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          id: asop-100
      author: Schmersal, David Edward; McMahan, Kaeley; van Dyk, Gerrit
       title: Back to Basics: Collaborating with Colleagues to Connect Graduate Students with Content
        date: 2019
       words: 2006
      flesch: 34
     summary: In this session, we explored three avenues of inquiry for address- ing these and related questions: • Surveys of how colleagues stay current • Building connections with graduate students aspiring to become faculty members • Social media Staying Current in Theology/Religious Studies By Gerrit van Dyk How do we form the connections with current and incoming graduate students and new faculty that will enable us to anticipate their research needs?
    keywords: faculty; graduate; library; new; research; students; studies; work
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      author: Rieckens, Derek James
       title: Automation from Scratch: How to Turn a Room Full of Books into a Monastic Library
        date: 2019
       words: 2578
      flesch: 54
     summary: • Cataloged items displace uncataloged items by snaking from one end of the stacks to the other. Today, the canons of St. Michael’s operate an on-site high school, administer two nearby parishes, provide chaplains for various ministries, and generally go wherever they are needed.
    keywords: abbey; chadwick; collection; items; library; oclc
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          id: asop-102
      author: Been, Joshua; Hair, Bill
       title: Slave Narratives, the Bible and Hymns, Oh My...: Religion Text-Mining as a Liaison Service
        date: 2019
       words: 995
      flesch: 36
     summary: Tier 1 represents introductory text analysis tools that require minimal to no training. One year ago, in August 2017, Baylor University Libraries hired a Digital Scholarship Librarian, which, in itself, is not all that unusual, particularly when one assumes most of the work of this librarian will be with liaison librarians in non-theological fields.
    keywords: liaison; tier; tools
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          id: asop-103
      author: Hyvärinen, Jussi Petteri
       title: East or West: Maintaining an Orthodox Collection inside a Lutheran-oriented Theological Library
        date: 2019
       words: 5425
      flesch: 44
     summary: Furthermore, the circulation of Orthodox theology books was remarkably lower than that of Western books: the average loans per title of Ortho- dox theology was 0.26, while the average of Western theology books was 0.39. I will describe the challenges of maintaining and evaluating the collection of Orthodox theology in our library.
    keywords: church; collection; finland; library; orthodox; orthodox church; theology; uef; university
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      author: Schmersal, David Edward; Elder, Jane Lenz; Detar, Melody Diehl
       title: Connection at the Crossroads between Libraries and Writing Skills: Creative Ways to Meet Students' Needs
        date: 2019
       words: 2392
      flesch: 48
     summary: While some of the suggestions may be more subjective, such as suggesting ways to clarify a point or improve over- all structure, our goal is less to improve student writing than to help students become better writers. 242 ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS Connection at the Crossroads between Libraries and Writing Skills Creative Ways to Meet Students’ Needs By David Schmersal, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University; Jane Elder, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University; Melody Diehl Detar, Duquesne University ABSTR ACT Concerns (complaints) about the quality of writing exhib- ited among seminary students are not new.
    keywords: librarians; research; students; support; writing
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          id: asop-105
      author: Appleman, Anna; Johnson, Tammy
       title: Tackling the Backlog
        date: 2019
       words: 646
      flesch: 52
     summary: 204 ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS Tackling the Backlog By Anna Appleman, Columbia Theological Seminary; Tammy Johnson, Columbia Theological Seminary ABSTR ACT This conversation group provided an opportunity for attendees to share questions and insights to reduce legacy backlogs of print materials. While libraries are fully engaged in keeping up with the digital environ- ment, many still have legacy backlogs of print materials.
    keywords: backlog; collection
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          id: asop-108
      author: Strickler, Christa M.
       title: Connecting Users with Special Collections: Describing Rare Books without a Rare Book Cataloger
        date: 2019
       words: 3873
      flesch: 64
     summary: Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. Includes medium-length definitions of rare book terms suit- able for a non-specialist audience. Cataloging staff used creative thinking to solve challenges such as lack of staff time and expertise.
    keywords: book; cataloging; collections; copy; field; item; library; materials; staff
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          id: asop-110
      author: Ahimah, Anthonia O.; Shotts, D'Anna K.
       title: Gathering up the Fragments after Boko Haram: Helping Baptist Churches in Northeastern Nigeria Recover, Conserve, and Digitize their History
        date: 2019
       words: 2916
      flesch: 50
     summary: A small sample of destroyed Baptist churches in the north- eastern states includes: Maiduguri, Baga, Ngala Gamboru (Borno State); Mubi (Adamawa State); Damaturu, Potiskum, Ngalda, and Buni Yadi (Yobe State). The Northeastern Nigeria Baptist Digital History Project was begun to help affected Baptist churches in three northeastern states which suffered invasion, many of them with devastated and scattered congregations and damaged or destroyed buildings, recover the dignity of their history through researching, locat- ing, digitizing, and indexing historical documents related to their found- ing and growth. 
    keywords: baptist; churches; faw; materials; nigeria; northeastern; project; rev
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          id: asop-111
      author: Elia, Anthony J; Veldheer, Kris; Turner, Bob
       title: The Meanings of "Innovation" in Theological Libraries: Bold Ideas of Empty Promises?
        date: 2019
       words: 6121
      flesch: 52
     summary: One frequently hears of innovations that are marketed by firms, but other types of innovation are either rapidly forgotten or rarely discussed. What I will argue is that innovation and innovation narratives are often different and come out of a desire
    keywords: complex; culture; education; industrial; innovation; library; new; strengths; term; theological; use
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        item: #10 of 264
          id: asop-112
      author: Jamieson, Steve
       title: Building Library Web Apps
        date: 2019
       words: 1438
      flesch: 46
     summary: The library staff had also worked with the institution’s IT department to offer a basic web form for submitting ILL requests for items discovered in other contexts. STAFF WORKFLOW ILL requests were coming from multiple inter- faces, with each providing data in a slightly different format.
    keywords: form; platform; reference; request
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          id: asop-113
      author: Bcheiry, Iskandar
       title: Digitizing and Schematizing the Archival Material from the Late Ottoman Period Found in the Monastery of al-Za?far?n in Southeast Turkey
        date: 2019
       words: 2518
      flesch: 38
     summary: In the second half of the sixth century, Jacob Baradeo organized the Non-Chalcedonian Syriac Orthodox church by ordaining thousands of deacons, priests, and bishops; in this way he consolidated the Non- Chalcedonian faith and revived the Syriac Orthodox church. BRIEF HISTORY The Syriac Christians are the indigenous inhabitants of Syria and Mesopotamia who embraced Christianity in the first centuries of its history.
    keywords: archives; mardin; monastery; petitions; reports; syriac
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        item: #12 of 264
          id: asop-115
      author: Burn, Kerrie
       title: Alone We Can Do So Little; Together We Can Do So Much: Collaborative Library Projects at the University of Divinity
        date: 2019
       words: 4597
      flesch: 48
     summary: This paper will highlight a number of recent library projects that have required the collaboration of the eleven constituent university colleges and those colleges’ fifteen associated libraries. One of the added benefits of this project is that the collections held by UD libraries have become more discoverable, which gives greater worldwide exposure to the collections of participating libraries.
    keywords: college; committee; hub; libraries; library; project; students; university
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          id: asop-116
      author: Limpitlaw, Amy; Spomer, Michelle; Estelle-Holmer, Suzanne
       title: “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”: The Art of Decluttering and Organizing Library Collections
        date: 2019
       words: 3257
      flesch: 63
     summary: Since the JSTOR platform provides perpetual access to purchased journal collections, print titles that are duplicated in JSTOR would be good candidates for with- drawal. As for new standing orders, this part of the process is currently ongoing, and involves soliciting faculty input about book Panel Discussions 139 series in their disciplines.
    keywords: collection; library; orders; process; standing; titles
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      author: Anderson, Clifford B
       title: Introduction to Wikidata: The Wikipedia of Facts
        date: 2019
       words: 705
      flesch: 49
     summary: A movement called WikiCite8 is working toward adding bibliographic data about all scien- tific literature to Wikidata, including scholarly articles in the field of religious studies and theology. 307 IN-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Introduction to Wikidata The Wikipedia of Facts By Clifford B. Anderson, Vanderbilt University ABSTR ACT This paper briefly summarizes an in-conference work- shop about Wikidata and its potential uses for scholarly communica- tions in religious studies and theology.
    keywords: sparql; wikidata; wikipedia
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          id: asop-118
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen
       title: NACO/CONSER/SACO Listen & Learn Session
        date: 2019
       words: 815
      flesch: 54
     summary: For ATLA NACO catalogers, this will mark an important change: instead 288 ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS of having the PCC program collect statistics for the number of author- ity records that each member institution has added, each institution will be responsible for reporting its own statistics. Since one of the more common errors was in access points for compilations, it is recommended that the LC–PCC program clarify the policies on those access points and revise NACO training materials.
    keywords: atla; naco; pcc
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          id: asop-119
      author: Krieger, Alan; Lawton, Patricia
       title: Digging Deeply in Catholic Studies: The CRRA's Collaborative Approach in Providing Access to Rare and Unique Catholic Collections
        date: 2019
       words: 2709
      flesch: 44
     summary: Listen and Learn Sessions 251 Digging Deeply in Catholic Studies The CRRA’s Collaborative Approach in Providing Access to Rare and Unique Catholic Collections By Alan D. Krieger, University of Notre Dame; Pat Lawton, University of Notre Dame and the Catholic Research Resources Alliance ABSTR ACT This paper introduces the work of the Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA), a non-profit organization comprising fifty Catholic colleges, universities, seminaries, and religious congregations. Following that session, Jennifer Younger, then library director at Notre Dame and the current CRRA Executive Director, noted in a December letter to the directors at Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities schools: “we agreed to focus an 252 ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS initial project on making special collection materials, defined as rare, unique, or infrequently held materials in print and non-print formats, findable and accessible by scholars working in Catholic Studies.
    keywords: catholic; crra; newspapers; portal; research; resources; text
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          id: asop-120
      author: Kriegh, David; Rieckens, Derek; Sweeney, Stephen
       title: Maximum Hours and Minimal Staffing: What is a Small Library to Do?
        date: 2019
       words: 1633
      flesch: 58
     summary: Another felt that some of the problems shared by the facilitators’ libraries were more common among libraries in general and not unique to small theological libraries. The facilitators hope that this conversation group will serve as a starting point for future discussions on how to convert the prob- lems faced by small theological libraries into solutions based on best practices reached through collaborative networks.
    keywords: hours; libraries; library
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      author: Kriegh, David; Sweeney, Stephen; Bartholomew, Jennifer
       title: I Will Give You Shepherds: Student Formation, Research Literacy, and Accreditation Standards
        date: 2019
       words: 4979
      flesch: 49
     summary: We will explore how the library interprets these and creates policy for library resources and services, especially those relating to information and research literacy programs. More recently, they had an embedded librarian in a Pre- Theology course, which helped the library get a better sense of the classroom culture and curriculum and at the same time offer tangible connections to library resources.
    keywords: academic; church; documents; formation; library; literacy; seminary; students; theology
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          id: asop-122
      author: Humble, James; Harty, Kathy; Hayes, Elyse; Kosmowski, Andrew
       title: Catholic Documents 101: A Theological Librarian’s Guide to Identifying, Locating, and Using the Documents of the Catholic Church
        date: 2019
       words: 2628
      flesch: 47
     summary: This Listen and Learn session familiar- izes librarians from non-Catholic backgrounds with the various types and features of Catholic Church document, concluding with strategies for answering a sample reference question by relying on that material. The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church, 7th ed., edited by Jacques Dupuis (Alba House, 2001), which collates relevant passages from Church documents according to subject matter.
    keywords: catholic; church; doctrine; documents; example; pope
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          id: asop-123
      author: Humble, James; Adkins, Martha; Myhre, Paul; Wise, Jay
       title: Game of Pros: Forging Alliances for Effective Information Literacy
        date: 2019
       words: 506
      flesch: 31
     summary: The Distance Between Us: Teaching Non-Traditional Students Information Literacy 2 ATL A 2017 PROCEEDINGS Discerning the effect that information literacy classes have on students is hard enough when we’re standing in front of them. But when we’re teaching non-traditional students, particu- larly ones who aren’t present on campus often or at all, we must integrate our efforts at information literacy with the practice of distance librarianship.
    keywords: information; students
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          id: asop-124
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen
       title: Top Concerns of Technical Services Staff
        date: 2019
       words: 602
      flesch: 54
     summary: Conversation Groups 207 Top Concerns of Technical Services Staff Richard A. Lammert, Concordia Theological Seminary ABSTR ACT The Tuesday evening preconference conversation group hosted by the Technical Services Interest Group provided an opportu- nity for technical services staff (and other library workers interested in the concerns of technical services staff) to talk about their top concerns. The good news is that we have many valuable technical services staff who contribute to the operation of ATLA libraries.
    keywords: services; technical
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        item: #22 of 264
          id: asop-125
      author: Elia, Anthony J.
       title: The Theology of Cybersecurity: Global Threats, Local Protections, and Ethical Obligations
        date: 2019
       words: 4943
      flesch: 43
     summary: In effect, we know that all of these elements are inte- gral to how things operate in the world, but we also know how this functionality impacts some of the most vital operations in things like medicine, law, information technology, and business, among many other fields. How do socio-economic divisions in society play into knowledge and best practices of cybersecurity, and do certain communi- ties suffer more/less depending on the access and awareness of certain information?
    keywords: communities; cybersecurity; data; information; institutions; privacy; technology; theology; world; years
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        item: #23 of 264
          id: asop-126
      author: Custer, Wesley
       title: Rethinking the Library Space: Interdepartmental Collaboration for Student-Centered Services
        date: 2019
       words: 848
      flesch: 65
     summary: 338 ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS Rethinking the Library Space Interdepartmental Collaboration for Student-Centered Services By Wesley Custer, Asbury Theological Seminary ABSTR ACT The Florida Dunnam Campus of Asbury Theological Semi- nary underwent some major changes in the area of library services over the past few years. The goal was not truly library services, but rather to simply keep the doors open and the lights on.
    keywords: campus; library
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        item: #24 of 264
          id: asop-128
      author: Welsh, Megan Elizabeth; Milas, Patrick
       title: Changing Seminaries, Changing Libraries, Changing Selves
        date: 2019
       words: 621
      flesch: 33
     summary: Additionally, there is increased representation from secular institutions (e.g., University of Colorado Boulder) and organizations not affiliated with specific denominations within ATLA membership. Yet, attendees also acknowl- edged the conflation between the concept of Theology/Religion and Christianity, the dominant religion among ATLA membership and the United States.
    keywords: atla; membership
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        item: #25 of 264
          id: asop-129
      author: Kuehn, Evan Francis; Goodwin, Shawn
       title: Indexing the Theologico-Political
        date: 2019
       words: 8792
      flesch: 47
     summary: This interest has led to different and often ambiguous definitions of what political theology actually is. In addition, related subfields like liberation theology, public theology, and critical theory are often associated with political theology, making categorization challenging.
    keywords: complex; headings; history; innovation; library; literature; new; politics; religion; strengths; subject; term; theological; theology; topic; use
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        item: #26 of 264
          id: asop-130
      author: Bailey-Hainer, Brenda
       title: ATLA Association Update
        date: 2019
       words: 1332
      flesch: 54
     summary: The full-text content in ATLA products includes publications from thirty-three countries. The group learned about various aspects of scholarly communication and created learning opportunities for ATLA members.
    keywords: atla; new; titles; year
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        item: #27 of 264
          id: asop-131
      author: Fruin, Christine
       title: ATLA Press Update
        date: 2019
       words: 411
      flesch: 48
     summary: ATLA joined the Library Publishing Coalition as a member to not only support and promote the work of ATLA Press but also to utilize LPC’s resources to develop educational tools and other programming to support ATLA’s members. The journal published two issues during the past year, including a special focus on open access for the October 2017 issue.
    keywords: atla; open
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        item: #28 of 264
          id: asop-132
      author: Gonzalez, Lisa; Siemon, Jeff; Loehr, Heather; Stutzman, Karl
       title: ATLA & PALNI OCLC WMS Pre-conference
        date: 2019
       words: 1676
      flesch: 63
     summary: • Add open access collections to your catalog. Here’s how: You can find open access collections in Collection Manager by searching for the word “open” or searching all collections and limit- ing by the OA facet.
    keywords: base; collection; knowledge; ocn
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          id: asop-1527
      author: Bellinger, Charles
       title: Teaching on Religion and Violence 
        date: 2020
       words: 3332
      flesch: 66
     summary: I have also taught courses often for the Master of Liberal Arts program at TCU, and that program offers a large number of online courses to students who are both local and geographically scattered. Whenever I have taught the “Religion and Violence” course at Brite Divinity School, it has always been an in-class course, because the faculty at Brite have decided to focus on face-to-face instruction Paper 23 and not move in the direction of online courses.
    keywords: course; girard; new; press; religion; students; university; violence; york
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        item: #30 of 264
          id: asop-1533
      author: Kumar, Beth; Schiefelbein-Guerrero, Kyle
       title: Building Collaboration with Faculty and Instructional Designers
        date: 2020
       words: 3868
      flesch: 55
     summary: Moodle workshops, course design workshops, professional development workshops, and library workshops were advertised without a comprehensive marketing plan. Kyle and Beth took field trips to other libraries (particularly the remodeled spaces at the University of California, Berkeley) to see how furniture and technology were being used, including mobile whiteboards which we implemented Pre-Conference Workshop 7 throughout the library.
    keywords: collaboration; faculty; learning; librarian; library; reference; students; workshops
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        item: #31 of 264
          id: asop-1534
      author: Budde, Mitzi; Creamer, Debbie
       title: ATS Accreditation Standards: Brainstorming and Discussion
        date: 2020
       words: 576
      flesch: 47
     summary: The goal is for a proposed set of new standards to be presented to the ATS membership for adoption at the ATS biennial conference in June 2020 in Vancouver. The session began with an overview of the process that is currently underway for the Redevelopment of the Standards of Accreditation of the Association of Theological Schools Commission on Accredit- ing (ATS).
    keywords: ats; standards
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          id: asop-1536
      author: Wells, Donna J.; MacCutchan, Alex 
       title: Building Inclusive Spaces: Vancouver Public Library's Trans, Gender Variant, and two-Spirit Inclusion Initiative
        date: 2020
       words: 450
      flesch: 49
     summary: Some of the details of the five activity areas are: Programs: inclusive programs and resources; Human resources: staff training on inclusive language, as well as being allies to the community—that is, informed, aware, and active. 134 ATL A 2019 PROCEEDINGS Building Inclusive Spaces Vancouver Public Library’s Trans, Gender Variant, and Two-Spirit Inclusion Initiative Alex MacCutchan, Manager, Information Services, Vancouver Public Library Donna Wells, Atla Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ABSTR ACT Building inclusive spaces for all members of the commu- nity is part of Vancouver Public Library’s long-standing commitment to inclusive and responsive library services.
    keywords: public
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          id: asop-1555
      author: Rosser, Chris
       title: Safe at Home: Co-curricular Spaces for Generative, (un)safe Conversations
        date: 2020
       words: 4243
      flesch: 45
     summary: Re-visioning the library as third space helps us realize the potential of co-curricular third spaces on our campus. I’ve appreciated this opportunity to share with you how the library—itself a co-curricular space—can intentionally create third space experiences and how we can meaningfully measure those experiences to better demonstrate the manifold value of the library.
    keywords: chapel; home; learning; library; space; students
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          id: asop-1557
      author: MoChridhe, Race
       title: Defining Digital Theology: Barthian Reflections on the Role of Open Access and Electronic Publishing in the Theological Toolkit
        date: 2020
       words: 983
      flesch: 28
     summary: Drawing on Anderson’s (2018) analysis of theology’s disciplinary distance from the main body of digital humanities work, the presenter outlines a case for the distinctive primacy of digital publishing tools and open access commitments in digital theology, as compared with the broader suite of research tools and methods that constitute the “cultural capital” (Schroeder 2016) of digital humanities as generally understood. The robust representation of theol- ogy in digital library and archives projects might therefore be better understood as reflecting the centrality to digital theology of toolkits and cultural practices that foster engagement with ministerial profes- sionals and broader faith communities—a significance that differs qualitatively from the town-and-gown outreach of the humanities, insofar as theology is not simply benefitted by, but actually defined by, such engagement.
