Committee Reports 7 Professional Development By Wesley D. Custer, Chair COMMITTEE MEMBERS • Wesley Custer, Asbury Theological Seminary, Chair • Yasmine Abou-El-Kheir, Chicago Theological Seminary • Martha Adkins, University of San Diego, Secretary • Michael Bradford, Harvard University • James Estes, Wesley Theological Seminary • Warren Watson, Payne Theological Seminary • Gillian Harrison Can, ATLA Staff Liaison COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS: The Professional Development Committee (PDC) endeavors each year to provide programming and information relevant to the membership of ATLA. One of the most significant contributions to date is the webi- nars hosted by ATLA and sponsored by the PDC. We were able to plan nine webinars during the past year: • Sustainable Collection Services (SCS): A Brief Introduction by OCLC • Small Libraries Collaborating to Create Information Literacy Videos by Susan Ebertz, Karl Stutzman, and Vance M. Thomas • The (Virtual) Human Touch: Promoting the Spirit of Inquiry Through (Distance) Research by Melody Diehl Detar and David E. Schmersal • OCLC QuestionPoint by OCLC • Kicking Off the ATLA SACO Funnel by Richard Lammert • Demystifying Digital Humanities: How Librarians Can Get Involved by Michael P. Hemenway and Micah D. Saxton • Faculty Open Access Policies by Christine Fruin, Andrew Keck, and Craig R. Koester 8 ANNUAL YEARBOOK • User Experience Research Outcomes by Tim Gallati • Fair Use for Libraries by Christine Fruin MEETING MINUTES Conference Call—Sept. 14, 2017 1:05pm (Central Time) PRESENT: Gillian Cain, Martha Adkins, Wes Custer (Chair), Yasmine Abou-El-Kheir, Michael Bradford, James Estes ABSENT: Warren Watson Martha Adkins will serve as secretary for the year. FALL WEBINAR DISCUSSION: ideas from ATLA Annual Conference or other speakers or topics of interest, in combination with consultation of post-conference survey. Starred items are either in the works or Gillian will pursue for fall: • *Anti-racism digital library—Anita Coleman • Broad competencies for theological librarianship • Pick up at face-to-face meeting for development • *New ATLA digital library • Andy will do something • Scholarly plagiarism • Develop further • Racial/ethnic diversity • ATS • Theological schools in a time of crisis • Business planning • *Virtual/human touch • Ithaca • *Information literacy videos • Open educational resources • Develop further Committee Reports 9 • Terminal degree for theological librarianship • Linked data • Interpreting learning outcomes To discuss at face-to-face meeting in Denver: • Competencies—what are the next steps to make this idea more tangible? • Wabash—preconference in 2018 and Colloquy • Creating Leaders of Tomorrow update • NACO/CONSER funnels • Spring webinars • Promoting regional grants FACE-TO-FACE MEETING SEPTEMBER 27-28 Wednesday, September 27, 1:00-4:30pm • The meeting began with introductions and the collection of some parking lot issues, including tenure/promotion and EBSCO EDS (member relationships, ranking algorithms). • The committee reviewed the charge and responsibilities, and they agreed that the charge accurately reflects the committee’s goals. CHARGE: The Professional Development Committee (PDC) fosters development of librarians and related information professionals who serve theological and religious studies scholarship and study. We define the infrastructure needed to deliver professional devel- opment opportunities to members throughout the year by: • determining member needs • identifying expert resources • utilizing a variety of methods and delivery mechanisms In doing so, we facilitate the exchange of ideas and support members at every point in their careers. • Review of ATLA’s Strategic Plan, including Core Purpose, Core Values, Goals, and Objectives, confirms that the charge of the committee reflects the organizational goals. 10 ANNUAL YEARBOOK • Review of the last year’s activities. • Regional Grants: awarded to FTLA, SEPTLA, MTLA, but still did not award all the allocated funds. FTLA is a regular group; SEPTLA was a first-time recipient group. MTLA is also a regu- lar recipient, but received more money this year, supporting a robust program. Grants will continue to be promoted over the next year. • Webinars: On-demand numbers are very good. Topics were selected from high attendance conference presentations or from survey results. Good turnout reinforces this methodology for topic selection. Idea for funnel webinar (registration down from 16 to 17) to make a more attractive title. Linked data title (5/16) had a big draw, may be good to do another. • Survey: It has only been two years since the last big survey, so smaller surveys more focused on specific topics may be good in the near