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TASK FORCE 
REPORTS

International Theological 
Librarian Education
By Kelly Campbell, Chair

TASKFORCE MEMBERS

 •  Kelly Campbell, Columbia Theological Seminary,  
Decatur, Georgia, U.S., Chair

 •  Yasmine Abou-el-Kheir, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, 
Illinois, U.S.

 • Sandy Ayer, Ambrose University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 •  Carisse Berryhill, Abilene Christian University,  
Abilene, Texas, U.S.

 •  Kerrie Burn, Catholic Theological College, University of Divinity, 
Melbourne, Australia

	 •	 Matina	Ćurić,	Berlin,	Germany

 •  Seoyoung Kim, World Mission University,  
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 •  Griselda Lartey, Columbia Theological Seminary,  
Decatur, Georgia, U.S.

 •  Ephraim Muldave, Africa International University,  
Nairobi, Kenya



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 •  Cynthia Pelena, Central Philippine University,  
Iloilo City, Philippines

 •  Álvaro Pérez, Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana,  
San Jose, Costa Rica

 •  Yesan Sellen, South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies 
(SAIACS), Bangalore, India

 • Brenda Bailey-Hainer, ATLA Staff Liaison

During this past year, the International Theological Librarian Education 
Taskforce	(ITLET)	organized.	The	first	task	was	to	develop	the	ITLET	
charge. The ITLET’s charge is “to strengthen and connect theological 
and	religious	studies	librarians	worldwide	by	identifying	resources,	
creating educational opportunities, and developing skill enhancement 
materials	through	collaboration	efforts.”	The	second	task	was	to	identify	
and recruit members to serve on the taskforce. Current ITLET member-
ship covers ten time zones and represents: India, Australia, Canada, 
Germany, Philippines, Kenya, Costa Rica, and the U.S. 

After	being	officially	organized,	developing	a	clear	charge,	and	
recruiting	willing	members,	the	ITLET	convened	three	times.	Before	
the	first	meeting	in	April,	ITLET	members	introduced	themselves	elec-
tronically.	At	the	second	meeting	in	June,	three	projects	were	identi-
fied,	and	taskforce	members	were	divided	into	smaller	working	groups.	
The	first	project	the	taskforce	agreed	to	undertake	is	the	creation	of	the	
Theological	Librarian’s	Handbook.	The	Handbook	will	be	open	access	
and	will	include	an	introductory	volume	followed	by	subject	specific	
volumes. The second project is to interpret data contained in a recent 
survey of international theological libraries conducted by the Theologi-
cal	Book	Network.	The	third	project	is	to	pilot	an	ATLA	International	
Theological Librarian Leadership Institute at the 2019 Annual Confer-
ence in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.


	Preface
	committee reports
	Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
	Conference Committee
	Endowment Committee
	Professional Development Committee

	Task Forcereports
	International Theological Librarian Education
	Scholarly Communication

	Interest Group Reports
	Public Services
	Special Collections 
	Technical Services 
	World Religions 

	denominational Group reports
	Anabaptist Mennonite
	Anglican/Episcopal
	Baptist
	Campbell-Stone
	Lutheran 
	Methodist
	Orthodox
	Presbyterian and Reformed Librarians
	Roman Catholic

	memorials
	Officers of ATLA (1947–2018)
	ATLA Organizational Directory (2017–2018)
	ATLA Member Directory (2017–2018)
	historical Annual conferences
	AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
	2017 ATS Library Statistics