    keywords: access; humanities; theology
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          id: asop-1562
      author: Bartholomew, Jennifer
       title: Board of Directors President's Address 2019
        date: 2020
       words: 1302
      flesch: 63
     summary: Other speakers at previous conferences have spoken to you about change: changes in education, changes in service, changes in the church, change in society, the rate of change, adapting to change. Let’s continue to meet the change we are encountering by exploring new partnerships to advance our collective vision of a worldwide hub for scholarly communication in religion and theology.
    keywords: atla; board; work
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          id: asop-1563
      author: Fruin, Christine
       title: Copyright for Online Teaching
        date: 2020
       words: 3037
      flesch: 50
     summary: FOUR FACTORS OF FAIR USE The four factors of fair use can be best summarized as follows: what is the purpose and character of the use; what is the nature of the copyrighted work; how much of the work is used and does this portion represent the “heart of the work”; and finally, what effect does the use of the copyrighted work have on the market and value Listen and Learn 139 of the work. If the balancing of the four factors of fair use does not weigh in favor of use, you will need to seek permission from the copyright owner.
    keywords: copyright; license; online; use; works
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          id: asop-1565
      author: Ulrich, Jennifer; Wells, Donna
       title: Contemporary Religious Literature Conversation Group
        date: 2020
       words: 418
      flesch: 68
     summary: New York: Minotaur Books, 2019. New York: Forge, 2005.
    keywords: group; new; york
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          id: asop-1577
      author: Miller, Elizabeth Young; Schmidt, Stacie; Cain, Gillian Harrison
       title: Envisioning Regional Library Groups
        date: 2020
       words: 4314
      flesch: 39
     summary: The Membership Task Force surveyed regional Atla groups, as well as other regional library groups in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, asking questions about membership criteria, dues, programming, leader- ship, etc. The agenda for regional group meetings varies and is often dependent on the frequency with which the group meets, the programs and services the group administers, where the meeting is being held, and other factors.
    keywords: association; atla; groups; library; members; membership; scatla; septla; theological
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        item: #39 of 264
          id: asop-1604
      author: Kumar, Beth; Baker, Drew ; Milas, Patrick
       title: So Your School is Becoming More Religiously Diverse...
        date: 2020
       words: 1540
      flesch: 46
     summary: From collection development to reference and instruction, this panel reflected on this topic as the panelists raised important ques- tions and provided helpful, practical advice based on their experiences at their institutions. From larger actions like starting new interreligious programs or partnering with other institu- tions to smaller steps like changing branding and programming, many institutions have actively sought to become more ecumenical and/ or interreligious and attract more students from religious traditions beyond the institutions’ particular historical traditions.
    keywords: institutions; library; staff; students
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          id: asop-1606
      author: Kennedy Stephens, Myka; Young Miller, Elizabeth; Ebertz, Susan
       title: Small and Thriving: A Follow-Up to “The Future of the Small Theological Library”: A Follow-Up to “The Future of the Small Theological Library”
        date: 2020
       words: 4181
      flesch: 51
     summary: OPTIMIZING LIBRARY RESOURCES AT WARTBURG Context is important in understanding my perspective in talking about optimizing library resources. In her article, Stephens emphasizes the importance of a needs assessment that not only includes current students, faculty, and staff, but accounts for alums and local clergy too.8 Being mindful of both current students and alums, who may have limited funds and varying access to physical library resources, I have done my best to promote 78 ATL A 2019 PROCEEDINGS free and open source tools.
    keywords: faculty; future; libraries; library; resources; seminary; stephens; students; theological
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          id: asop-1610
      author: Stevenson, Sarah
       title: Fox @ the Fireside: Using Strategic Marketing & Outreach to Foster Authentic Scholarly Conversations in the Library: Using strategic marketing & outreach to foster authentic scholarly conversations in the library
        date: 2020
       words: 1678
      flesch: 58
     summary: • Event attendance grew and student participation increased with each event. • The host librarian should meet with speaker to discuss format and event outline • Create event feedback survey for participants Day of Event Checklist: • Post room reservation signs and directional signage (if appli- cable)
    keywords: campus; event; faculty; fox; library
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        item: #42 of 264
          id: asop-1611
      author: Estes, James; Murrain, Shaneé Yvette; Shapoval, Sandy; Welsh, Megan
       title: A Question of Identity: Vocation, Professionalization, and Atla Membership
        date: 2020
       words: 5632
      flesch: 49
     summary: This isn’t a presentation in front of Atla colleagues!” Atla functions as a hub for connecting me to colleagues and as a mechanism for professional development.
    keywords: association; atla; identity; librarianship; library; professional; sense; theological; theology; university; vocation; work
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        item: #43 of 264
          id: asop-1612
      author: Creamer, Debbie; Keck, Andrew; Bidlack, Beth
       title: The View from the Dean's Office
        date: 2020
       words: 4111
      flesch: 50
     summary: Panel Presentation 103 1. Points of intersection: • I didn’t know this as a librarian (but maybe you do), and folks at my school didn’t know this about librarians (and probably yours don’t), but I believe that the work of administration (includ- ing accreditation, assessment, and deaning) resonates more closely with library work than it does with traditional faculty responsibilities. Debbie Creamer, Senior Director of Accreditation, The Association of Theological Schools ABSTR ACT With leadership skills gained from careers in theological libraries and experience from working closely with academic admin- istration, theological librarians can be invited to work more directly within a seminary administration—either in administrative roles added to library roles or wholly administrative roles.
    keywords: administration; dean; librarians; library; students; support; union; work
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        item: #44 of 264
          id: asop-1613
      author: Morrison, Greg
       title: Explorations in Bibliography: Zotero Goes Public
        date: 2020
       words: 1139
      flesch: 53
     summary: Research bibliographies are finding a new home online, and open source tools are now available to help scholars and librarians reestablish this genre in dynamic fashion. Tablesorter and BibBase offer alternative solutions for publishing bibliographies to the web.
    keywords: bibbase; bibliographies; zotero
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        item: #45 of 264
          id: asop-1614
      author: Schmersal, David Edward; Elder, Jane
       title: First Nations/Native Americans and Religion: Bibliographic Conversation and Recommendations
        date: 2020
       words: 2008
      flesch: 49
     summary: For example, aspects of indigenous religious practices, ancient or modern, might wind up with subject headings (another modern construct) that fall in the areas listed here: • Anthropology • Archaeology • Art • Art History • Demography • Economics • Environmental Studies • Ethnic Studies Before the advent of Anthro- pology and Ethnology as scholarly disciplines in the nineteenth century, the people who most frequently lived with, or in proxim- ity to, indigenous groups in the Americas tended to be missionar- ies.
    keywords: american; library; nations; religion; resources
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        item: #46 of 264
          id: asop-1617
      author: Weaver, John B.
       title: Streaming Video for Theological Education
        date: 2020
       words: 1697
      flesch: 51
     summary: ”1 In the Atla survey, the schools or their libraries provide a vari- ety of streaming video content, from full-length movies and televi- sion shows (31%) to historical archive footage (24%) to faculty and student produced content (35%). 190 ATL A 2019 PROCEEDINGS Streaming Video for Theological Education Dr. John B. Weaver Dean of Library Services and Educational Technology Abilene Christian University ABSTR ACT Recent research reveals significant differences between theological libraries and other academic libraries in the licensing and use of streaming video.
    keywords: content; libraries; streaming; video
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        item: #47 of 264
          id: asop-1619
      author: Adams, Richard Manly ; Anderson, Clifford B.; Hemenway, Michael ; Wieringa, Jeri E.
       title: Digital Humanities and Libraries and Archives in Religious Studies
        date: 2020
       words: 2092
      flesch: 32
     summary: The panelists briefly summarized their chapters in the edited book, sharing how digital humanities connects with teaching and learning in religious studies as well as research and practice in theo- logical librarianship. Through- out their long history, libraries have embodied the core values of digital humanities, such as collaboration, transdisciplinarity, and attention to the materiality of information.
    keywords: data; digital; humanities; information; librarians; university
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        item: #48 of 264
          id: asop-1620
      author: Schmersal, David Edward; Kriegh, David ; Shapoval, Sandy; Strohschein, Alex 
       title: Beauty, Embodiment, and Stewardship: Theological Libraries and Theological Ecology
        date: 2020
       words: 4517
      flesch: 47
     summary: Given these connections, it is perhaps not surprising that theological libraries can serve as a nexus for exploring the relationship between the physical and the spiritual, between the largely incorporeal acts of intellectual analysis and spiritual contemplation and the physical ecology in which such acts occur and the physical (and digital) media that make them possible. Just as theological libraries must work to honor the expectations set up by accrediting bodies such as ATS, Catholic libraries must strive to meet the expectations set within the hierarchy of the Church as faithful stewards of ancient traditions and promoters of the greater sphere of human life and dignity.
    keywords: church; climate; earth; environmental; justice; library; pope; regent; seminary; unitarian; uua; work
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        item: #49 of 264
          id: asop-1621
      author: Frost, Ellen
       title: Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting
        date: 2020
       words: 289
      flesch: 57
     summary: The Annual Business Meeting of the Association was convened by Board President Jennifer Bartholomew at 2:00 p.m. President Bartholomew spoke to the membership present about what it means to be Collectors & Connectors in Religion & Theology. Incoming President Stephen Sweeney thanked Jennifer Bartholomew for her service as president and accepted the gavel.
    keywords: bartholomew; president
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        item: #50 of 264
          id: asop-1622
      author: Humble, James
       title: Three Credits' Worth of Research: The Librarian as Research Advisor for MA Candidates
        date: 2020
       words: 3643
      flesch: 63
     summary: Final set of journal entries (12/12) 1/1- 1/31 Write first chapter After advisors read draft, students in need of more research will be re- ferred back to Mr. Humble for more help Draft of Chapter 1 to advisor (1/23) 2/1- 2/28 Write second chapter In addition to the MDiv degree, granted after three years of graduate study, students at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, can complete their requirements for the MA degree in Theology in their fourth and final year by writing a thesis paper.
    keywords: advisor; meeting; reading; research; sources; students; work
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        item: #51 of 264
          id: asop-1623
      author: Frost, Ellen
       title: Minutes of the SWATLA Meeting
        date: 2020
       words: 296
      flesch: 61
     summary: Group Meeting 231 Southwest Area Theological Library Association Spring Meeting June 14, 2019 Vancouver, BC SWATLA members attending the 2019 Atla Annual Conference met over lunch on Friday, June 14, 2019. Jessie Zhong reported that Dallas Theological Seminary purchased the Fuller Arizona collection for their extension in Washington, DC.
    keywords: library; seminary
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        item: #52 of 264
          id: asop-1624
      author: Elia, Anthony J
       title: Global Learning and the Myth of Borders: Examining Theological Education and Librarianship through World-Systems Theory
        date: 2020
       words: 4573
      flesch: 40
     summary: These concepts are not bound by nation states or borders. Wallerstein expresses the critique that nationalism and nations have dominated our ability to understand the structure of world systems as post-Westphalian units exclusively.
    keywords: borders; boundaries; information; language; nation; systems; theology; world
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        item: #53 of 264
          id: asop-1625
      author: Shrauner, Ryan
       title: Mama Don't Take My Codex/Tome Away: Strategies/Best Practices for Partnering New/Reluctant Users with Academic eBooks
        date: 2020
       words: 2855
      flesch: 45
     summary: In many of our contexts, however, avoiding academic eBooks is becom- ing less and less of an option as students (as well as other users) have few viable opportunities for accessing print-on-paper information if that content is already available to them in electronic form. Some items considered academic eBooks work fairly smoothly for users with little more than a modicum of digital liter- acy, while others require users to have both tenacity and diligence, sometimes even with direct library staff intervention.
    keywords: ebooks; gap; learning; library; readers; users
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        item: #54 of 264
          id: asop-1626
      author: none
       title: Library Escape Room
        date: 2020
       words: 2946
      flesch: 66
     summary: In general, escape rooms can offer several benefits with respect to education. Finally, we encouraged our student assistants to “talk it up.” Before we hosted it for real, we invited several students to test our puzzles.
    keywords: escape; library; puzzles; room; story; students
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        item: #55 of 264
          id: asop-1627
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen
       title: NACO/CONSER/SACO Listen-and-Learn Session
        date: 2020
       words: 1354
      flesch: 62
     summary: OCLC RECORD MANAGER AND NACO NACO catalogers should remember that OCLC Record Manager is available for NACO work, and can be used in addition to or instead of Connexion Client. This moratorium is not in official NACO documentation.
    keywords: field; naco; rda; work
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        item: #56 of 264
          id: asop-1628
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen; Hicks, Heather; Vianney, Stephen; Phillips, Thomas
       title: Catalogers and Directors: At Loggerheads or Mutually Advancing the Profession?
        date: 2020
       words: 1660
      flesch: 48
     summary: The purpose of this panel was to give catalogers and library directors an opportunity to address how cataloging currently fits into the library profession. During recent times, there has appeared to be a growing rift in how catalogers and directors view the usefulness of cataloging to the work of libraries.
    keywords: catalogers; cataloging; library; seminary
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        item: #57 of 264
          id: asop-1630
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen; Hicks, Heather
       title: Top Concerns of Technical Services Staff
        date: 2020
       words: 606
      flesch: 66
     summary: Topic: OCLC: • No credit for OCLC work. • Redundant title results in machine-generated table of contents 505 notes - how does this affect our search algorithms?
    keywords: cataloging; oclc
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        item: #58 of 264
          id: asop-1631
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen; Sweeney, Stephen
       title: Inventorying a Library Collection—One After Thirty Years, and One After Two Years
        date: 2020
       words: 2641
      flesch: 60
     summary: The collection is a moving target, because even as inventory is happening, new items are being added to the collec- tion. Over past inventory projects, approximately 20,000 items are scanned per week in the stacks.
    keywords: collection; inventory; items; library; project
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        item: #59 of 264
          id: asop-1632
      author: Nann, Alejandra
       title: Weeding or Rightsizing? Why Not Collection Adjustment?
        date: 2020
       words: 1676
      flesch: 51
     summary: Alejandra J. Nann, University of San Diego ABSTR ACT Almost twenty years into the 21st century, libraries are under more pressure than ever to maximize use of their physical spaces, often through reduction in the size of print collections to allow for more study and collaborative user spaces. However the approach we went for, collection adjustment, encouraged us to be more thorough and more articulate, in hopes that it would lessen user concerns about our management of our collections.
    keywords: collection; data; library; print
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        item: #60 of 264
          id: asop-1633
      author: Berryhill, Carisse
       title: Global Theological Librarianship
        date: 2020
       words: 409
      flesch: 22
     summary: Global Theological Librarianship was the subject of a panel discus- sion moderated by Kelly Campbell, Associate Dean of Information Services at Columbia Theological Seminary. Besides attending the conference, the three panelists were participating in the invitational Institute which bracketed the conference with instruc- tional workshop sessions and local theological library tours.
    keywords: conference; theological
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        item: #61 of 264
          id: asop-1636
      author: Custer, Wesley
       title: Developing Research Training Services at Asbury Seminary
        date: 2020
       words: 2062
      flesch: 63
     summary: CURRICULUM ENGAGEMENT Until the curriculum is assessed based on student learning in informa- tion literacy and research skills the academy is going to fail students in these areas. This number also includes students who are primarily hybrid students commuting in to campus for most of their courses.
    keywords: information; research; seminary; students
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        item: #62 of 264
          id: asop-1647
      author: Burgess, Tawny
       title: Atla Annual 2019 Exhibitors & Sponsors
        date: 2020
       words: 84
      flesch: -40
     summary: 242 ATL A 2019 PROCEEDINGS EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS Atla Annual 2019 Exhibitors & Sponsors Exhibitors ACLS Humanities E-Books Atla Digital Library Atla Open Press Atla Research Tools Atlas Systems Bloomsbury Digital Resources Brechin Imaging Services Brill Digital Theological Library Digitalia Hispanica EBSCO Fortress Press InterVarsity Press Langham Publishing OCLC Odyssey Impact Oxford University Press Penn State University Press ProQuest SCELC Theological Book Network Windows Booksellers/ Wipf and Stock Publishers Exhibitors and Sponsors 243 Sponsors Conference Sponsor Major Sponsor Supporters SCELC OCLCCBIZ EBSCO Atla https://www.atla.com/
    keywords: atla
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        item: #63 of 264
          id: asop-1651
      author: Bennett, Miranda
       title: Editor's Introduction
        date: 2020
       words: 580
      flesch: 46
     summary: iii Editor’s Introduction AS I PRESENT TO YOU the Summary of Proceedings of the 2019 Atla Annual Conference, my thoughts return to vibrant Vancouver, British Columbia, at the height of summer, where colleagues and friends from Atla’s worldwide community gathered to impart and receive knowledge, to share stories and laughter, and to recognize and celebrate the organization’s transition from the American Theological Library Association to the newly rebranded Atla. With the debut of the new Atla brand identity, I have been think- ing about how the Summary of Proceedings reflects the idea of being “Collectors & Connectors in Religion & Theology.”
    keywords: atla; proceedings
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        item: #64 of 264
          id: asop-1697
      author: Bailey-Hainer, Brenda
       title: Atla Association Update
        date: 2020
       words: 2609
      flesch: 48
     summary: The past year has been an exciting one for Atla members and staff. Atla sponsored the ACRL Scholarly Communications Roadshow specifically for Atla members and offered travel grants to make attendance at this event affordable.
    keywords: atla; members; membership; research; revenue; staff; year
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        item: #65 of 264
          id: asop-1744
      author: MoChridhe, Race
       title: Historical Annual Conferences 1947-2019
        date: 2020
       words: 655
      flesch: -27
     summary: Missouri Concordia Seminary 1969 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 1970 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 1971 Pasadena, California Pasadena College 256 ATL A 2019 PROCEEDINGS YEAR PLACE Host 1972 Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo Lutheran University 1973 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Moravian Theological Seminary 1974 Denver, Colorado Iliff School of Theology 1975 S. Hamilton, Massachusetts Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 1976 Grand Rapids, Michigan Calvin Theological Seminary 1977 Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver School of Theology 1978 Latrobe, Pennsylvania Saint Vincent College 1979 New Brighton, Minnesota Bethel Theological Seminary 1980 Denver, Colorado Iliff School of Theology 1981 St. Louis, Missouri Christ Seminary — Seminex 1982 Toronto, Ontario Toronto School of Theology 1983 Richmond, Virginia United Theological Seminary in Virginia 1984 Holland, Michigan Western Theological Seminary 1985 Madison, New Jersey Drew University 1986 Kansas City, Kansas Rockhurst College 1987 Berkeley, California Graduate Theological Union 1988 Wilmore, Theological Seminary and Washington Theological Consortium 1999 Chicago, Illinois ATLA and Association of Chicago Theological Schools 2000 Berkeley, California Graduate Theological Union 2001 Durham, North Carolina Divinity School at Duke University Historical Annual Conferences 257 YEAR PLACE Host 2002 St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota Theological Library Association 2003 Portland, Oregon Mount Angel Abbey, George Fox Seminary, Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Western Seminary 2004 Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City Area Theological Library Association 2005
    keywords: chicago; school; seminary; theological
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        item: #66 of 264
          id: asop-1836
      author: Mitchell, Donald
       title: Supporting Students at a Distance
        date: 2020
       words: 3809
      flesch: 51
     summary: but, whilst they came to number about the same in absolute terms as campus students, they rarely formed a major element of provision from a library perspective, usually working alone and developing their own local resource support. To address student research skill needs in the LCs an online, self- directed tutorial on the practical aspects of locating resources has been developed.
    keywords: information; lcs; library; resources; school; students; support; ust; years
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        item: #67 of 264
          id: asop-1837
      author: Rosser, Chris
       title: Gaming (In)formation: Gamified, Transformational Learning in Research and Theology
        date: 2020
       words: 4517
      flesch: 56
     summary: First, Chris describes a research-oriented course that normalizes experience of the Bible as “strange” by framing students’ journey through texts around the “Hero’s Jour- ney” construct. Second, he discusses a co-curricular escape room- style online module that teaches and assesses information literacy outcomes as students escape from a virtual library.
    keywords: course; design; game; gamification; hero; journey; learning; library; students
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        item: #68 of 264
          id: asop-1842
      author: Budde, Mitzi
       title: A Preview of Coming Attractions: The Proposed New Standards for ATS Accreditation
        date: 2020
       words: 2152
      flesch: 40
     summary: The 1996 standards had three sets of standards (the Insti- tutional Standards, the Degree Program Standards, and the Educa- tional Standard) totaling nineteen standards. Debbie and Tom were amazing contributors to this process, and I daresay we would not have this new set of standards at this time without their leadership.
