
gospel.
The new library will go far to enrich students in their education, especially
doctoral students like me. Enhanced and expanded collections will significantly
support our research needs. Study carrels will provide important space where we
can leave our materials and work uninterrupted. The new library will offer the
technology and internet access that is absolutely fundamental to doctoral
research in this era. Finally, all of this will combine to draw PhD students to
campus more often, giving us a greater sense of collegiality and making us more
available to the campus as a whole.
Fuller’s worldwide reputation is phenomenal. A library that represents and
supports the influence that Fuller has around the world will be a real asset to
the evangelical community. |
