Union Presbyterian Seminary Library - Richmond and Charlotte Campuses

04/29/2026

Just a quick note to let you know that http://library.upsem.edu is down right now because we are transitioning to a newly-designed website! We hope to have everything back up and running tomorrow. In the meantime, here are links to some of the main resources you may need to access:

Catalog: https://upsem.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default-b/?
LibGuides: https://upsem.libguides.com/
Databases: https://upsem.libguides.com/az/databases
Full Text Finder: https://publications.ebsco.com/?custId=s1231229&groupId=main&profileId=pfi
Contact information for Library staff: https://upsem.libguides.com/prf.php

04/24/2026

We’re so thrilled for the arrival of The Brushstrokes of Discovery from on the Richmond campus! The installation is open to the community for the next two weeks — we invite you to come learn about this project and view our curated book selection in the atrium.

01/08/2026

The Library now offers the 59-volume Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library online through Bloomsbury’s Theology and Religion platform, providing broad, balanced biblical scholarship in digital form. Drawing on philological, historical, sociological, and literary approaches, this diverse collection is available to library members, alumni, and current students, faculty, and staff.

09/06/2025

Thank you, ! We're so glad you spent your work-from-home day with us! https://www.facebook.com/stories/104156681728036/UzpfSVNDOjY2Mzg3OTgxMDA3NjgzMA==/?view_single=1

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08/20/2025

Professor Sam Adams has some good things to say about the database resources we have from Atla.

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06/09/2025

Calling all alumni again! We will be hosting a 30 minute session on using the new Atlas+ interface tomorrow (6/10/2025) at 1 pm. You can register at https://upsem.libcal.com!

05/21/2025

Calling all alumni!

We are holding three different sessions on incorporating AI into ministry settings. The first one is tomorrow, and you can register for it here. We will provide a basic overview of AI, its concerns, and its promises. We will then work directly with query design using ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Claude to find ways to use them in your ministry. Come join us!

This is a monthly summer workshop technology series on generative AI. We will use a mixture of direct instruction, guided practice, and group exploration. Each month we will look...

02/06/2025

A huge thank you to IRC assistant Nenio Pfuzeh for the wonderful photos he took of (most of) the permanent Richmond Library staff!

• Back row, l-r: Cheryl Smith (Technical Services Assistant); Ryan Douthat (Director of Archives & Special Collections and Public & Electronic Services Librarian); Dora Rowe (Instructional Resources Center Director & Instructional Services Librarian); Irina Topping (Technical Services Librarian); Mengistu Lemma (Reference and Inter-Library Loan Librarian)
• Middle, l-r: Caroline Carneal (Technical Services Specialist); Tamora Droppa (Administrative Assistant)
• Seated, l-r: Robin McCall (Seminary Librarian); Lisa Janes (Circulation Supervisor)
• Not pictured but part of the family: Jonathan Yates (Technical Services Assistant)

02/04/2025

New Digital Archive Collection!

We are pleased to announce the former seminary publication, "As I See It Today", has been digitized and is accessible on the UPSem Digital Collections site.

Published by Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, beginning in 1970 and spanning over three decades, the newsletter "As I See It Today", was meant as a medium for faculty, alumni, and friends of the Seminary to share contemporary ideas.

Available here: https://cdm17236.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/asiseeit

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12/18/2024

We are thrilled to share some fantastic news! Our collaborative digitization project with the Library of Virginia is now complete, bringing to life several historical periodical titles from our Archives and Special Collections that were originally published in Richmond. For the very first time, you can access hundreds of issues from notable publications like the Central Presbyterian, Christian Observer, Presbyterian of the South, the Religious Telegraph and Observer, the Southern Religious Telegraph, Visitor and Telegraph, Watchman and Observer, and Watchman of the South—all in full text! Check them out now on LVA’s Virginia Chronicle (virginiachronicle.com) and Library of Congress’ Chronicling America (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov). This is an exciting moment for history enthusiasts and researchers alike!

Virginia Chronicle: historical archive of Virginia newspapers. Free access to full text searching and digitized images of over 3 million newspaper pages.