    keywords: ats; library; school; services; standards
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        item: #69 of 264
          id: asop-1843
      author: Custer, Wesley
       title: Upgrading Your OPAC with VuFind
        date: 2020
       words: 989
      flesch: 70
     summary: Perhaps your library is a proponent of open source technologies and this fits the software ecosystem of your 278 AT L A 2020 PROCEEDINGS library. It may be that the OPAC asso- ciated with your library system (integrated library system, or ILS) may not be as customizable as you would like or the aesthetics don’t match what your institution requires from a branding perspective.
    keywords: source; vufind
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        item: #70 of 264
          id: asop-1845
      author: van Dyk, Gerrit; Rieckens, Derek J. ; Miller, Elizabeth Young; Stutzman, Karl
       title: Physical Collections and the 21st-century Theological Library
        date: 2020
       words: 3730
      flesch: 55
     summary: Theological librarians still need to be competent managers of print collections in the 21st century. In the humanities, such as theology, print remains the preferred format; this is certainly true for many seminary students who prefer print books.
    keywords: abbey; books; collection; libraries; library; print; seminary; students
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        item: #71 of 264
          id: asop-1848
      author: Ebertz, Susan
       title: Theological Libraries Serving Immigrant Communities
        date: 2020
       words: 931
      flesch: 59
     summary: He said that it would be helpful for him if he have more resources in Spanish, and particu- larly journals. As theological institutions begin to reach out more to immigrant communities through programs and degrees aimed at these groups, libraries will need to understand how best to serve the research and academic needs of these students.
    keywords: language; spanish
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        item: #72 of 264
          id: asop-1849
      author: McMahan, Kaeley
       title: On My Own: Teaching Writing as a Research Librarian
        date: 2020
       words: 2176
      flesch: 61
     summary: • Incorporate research into written work and cite resources prop- erly. com/y9y4bt28 OVERVIEW OF CDS512: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH AND WRIT- ING CDS512: Introduction to Research and Writing is a one-credit elective course taught within the School of Divinity at Wake Forest Univer- sity.
    keywords: course; reading; research; students; writing
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        item: #73 of 264
          id: asop-1850
      author: Taylor, Michelle; Keck, Andrew
       title: Proposing a TEI-Encoding Project for the Wesley Works
        date: 2020
       words: 1977
      flesch: 56
     summary: For digital editions like ours, this understates the case: TEI is less “a solid choice” than the choice. We will begin by explaining why we chose to use TEI for the project and reviewing the considerations inherent in transitioning from a longstanding print-based project to a digital project, including the challenges of converting thousands of pages of text across different file types into rudimentary TEI.
    keywords: project; tei; text; wesley; xml
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        item: #74 of 264
          id: asop-1853
      author: Smith, Carol; Rice, Jr., Walter R.
       title: Digitizing the Records of Philadelphia's Historic Congregations
        date: 2020
       words: 2259
      flesch: 47
     summary: We are also bringing in more records as Ancestry contracts expire. Defining our goals in advance, we were able to patiently observe the development of various projects and carefully combine different software components to build the desired functionality.
    keywords: church; congregations; digital; philadelphia; project; records
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        item: #75 of 264
          id: asop-1854
      author: Michael, Brinna
       title: Reframing Description: A Practical Introduction to Linked Data and the Bibliographic Universe
        date: 2020
       words: 3230
      flesch: 46
     summary: Finally, the very practice of copy cataloging reflects aspects of linked data practice, namely the improvement of efficiency in descriptive practices as well as the reduction of unnec- essary duplication of work and data. In providing an entry-level intro- duction to the practice of using linked data to represent biblio- graphic descriptions, this session also seeks to spark interest in further participation in the wider linked data movement.
    keywords: data; machine; r. r.; rdf; tolkien; uris
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        item: #76 of 264
          id: asop-1855
      author: Ebertz, Susan; Stutzman, Karl
       title: Planning Strategically for Small Libraries
        date: 2020
       words: 3266
      flesch: 65
     summary: In their chapter “Mission Possible: Strategic Planning for Small Academic Libraries,” Darla Haines, Rebecca Johnson, Jill Lichtsinn, and Edita Sicken (2016), all from Manchester University, outline a number of helpful best practices for small libraries embarking on strategic planning. Karl suggests, based on prior experience and some reading on library mission statements, that it’s best to collaborate to generate ideas and have one person write the statement itself based on those ideas so that you’re not writing by committee.
    keywords: libraries; library; mission; planning; statement; students
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        item: #77 of 264
          id: asop-1856
      author: Welsh, Megan Elizabeth; Odicino, Alexander
       title: “How Do You Do That?”: Theological & Religious Studies Collection Development 
        date: 2020
       words: 2448
      flesch: 40
     summary: These questions centered on collection development practices and the platform created a space for attendee responses to “live” in perpe- tuity, functioning also as a snapshot of the collection development trends that conference attendees embody. Reflecting on ways that Atla members can support each other to address challenges in collection development, respondents empha- sized the importance of interlibrary loan.
    keywords: collection; development; participants; responses
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        item: #78 of 264
          id: asop-1857
      author: Board, Brandon; Stutzman, Karl
       title: Controlled Digital Lending: An E-book Solution When There Is No E-book?
        date: 2020
       words: 2695
      flesch: 56
     summary: Controlled digital lending offers the ability to lend electronic versions of books similar to commercial e-books but, rather than relying on commercial e-book providers, it is based on print collec- tions and the “first sale doctrine,” as well as an interpretation of fair use. In terms of technical infrastructure, Internet Archive uses Adobe Digital Editions behind the scenes to manage its implementation of controlled digital lending.
    keywords: ambs; archive; books; internet; lending; library
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        item: #79 of 264
          id: asop-1859
      author: Boyd, Evan
       title: Implementing an Open Source Catalog in a Consortial Environment
        date: 2020
       words: 3010
      flesch: 66
     summary: In addition, bibliographic records can be added to Voyager and are findable without item records but with MFHDs. While bibliographic records can be searched without item records, one cannot narrow by owning library without an item being attached.
    keywords: cluster; koha; library; records; staff; voyager
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        item: #80 of 264
          id: asop-1861
      author: McLean, Anne Marie; Roberts, Spencer
       title: Theology in 3D: Virtual Tours for Outreach and Instruction at Pitts Theology Library
        date: 2020
       words: 2911
      flesch: 51
     summary: CREATING A VIRTUAL TOUR In June 2019, Pitts Theology Library staff began exploring the options for creating 360-degree scans and virtual tours of the library’s exhi- bition gallery and other spaces. This session details the envisioning and execution of virtual tours of Pitts Theology Library, as well as practical applications for its use in both outreach and instruction in a theological library setting.
    keywords: emory; library; matterport; pitts; space; theology; tours
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      author: Stout, Andrew
       title: The Strengths of this Volume...: The Librarian as Book Reviewer
        date: 2020
       words: 2628
      flesch: 39
     summary: INTRODUCTION Writing book reviews is one way that theological librarians can contribute to scholarly conversations, continue their professional development, and creatively engage their communities. Writing book reviews and review essays has been an important part of my own development as a librarian, and it continues to be an area of professional service in which I am invested.
    keywords: book; librarians; library; reviewing; reviews; theological
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      author: Yang, Patsy; McCormick, Jonathan
       title: Information Literacy in the Seminary
        date: 2020
       words: 1611
      flesch: 49
     summary: Information Literacy and Theological Librarian- ship: Theory and Praxis. Information Literacy Assessment: Standards- Based Tools and Assignments.
    keywords: faculty; information; literacy; research; students; teaching
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          id: asop-1867
      author: Lammert, Richard A.
       title: NACO/CONSER/SACO
        date: 2020
       words: 1664
      flesch: 55
     summary: Under current PCC policies, catalogers should not convert an existing, authenticated PCC record from fully punctu- ated to minimal punctuation or from minimally to fully punctuated. Of particular interest will be what the agenda calls “revisiting personal identifiable information in NACO records.”
    keywords: catalogers; naco; oclc; pcc; records
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          id: asop-1868
      author: Berryhill, Carisse Mickey; Cox, David E.
       title: Interim Pastoral Skills as a Resource for Library Leadership Transitions
        date: 2020
       words: 1775
      flesch: 65
     summary: From this systems perspective, new library leaders can benefit from the process skills routinely used by interim pastors. So newer leaders have to step in.
    keywords: interim; library; new
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      author: Berryhill, Carisse Mickey; Turner, Bob
       title: How Projects in Special Collections Help Students Find Their Faith and Voice
        date: 2020
       words: 619
      flesch: 58
     summary: • Students need instruction on what this means. This project began as a collaboration between Bob Turner and Carisse Berryhill that was focused on how they could strengthen special collections of their religious heritage (Churches of Christ) through a pedagogical innovation within Berryhill’s Stone-Camp- bell History course.
    keywords: collections; history
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          id: asop-1872
      author: Smith, Daniel
       title: Using Religious Images to Teach Visual Literacy: A Unique Opportunity for Theological Libraries
        date: 2020
       words: 1652
      flesch: 52
     summary: 262 Using Religious Images to Teach Visual Literacy A Unique Opportunity for Theological Libraries Daniel Smith, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary ABSTR AC T Over the last few years, many publications have appeared that focus on ways of teaching visual literacy and its importance in research. The hope was that participants would leave with a clearer idea of visual literacy and the ways that theological libraries can engage and teach it to our students.
    keywords: images; literacy; students
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          id: asop-1873
      author: Smith, Daniel
       title: Coming Out as a Library: Offering Support to the LGBTQ+ Community During Trying Times
        date: 2020
       words: 1673
      flesch: 52
     summary: We also regu- larly feature new LGBTQ+ resources in our “new arrivals” LibGuide. We also created a special display of LGBTQ+ materials from our collection.
    keywords: community; lgbtq+; seminary
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      author: Bartholomew, Jennifer
       title: Growing In Wisdom
        date: 2020
       words: 1801
      flesch: 47
     summary: 186 Growing in Wisdom Jennifer Bartholomew, Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology ABSTR AC T Inspired by the phrase “Growing In Wisdom,” which was part of a phrase in the Atla organizational ends from 2016 to 2020, this Listen and Learn presentation looks at a project that was to partner library staff with faculty to promote information liter- acy as it related to integrating work in theological education. Libraries and librarians partner with faculty in student learning and formation to serve schools’ educational missions and to equip students to be effective and ethical users of information resources.
    keywords: education; students; theological; wisdom; work
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          id: asop-1878
      author: Kuehn, Evan F.; Robinson, Matthew Ryan; Sadje, Hadje C.
       title: Documenting and Describing the Transcultural: Qualitative Research in Theological Communication
        date: 2020
       words: 3661
      flesch: 40
     summary: Qualitative methodological approaches have become increasingly important for theological research as lived theology and ecclesiological practices are recognized as being a relevant part of the theological information ecosystem. Evan Kuehn (North Park) will discuss the trans- culturality of theological research and the relevance of qualita- tive approaches to theological librarianship.
    keywords: filipino; objects; oneness; pentecostal; pentecostalism; philippines; research; social; theology; transcultural
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          id: asop-1883
      author: Bailey-Hainer, Brenda
       title: Atla Association Update
        date: 2020
       words: 1178
      flesch: 58
     summary: Like many of our member institutions, we expect reduced revenue next fiscal year—perhaps at a level closer to fiscal year 2018 or 2019. Last fiscal year, which ended August 31, 2019, was a financially healthy one for Atla.
    keywords: atla; members; year
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          id: asop-1885
      author: Sweeney, Stephen
       title: Presidential Address to the Atla Board of Directors
        date: 2020
       words: 1339
      flesch: 48
     summary: There has been an interest in the work of theology and reli- gious studies in North America since the late 19th century, and that continues: we went from approximately 50 seminary librarians at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in June 1947 to almost 200 attendees at Atla Annual in Vancouver in June 2019 to almost 400 attendees at an online Atla Annual this year! I wish to convey my thanks to Atla staff, Member Programs, and those involved in the pivot to an online experience for the reimag- ined conference.
    keywords: atla; information; theological; year
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          id: asop-1889
      author: Elia, Anthony J
       title: Ecologies of Space in the Paradoxes of Technology and Community: Adaptability and Resilience in Libraries, Churches, and Theological Schools in a COVID-19 World
        date: 2020
       words: 4681
      flesch: 52
     summary: But there are the unforeseeable aspects of online theological encounters, the manipulation of digital space, and the psychological warping of our senses that come from our extended engagement with other people in virtual spaces. It separates and extends the world away from us, while at the same time draw- ing it closer, through replication or alteration of physical space (e.g., how does a video call on Skype or Zoom bring a person in a Beijing cafe into my living room in Dallas?).
    keywords: church; community; human; new; physical; place; space; technology; world
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          id: asop-1890
      author: Torbert, Christina
       title: Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting, June 18, 2020
        date: 2020
       words: 313
      flesch: 54
     summary: 5 Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting Thursday, June 18, 2020 Christina Torbert, University of Mississippi, Atla Board Secretary The annual business meeting of the Association was convened by Board President Stephen Sweeney at 11:45 a.m. President Sweeney spoke to the members attending about the Board’s adoption of new organizational ends, about the continu- ity of those ends with the work done by previous boards, and about the resolution against racism and xenophobia.
    keywords: president; sweeney
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          id: asop-1894
      author: White, Andrea C.; Clark, Adam
       title: Black Theology Papers Project: Open access journal supported by Columbia University Libraries
        date: 2020
       words: 428
      flesch: 44
     summary: The journal was launched November 2019 both in honor of the 50th anniversary celebration of Dr. James H. Cone’s publication of his groundbreaking work, Black Theology and Black Power (Orbis Books, 1969) and to commemorate four hundred years since the enslavement of Africans in the Americas. Editors are Adam Clark, Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University, Andrea C. White, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Union Theological Seminary, and Josef Sorett, Associate 268
    keywords: papers; theology
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          id: asop-1896
      author: Benjamin, Katie; Keck, Andrew; Kennedy Stephens, Myka; Spomer, Michelle
       title: Defining Balances in Collection Development Policies
        date: 2020
       words: 6361
      flesch: 42
     summary: It is part of the oral history that SEPTLA library directors collaborated on collection development, with each library making specific commitments to devote portions of their budget toward filling gaps in periodicals and monograph series not held by any of the other libraries (Heisey 2014, 2). To begin to answer these questions, I decided to research how SEPTLA libraries approach collection development in relation to other libraries.
    keywords: collection; commitments; development; libraries; library; policy; research; seminary; septla; studies; subject; theological
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      author: Sheppard, Beth M.
       title: Scholarly Communication in Biblical Studies: Lessons from the Social Sciences
        date: 2020
       words: 7525
      flesch: 49
     summary: As it so happens, Google Scholar’s own underlying dataset is so large, publication results were unearthed even for UWG faculty members who had not created Google Scholar profiles. Biblical studies publications and articles tend to have long lifespans and are incorporated into research for many years and even decades after their original release dates.
    keywords: articles; author; book; coss; doi; faculty; members; orcid; publications; reviews; sciences; social; studies; uwg
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          id: asop-1898
      author: Collins, Matthew; McMahan, Kaeley; Smiley, Bobby L.
       title: Publishing Theory and Praxis: Information Literary, Theological Librarianship, and Atla Open Press
        date: 2020
       words: 1541
      flesch: 35
     summary: And it was over afternoon beers during one of these conversations at the annual conference in 2018 that the idea for Information Literacy and Theological Librarianship was hatched. http://atla.libguides.com/atlaopenpress/books http://atla.libguides.com/atlaopenpress/books 134 AT L A 2020 PROCEEDINGS SCHOLARSHIP AS CONVERSATION Kaeley McMahan I shared a summary of my contribution to Information Literacy and Theological Librarianship: Theory and Praxis, “Scholarship as Conver- sation: Teaching an Information Literacy Course in a Divinity School Curriculum.”
    keywords: atla; information; librarianship; literacy; press
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          id: asop-1899
      author: Anderson, Christopher; Baker, Matthew; Shetler, Brian
       title: Protestant Missions Collections: Past, Present, and Future
        date: 2020
       words: 372
      flesch: 24
     summary: This panel addressed librarians, students, and scholars working with theological, religious studies, or related collections and institu- tions, particularly where the documentation and study of colonial legacies is a primary concern for researchers, faculty, and students. Finally, they reflected on recent examples and approaches to collection building in the current market and 130 AT L A 2020 PROCEEDINGS on a range of projects and research programs that have integrated missionary materials.
    keywords: collections
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          id: asop-1900
      author: Roberts, Deanna K.
       title: Libraries and Access to Information In Palestine: Impacts of Military Occupation
        date: 2020
       words: 9184
      flesch: 53
     summary: “Palestinian books were placed within the shrine of Israeli libraries, fossilized on the shelves—accessible and at the same time completely lifeless.” 30 Libraries and Access to Information In Palestine Impacts of Military Occupation Deanna K. Roberts, Union Theological Seminary ABSTR AC T Life under occupation, for over 70 years, has had a major impact on Palestinian libraries, their function within commu- nities, and access to materials and resources that most libraries in other places around the world do not experience.
    keywords: bank; books; center; collection; culture; gaza; international; israel; libraries; library; national; palestine; palestinian; people; schools; west
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          id: asop-1911
      author: Veldheer, Kris
       title: Editor's Introduction
        date: 2020
       words: 554
      flesch: 59
     summary: Although the 2020 Atla Annual was held in a virtual format and required all of us to find different ways to connect, I continue to marvel at the creativity and dedication of Atla members as repre- sented in the Summary of Proceedings. For those sessions you didn’t get to attend in person, I hope you enjoy reading the papers, panel discussions, presentations, and meeting summaries to glean the fresh ideas drawn from the experiences of Atla members.