future. Survey results are in the 15-16 shared drive folder. Discussion of ideas for future activities: • Ithaca—committee might look at the report and think about programming, tool kits, things to overcome challenges identified in the study. The report reflects that the issue of engaging with faculty is a pervasive one. • Newsletter—discussion about prominence on ATLA website. New CRM system will include an upgrade to the newsletter. Commit- tee members agree that it would be nice to see more member- and committee-driven content. Suggestion to include little bits of information, rather than full news stories, on PDC-related items. Different subject areas for each quarter would highlight different areas of interest for members. Suggested topics: faculty collabo- ration, libguides (suggestion for a philosophy/theology/religion user group in libguides. Possible correlation of programming and support materials), data, funnels, accreditation/reporting, library research resources for members, working with consortia (leverag- ing membership power), negotiating with vendors. • Review of conference survey suggestions Committee Reports 11 • Listserv—should we be more deliberate about sharing on ATLANTIS? Michael volunteered to send things to atlantis on behalf of the committee. Gillian will share with Michael. • Could we list professional development opportunities in the newsletter? ATLA staff will implement • Shared Google doc would be ideal for collecting links to then place in the newsletter; atlantis posting would link back to newsletter • Open textbooks • Discussions with Wabash re: syllabus database; discussion about leveraging the new digital platform to host • Could we use the information in these syllabi to identify an open textbook or create an open textbook to support a course in reli- gion/theology/etc? • Discussion about liaison roles for PDC members to other areas of the organization • Competencies conversation—expanding the international grants to attend conferences to allow folks to spend more time in the country and also have a liaison from the PDC to help coor- dinate competency-based programs • Scholarly plagiarism—what are publishers doing? Gillian will investigate a publisher panel • Ebooks—being developed • Information lit/tutorials—easy button • Supporting distance learning—library services for online students • Basic marketing and promotion • Institutional repositories and libraries’ roles • Tenure/promotion • Capacity audit—to measure the work that needs to be done / ROI calculator • ROI for discovery services • Digital humanities • Dissertations 12 ANNUAL YEARBOOK THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017, 8:30AM-12:30PM Continued discussion of possible programming ideas and organiza- tion of ideas into methods of program delivery and dissemination, as well as a timeline for development and implementation/presentation. YEAR 1 Webinars • Fall • Anti-racism digital library • Instruction videos • Distance learners/virtual human touch • Course-embedded information literacy • Digital humanities • Spring • Web design (Tim) • Ithaka • SACO (January) • Funnel update (May) [Left to right] James Estes, Yasmine Abou-El-Kheir, Wesley Custer, Warren Watson, Michael Bradford, Martha Adkins Committee Reports 13 Newsletter • Ithaka • Faculty collaboration • Metadata funnels, linked data • Library for online students Market research • Competencies—gathering players • Tenure/promotion—research/brainstorm Other • Analytics—“To ED” start task force YEAR 2 Webinar • Working with consortia • Negotiating with vendors • Funnel update Workshop • Preparing for accreditation (multi-part online workshop) • Discovery services • Faculty collaboration Training/Templates/Examples/Toolkits • Web design (training and templates) • UX (U of Michigan) (training) • Dissertations (templates/examples) • Accreditation (toolkit) Newsletter • Information literacy videos Regular program • Library for online students (Start year one; leverage Wabash preconference) • Assessment (Start year one) 14 ANNUAL YEARBOOK Market research • Competencies survey • Tenure/promotion survey Other • Big data (Collaborate with TL; Grant RFP) YEAR 3 Podcast/short videos • New models of theological librarianship Toolkits • Discovery services ROI • ROI calculator • Library for online students • Dissertations Webinar • Funnel update Market research • Competencies—implement • Tenure/promotion—implement Preface Committee reports Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference Endowment Professional Development Task Forcereports International Theological Librarian Education Scholarly Communication Interest Group Reports Public Services Small Libraries 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