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          id: asop-1972
      author: Atla
       title: Exhibitors and Sponsors
        date: 2020
       words: 52
      flesch: -20
     summary: 280 EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS 2020 Annual Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors Exhibitors Atla Products Bloomsbury Digital Resources DIGITALIA EBSCO Equinox Publishing Ltd Fortress Press Global Digital Theological Library Gorgias Press InterVarsity Press Langham Publishing Midwest Library Service New City Press OCLC Project MUSE Exhibitors and Sponsors 281 Sponsors Conference Sponsor Supporters Major Sponsor
    keywords: exhibitors
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          id: asop-1973
      author: Atla
       title: Historical Annual Conferences
        date: 2020
       words: 628
      flesch: -7
     summary: Wilmore, KY Asbury Theological Seminary 1989 Columbus, OH Trinity Lutheran Seminary 1990 Evanston, IL Garrett-Evangelical Seminary and Seabury- Western Theological Seminary 1991 Toronto, ON University of Toronto, Trinity College, and Toronto School of Theology 1992 Dallas, TX Southern Methodist University 1993 MO Concordia Seminary 1969 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 1970 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 1971 Pasadena, CA Pasadena College 1972 Waterloo, ON Waterloo Lutheran University 1973 Bethlehem, PA Moravian Theological Seminary 1974 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1975 S. Hamilton, MA Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 1976 Grand Rapids, MI Calvin Theological Seminary 1977 Vancouver, BC Vancouver School of Theology 1978 Latrobe, PA Saint Vincent College 1979 New Brighton, MN Bethel Theological Seminary 1980 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1981 St. Louis, MO Christ Seminary — Seminex 1982 Toronto, ON Toronto School of Theology 1983 Richmond, VA United Theological Seminary in Virginia 1984 Holland, MI Western Theological Seminary 1985 Madison, NJ Drew University 1986 Kansas City, KS Rockhurst College 1987 Berkeley, CA Graduate Theological Union 1988
    keywords: chicago; new orleans; seminary; theological
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        item: #103 of 264
          id: asop-2945
      author: Donald, Rebecca
       title: Building Trust: How Understanding Users Can Lead to Inclusive and Equitable Library Services: Interviews with students of color
        date: 2021
       words: 2838
      flesch: 62
     summary: Potential students were found via a variety of sources, includ- ing the Intercultural Development Office, a student group focused on racial reconciliation, recommendations from another librarian, library student workers, and my own connections. Other students talked about ways to make the space more comfortable, including beanbag chairs, furniture for lounging, mood lighting, etc. Perhaps an even greater part of comfortability and welcome is having a community of people the students connect with.
    keywords: color; interviews; librarians; library; students
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        item: #104 of 264
          id: asop-2949
      author: Miller, Elizabeth Young
       title: Framing and Painting the Library: Mapping Existing Instruction, Services, and Practices to Established Standards
        date: 2021
       words: 3154
      flesch: 44
     summary: The curriculum mapping across degree programs not only provides ideas on how to scaffold library instruction, but it also serves as a stepping stone for mapping instruction and library services to the ATS and Middle States standards. For these five courses, I mapped library instruction to the Frame- work; see table 1 for a sampling of this mapping.
    keywords: information; instruction; library; mapping; seminary; standards
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          id: asop-2952
      author: Chan, Josella
       title: Reclassification for the Chinese Theological Collection
        date: 2021
       words: 4113
      flesch: 49
     summary: • Theological library staff found it difficult to use DDC for the theological collection a century ago (Walker and Cope- land. 2009). The Pettee classification scheme was developed by Julie Pettee for theological libraries in the early 20th century (Eisenhart 1960; Butler 2013), and has not been updated since 1966.
    keywords: chinese; classification; collection; ddc; lcc; libraries; library; scheme; theological
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          id: asop-2954
      author: Schmersal, David Edward; Perisho, Steve; Morley, Juliana 
       title: P and/or E: That Is (Still) the Question (Or Is It?): Collection Development in a Post-pandemic World
        date: 2021
       words: 3486
      flesch: 52
     summary: These programs allow our online students to gain access to print collections and to physical study spaces near them. If, as seems likely, the changes accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic—offer- ing many if not all classes online, enabling many students and staff to work remotely—represent a watershed, prioritizing e-books and other electronic resources is a logical response.
    keywords: access; collections; library; print; students; use
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        item: #107 of 264
          id: asop-2958
      author: Engelson, Leslie; Michael, Brinna; Soma, Caitlin
       title: Implementing Antiracism in Technical Services
        date: 2021
       words: 6878
      flesch: 54
     summary: Collection Analysis Methods A common method of collection analysis mentioned in the literature is comparing the holdings of a library to bibliographies of recom- mended works, awards lists, and reviews. One antiracist approach to collection analysis involves analyzing the creators and publishers represented in the collection for race and location.
    keywords: author; batch; books; classification; collection; faculty; items; library; people; project; subject; theology; titles; use
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        item: #108 of 264
          id: asop-2959
      author: Bradley-Sanders, Colleen
       title: Sunday Sounds: Preserving the Radio Ministry of Brooklyn’s Bethany Baptist Church
        date: 2021
       words: 4012
      flesch: 51
     summary: Through a connection with Brooklyn College student Kojo Davis, a member of Rev. Jones’ congregation, the Brooklyn College Archives acquired the papers of Rev. Jones as a donation from his family. A native of Kentucky, Rev. Jones became the pastor at Brooklyn’s Bethany Baptist Church in 1962 and remained there for 43 years until his retirement in 2005.
    keywords: archives; brooklyn; collection; college; digital; jones; project; recordings; rev; sermons
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        item: #109 of 264
          id: asop-2961
      author: Elia, Anthony J.
       title: Oil, Earth, Books, and Holy Spirit: Theological Institutions, Libraries, and the Role of Environmental Sustainability
        date: 2021
       words: 6744
      flesch: 49
     summary: What about how environments in library spaces affect patrons negatively or posi- tively? The imaginary cartoon is meant to illustrate how the assumptions about the world, the history and pre-history of the earth, the radical unity of timeless ecologies along geologic epochs, and human appro- priation of natural resources tie together with beliefs and practices in the Christian religion.
    keywords: adaptability; earth; environment; history; human; institutions; libraries; nature; oil; place; resources; world
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        item: #110 of 264
          id: asop-2963
      author: Morrissey, Jude
       title: Making Use of Your LMS for Student Staff Training & Support
        date: 2021
       words: 2145
      flesch: 60
     summary: Two of the most important are meeting student staff members where they are and accountability for everyone involved. Even when things are normal, however, it is difficult to get student staff members all together at the same time in the same place.
    keywords: lms; staff; student; training
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          id: asop-2966
      author: Lincoln, Timothy; Deen, Mandy; Schmersal, David; Sorensen, Kristy; Vinke, John
       title: There and Back Again (Almost): One Library's Staff's Journey Through a Major Construction Project
        date: 2021
       words: 1483
      flesch: 59
     summary: Answer: We used professional movers that specialize in moving library books. Seventh and most importantly: despite construction, library users want library services that support their academic work.
    keywords: books; library; seminary; staff
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        item: #112 of 264
          id: asop-2967
      author: Schmidt, Stacie; Jung, Steve; Weiss, Alexis; Hartman, Robin
       title: Maintaining Service while Sheltering in Place: How SCATLA Member Libraries Thrived Under the Country’s Most Stringent COVID Lockdown
        date: 2021
       words: 5274
      flesch: 66
     summary: We still serviced SCATLA students as we could. We had been heavily in online resources for many years due to the high percentage of online students and were fairly well prepared in that area for the sudden turn of events.
    keywords: biola; california; campus; covid-19; libraries; library; online; pandemic; scatla; students; university
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        item: #113 of 264
          id: asop-2969
      author: McLean, Anne; Beard, Brady
       title: “I’m Writing a Sermon…”: Reference and Instruction Services for Alumni at Pitts Theology Library
        date: 2021
       words: 3391
      flesch: 50
     summary: Previous in-person workshops on alumni resources were limited by space and busy schedules, meaning participation never exceeded more than 10-15 students. At Pitts, we are currently in the process of assess- ing and building a single depository of alumni resources that contains open-access resources alongside curated digital tools and electronic resources that alumni continue to have access to through Emory University.
    keywords: access; alumni; library; needs; pitts; resources; students
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        item: #114 of 264
          id: asop-2973
      author: Torbert, Christina
       title: Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting
        date: 2021
       words: 285
      flesch: 64
     summary: 1 BUSINESS REPORTS Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting Thursday, June 17, 2021 Christina Torbert, Atla Board Secretary, University of Mississippi The Annual Business Meeting of the Association was convened by Board President Stephen Sweeney at 2:27 p.m. President Torbert called for any new business and answered a question submitted through the Q&A.
    keywords: president
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        item: #115 of 264
          id: asop-2975
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen; Strickler, Christa
       title: Top Concerns of Technical Services Staff
        date: 2021
       words: 724
      flesch: 47
     summary: Another suggestion is to advocate for policies that show value for technical services work, such as ensuring that technical services student workers are not borrowed for public services work. TOPIC: ADVOCATING FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES WORK It can be challenging to advocate for technical services work when one also has public services duties to manage.
    keywords: services; technical; work
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        item: #116 of 264
          id: asop-2977
      author: Rosser, Chris; Testut, Grant
       title: Re-vision, Re-tool, Re-spawn: Gameful Design for Whole-Person, Transformational Learning
        date: 2021
       words: 7401
      flesch: 62
     summary: Students were ready for the challenge, and many students earned 40, 50, even up to 60 Nostalgia Points for desire-driven learning. Each ambrosial offering is a personal contribution to “feed” class conversation (ambrosia is divine food, of course, and student offerings help us savor and nourish ourselves through deep engagement with timeless texts).
    keywords: chapel; christian; course; design; game; hero; journey; learning; library; literature; play; students; texts
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        item: #117 of 264
          id: asop-2978
      author: Strickler, Christa M.
       title: Mind the Wikidata Gap: Why You Should Care About Theological Data Gaps in Wikipedia’s Obscure Relative, and How You Can Do Something About It
        date: 2021
       words: 2962
      flesch: 61
     summary: https://scholia.toolforge.org/ https://scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q84263196 https://scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q16546879 https://scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q16546879 https://scholia.toolforge.org/venue/Q15750751 https://scholia.toolforge.org/venue/Q15750751 304 AT L A 202 1 PROCEEDINGS Because of Wikidata’s unseen influence in the data world, data gaps in Wikidata mean gaps in the information promoted in commonly used information sources like Google, Siri, and Wikipedia, all without many people knowing the gap is there. The highlighted areas show their educational background, which appeared in the knowledge panels after I and my cataloging assistant did a project to create Wikidata entries for all of Wheaton’s faculty.
    keywords: create; image; item; religion; scholia; wikidata
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        item: #118 of 264
          id: asop-2980
      author: Adams, Jr., Richard Manly "Bo"
       title: A Collaborative Future within Atla: How Theological Libraries Must Work Together in the Digital Age
        date: 2021
       words: 7831
      flesch: 46
     summary: In these volumes, as well as throughout the proceedings of the annual Atla conference, members can learn about the origins of this term “association” and its histori- cal meaning for member libraries and librarians. Collaborative microfilming grew out of two great concerns shared by member libraries: how libraries might access expensive materials in a growing field and how the publication history of theol- ogy might be preserved long-term.
    keywords: access; association; atla; collections; digital; libraries; library; local; members; patrons; theological; work
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        item: #119 of 264
          id: asop-2981
      author: Custer, Wesley
       title: The Intertwining Concerns of Libraries and Writing Centers
        date: 2021
       words: 2074
      flesch: 54
     summary: Writing centers are heavily invested in the student having the right information to support their claim in writing. Writing centers tend to be citation format gurus for the student/ patron.
    keywords: center; information; services; writing
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          id: asop-2983
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen
       title: NACO/CONSER/SACO
        date: 2021
       words: 1424
      flesch: 60
     summary: During the Library of Congress’s last fiscal year (October 2019–September 2020), Atla catalogers contrib- uted 683 new authority records and 226 modified records. Of most interest to Atla catalogers is the work of the RDA 3R Training Task Group.
    keywords: atla; pcc; year
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        item: #121 of 264
          id: asop-2985
      author: Stutzman, Karl; Board, Brandon
       title: “Student Needs are Academic Needs” and the Theological Library
        date: 2021
       words: 2247
      flesch: 62
     summary: 369 “Student Needs are Academic Needs” and the Theological Library Brandon Board, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Karl Stutzman, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary ABSTR ACT Trends in the Association of Theological Schools and at the presenters’ seminary indicate increasing diversity of back- grounds and shifting student needs. A 2019 study by ITHAKA S+R of community college students, a population with substantial diver- sity, indicates a wider variety of student needs than what have traditionally been considered “academic needs.”
    keywords: needs; students; support; ways
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          id: asop-2986
      author: Ebertz, Susan; Veldheer, Kris; Thomas, Vance
       title: Small Theological Libraries as Place
        date: 2021
       words: 3541
      flesch: 70
     summary: How can we envision the “theological library as place” in such a way that we can revalue physical space while also orienting and guiding development of virtual spaces? We started by considering how we frame and talk of library space and place.
    keywords: building; design; library; new; place; space; students
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        item: #123 of 264
          id: asop-2991
      author: Bailey-Hainer, Brenda
       title: Atla Association Update
        date: 2021
       words: 1538
      flesch: 47
     summary: These $4,000 scholarships are funded by the Atla Scholarships & Grants Annual Fund, which is sustained through the donations of Atla members and through a generous annual gift from EBSCO. Atla itself appears to have successfully weathered the worst of the turmoil that COVID-19 caused, but we know that the pandemic is continuing to have a significant impact on many Atla members.
    keywords: atla; end; members; year
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          id: asop-2992
      author: Ostercamp, Matt
       title: Libraries and White Supremacy: Thoughts Around the Campfire
        date: 2021
       words: 3925
      flesch: 57
     summary: In the Bran- del Library at North Park University, we asked each other about the impact of racism on library practice. In this paper, I explore the legacy of Enlightenment constructs of civilized/savage in the opera- tions of academic libraries.
    keywords: campfire; culture; knowledge; libraries; practices; simpson; supremacy; thought
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        item: #125 of 264
          id: asop-2993
      author: Leahy, Liz
       title: The Unique Contributions of the Theological Librarian in Campus-Wide Programs of Faith Integration
        date: 2021
       words: 2088
      flesch: 44
     summary: My former colleague, Michelle Spomer, created a LibGuide for faith integration resources that connects rele- vant LC Subject Headings with the disciplines taught at our univer- sity. This awareness can be particularly helpful as the theological librarian can serve as a connector between theological resources (what I refer to as the “great cloud of witnesses” [cf.
    keywords: christian; faculty; faith; integration; themes
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        item: #126 of 264
          id: asop-2994
      author: Burn, Kerrie
       title: How Theological Librarians Can Help Change the World: Addressing Knowledge and Gender Gaps in the World’s Largest Encyclopedia
        date: 2021
       words: 4118
      flesch: 38
     summary: There are many benefits to participating in Wikipedia projects like this and theological librarians are well placed to contribute. BACKGROUND My presentation will share a little about the Australian Women in Religion Wikipedia Project, what it is, its connection to a wider inter- national project, and how you as a theological librarian may be able to get involved.
    keywords: articles; gender; knowledge; project; religion; sources; wikipedia; women
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        item: #127 of 264
          id: asop-2996
      author: Ebertz, Susan
       title: Seventy-Five Years of Racial Ethnic Diversity in Atla
        date: 2021
       words: 4621
      flesch: 50
     summary: I am limiting what I say here to racial ethnic diversity in Atla in the USA and will be using the term BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), which is more common today than racial ethnic. 5) Investigate potential connections between racial diversity and other forms of diversity within the association.
    keywords: american; atla; ats; bipoc; committee; diversity; ethnic; number; proceedings; schools; seminary; theological; white
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        item: #128 of 264
          id: asop-2997
      author: Litwak, Kenneth
       title: Accessibility Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Creating a More Accessible Library
        date: 2021
       words: 6213
      flesch: 68
     summary: Mulliken states that for those using screen readers, “Pages with a very large amount of content, such as many library and vendor pages, can be particularly overwhelming, especially if not coded with logically placed headings and other features to allow a sensible navigational path for blind users” (Mulliken, 2017, 117). Compact Shelving May Be Difficult to Move Many libraries use compact shelving to save space.
    keywords: accommodations; disabilities; libraries; library; patrons; screen; shelving; use
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        item: #129 of 264
          id: asop-3002
      author: Estelle-Holmer, Suzanne M.; Limpitlaw, Amy ; Spomer, Michelle
       title: Can you Find Yourself in the Stacks? Building Diverse Collections in Religion and Theology
        date: 2021
       words: 8322
      flesch: 42
     summary: Online Resources Asian-American Christian Collaborative – Reading List https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/recom- mended-resources BU School of Theology Library: African-American and Womanist Theologies https://library.bu.edu/sthaawt BU School of Theology Library: African Theologies https://library.bu.edu/sthafrica Panel Discussions 101 BU School of Theology Library: Asian and Asian-American Theolo- gies https://library.bu.edu/sthasia BU School of Theology Library: Disability Theologies https://library.bu.edu/sthdisability BU School of Theology Library: Latinx Theologies https://library.bu.edu/sthlatinx BU School of Theology Library: LGBTQIA+ Resources and Queer Theologies https://library.bu.edu/sthlgbtqia BU School of Theology Library: Interfaith Studies https://library.bu.edu/sthinterfaith BU School of Theology Library: Prophetic Witness https://library.bu.edu/sthpropheticwitness LGBTQIA Library Resources: Rainbow Covenant Resource Collection https://guides.pts.edu/rainbow A Latinx Theology Reading List https://sojo.net/articles/latinx-theology-reading-list Syngeneia Resource Collection https://guides.pts.edu/syngeneia Calendars for Display & Event Planning Diversity for Social Impact: Global Cultural & Festival Celebration Calendar https://diversity.social/diversity-calendar-events/ Library of Congress: Commemorative Observances https://www.loc.gov/law/help/commemorative-observations/index. php National Today: National Day Calendar https://nationaltoday.com/national-day-calendar/ 102 AT L A 202 1 PROCEEDINGS Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC): Diversity Awareness Calendar https://www.tmcc.edu/diversity/awareness-calendar APPENDIX A:
    keywords: african; american; christianity; collection; diversity; equity; information; journal; librarianship; libraries; library; new; press; programming; publisher; religion; school; series title; site; studies; theology; web; web site; work
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        item: #130 of 264
          id: asop-3004
      author: Darlack, James; Baker, Drew; Phillips, Thomas E.
       title: Controlled Digital Lending... On the Quick and Cheap
        date: 2021
       words: 1240
      flesch: 47
     summary: For management and discovery of CDL titles, we used our exist- ing subscription to OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services and their Collection Manager to create a collection of links to CDL books that is seamlessly integrated into OCLC’s WorldShare Discovery. In their presentation, they demonstrated their use of the Internet Archive to provide a “Controlled Digital Lending” collection.
    keywords: cdl; collection; lending; library
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        item: #131 of 264
          id: asop-3009
      author: Taylor, Michelle M.; Keck, Andrew
       title: XML/TEI Workshop: Learn How to Encode Documents and Contribute to the Wesley Words Digital Edition
        date: 2021
       words: 632
      flesch: 50
     summary: While last year we discussed the rationale for using TEI to create a digital version of the Bicentennial Edition of the Works of John Wesley, as well as our plans for orchestrating such a large-scale project, this year we will offer introductory, hands-on training in TEI. 2) Open PDF containing the letter you want to encode (I have isolated a single letter). 3) Fill in TEI Header. 4) Fill in body of the letter by copying and pasting letter text, paragraph by paragraph, into your template. 5) You may choose to encode footnotes, page breaks, etc. at this point or at the end, whichever you prefer.
    keywords: tei; wesley
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        item: #132 of 264
          id: asop-3010
      author: Sheppard, Beth
       title: Career Transitions: Theological Librarians and Moves to Academic Libraries in Public Tertiary Schools
        date: 2021
       words: 10531
      flesch: 50
     summary: 210 AT L A 202 1 PROCEEDINGS For their part, public schools are more limited in their objectives. Indeed, since a private school’s range of impact is limited by their being funded primarily by euergetism and tuition fees, public schools help to meet market demand.6 For-profit colleges and universities, at least many of the ones developed in the latter part of the twentieth century, have another set of aims and objectives that diverge from those of the publics and non-profit privates; they financialize credits for the gain of share- holders.
    keywords: career; christian; degree; education; employees; faculty; faith; institutions; job; librarian; library; proceedings; profit; religion; research; schools; state; theological; university; values; work
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        item: #133 of 264
          id: asop-3011
      author: Hudson-Ward, Alexia
       title: Well Done Is Better than Well Said: Benjamin Franklin as a DEIA Model for Higher Education
        date: 2021
       words: 1230
      flesch: 51
     summary: MIT) Libraries ABSTR AC T: Heralding Benjamin Franklin as a model for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) can be viewed as pecu- liar as it sounds. Well Done is Better than Well Said Benjamin Franklin as a DEIA Model for Higher Education Alexia Hudson-Ward, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (
    keywords: benjamin; deia; franklin; model
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        item: #134 of 264
          id: asop-3013
      author: none
       title: Exhibitors and Sponsors
        date: 2021
       words: 50
      flesch: 17
     summary: 397 Atla Annual 2021 Online Exhibitors & Sponsors EXHIBITORS Atla Products ARDA Bloomsbury Digital Resources Brill DIGITALIA EBSCO Fortress Press Gorgias Press Iron Mountain OCLC Oxford University Press Project MUSE Quartex PREMIER SPONSOR EXHIBITORS & SPONSORS 398 AT L A 202 1 PROCEEDINGS MAJOR SPONSOR CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS Exhibitors & Sponsors 399 SUPPORTING SPONSORS
    keywords: sponsors
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        item: #135 of 264
          id: asop-3018
      author: Rieckens, Derek J.
       title: Editor's Introduction
        date: 2021
       words: 375
      flesch: 50
     summary: Indeed, COVID-19 made its mark throughout the program, occasion- ing numerous presentations on the ways in which librarians have adapted their services to the exigencies of this time of salubrious social separation. Topics such as remote instruction, open access, and controlled digital lending would have been of trending interest in any case, but the COVID crisis lent them an urgency none could likely have foreseen before March 2020.
    keywords: proceedings; year
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        item: #136 of 264
          id: asop-3040
      author: none
       title: Historical Annual Conferences
        date: 2021
       words: 632
      flesch: -7
     summary: Wilmore, KY Asbury Theological Seminary 1989 Columbus, OH Trinity Lutheran Seminary 1990 Evanston, IL Garrett-Evangelical Seminary and Seabury- Western Theological Seminary 1991 Toronto, ON University of Toronto, Trinity College, and Toronto School of Theology 1992 Dallas, TX Southern Methodist University 1993 MO Concordia Seminary 1969 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 1970 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 1971 Pasadena, CA Pasadena College 1972 Waterloo, ON Waterloo Lutheran University 1973 Bethlehem, PA Moravian Theological Seminary 1974 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1975 S. Hamilton, MA Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 1976 Grand Rapids, MI Calvin Theological Seminary 1977 Vancouver, BC Vancouver School of Theology 1978 Latrobe, PA Saint Vincent College 1979 New Brighton, MN Bethel Theological Seminary 1980 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1981 St. Louis, MO Christ Seminary — Seminex 1982 Toronto, ON Toronto School of Theology 1983 Richmond, VA United Theological Seminary in Virginia 1984 Holland, MI Western Theological Seminary 1985 Madison, NJ Drew University 1986 Kansas City, KS Rockhurst College 1987 Berkeley, CA Graduate Theological Union 1988
    keywords: chicago; new orleans; seminary; theological
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        item: #137 of 264
          id: asop-3115
      author: Mayer, Cathy; Simons, Grace
       title: Microsoft Teams: Creating Space for Hybrid and Remote Staff to Thrive
        date: 2022
       words: 2665
      flesch: 47
     summary: Thus, before implementing a new tool, it is imperative that lead- ers and library staff members reflect on their own work styles and preferences. With multiple channels created within the Brandel Library team, library staff have been designated to serve as a “point person” for an assigned channel.
    keywords: brandel; library; microsoft; staff; teams; work
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        item: #138 of 264
          id: asop-3118
      author: Engelson, Leslie
       title: Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting
        date: 2022
       words: 305
      flesch: 67
     summary: President Torbert welcomed new board members Dr. Carisse Mickey Berryhill and Rev. Dr. Dan Flores and re-elected board mem- bers Susan Ebertz and Jérémie LeBlanc. Business RepoRts  7 Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting Friday, June 17, 2022 Leslie A. Engelson, Atla Board Secretary, Murray State University The Annual Business Meeting of the Association was convened by Board President Christina Torbert at 11:12 a.m.
    keywords: board; president
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        item: #139 of 264
          id: asop-3119
      author: Miller, Elizabeth Young; Morrissey, Jude; Roberts, Deanna; Yang, Patricia
       title: Outreach and Promotion to Distance and Online Learners: Lessons from a Pandemic
        date: 2022
       words: 6234
      flesch: 59
     summary: 92  aTla 2022 PRoceeDinGs Flexibility also became a central feature of working alongside student staff. Morrissey: Even before the pandemic locked us all out of the building at Yale Divinity Library, I was working on moving student staff train- ing, management, and support into our learning management system.
    keywords: access; divinity; library; new; pandemic; seminary; services; staff; students; time; yale
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        item: #140 of 264
          id: asop-3120
      author: Lew, Charlotte; Baskauf, Steven
       title: Linking the Art in the Christian Tradition Database to Wikidata
        date: 2022
       words: 3523
      flesch: 53
     summary: After comparison, it is more effective and accurate to create a new item mainly based on the data we retrieve from the ACT database. PROCEDURE FOR CREATING A NEW WIKIDATA ITEM FOR THE ACT IMAGE See Wikidata item of “Christ Walks on Water and Rescues Peter” (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111842119) for details. However, once set up, OpenRefine will help you reconcile your data against Wikidata items that already exist, preventing duplication.
    keywords: act; art; commons; database; image; item; project; use; wikidata
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        item: #141 of 264
          id: asop-3122
      author: Farrell, Michael
       title: Racism, the Doctrine of the Spirituality of the Church, and American Presbyterianism in the 19th Century
        date: 2022
       words: 7253
      flesch: 62
     summary: Moreover, there were Old School Presbyterians who were anti-slavery, and New School Presbyterians who were pro-slavery. We don’t have time to describe in detail all the differences that led to the split between Old School and New School Presbyterians in 1838.
    keywords: atla; church; doctrine; general; new; presbyterians; school; slavery; spirituality; states; war
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        item: #142 of 264
          id: asop-3123
      author: Keck, Andrew
       title: Theological Libraries and Non-Credit Pathways for Ministry
        date: 2022
       words: 4298
      flesch: 47
     summary: INTRODUCTION While I have been thinking about these things for a while, it was really put into focus over the course of a year when managing a $50,000 seminary planning grant from the Lilly Endowment: the topic of non-credit programs emerged in a significant way during our planning retreat. To the last question, 7 of the 25 respondents were interested in cooperative reciprocal borrowing agreements for non-credit stu- dents, 9 of the 25 respondents were interested in cooperative access to a selection of licensed databases, and 10 of the 25 respondents were interested in developing open-access resources designed for non-credit programs.
    keywords: credit; degree; education; library; non; programs; students; theological
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        item: #143 of 264
          id: asop-3126
      author: Daught, Gary; Kiger, David
       title: The Physical Canon: Its Formation and Depiction in Late Roman and Medieval Christianity
        date: 2022
       words: 7479
      flesch: 61
     summary: Adding interest to this scene, it turns out that each of the Evan- gelist frontispieces in the San Paolo Bible features a different kind of scripture book container. Finally, we looked at several pictorial depic- tions of scripture book containers from church mosaics and Bible manuscript paintings.
    keywords: ark; bible; books; canon; century; christian; church; codex; containers; cupboard; library; order; roman; scripture; volume
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        item: #144 of 264
          id: asop-3129
      author: Mayer, Cathy
       title: Burnout Defined: Recognizing and Responding in Libraries
        date: 2022
       words: 4194
      flesch: 52
     summary: In the piece, Peterson described her experience with burnout and sagely asserted, “Burnout and the behaviors and weight that ac- company it aren’t, in fact, something we can cure by going on vaca- tion. WHO’s definition is based on several decades of burnout research, with the three dimensions identified mirroring measurements from the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).
    keywords: burnout; factors; health; job; library; maslach; mind; organization; peterson; research; work
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        item: #145 of 264
          id: asop-3131
      author: Perera, Treshani
       title: Critical Cataloging: Addressing Bias in Description and Finding Solutions
        date: 2022
       words: 3075
      flesch: 32
     summary: LIS workers representing dominant cultures in libraries (or the mainstream) who are looking to partner with underrepresented communities for critical cataloging work should approach partner- ships with cultural humility. Bias is inescapable when LIS workers are expected to work with cataloging systems and standards with inherent mainstream bi- ases.
    keywords: cataloging; headings; library; lis; metadata; standards; subject; systems; work
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        item: #146 of 264
          id: asop-3138
      author: Findley-Jones, Adrienne
       title: Measure TWYCE, Cut Once: How an Academic Library Is Engaging Vocationally Trained Alumni through Document Delivery
        date: 2022
       words: 7457
      flesch: 59
     summary: Through a survey, the needs of the alumni were assessed, and the resulting pilot project shows great hypothetical promise in improving alumni services. The struggles other libraries have had in alumni services are not without merit for the Graham Library.
    keywords: access; alumni; college; graham; graham library; libraries; library; resources; service; students; toronto; trinity; university
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        item: #147 of 264
          id: asop-3140
      author: McLean, Anne
       title: Content Creation vs. Curation: Strategies for Theological Library Social Media Coordinators
        date: 2022
       words: 2988
      flesch: 42
     summary: The Head of Public Services encouraged the RLOC to act as a curator of social media content rather than the sole creator. Social media curation can be both proactive and reac- tive—the reactive a key strategy and challenge for staff in smaller in- stitutions with fewer staff and resources devoted to communications.
    keywords: content; creator; curation; library; media; staff; time; work
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        item: #148 of 264
          id: asop-3143
      author: Welsh, Megan Elizabeth; Burke, Ian; Herndon, Kimmetha; Lincoln, Timothy
       title: Continuing the Conversation : Reflecting on Our Pandemic Experiences
        date: 2022
       words: 1857
      flesch: 46
     summary: At the end of the session, virtual and in- person attendees listened to a brief recap of each setting’s discussions and were invited to consider contributing to an upcoming edited volume to be published by Atla Open Press focusing on the impact of the pandemic on theological libraries. How has the pandemic affected individuals who work at theological libraries? Findings presented during this conversation group were drawn from the 58 deans and directors of theological libraries who com- pleted an initial survey in spring 2020, and the nine deans and direc- tors whom we interviewed in fall 2020.
    keywords: attendees; library; pandemic; person
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        item: #149 of 264
          id: asop-3146
      author: Elia, Anthony J.
       title: The Joys and Fantasies of Library Marketing: Navigating the Road of Hope, Success, and Vague Ambitions
        date: 2022
       words: 2836
      flesch: 54
     summary: Today, we are overwhelmed with such titles and can find that library marketing has become commonplace at library conferences, in iSchool curricula, and among professional positions in academic and public libraries around North America. Writer Kathy Dempsey has noted in her works that such points as economic factors, metrics, and best practices emerged as market forces demanding that libraries evolve in this way, giving rise to the trend in marketing libraries and a flurry of books on the subject.
    keywords: fantasies; institutions; joys; libraries; library; marketing
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        item: #150 of 264
          id: asop-3149
      author: Weiss, Alexis
       title: Practicing the Four Immeasurable Qualities: A Universal Buddhist Practice for Awakening the Heart
        date: 2022
       words: 2264
      flesch: 75
     summary: This works to reverse the overwhelm of compassion practice. First, it is universal because these teachings and practices are part of all Buddhist traditions.
    keywords: causes; practice; suffering
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        item: #151 of 264
          id: asop-3150
      author: Holly, Fiona
       title: Information Literacy as Human Formation in a Seminary Library
        date: 2022
       words: 2955
      flesch: 42
     summary: My future goals are to increase the number of formation conferences focused on media and information literacy, use academic courses to focus on research processes (database navigation), use formation areas to focus on information literacy components, and integrate a set number of sessions into propaedeutic year. Using this knowledge, I have been able to propose formation in media and information literacy for seminarians in the context of the “Human Formation” program at Conception Seminary College.
    keywords: college; formation; human; literacy; media; program; seminary
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        item: #152 of 264
          id: asop-3153
      author: Morrissey, Jude
       title: Librarians at the World’s Ending: Why and How Access Services Staff Should Prepare for Patron Mental Health Crises
        date: 2022
       words: 5129
      flesch: 58
     summary: Listen and Learn sessions  197 Librarians at the World’s Ending Why and How Access Services Staff Should Prepare for Patron Mental Health Crises Jude Morrissey, Access Services Librarian, Yale Divinity School ABSTRACT Since 2020, there has been an emerging realization that mental health is important, but psychological distress and mental health crises were serious problems before the pandemic. This session presented information on recognizing the need to address psychological distress on campus and why academic librarians should be concerned, as well as provided some ways libraries and library staff can ad- dress psychological distress and mental health crises among students and other patrons, proactively and reactively.
    keywords: aid; college; distress; health; library; mental; need; staff; students
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        item: #153 of 264
          id: asop-3154
      author: Ebertz, Susan
       title: Libraries Serving Students Preparing for Multivocational Ministry
        date: 2022
       words: 1868
      flesch: 56
     summary: Multivocational ministry and multivocational students are trends theological librarians cannot ignore. In this session, I would like to bring up several strands of thought that deal with the topic of multivocational ministry, then talk about ways that these strands are affecting theological education in general and theo- logical librarianship in particular.
    keywords: ministry; multivocational; students; theological
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        item: #154 of 264
          id: asop-3155
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen
       title: Top Concerns of Technical Services Staff
        date: 2022
       words: 467
      flesch: 45
     summary: 126  ATLA 2022 PROCEEDINGS Top Concerns of Technical Services Staff Richard Lammert, Technical Services and Systems Librarian, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne ABSTRACT: The annual conversation group sponsored by the Technical Services Interest Group provides an opportunity for library workers in tech- nical services areas—or in any area of library work—to discuss anything that anyone considers a top concern for technical services staff. This year, the main topic was migrations of integrated library systems.
    keywords: system
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        item: #155 of 264
          id: asop-3156
      author: Rosser, Chris
       title: Left to Our Devices: Playing with Spiritually Formative Media Discernment
        date: 2022
       words: 6361
      flesch: 67
     summary: In other words, our in- formation-saturated system is characterized by a dialectical tension between self and other, which makes it a perfect space for training in love for neighbor as self. Such messaging instigated events on January 6th, when the US Capitol was awash with antisemitic and racist symbols, littered by Trump and QAnon paraphernalia, and scarred with the indelible marks of Christian nationalism—in other words, consump- tion of mis- and disinformation and “alternative reality” have pro- foundly shaped “Christian” identity for many.
    keywords: consumption; discernment; encounter; information; know; love; media; mirror; self
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          id: asop-3157
      author: Lammert, Richard Allen
       title: NACO/CONSER/SACO
        date: 2022
       words: 1195
      flesch: 54
     summary: Much that affects the work of PCC catalogers is presented at this meeting; the remainder of this report is primarily a summary of what affects Atla catalogers the most. Atla NACO catalogers are encouraged to subscribe to the PCC dis- cussion list (PCClist), which provides important updates throughout the year.
    keywords: atla; pcc; year
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        item: #157 of 264
          id: asop-3158
      author: Flores, Daniel; Ebertz, Susan ; Young Miller, Elizabeth
       title: Small Libraries as Community Partners: Paving the Way
        date: 2022
       words: 3130
      flesch: 54
     summary: SLIG Small libraries can be defined in various ways, and the Atla Small Li- braries Interest Group (SLIG) takes a very inclusive approach when it comes to the term small libraries. Responses varied but the consensus was that many attendees work at small libraries.
    keywords: community; library; mission; seminary; statement; students; theological; university
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        item: #158 of 264
          id: asop-3163
      author: Patterson, Rory
       title: Applying Ethics in Evolving Librarianship: Intersectionality Implications in Ethical Decision Making
        date: 2022
       words: 2308
      flesch: 43
     summary: Librarians apply those characteristics to EDM models and ac- tions to increase the voices and representation of those marginalized. The second category of EDM studies is Practical.
    keywords: decision; edm; ethics; intersectionality; librarians; making
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        item: #159 of 264
          id: asop-3165
      author: Soma, Caitlin; Miller, Elizabeth
       title: Course Materials for Uncertain Times: Balancing Purchase Formats in Multiple Learning Environments
        date: 2022
       words: 4062
      flesch: 53
     summary: Because of these limitations, we were largely unsuccessful in providing course reserve e-books for students during this period. Like Spring 2020, we attempted to purchase all the required texts as e- books, but this time with little success because very few of the texts had library e-book licenses available.
    keywords: book; course; faculty; library; reserves; semester; students
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        item: #160 of 264
          id: asop-3167
      author: Litwak, Kenneth
       title: Look Out! Ableism Is Loose in the Library: Inclusivity and Equity for Librarians with Disabilities
        date: 2022
       words: 3523
      flesch: 52
     summary: Library staff need to understand disability better, treat those with disabilities as people, make the library a caring community, and be willing to provide reasonable accommodations. While there has been stress on other minorities such as racial and ethnic, little attention is paid to those with disabilities.
    keywords: disabilities; disability; job; librarians; library; people; person
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        item: #161 of 264
          id: asop-3169
      author: Shrauner, Ryan
       title: Collection Evaluation in the Small Library: Supporting a New Academic Program
        date: 2022
       words: 2074
      flesch: 55
     summary: The importance of preaching in Black Church life is very well known so this result is as confusing as it is concerning and will be a first priority for deeper investigation (followed shortly by history, music, and literature in support of an interdisciplinary field). The Baptist Seminary of Kentucky launched the Institute for Black Church Studies in 2020.
    keywords: church; collection; library; studies; titles
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        item: #162 of 264
          id: asop-3178
      author: Welsh, Megan Elizabeth; Knievel, Jennifer
       title: Navigating in the Fog: Shining a Light on the Library Job Search Process
        date: 2022
       words: 1841
      flesch: 30
     summary: Attendees left the workshop with a clear understanding of interview processes, a nuanced ability to interpret job descriptions, a list of interview questions to ask and answers to give, strategies for negotiation, and updates to their own individual documentation. First, they led an activity soliciting from the audience example questions that might be asked of candidates in job interviews, and then offered additional examples that they have asked or seen.
    keywords: attendees; facilitators; job; process
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        item: #163 of 264
          id: asop-3180
      author: Abou-El-Kheir, Yasmine; Veldheer, Kris
       title: Learning Analytics and the Library: Using the Data You Collect to Address Student Learning Outcomes and Tell the Library's Story
        date: 2022
       words: 3129
      flesch: 47
     summary: Already we know that library learning assessment data can demon- strate the value of libraries to administrators. Any integration of library analytics data with wider institution- al learning analytics objectives should consider not only methodolog- ical or technical considerations but ethical and legal ones too.
    keywords: analytics; data; learning; library; privacy; student; use
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        item: #164 of 264
          id: asop-3192
      author: Bailey-Hainer, Brenda
       title: Atla Association Update
        date: 2022
       words: 1587
      flesch: 62
     summary: Since Atla board members can serve two consecutive three- year terms, or six years, I think about my tenure here as equal to just about two full generations of boards. Finally, I mourn the loss of Don Vorp, who was a strong sup- porter for the research that Ithaka S&R did with Atla members on the habits of researchers in our field.
    keywords: association; atla; board; new; year
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        item: #165 of 264
          id: asop-3199
      author: none
       title: Exhibitors and Sponsors
        date: 2022
       words: 34
      flesch: 5
     summary: 279 SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS Sponsors CONFERENCE SPONSOR PREMIER SPONSOR 280  ATLA 2022 PROCEEDINGS MAJOR SPONSOR CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR SPONSORS SPONSORS & ExhIbITORS  281 Exhibitors BLOOMSBURY BRILL EQUINOX PUBLISHING FORTRESS PRESS ISD MOHR SIEBECK PEETERS PUBLISHERS THE DTL
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        item: #166 of 264
          id: asop-3200
      author: none
       title: Historical Annual Conferences
        date: 2022
       words: 640
      flesch: -8
     summary: Wilmore, KY Asbury Theological Seminary 1989 Columbus, OH Trinity Lutheran Seminary 1990 Evanston, IL Garrett-Evangelical Seminary and Seabury- Western Theological Seminary 1991 Toronto, ON University of Toronto, Trinity College, and Toronto School of Theology 1992 Dallas, TX Southern Methodist University 1993 MO Concordia Seminary 1969 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 1970 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 1971 Pasadena, CA Pasadena College 1972 Waterloo, ON Waterloo Lutheran University 1973 Bethlehem, PA Moravian Theological Seminary 1974 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1975 S. Hamilton, MA Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 1976 Grand Rapids, MI Calvin Theological Seminary 1977 Vancouver, BC Vancouver School of Theology 1978 Latrobe, PA Saint Vincent College 1979 New Brighton, MN Bethel Theological Seminary 1980 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1981 St. Louis, MO Christ Seminary — Seminex 1982 Toronto, ON Toronto School of Theology 1983 Richmond, VA United Theological Seminary in Virginia 1984 Holland, MI Western Theological Seminary 1985 Madison, NJ Drew University 1986 Kansas City, KS Rockhurst College 1987 Berkeley, CA Graduate Theological Union 1988
    keywords: chicago; new orleans; seminary; theological
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        item: #167 of 264
          id: asop-3218
      author: Rieckens, Derek J.
       title: Editor's Introduction
        date: 2022
       words: 328
      flesch: 52
     summary: In a first for the association, Atla Annual was a fully hybrid event. So, whether you spent June of ’22 hunting for crabcakes in Charm City, or rifling through your SnackMagic box at home, or doing something other than Atla Annual, there’s something here for you.
    keywords: atla
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        item: #168 of 264
          id: asop-3327
      author: Bedard, Rebekah
       title: Re-envisioning Reference as Outreach: Promoting Reference Services in the Wake of the Pandemic
        date: 2023
       words: 4627
      flesch: 64
     summary: In particular, we have seen stronger awareness and enthusiasm for reference ser- vices, higher numbers of reference questions, and ongoing evidence of the value of reference services. PROCEEDINGS Re-Envisioning Reference as Outreach Promoting Reference Services in the Wake of the Pandemic Rebekah Bedard, Instruction and Theology Librarian, John W. Graham Li- brary, University of Toronto ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has changed theological education and reference services.
    keywords: librarian; library; questions; reference; research; services; students
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        item: #169 of 264
          id: asop-3330
      author: Frost, Ellen
       title: What, Why, and How? Publishers, Ebooks, and Theological Libraries
        date: 2023
       words: 1336
      flesch: 47
     summary: What, Why, and How? Publishers, E-books and Theology Libraries Ellen Frost, Head of Technical Services and Collection Development, Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University Caitlin Soma, Head of Acquisitions and Access Services, Pitts Theology Li- brary, Emory University ABSTRACT Independent religious publishers and Atla librarians gathered to share information about publishers’ e-book processes and practices. A PANEL PRESENTATION Publisher Representatives • Bridgett A. Green, Vice President of Publishing and Editorial Director, Westminster John Knox • Ryan Hemmer, Editor-in-Chief, Fortress Press • Bethany Olsen, Associate Director of Digital Sales, IVPress • Elias Sacks, Director, Jewish Publication Society • Michael Thomson, Acquisitions and Development Editor, Wipf & Stock • Rob Corzine, Vice President for Academic Programs, Emmaus Academic CEAD Facilitators • Ellen Frost, Head of Technical Services and Collection De- velopment, Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist Univer- sity Bridwell Library • Caitlin Soma, Head of Acquisitions and Access Services, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University PANEL PRESENTATIONS  151 INTRODUCTION Atla’s Collection Evaluation and Development (CEAD) Interest Group gathered independent religious publishers and Atla librarians to share information about publishers’ e-book processes and prac- tices.
    keywords: book; publishers; publishing
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        item: #170 of 264
          id: asop-3335
      author: Engelson, Leslie
       title: Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting
        date: 2023
       words: 291
      flesch: 61
     summary: President LeBlanc welcomed new board member Beth Kumar and re-elected board members Kerrie Burn, Leslie Engelson, and Karl Stutzman. Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting 1 Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting Friday, June 15, 2022 Leslie A. Engelson, Murray State University, Atla Board Secretary The Annual Business Meeting of the Association was convened by Board President Jérémie LeBlanc at 12:32 p.m.
    keywords: board; president
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        item: #171 of 264
          id: asop-3336
      author: Fuchs, Caroline; Ball, Heather
       title: Taking Steps to Decolonize Library Collections, Policies and Services
        date: 2023
       words: 3134
      flesch: 33
     summary: Taking Steps to Decolonize Library Collections, Policies, and Services 349 Taking Steps to Decolonize Library Collections, Policies, and Services Caroline Fuchs, Professor and Dean of Libraries, St. John’s University Heather F. Ball, Assistant Professor and Critical Pedagogy Librarian for Stu- dent Success, St. John’s University ABSTRACT Emergent issues relating to equity and inclusion have high- lighted the systematic and structural inequities experienced by society, which trickles down to our institutions, deeply affecting researchers using library collections and services. The question for us was: what do we need to do to decolonize the University Libraries that was in keeping with this anti-racism commitment?
    keywords: collections; commitment; libraries; library; racism; services; university
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        item: #172 of 264
          id: asop-3338
      author: Woods, Stephen
       title: Exploring Journal Use in Graduate Research in the Sociology of Religion: Informing Collections, Instruction, and Reference
        date: 2023
       words: 4910
      flesch: 48
     summary: Using journal clusters, the study examines journal use from 64 dissertations from a population of 516 dissertations in sociology awarded from 2016-2020 from 16 institutions in the Big Ten Academic Alliance. Indiana Uni- versity graduate students cited the fewest number of journal titles.
    keywords: dissertations; journal; rank; research; sociology; study; university; use
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        item: #173 of 264
          id: asop-3342
      author: Bradley-Sanders, Colleen
       title: Creating a Digital Film Archive
        date: 2023
       words: 3450
      flesch: 58
     summary: Our page for digital collections offers links to the https://brooklyn.illumira.net/showcollection.php?pid=njcore:169222 https://brooklyn.illumira.net/showcollection.php?pid=njcore:169222 https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:197781 https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:197781 https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:199693 https://dl.atla.com/collections/a-life-apart-hasidism-in-america?locale=en https://dl.atla.com/collections/a-life-apart-hasidism-in-america?locale=en https://archives.brooklyn.cuny.edu/repositories/2/resources/62 https://archives.brooklyn.cuny.edu/repositories/2/resources/62 206  atLa 2023 ProCeedinGs full collection on lllumira, and also the finding aid on ArchivesSpace (https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/c.php?g=1135687). There are 18 altogether, and each series has varying numbers of film segments in it.
    keywords: collection; digital; film; grant; new; project; rudavsky; segments
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        item: #174 of 264
          id: asop-3346
      author: Weiss, Alexis
       title: NACO/SACO
        date: 2023
       words: 1840
      flesch: 55
     summary: First, the committee has completed a survey on the potential implications of doing away with the standard of coding the 008/29 field as “b” and adding the 667 note “Non-Latin script reference(s) not evaluated” in name authority records with cross-references in non-Latin scripts. PROCEEDINGS Another update offered relevant to the creation and updating of name authority records was related to privacy and security con- cerns.
    keywords: atla; naco; program; records
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        item: #175 of 264
          id: asop-3351
      author: Veldheer, Kris; Harrison Cain, Gillian
       title: Other People's Money
        date: 2023
       words: 1083
      flesch: 54
     summary: Over the past decade, the authors have both collaborated as well as worked individually to tackle the issue of finding or funding specific projects related to Atla libraries. In her role with Atla, Gillian Harrison Cain adminis- ters grants for Atla libraries interested in doing special projects and programs.
    keywords: atla; grants; library
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        item: #176 of 264
          id: asop-3352
      author: Engelson, Leslie; Sye, David; Utgaard, Bentley; Wilson, Megan
       title: What Are You Looking For? Discoveries Made Through a Library Website Usability Study
        date: 2023
       words: 9696
      flesch: 65
     summary: Though the design of our study was intended to gather mostly qualitative data, we did collect some quantitative data including the amount of time on task and whether tasks were completed success- fully. Since the FAQs were the starting point for many tasks, especially for the undergrads, we started overhauling and updating our FAQs area.
    keywords: answer; homepage; library; participants; questions; study; task; thank; usability; website
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        item: #177 of 264
          id: asop-3354
      author: Kate Wimer; Amanda Matthysse; Joshua Avery; Troupos, Cathy
       title: Fostering Virtue-Driven Information Literacy
        date: 2023
       words: 1365
      flesch: 37
     summary: The presenters defined VIL, emphasizing intellectual virtues and the cultivation of virtuous intellectual habits in the pursuit of truth and the potential ben- efits of VIL as a foundation for information literacy in academic libraries. In the context of VIL, we emphasize intellectual virtues rather than traditional moral virtues as we seek to focus on our thinking habits, including the way we en- gage in information-seeking, rather than moral actions.
    keywords: information; literacy; vil; virtue
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        item: #178 of 264
          id: asop-3355
      author: Lincoln, Timothy D.
       title: Planning and Evaluating Library Services: Reflecting on Real Practices
        date: 2023
       words: 434
      flesch: 49
     summary: Only one reported that library planning was highly inte- grated into the school’s institutional planning process. PROCEEDINGS Planning and Evaluating Library Services Reflecting on Real Practices Timothy D. Lincoln, Director of the Mary B. and Robert J. Wright Learning and Information Center, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary ABSTRACT This session shared data from a qualitative project studying how directors of small theological libraries engage in planning and evalu- ation and summarized the study’s findings along six themes.
    keywords: planning
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        item: #179 of 264
          id: asop-3357
      author: Rosser, Chris; Rosser, Heath
       title: Eat, Play, Love: Re-figuring Media Literacy Instruction as Play
        date: 2023
       words: 5042
      flesch: 59
     summary: But gamifying a course is not just a kitschy move; there are profound peda- gogical reasons for gameful course design, and not least because gameful design pays attention to who humans are and how humans learn. I’ve been very grateful to Heath for the ideas and creativity he’s shared along the way—it’s very helpful to have a student on hand to beta test what may seem like odd or out-of-the-box strategies for course design and delivery.
    keywords: course; design; desire; learning; love; media; play; students
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        item: #180 of 264
          id: asop-3358
      author: Schmersal, David; Sellan, Yesan; Smith, Daniel; Veldheer, Kris
       title: What About the Aqueduct? Does Decolonizing the Library Mean Deaccessioning Augustine?
        date: 2023
       words: 6381
      flesch: 63
     summary: My local library context network has helped me understand some of the unique challenges they face, and we try to address some of these in our own situations so the solutions that are used are made available in other libraries as we try to emulate some of the best practices that are used in other libraries. Whereas a research consultation with someone gives me a limited view into that one person, being around student groups gives me a new perspective or enhances the things I know about students’ research.
    keywords: collection; faculty; library; students; voices; work; world
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        item: #181 of 264
          id: asop-3361
      author: Morrison, Gregory
       title: Jaroslav Pelikan on Libraries, Librarianship, and Theological Education: A Remembrance
        date: 2023
       words: 862
      flesch: 53
     summary: PROCEEDINGS Jaroslav Pelikan on Libraries, Librarianship, and Theological Education A Remembrance Gregory Morrison, Associate Professor of Library Science, Wheaton College ABSTRACT A remembrance of historian Jaroslav Pelikan who gave a ple- nary at Atla’s 2004 Annual conference. “A Draft Research Model of the Research University Library Exploring the Scholar-Librarian Partnership of Jaroslav Pelikan in ‘The Idea of the University: A Reexamination.’”
    keywords: pelikan; research; university
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        item: #182 of 264
          id: asop-3363
      author: Riley, Hannie
       title: Perlego, a Friend or Foe? E-textbook Streaming Service
        date: 2023
       words: 4178
      flesch: 46
     summary: All libraries could do was sit uncomfortably by and witness that some of their students started to feel no need to visit institutional libraries by taking out Perlego subscriptions. Its marketing focus had moved from individuals to institutions, and this enabled universities to buy Perlego subscriptions on behalf of their students.
    keywords: books; july; libraries; library; perlego; publishers; students; subscription; users
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        item: #183 of 264
          id: asop-3364
      author: Estelle-Holmer, Suzanne; Limpitlaw, Amy; Spomer, Michelle
       title: Book Talks: Promoting the Library and Creating Community
        date: 2023
       words: 4481
      flesch: 69
     summary: This included discussion of how book talks contrib- ute to institutional missions and goals, and how they demonstrate value. They discovered that each of their libraries were including some sort of book talks (hosting an au- thor who speaks about their research and/or publications) in their library programming.
    keywords: book; community; faculty; library; online; person; staff; talks
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        item: #184 of 264
          id: asop-3365
      author: Hughes, Ed
       title: Extending Roaming (or Roving) to the Classroom
        date: 2023
       words: 1663
      flesch: 68
     summary: Finding ways to reconnect with students has been a challenge. Here, I suggest that we go into the classroom as auditing students to build relationships with students.
    keywords: class; library; students
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        item: #185 of 264
          id: asop-3368
      author: Cucksey, Elli; Ebertz, Susan; Garrett, Stephanie
       title: Best Practices for Virtual Library Services: Three Small Libraries with Three Perspectives on Virtual Library Services
        date: 2023
       words: 3183
      flesch: 60
     summary: We have thought about putting a Zoom station near the puzzle table so that distance students may interact with residential students while putting together a puzzle. About two-thirds of our students are distance students.
    keywords: cdu; distance; library; online; seminary; services; students
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        item: #186 of 264
          id: asop-3374
      author: Harty, Kathy; Sweeney, Stephen
       title: The Changing Stages of Priestly Formation in Seminaries
        date: 2023
       words: 4327
      flesch: 53
     summary: Previously, under the influence of Pastores Dabo Vobis, we used the term Levels of formation; so some- one might be in a Pre-theology program, before entering Theology, whereas now they are in Stages of formation. This stage is a time to instill a sense of Catholic culture prior to seminary formation.
    keywords: catholic; crs; formation; heart; ppf6; seminary; stage; year
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        item: #187 of 264
          id: asop-3375
      author: Strickler, Christa M.
       title: “Let All the World in Every Corner Sing” : Providing Linked Data Access to Global Christian Hymnody in Wikidata
        date: 2023
       words: 4877
      flesch: 57
     summary: IMAGE 12 Wikidata item for “hymn text:” https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116953130 Another challenge I’ve come across is the modelling of hymn tunes not originally written as hymn tunes. When I first started creating items for hymn tunes, I would create a Wikidata statement claiming that the item was an instance of a hymn tune.
    keywords: christian; hymn; image; item; model; project; text; tune; wikidata
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        item: #188 of 264
          id: asop-3376
      author: Ebertz, Susan; Kirkpatrick, Nancy; Stutzman, Karl
       title: Relationships, Relationships, Relationships: Connecting through Atla
        date: 2023
       words: 2494
      flesch: 60
     summary: This workshop, which originated from a conversation between two Atla Board of Directors members (Susan Ebertz and Karl Stutzman) following a board learning experience with In- digenous leaders, included expert facilitation (Nancy Kirkpatrick) around a variety of questions related to continuing to build respectful relationships within the association. What does it take to make respectful relationships contagious?
    keywords: atla; people; relationships; respect; story; workshop
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        item: #189 of 264
          id: asop-3378
      author: Kutsko, John
       title: Atla Association Update
        date: 2023
       words: 3182
      flesch: 48
     summary: At Brenda’s last Annual, she described herself as a Zamboni driver, “sweeping the surface, preparing the rink so that the next generation of Atla leadership has smooth skat- ing ahead.” Members continue to take advantage of webinars offered by our colleagues in the Profes- sional Development Alliance as well as Atla offerings such as the we- binar Shaping the Future with Cooperative Cataloging!
    keywords: association; atla; members; new; religion; research; staff; studies; year
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        item: #190 of 264
          id: asop-3379
      author: Patterson, Rory
       title: Living Out the Second Greatest Commandment: Applying the American Library Association’s Ninth Principle.
        date: 2023
       words: 2631
      flesch: 68
     summary: Questions in the latter part of the presentation call the reader to professional and personal actions based on the religious principles presented, ALA’s Ninth Principle, and one’s own personal ethics. Norman Rockwell, a popular US artist in the mid-twentieth cen- tury, published his “Golden Rule” painting on the cover of the April 1, 1961 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
    keywords: commandment; ethics; justice; library; love; principle; rule
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        item: #191 of 264
          id: asop-3380
      author: Berryhill, Carisse; Cain, Gillian
       title: Updates and Invitation to the LEEP Theological Librarianship Course for Alumni, Library Leaders, and Potential Students
        date: 2023
       words: 1321
      flesch: 52
     summary: • Encourage Atla staff to consider offering course grants for staff at Alta institutions and for student members. New Course number LIS 568 LE (its own number) • 2018: New Course Number: IS 568 AO (its own number) • 2020:
    keywords: atla; course; students; theological
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        item: #192 of 264
          id: asop-3381
      author: Keck, Andrew
       title: Discovery and Selection: A Librarian’s View of Student Recruitment and Admissions
        date: 2023
       words: 3007
      flesch: 57
     summary: As an admis- sions staff interacts with prospective students, we try to scaffold our messages and interactions to help students better understand these unarticulated but broad principles. Third, many of the usual pipelines or sources of prospective students are smaller or broken.
    keywords: admissions; education; libraries; library; seminary; students
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        item: #193 of 264
          id: asop-3382
      author: McDonald, Courtney; Welsh, Megan Elizabeth
       title: CV and Résumé Workshop for Mid-Career Professionals
        date: 2023
       words: 2964
      flesch: 38
     summary: Other panelists also appreciated applicants who connect their experiences directly to the position description: one panelist mentioned the importance of comparing CVs to a rubric established by Human Resources (HR) to help them rank applications, and two other panelists desired see- ing how applicant experiences related to the business needs of the li- brary and how the applicant may contribute to their team. Other panelists men- tioned that they personally maintain multiple CVs and résumés for different purposes such as authoring grants, seeking new positions, and for tenure and promotion purposes.
    keywords: cvs; panelist; professional; résumé; workshop
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        item: #194 of 264
          id: asop-3385
      author: Ostercamp, Matt; Kuehn, Evan; Pizarro, Antonio
       title: Supporting Incarcerated Seminary Students
        date: 2023
       words: 3556
      flesch: 59
     summary: Then Evan Kuehn is going to share in more detail how the library is currently assisting SRA students and plans we have to improve our services. In his current professional capacity, he continues to support SRA students as well as our general campus population.
    keywords: library; north; park; program; sra; students; writing
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        item: #195 of 264
          id: asop-3386
      author: Williams, Vincent
       title: Models of Librarian and Teaching Faculty Relationships
        date: 2023
       words: 3569
      flesch: 43
     summary: In the Association of Research Libraries report on the future of liaison work, it is noted that “liaison librarians need well-developed, high-trust relationships to create strategic opportu- nities” as a way to enhance and participate in student learning and faculty research (Hahn 2009, 2). PROCEEDINGS Models of Librarian and Teaching Faculty Relationships Vincent Williams, User Services Librarian, Virginia Theological Seminary ABSTRACT Librarians’ relationships with teaching faculty are a critical com- ponent of library success in connecting users to resources and providing engaging services.
    keywords: faculty; liaison; librarians; library; relationships; research; students; teaching
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        item: #196 of 264
          id: asop-3387
      author: Young, Lauren
       title: Christian Worldview in Academic Information Literacy Instruction: Survey Results and Discussion
        date: 2023
       words: 2920
      flesch: 45
     summary: Attendees at the presentation were invited to discuss theories informing this approach to information literacy instruction and to share their views on, approaches to, and experiences with faith integration in information literacy at their institutions. Christian Worldview in Academic Information Literacy Instruction 35 PAPERS Christian Worldview in Academic Information Literacy Instruction Survey Results and Discussion Lauren M. Young, Librarian and Instruction Coordinator, Reference and Re- search Services, Samford University ABSTRACT This paper compiles responses and provides analysis for a survey on librarians’ efforts in and opinions about the integration of faith into information literacy instruction.
    keywords: christian; information; library; literacy; question; respondents
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        item: #197 of 264
          id: asop-3388
      author: Leahy, Liz; Berryhill, Carisse; Ebertz, Susan
       title: Starting Off Well: Advice for New Theological Librarians
        date: 2023
       words: 3157
      flesch: 61
     summary: If your library does not have a policy – there are many good examples available online or check with other libraries in your network to help you to develop one that best fits your institution. And in the case of theological libraries, it may not be our job per se, but a similar job in another institution.
    keywords: atla; help; libraries; library; research; theological; university
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        item: #198 of 264
          id: asop-3391
      author: Adjei, Karen; Hagerman, Sarah; Welsh, Megan Elizabeth
       title: Always Room for Mindfulness: Creating a Contemplative Space in Your Library
        date: 2023
       words: 3249
      flesch: 37
     summary: Each patron in these spaces may personally affiliate with a distinct religious or spiritual background, or may embrace secular humanism or atheism, but, regardless, des- ignated mindfulness spaces support patrons in stepping away from rigorous academic work in order to embrace rest and connect with their own thoughts. Librarians can meet these unique needs of patrons by embracing a whole-learner approach when incorporating various mindfulness practices and resources into library spaces.
    keywords: collection; libraries; library; meditation; mindfulness; presentation; room; space; students
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        item: #199 of 264
          id: asop-3393
      author: Choe, Ezra
       title: The Possibility of Virtue Ethics in Information Literacy: Intellectual Virtues and the Consideration of Truth
        date: 2023
       words: 3310
      flesch: 43
     summary: For example, in his recent book Virtue Information Literacy: Flourishing in an Age of Information Anarchy, Wayne Bivens-Tatum underscores the need to cultivate intellectual virtues to navi- gate through the world of anarchy. I then examine the merits of this approach in the context of li- brarianship and information literacy and proceed to identify one key component that librarians should affirm when appropriating a virtue- centered approach to information literacy and librarianship in general, that is, the fundamental epistemic good of intellectual virtues is truth.
    keywords: ethics; flourishing; information; librarians; literacy; truth; virtue
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        item: #200 of 264
          id: asop-3395
      author: Samokishyn, Marta; LeBlanc, Jérémie
       title: Primary Source Instruction in Theological Libraries Through Rare Book Collections: Collaborative Initiative in Credit-Bearing Library Labs 
        date: 2023
       words: 5144
      flesch: 51
     summary: Primary source literacy can be challenging to define due to a variety of different methods that librarians or other educators might use to teach students about primary sources (Daines and Nimer 2015). According to these guidelines, primary source literacy can be defined as “the combi- nation of knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, and ethically use primary sources within specific disciplinary contexts, in order to create new knowledge or to revise existing understandings” (ACRL 2018, 2).
    keywords: book; course; image; information; library; literacy; research; room; source; students; visit
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        item: #201 of 264
          id: asop-3396
      author: Griffin, Robert; Campbell, Kelly
       title: Building Connections in the Library: Information Science and Communication Center Approaches for Student and Faculty Development 
        date: 2023
       words: 1998
      flesch: 38
     summary: Building Connections in the Library 155 Building Connections in the Library Information Science and Communication Center Approaches for Student and Faculty Development Robert Griffin, Director of the Center for Academic Literacy, Columbia Theo- logical Seminary Kelly Campbell, Associate Dean for Information Services, Senior Director of John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary ABSTRACT Building Connections among an Information Services Team in a theological library and a communication center housed in the same build- ing can be beneficial to the academic pursuits of students and faculty at institutions that are both large and small. Information Services personnel can stimu- late the different areas of the brain, strengthening neural pathways that are the basis for research and writing.
    keywords: brain; center; communication; information; services
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        item: #202 of 264
          id: asop-3398
      author: Fluker, Walter
       title: Returning to the Archive: Reimagining the Tower of Babel and Pentecost
        date: 2023
       words: 8594
      flesch: 62
     summary: Your work is so important because in each epoch of human construc- tions of civilization, we must pay close attention to context where change is constant and calls forth new meanings and configurations of history and memory. This note was a promise that all men [sic] — yes, Black men [sic] as well as white men [sic] — would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
    keywords: american; archive; atla; babel; europe; fire; god; history; imaginary; national; new; pentecost; press; story; tower; university; vision; world; york
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        item: #203 of 264
          id: asop-34
      author: Sweeney, Stephen
       title: Minutes of the ATLA Business Meeting, June 15, 2018
        date: 2019
       words: 308
      flesch: 62
     summary: President Ostercamp did not deliver a Presi- dential Address. President Ostercamp welcomed the incoming board members and thanked the three outgoing board members, Lucy Chung, Tracy Iwaskow, and Tim Lincoln.
    keywords: members; president
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        item: #204 of 264
          id: asop-3402
      author: none
       title: Historical Annual Conferences
        date: 2023
       words: 681
      flesch: -22
     summary: Wilmore, KY Asbury Theological Seminary 1989 Columbus, OH Trinity Lutheran Seminary 1990 Evanston, IL Garrett-Evangelical Seminary and Seabury- Western Theological Seminary 1991 Toronto, ON University of Toronto, Trinity College, and To- ronto School of Theology 1992 Dallas, TX Southern Methodist University 1993 New York, NY General Theological Seminary 1966 Louisville, KY Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 1967 Chicago, IL McCormick Theological Seminary Historical annualconferences  383Historical annualconferences  383 YEAR PLACE HOST 1968 St. Louis, MO Concordia Seminary 1969 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 1970 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 1971 Pasadena, CA Pasadena College 1972 Waterloo, ON Waterloo Lutheran University 1973 Bethlehem, PA Moravian Theological Seminary 1974 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1975 S. Hamilton, MA Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 1976 Grand Rapids, MI Calvin Theological Seminary 1977 Vancouver, BC Vancouver School of Theology 1978 Latrobe, PA Saint Vincent College 1979 New Brighton, MN Bethel Theological Seminary 1980 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1981 St. Louis, MO Christ Seminary — Seminex 1982 Toronto, ON Toronto School of Theology 1983 Richmond, VA United Theological Seminary in Virginia 1984 Holland, MI Western Theological Seminary 1985 Madison, NJ Drew University 1986 Kansas City, KS Rockhurst College 1987 Berkeley, CA Graduate Theological Union 1988
    keywords: chicago; new orleans; seminary; theological
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        item: #205 of 264
          id: asop-3415
      author: none
       title: Sponsors and Exhibitors
        date: 2023
       words: 33
      flesch: 2
     summary: PROCEEDINGS MAJOR SPONSOR SUPPORTING SPONSOR SPONSORS & ExhIbITORS  381 Exhibitors PROJECT MUSE EMMAUS ACADEMIC EISENBRAUNS BLOOMSBURY DIGITAL RESOURCES BACKSTAGE LIBRARY WORKS Sponsors & Exhibitors 379 SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS Sponsors CONFERENCE SPONSOR PREMIER SPONSOR 380  ATLA 2023
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        item: #206 of 264
          id: asop-3422
      author: Estes, James
       title: Editor's Introduction
        date: 2023
       words: 583
      flesch: 45
     summary: I am honored to join them in this endeavor and take up this work with Atla Annual, as earlier volumes of the Proceedings were instrumental in my own career development as a theology and religious studies librarian. Like our Baltimore gathering in 2022, Atla Annual 2023 was a hy- brid conference, with face-to-face sessions captured and shared via Zoom.
    keywords: atla; face
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        item: #207 of 264
          id: asop-3521
      author: Jung, Steve
       title: Worship (Workshop) in a Nondenominational Tradition: Atla Annual Hymn of Praise 2024
        date: 2025
       words: 1036
      flesch: 71
     summary: ATLA ANNUAL HYMN OF PRAISE 2024 Thank you for your compassion in providing us with companions on our journey, both intellectual and spiritual, in our desire to be closer to you. I also mentioned the characteristics from Exodus 34:5–7: gracious, merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, faithfulness, and forgiving.
    keywords: hymn; love
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        item: #208 of 264
          id: asop-3528
      author: Torbert, Christina
       title: Including Library Principles in Licenses: Legal Language Without a Legal Degree
        date: 2025
       words: 3539
      flesch: 54
     summary: Most of the points of that Addendum do not apply to library resources, but I am required to attach it anyway. Always Room for Mindfulness 2 21 Including Library Principles in Licenses Legal Language Without a Legal Degree Christina Torbert, Head of Continuing Resources and Acquisitions, University of Mississippi ABSTR ACT: Libraries should be amending the licenses received from vendors for electronic resources to reflect library principles.
    keywords: aserl; content; language; libraries; library; use; vendors
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        item: #209 of 264
          id: asop-3536
      author: Schmersal, David Edward
       title: It’s Not Really My Job, but . . .: Librarians as Confessors, Job Counselors, IT Pros, Photocopier Healers, and Bike Mechanics
        date: 2025
       words: 901
      flesch: 35
     summary: We noted how even something as simple as helping a student with a printer issue may ultimately contribute to student retention and 15 4    AT L A 2024 PROCEEDINGS success, especially when students are feeling stressed and facing an imminent deadline for a paper or presentation. Administration/institution Because many of us work directly with students, whether in offer- ing research assistance or supervising student workers, librarians often have first-hand, unmediated access to students.
    keywords: librarians; students; support
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        item: #210 of 264
          id: asop-3538
      author: Jung, Steve
       title: Practical Uses of Generative AI for the Classroom and the Library
        date: 2025
       words: 5082
      flesch: 67
     summary: This paper expands upon an in-person session that dis- cussed the practical uses of generative AI by students, professionals, and librarians, and includes more material than could be discussed during the session. The paper ends with a list of resources for understanding generative AI and links to the technolo- gies mentioned within.
    keywords: ais; comment; description; generative; help; ideas; library; paste; use
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        item: #211 of 264
          id: asop-3540
      author: Rosser, Chris; Rosser, Heath
       title: Leaving the Mess: Epistemology and Ethics in Media Literacy Instruction
        date: 2025
       words: 11948
      flesch: 58
     summary: Using a gamified course, Worldbuilding, as an exemplar, this 2 38    ATL A 2024 PROCEEDINGS paper aims to help readers: 1) discern the problems of epistemic authority for media literacy instruction; 2) discuss how “serious” games leverage the power of narrative and gameplay mechanics to broaden encounters with different ways of thinking; 3) consider how gameful design might also leverage the power of narrative, promoting empathy and fostering desire-driven encounters with diversity; and 4) experience how AI-enhanced instruction centers play as a compelling medium for teaching and learning. Since TL is focused on adjusting learners’ frames of reference by helping them become 240    ATL A 2024 PROCEEDINGS “more inclusive, discriminating, open, reflective and emotionally able to change” (Mezirow 2018, 116), it resonates with common approaches to media literacy instruction.
    keywords: authority; design; game; information; instruction; learning; library; literacy; medea; perspectives; play; power; rosser; seekers; students; talos; thinking
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        item: #212 of 264
          id: asop-3542
      author: Veldheer, Kris
       title: Knowledge Injustice in the Theological Library
        date: 2025
       words: 6000
      flesch: 49
     summary: How is CTU library contributing to student learning and formation? We who work in theological libraries have our own set of mysterious practices and rituals.
    keywords: ctu; knowledge; kwok; libraries; library; postcolonial; research; students; theological; western; work
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        item: #213 of 264
          id: asop-3545
      author: Stutzman, Karl
       title: Why Print? Making the Case for Building Print Library Collections
        date: 2025
       words: 2273
      flesch: 55
     summary: So our articulation of the reasons for print collections probably needs to combine some of the remaining practical utility for print as well as this sense of print books as something higher end. We as librarians periodically hear downright negative perspec- tives on print library collections.
    keywords: books; collections; library; print; reasons
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        item: #214 of 264
          id: asop-3547
      author: Hughes, Ed
       title: Documenting the Information Needs of Students and Faculty for ATS Standards Using Student Bibliographic Analysis
        date: 2025
       words: 2169
      flesch: 56
     summary: A similar statistical uncertainty would also be true for print books checked out versus print books cited in student papers. EBSCO’s eBook Religion Collection usage reports of ebook titles do not equate one-for-one Listen and Learn Sessions    215 with citations found in student papers.
    keywords: collection; ebook; library; student
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        item: #215 of 264
          id: asop-3549
      author: Boyer, Jessica
       title: Intro to Grant Writing
        date: 2025
       words: 1781
      flesch: 44
     summary: This workshop was designed to introduce Atla members to grant writing so they may more confidently and successfully pursue grant funding opportuni- ties for their libraries. The facilitator hopes this session will increase the number of members awarded grant funding and that future Atla conferences will include presentations by members on their grant-funded projects.
    keywords: attendees; funding; grant; project
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        item: #216 of 264
          id: asop-3550
      author: Ortiz-Rivera, Déborah; Michael, Brinna
       title: De-Homogenizing Liberation Theologies in the Catalog and on the Shelves
        date: 2025
       words: 3108
      flesch: 33
     summary: One example of this may 194    ATL A 2024 PROCEEDINGS be the Pentecostal or Holiness denomination(s), which have seen a recent increase in application of Liberation Theology ideas. An example of such a work is Faith in the Face of Militarization: Indigenous, Feminist, and Interreligious Voices, edited by Jude Lal Fernando, which includes essays which draw on Liberation Theology concepts, but focus on a broader range of theological responses to militarization.
    keywords: authors; catholic; liberation; liberation theology; subject; theology; works
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        item: #217 of 264
          id: asop-3551
      author: Kumar, Beth
       title: Shrinking into our Space: Reducing the Physical and Budgetary Footprint of the Library While Increasing Access
        date: 2025
       words: 2305
      flesch: 48
     summary: Roughly $400,000 is spent on library collections and software, and less than $10,000 remains for library hardware, office supplies, professional development, and events. The first floor of the building became the sole space for library research collections and patron services, including the staffed service desks and the rare book and archives reading room.
    keywords: access; collections; gtu; library; print; staff
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        item: #218 of 264
          id: asop-3556
      author: Abou-El-Kheir, Yasmine; Dechant, John; Karpinski, Christy
       title: Lessons Learned in Setting Up Atla’s New Online Institutional Repository (ir.atla.com)
        date: 2025
       words: 4833
      flesch: 46
     summary: Furthermore, developing an open access IR can raise the visibility of CTS as an institution with the broader dissemination of CTS student work. While such services can make student work discoverable, they do raise Listen and Learn Sessions    273 the question of equitable revenue sharing for student work given the existing royalties fee structure.
    keywords: atla; commons; cts; digital; etd; information; students; theological; theses; work
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        item: #219 of 264
          id: asop-3557
      author: Beard, Brady Alan ; Graham, Allison ; Emily Peterson ; Schmersal, David Edward
       title: How Doomed Are We? A Philosophical/Theological Consideration of AI/ChatGPT in Relation to Theological Libraries and Theological Education
        date: 2025
       words: 8020
      flesch: 54
     summary: Although few of us have technical expertise in AI technologies, it is appropriate for theological librarians to address this topic because the social, technological and economic developments that have made AI possible have theological roots. But we know those tools are notoriously unreliable and will likely always be at least one step behind the exponential advancement of AI technologies.
    keywords: education; information; institutions; intelligence; librarians; questions; students; technology; theological; tools; use; world
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        item: #220 of 264
          id: asop-3559
      author: Wimer, Kate
       title: What If There Are No “Good” Sources of Information? Considering a Paradigm Shift in Information Literacy Instruction
        date: 2025
       words: 5518
      flesch: 53
     summary: For most of that time, librar- ians have focused on helping students question information sources as a reaction to the rise in misinformation and disinformation and in response to specific requests from those who look to the library as a source of “good” information. He went on to state, “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it” (Simon 1971, 40–41).
    keywords: education; information; librarians; library; literacy; new; questions; research; sources; students
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        item: #221 of 264
          id: asop-3560
      author: Ebertz, Susan
       title: Succession Planning: Preparing for the Transitions in our Professional Life
        date: 2025
       words: 3475
      flesch: 64
     summary: How do we mentor administrators, especially new ones, to under- stand theological libraries? For me, succession planning was developing leadership skills with the paraprofessional staff and students, as well as teaching them various library tasks.
    keywords: drucker; library; organization; planning; power; succession
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        item: #222 of 264
          id: asop-3561
      author: Barbeau, Dyan; Harty, Kathy
       title: AI in the Seminary Classroom: Equipping Faculty to Address the Pedagogical, Moral, and Ethical Aspects of AI Use for Class Assignments
        date: 2025
       words: 3743
      flesch: 37
     summary: As we prepared resources for our faculty, we learned that AI use for class assignments presents challenges far beyond the typical concerns about plagiarism detection, including issues with pedagogical, moral, and ethical implications, and became increasingly convinced that AI education is not only advisable but necessary in the seminary classroom. Chatbots, like websites, have varying degrees of reliability, and stu- dents must be trained to recognize the differences. POSSIBLE COLLABORATION: DEVELOPING AI POLICIES While the need for AI education in the seminary is greater than the mere use of generative AI for class assignments, specifying how 170    AT L A 2024 PROCEEDINGS seminarians can use AI in the classroom is still essential.
    keywords: assignments; education; faculty; generative; information; seminary; students; teaching; use; writing
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        item: #223 of 264
          id: asop-3562
      author: Cucksey, Elli; Taylor, Suzanne
       title: The Pronoun Puzzle: A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Trans-Friendly Library
        date: 2025
       words: 3597
      flesch: 66
     summary: We did not intend this to be a discussion on the validity or authenticity of identities, but rather a guide to interactions that allow library professionals to reduce library anxiety for a specific population. THE EXPERIENCE OF LIBRARY ANXIETY At the risk of playing the broken record that is discussion about library anxiety, transgender folk, as well as all marginalized library users, experience library anxiety that is compounded by other soci- etal inequities.
    keywords: anxiety; gender; library; person; pronouns; transgender; use
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        item: #224 of 264
          id: asop-3563
      author: Holland, Jessica ; Berryhill, Carisse
       title: The Role of the Theological Library in Scholarly Formation: A Case Study
        date: 2025
       words: 1506
      flesch: 46
     summary: The faculty in the classroom and in the library model scholar- ship, select resources such as textbooks and field experiences, teach courses, direct reading and research, evaluate student work, super- vise student assistants, and mentor developing scholars by including them in conferences, writing, and publishing opportunities. Christian Worldview in Academic Information Literacy Instruction 57 The Role of the Theological Library in Scholarly Formation A Case Study Jessica Chisholm Holland, Librarian, Baptist University College of Osteopathic Medicine Carisse Mickey Berryhill, Professor Emerita, Brown Library, Abilene Christian University ABSTR ACT: Scholarly formation of seminary students has parallels to the discipline of spiritual formation, primarily in offering the seeker a structured set of practices toward the goal of maturity.
    keywords: community; faculty; formation; students
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        item: #225 of 264
          id: asop-3564
      author: Hanegan, Michael
       title: Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Research and Learning in Theological Education
        date: 2025
       words: 4441
      flesch: 52
     summary: What this means as we work with generative AI tools is that we should bear a couple of things in mind: • Thus far, when we have wanted to meaningfully engage generative AI tools, we have had to go outside much of the software and infrastructure that already exists towards specific tools.
    keywords: education; generative; learning; technology; tools; work
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        item: #226 of 264
          id: asop-3565
      author: Garrett, Stephanie
       title: The Benefits and Challenges of Developing a Multilingual Library
        date: 2025
       words: 1124
      flesch: 26
     summary: The American Library Association has published “Guidelines for Multilingual Materials Collection Development and Library Services to Hispanics,” but these guidelines have not been updated since 1990 and do not take into account digital library resources and ebooks in non-English languages (ALA 2007). 150    AT L A 2024 PROCEEDINGS Last night, my university held the official ribbon cutting cer- emony and changed its name from Catholic Distance University to Catholic International University.
    keywords: international; library; resources; university
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        item: #227 of 264
          id: asop-3566
      author: Morrissey, Jude; Stutzman, Karl
       title: Artful Response to Scriptures
        date: 2025
       words: 3393
      flesch: 50
     summary: Library programming using other religious works, such as hymnals or prayer Conversation Groups    117 books, as the raw material for creative spiritual practices can also be a good practice for creative weeding. It may be helpful to encourage participants to pair this with the use of other spiritual practices, such as prayer, or lectio divina, or silence—either before or after the artful response to their chosen text.
    keywords: art; engagement; figure; practice; scripture; students; text
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        item: #228 of 264
          id: asop-3568
      author: Ericson, Nathan
       title: AI Meets Astrology: Creating a Digital Edition of Anton Brelochs’s 1529 Practica with Transkribus and ChatGPT
        date: 2025
       words: 3418
      flesch: 47
     summary: Key questions include AI’s role in identifying and correcting transcription errors, speeding up translations to enhance accessibility, and automating TEI XML tagging. My first attempt to see how well ChatGPT could identify and fix transcription errors involved creating my own custom GPT with ChatGPT 4o, to which I provided instructions that it should take any text it received, identify and correct errors in the raw transcription, and highlight the changes in the response it produced.
    keywords: chatgpt; digital; figure; practica; text; transcription; transkribus
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        item: #229 of 264
          id: asop-3570
      author: Schulz, Oliver
       title: Pruning: Lessons The Literature Did Not Teach Me
        date: 2025
       words: 7078
      flesch: 63
     summary: This way, we always had enough boxes available to box up pruned titles. When I started the project, I included the following data in my record-keeping of pruned titles: • Date Pruned •
    keywords: books; collection; data; evaluation; image; lesson; library; project; titles
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        item: #230 of 264
          id: asop-3571
      author: Wason, Brandon
       title: Tools and Technology for Teaching the History of the Book at a Theological Library
        date: 2025
       words: 5655
      flesch: 61
     summary: By focusing on the fifteenth century, one can contrast the two contemporary modes of book production: manuscripts and printed books. Physical objects such as manuscripts, printed books, metal type, and composing sticks help complicate the situation since there is much more work involved in printing than pressing a button.
    keywords: book; cnc; history; image; letterpress; library; metal; people; press; printing; type; use; woodcut
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        item: #231 of 264
          id: asop-3572
      author: Kuehn, Evan Francis
       title: The Politics of Library Science in Weimar Germany: The Eichler-Harnack Exchange
        date: 2025
       words: 2506
      flesch: 55
     summary: TRANSLATION EXCERPTS As the title of these essays suggests, both Eichler and Harnack sought to define library science and library politics. By library politics we understand the practical application of the principles of the value of literary monuments researched by library science.
    keywords: eichler; harnack; librarianship; library; politics; science; world
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        item: #232 of 264
          id: asop-3578
      author: Boyer, Jessica; Lofthus, Andy; Miller, Elizabeth; Peterson, Emily
       title: Exploring Theological Librarianship: Insights from the Next Generation
        date: 2025
       words: 4630
      flesch: 45
     summary: By acknowledging our limitations, we offer patrons accurate information and set realistic expectations for when they begin using online library resources. Atla has been a leader in AI and libraries among professional library associations.
    keywords: atla; digital; librarianship; library; resources; seminary; students; theological; work
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        item: #233 of 264
          id: asop-3579
      author: Ebertz, Susan; Kumar, Beth; LeBlanc, Jérémie; Stutzman, Karl
       title: Learn More About the Atla Board and its Work
        date: 2025
       words: 1139
      flesch: 50
     summary: Always Room for Mindfulness 2 33 LISTEN AND LEARN SESSIONS Learn More About the Atla Board and its Work Susan Ebertz, Atla Board President (2024–2025) Beth Kumar, Atla Board Secretary (2024–2025) Jérémie LeBlanc, Atla Board Member (President, 2023–2024) Karl Stutzman, Atla Board Vice President (2024–2025) ABSTR AC T: The Atla Board of Directors is responsible for guiding the strategic direction of Atla and ensuring that it meets the needs of its members. The session also offered an opportunity for Board members to gather feedback from constituent members, known as the “moral owners.”
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        item: #234 of 264
          id: asop-3581
      author: Riley, Hannie
       title: Discard to Discovery: Empowering Majority World Theological Libraries Through Book Donations
        date: 2025
       words: 3537
      flesch: 43
     summary: Rausch and Park discussed the crucial role that theological books and the Bible played in Korea before missionaries arrived. They highlighted the inadequacy of the library in terms of academic resources, expressing challenges in procuring theological books for academic purposes in their country.
    keywords: books; korea; libraries; resources; south; theological; theology; university
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        item: #235 of 264
          id: asop-3582
      author: Kiger, David
       title: Weeding Physical Collections for the Library of the Future
        date: 2025
       words: 1323
      flesch: 54
     summary: In this session, I discuss my personal weeding story with an emphasis on how it impacted library space; and focus on the way that the physical collection will be used in the future. Nevertheless, theological libraries (like other humani- ties disciplines) still see a valid need for physical, printed books and resources.
    keywords: collection; library; space
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        item: #236 of 264
          id: asop-3584
      author: Milas, T. Patrick; Poage, Alison ; Stutzman, Karl; Kriegh, David; McCall, Robin
       title: Beyond Mere Denominationalism in Atla: Exploring Ways to Enhance Professional Development and Resource Sharing in Theological Librarianship
        date: 2025
       words: 8993
      flesch: 57
     summary: In this panel paper, T. Patrick Milas surveys the history of Atla’s theological and faith-based aspects, with a focus on denominational groups and related conference worship/devotions. Each representative discusses different aspects of their involvement and activities within denominational groups along with their perspectives on the activities, needs, and strengths of these groups, to discern and inspire their group’s denominational identities and role within Atla.
    keywords: association; atla; conference; groups; kind; library; patrick; proceedings; question; summary; theological; time; worship
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        item: #237 of 264
          id: asop-3585
      author: Kumar, Beth
       title: Minutes of the Atla Business Meeting
        date: 2025
       words: 256
      flesch: 65
     summary: President LeBlanc announced the board officers for 2024–2025 are Susan Ebertz as President, Karl Stutzman as Vice President, Beth Kumar as Secretary, and Kris Veldheer as Treasurer. President LeBlanc welcomed the new board members, and thanked the outgoing board members with plaques.
    keywords: president
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        item: #238 of 264
          id: asop-3591
      author: Hussain, Amir
       title: An Interview with Dr. Amir Hussain
        date: 2025
       words: 2821
      flesch: 74
     summary: I stole the title about being “practical not theoretical” from my mentor, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, who was one of the great scholars in the world for the study of religion, and he created the Institute for Islamic Studies at McGill, then went to Harvard and directed the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions for twenty years. For more information, visit https:// faculty.lmu.edu/amirhussain/ Prior to Atla Annual, Atla’s Alex Leiseca spoke with Dr. Hussain about his experiences in the world of religion and theology.
    keywords: atla; books; church; people; religion
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        item: #239 of 264
          id: asop-3592
      author: Campbell, Kelly; Keck, Andy
       title: Prepare Your Library for an ATS Accreditation Visit
        date: 2025
       words: 2605
      flesch: 52
     summary: ATS accreditation is based on peer reviewers. However, neither the old standards and nor new standards are compliance-based on.
    keywords: accreditation; ats; library; standards; theological
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        item: #240 of 264
          id: asop-3595
      author: Shelton, Mark; Morin, Brian; Cain, Gillian
       title: CRRA: The Past, the Present, and the Future
        date: 2025
       words: 1094
      flesch: 35
     summary: Gillian Harrison Cain highlighted the benefits of this integration, noting that Atla’s established technical infrastructure and administrative support systems have allowed CRRA members to focus more on their core mission—engaging with the community and expanding the use of Catholic resources. The committee will also evaluate the scope and use of CRRA programs and services.
    keywords: catholic; crra
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        item: #241 of 264
          id: asop-3610
      author: Kutsko, John
       title: 2024 Association Update
        date: 2025
       words: 2434
      flesch: 47
     summary: Now that I am into my second year, I’ve gotten to know many Atla members, and it confirms my first impres- sion that theological librarianship is both a profession of wide-ranging expertise and a vocation of service and commitment—commitment http://Atla.com 4    ATL A 2024 PROCEEDINGS to students, faculty, institutions, and to the resources for information literacy that foster and preserve the study of religion and theology. The audited fiscal year 2023 financial statements from the independent audit are available online in the 2023–24 Annual Report (https://www.atla.com/wp-content/ uploads/2024/04/2024AtlaAnnualReport-1.pdf ) on pages 28–31. https://www.atla.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024AtlaAnnualReport-1.pdf https://www.atla.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024AtlaAnnualReport-1.pdf Business Reports    5 The audited Statement of Financial Position reported the orga- nization’s total liabilities and net assets at year-end, as $19,342,863, up $1,077,501 from FY2022.
    keywords: association; atla; committee; religion; year
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        item: #242 of 264
          id: asop-3611
      author: Estes, James
       title: Editor's Introduction
        date: 2025
       words: 799
      flesch: 52
     summary: Finally, we get into the weeds of using AI: Steve Jung introduced strategies for crafting AI prompts, while Nathan Ericson related his exploration of using AI for developing a digital edition of an early sixteenth-century astrological treatise. The Summary of Proceedings chronicles the activities at Atla Annual, documents the association’s ongoing activities and interests, and makes available the research, best practices, and professional wisdom shared at that meeting.
    keywords: atla; papers
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        item: #243 of 264
          id: asop-3612
      author: Connaway, Lynn; Estes, James; Welsh, Megan
       title: An Interview with Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway
        date: 2025
       words: 4014
      flesch: 78
     summary: I know that in other academic libraries they make special provi- sions for leaving the library open, just certain parts of the library. What are your suggestions for library leaders to shift from a reactive approach to a more proactive one?
    keywords: community; libraries; library; need; things; work
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        item: #244 of 264
          id: asop-3614
      author: none
       title: Historical Annual Conferences
        date: 2025
       words: 670
      flesch: -5
     summary: IL McCormick Theological Seminary 4 40    ATL A 2024 PROCEEDINGS YEAR PLACE HOST 1968 St. Louis, MO Concordia Seminary 1969 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 1970 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 1971 Pasadena, CA Pasadena College 1972 Waterloo, ON Waterloo Lutheran University 1973 Bethlehem, PA Moravian Theological Seminary 1974 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1975 S. Hamilton, MA Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 1976 Grand Rapids, MI Calvin Theological Seminary 1977 Vancouver, BC Vancouver School of Theology 1978 Latrobe, PA Saint Vincent College 1979 New Brighton, MN Bethel Theological Seminary 1980 Denver, CO Iliff School of Theology 1981 St. Louis, MO Christ Seminary — Seminex 1982 Toronto, ON Toronto School of Theology 1983 Richmond, VA United Theological Seminary in Virginia 1984 Holland, MI Western Theological Seminary 1985 Madison, NJ Drew University 1986 Kansas City, KS Rockhurst College 1987 Berkeley, CA Graduate Theological Union 1988 Wilmore, KY Asbury Theological Seminary 1989 Columbus, OH Trinity Lutheran Seminary 1990 Evanston, IL Garrett-Evangelical Seminary and Seabury- Western Theological Seminary 1991 Toronto, ON University of Toronto, Trinity College, and Toronto School of Theology 1992 Dallas, TX Southern Methodist University 1993
    keywords: new orleans; seminary; theological; year place
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        item: #245 of 264
          id: asop-3615
      author: none
       title: Sponsors and Exhibitors
        date: 2025
       words: 33
      flesch: -8
     summary: Sponsors & Exhibitors 433 SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS Sponsors CONFERENCE SPONSOR PREMIER SPONSOR 434    ATL A 2024 PROCEEDINGS MAJOR SPONSOR SUPPORTING SPONSORS CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR Sponsors & Exhibitors    435 Exhibitors 436    ATL A 2024 PROCEEDINGS Sponsors & Exhibitors    437
    keywords: sponsors
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        item: #246 of 264
          id: asop-38
      author: Miller, Elizabeth Young
       title: Connecting and Collaborating with Faculty through Curriculum Mapping
        date: 2019
       words: 3763
      flesch: 56
     summary: Consider creating exer- cises and assessments that can be reused and easily repurposed; this is very important as changes in faculty impact course objectives, assignments, and programs. I had reached out to this professor and was hopeful that I would receive student bibliographies.
    keywords: course; curriculum; faculty; information; mapping; research; students
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        item: #247 of 264
          id: asop-39
      author: Lincoln, Timothy Dwight
       title: Statistics That Matter
        date: 2019
       words: 1319
      flesch: 61
     summary: In-Conference Workshops 313 Statistics That Matter By Timothy D. Lincoln, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary ABSTR ACT By disaggregating count data and creating questions about the quality of library services, theological librarians can create statistics that are useful for management, improvement of services, and demonstrating the value of the library in the educational enterprise. COLLECTING USEFUL DATA ABOUT LIBRARY QUALITY Librarians often want to know about the quality of library services, not simply report activity counts or typical user behavior.
    keywords: core; data; library
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        item: #248 of 264
          id: asop-46
      author: Ulrich, Jennifer; Wells, Donna
       title: Contemporary Religious Literature Conversation Group
        date: 2019
       words: 320
      flesch: 71
     summary: New York: Penguin, 2017. New York: Penguin Books, 2017.
    keywords: new; york
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        item: #249 of 264
          id: asop-47
      author: Fruin, Christine
       title: Open Access: Myths, Facts, Actions
        date: 2019
       words: 1625
      flesch: 35
     summary: ACT Use the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) to search for and identify open access journals in numerous subject areas, includ- ing theology and religion.2 Journals listed in the DOAJ have been vetted for quality through a rigorous application process whereby journals must provide information on their editorial boards, publish- ing policies, and licensing. FACT All journals, whether traditional subscription-based journals or open access journals, should be evaluated for quality before a manu- script is submitted for review and publication.
    keywords: access; impact; journals; research
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        item: #250 of 264
          id: asop-48
      author: Osinski, Keegan; Smiley, Bobby
       title: Library as Thesis Laboratory: A Workshop-Based Approach to How Librarians Can Support Writing and Research
        date: 2019
       words: 1929
      flesch: 45
     summary: I. IDENTIFYING THE NEED Given that students at theological schools and seminaries arrive with a variety of professional backgrounds and education, among Listen and Learn Sessions 271 other differences, having a baseline for assessing writing ability and evaluating student work is a difficult enterprise. Our conversations with the associate dean for academic affairs yielded many ideas, and much enthusiasm and continued gratitude for proposing to design a course for MTS students (as well as others interested).
    keywords: research; students; thesis; writing
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        item: #251 of 264
          id: asop-494
      author: Boyd, Ken; Roethemeyer, Robert
       title: Welcome from the Local Host Committee
        date: 2019
       words: 335
      flesch: 53
     summary: This year’s conference invites you to connect at the crossroads of America and to join fellow theological librarians in conversation and creative collaboration about the changing landscape of theological education, theological libraries, and theological scholarship. Both the Indi- anapolis Children’s Museum, the world’s biggest and best, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Museum, home of the Indianapo- lis 500, are a fourteen-minute drive.
    keywords: indianapolis; minute
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        item: #252 of 264
          id: asop-495
      author: Burgess, Tawny
       title: Historical Annual Conferences: 1947–2018
        date: 2019
       words: 633
      flesch: -25
     summary: Kentucky Louisville Presbyterian Seminary 1948 Dayton, Ohio Bonebrake Theological Seminary 1949 Chicago, Illinois Chicago Theological Seminary 1950 Columbus, Ohio Evangelical Lutheran Seminary and Capital University 1951 Rochester, New York Colgate-Rochester Divinity School 1952 Louisville, Kentucky Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 1953 Evanston, Illinois Garrett Biblical Institute 1954 Chicago, Illinois Chicago Theological Seminary 1955 New York, New York Union Theological Seminary 1956 Berkeley, California Pacific School of Religion 1957 Fort Worth, Texas Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 1958 Boston, Massachusetts Boston University School of Theology 1959 Toronto, Ontario Knox College 1960 St. Paul, Minnesota Bethel College and Seminary 1961 Washington, D.C. Missouri Concordia Seminary 1969 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 1970 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 1971 Pasadena, California Pasadena College 346 ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS YEAR PLACE HOST 1972 Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo Lutheran University 1973 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Moravian Theological Seminary 1974 Denver, Colorado Iliff School of Theology 1975 S. Hamilton, Massachusetts Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 1976 Grand Rapids, Michigan Calvin Theological Seminary 1977 Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver School of Theology 1978 Latrobe, Pennsylvania Saint Vincent College 1979 New Brighton, Minnesota Bethel Theological Seminary 1980 Denver, Colorado Iliff School of Theology 1981 St. Louis, Missouri Christ Seminary — Seminex 1982 Toronto, Ontario Toronto School of Theology 1983 Richmond, Virginia United Theological Seminary in Virginia 1984 Holland, Michigan Western Theological Seminary 1985 Madison, New Jersey Drew University 1986 Kansas City, Kansas Rockhurst College 1987 Berkeley, California Graduate Theological Union 1988 Wilmore,
    keywords: chicago; school; seminary; theological
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        item: #253 of 264
          id: asop-496
      author: Burgess, Tawny
       title: 2018 Annual Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors
        date: 2019
       words: 190
      flesch: -53
     summary: Concordia Theological Seminary David C. Lachman, PhD DE GRUYTER Digital Theological Library Digitalia Hispanica Discipleship Resources International (DRI) Duke University Press EBSCO Equinox Publishing LTD Fortress Press 342 ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS Gorgias Press Hendrickson Publishers & Rose Publishing Institute of Mennonite Studies InterVarsity Press ISD, Distributor of Scholarly Books JSTOR Langham Partnership Midwest Library Service Mohr Siebeck OCLC Orbis Books Oxford University Press PALNI Peeters Publishers Penn State University Press Project MUSE re:loom Saint Meinrad School of Theology SCELC The Crowley Company The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Theological Book Network V&R Academic Westminster John Knox Press Windows Booksellers/Wipf and Stock Publishers Exhibitors and Sponsors 343 Sponsors Major Sponsor Contributing Sponsor Sponsor Supporter PALNISaint Meinrad School of Theology CBIZ Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary SCELCOCLC ATLA Products and ServicesEBSCO Publishing 341 EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS 2018 Annual Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors Exhibitors ACLS Humanities E-Books Alexander Street Press Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Association of Christian Librarians Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) ATLA Endowment Committee ATLA Press ATLA Products and Services Baylor University Press Bloomsbury Publishing BRILL Academic Publishers, Inc. Chalice Press Claremont Press
    keywords: exhibitors; press
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        item: #254 of 264
          id: asop-506
      author: Bennett, Miranda
       title: Preface
        date: 2019
       words: 548
      flesch: 38
     summary: This volume is rich with content that demonstrates commitment to core values such as excellence in library collections and services and creativity, innovation, and transformation. And those who were not with us in Indiana will find here a taste of the innovative, thoughtful work being done by ATLA colleagues and friends.
    keywords: atla; conference
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        item: #255 of 264
          id: asop-52
      author: Lewis, David W.
       title: Reimagining the Academic Library
        date: 2019
       words: 4983
      flesch: 49
     summary: Fundamental Truth #1: There is no sustainable path to an open scholarly commons without sustained and substan- tial investment from academic libraries. It shows all of the companies Elsevier has acquired that manage different parts of the research process.24 In response to the Elsevier acquisition of Bepress last summer, I suggested that all academic libraries need to contribute 2.5% of their total budgets to support the common infrastructure that is needed to support the open scholarly commons.25 I arrived at this number by estimating what is would take for U.S. academic libraries to annu- ally raise that amount of money Elsevier reportedly paid for Bepress, which the Financial Times said was $115 million.26
    keywords: academic; community; content; digital; law; libraries; library; moore; new; price; way; world
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        item: #256 of 264
          id: asop-559
      author: Taylor, Sharon
       title: ATLA Endowment Update
        date: 2019
       words: 951
      flesch: 59
     summary: As of May 31, contributions from members and friends were $4,215; ATLA matching contribution was $4,215. Both the member contributions and ATLA matching contribu- tion were down considerably from last year.
    keywords: atla; endowment; fund
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        item: #257 of 264
          id: asop-79
      author: Schmersal, David Edward
       title: Dimorphism as a Metaphor for Information-Seeking Behavior
        date: 2019
       words: 8215
      flesch: 44
     summary: Not only theology faculty, but also students who are “digital natives”, have indicated a preference for reading some kinds of resources, particularly books and textbooks, in print, even if a digital version is available.25 On the other hand, our information environment in theological libraries reflects the wider cultural shift in emphasis toward digital information accessible through information technology and communications networks. At the same time, digital information spaces and electronic resources clearly provide their own affordances or advantages.
    keywords: behavior; books; digital; environment; information; journal; libraries; library; print; reading; research; seeking; students; theological
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        item: #258 of 264
          id: asop-81
      author: Wells, Donna J.; Wille, Suzanne
       title: Are We all Saints? How One Church has Strived for Radical Welcome and Inclusion in Their Congregation.
        date: 2019
       words: 360
      flesch: 64
     summary: All Saints faces new issues as its neighborhood becomes more gentrified. The church continues to be active in social issues by, for example, initiating marches and being a voice.
    keywords: church
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        item: #259 of 264
          id: asop-86
      author: Engelson, Leslie
       title: MarcEdit: What's New?
        date: 2019
       words: 916
      flesch: 66
     summary: • Checks URLs in all fields or just the fields specified. —This feature is also available in MarcEdit • Generate call numbers (Ctrl+Shift+N) • Generate FAST headings (Ctrl+Shift+F)
    keywords: file; marcedit; records
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        item: #260 of 264
          id: asop-87
      author: Engelson, Leslie
       title: Managing a Large-Scale Weeding Project: When We All Pull Together
        date: 2019
       words: 3088
      flesch: 66
     summary: These criteria included: 280 ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS • MSU authors • MSU theses • Books added in the last 5 years • Books circulated a significant number of times • Books related to the region • Last Kentucky library to hold Additionally, the R&I librarians established criteria for the areas of the collection for which they were responsible. In the end, they approved the contract with GreenGlass without going out to bid, as well as giving withdrawn books to Better World Books to sell for us.
    keywords: area; books; collection; number; project; titles
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        item: #261 of 264
          id: asop-90
      author: Stutzman, Karl; Ebertz, Susan; West, Megan
       title: Connecting with Stakeholders: Creative Marketing for Small Libraries
        date: 2019
       words: 3102
      flesch: 70
     summary: Megan West, Digital Communications Manager, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana I’ve divided my talk into three different sections based on some of the most common pain points when it comes to library marketing. • Monday: library photo.
    keywords: faculty; information; libraries; library; marketing; service; students
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        item: #262 of 264
          id: asop-93
      author: Yang, Patsy J.; Phillips, Bob
       title: Moving a Seminary Library 400+ Miles
        date: 2019
       words: 797
      flesch: 71
     summary: Two of us had participated in other moves earlier in our careers—much like the Golden Gate library move in 1981. New staff were hired and trained during and immediately after the move.
    keywords: building; library
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        item: #263 of 264
          id: asop-96
      author: Veldheer, Kris; Campbell, Kelly
       title: Crisis in Theological Education? Fake News or a Real Crisis?
        date: 2019
       words: 3054
      flesch: 40
     summary: This interest has led to different and often ambiguous definitions of what political theology actually is. In addition, related subfields like liberation theology, public theology, and critical theory are often associated with political theology, making categorization challenging.
    keywords: headings; literature; research; subject; theological; theology; topic
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        item: #264 of 264
          id: asop-98
      author: McMahan, Kaeley
       title: Teaching Academic Research and Writing: Or, Two Works in Progress
        date: 2019
       words: 3238
      flesch: 48
     summary: Through assignments such as preparing annotations for specific types of research sources and learning strategies for completing significant writing projects, students will develop skills that will support their work in the School of Divin- ity and any future graduate degrees they may pursue. Using an approved biblical studies, church history, or theology research topic, students will locate, analyze, and cite an appro- priate source in each of the following categories: Scholarly Reference Resource Scholarly Book Resource Scholarly Journal Article Resource • Faculty or Clergy Interview (10%) and Presentation (5%) Students will interview a School of Divinity faculty member or 298 ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS a clergy member with an MDiv based on the provided inter- view questions and share their experience with the class.
    keywords: assignments; class; course; research; resources; school; students; writing
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