Change Is in the Air:The State of the Association

Brenda Bailey-HainerExecutive Director

June 20, 2014

Overview

• Products• Staff• Association • Priorities• Budget

ATLA Products

ATLA Religion Database® (ATLA RDB®)

• 1.8 million+ records– 649,200+ journal article records– 264,400+ essay records from 18,800+ multi-

author works– 591,200+ book review records of 278,500+

books– 1,781 journal titles in total, 589 which are

currently being indexed

Annali di storia dell'esegesial-Bayan: Jurnal al-Qur'an dan al-HadithEastern Christian ArtIlahiyat StudiesInsights (Da'vah Ikaidami)International Journal of Orthodox TheologyJournal of the Canadian Society for Coptic StudiesJournal of Ancient Egyptian InterconnectionsJournal of Childhood and ReligionJournal of Korean ReligionsJournal of Scriptural ReasoningJournal of Textual ReasoningMiscelánea de Estudios Árabes y Hebraicos. Sección Árabe-IslamMiscelánea de Estudios Árabes y Hebraicos. Sección Hebreo

Protestantismo em RevistaRelegereReligion and SocietyReligion, Brain & BehaviorRevista de estudos da religião: REVERSoutheastern Theological ReviewStudies in Christian-Jewish RelationsWesley and Methodist Studies

ATLA Religion Database® (ATLA RDB®)

ATLASerials®

Total number of records: 457,700+

Now 269 digitized titles…

with more coming

• Andover Review• Annali di storia dell'esegesi • Biblica• Hamdard Islamicus• International Journal of Practical Theology• Der Islam: Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients• Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research• Journal of Religion in Africa• Kerygma und Dogma • Millennium: Jahrbuch zu Kultur und Geschichte des ersten Jahrtausends Muqarnas• Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie• Orientalia• Recherches Philosophiques• Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum• Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft• Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren

Kirche• Zeitschrift für neuere Theologiegeschichte

ATLASerials®

May 2014 Update

New Additions

ATLA is committed to enhancing and diversifying the languages, perspectives and international coverage in ATLASerials®.

Announcing: 8 Titles from De GruyterFull-text Now Available in ATLASerials®

• Millenium Yearbook • Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient

Christianity• Der Islam • International Journal of Practical Theology • Journal of the History of Modern Theology • Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und

Religionsphilosophie • Zeitschrift für die alltestamentliche Wissenschaft • Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die

Kunde der älteren Kirche

BrillAramaic StudiesChurch History and Religious CultureDead Sea DiscoveriesEcclesiologyExchangeHawwaHorizons in Biblical TheologyIndo-Iranian JournalInternational Journal of Public TheologyJournal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman PeriodJournal of Ancient Near Eastern ReligionsJournal of Reformed TheologyJournal of Religion in AfricaMethod & Theory in the Study of ReligionMuqarnasReligion & TheologyReligion and the ArtsThe Review of Rabbinic JudaismSocial Sciences and MissionsVivariumDie Welt des IslamsZeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte

• 22 titles licensed to be added to ATLASerials®

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

• Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie• Kerygma und Dogma• Luther• Lutherjahrbuch

4 titles licensed to be added to ATLASerials®

Other newly licensed titlesto be added to ATLASerials®

• Cultural Encounters• Crux• Neotestamentica• Svensk Exegetisk Arsbok• Temenos

• Anales de teología• The Biblical Annals• Chroniques de Port-Royal• Church Life: a Journal for the New Evangelization• Ciberteologia• E-Theologos• ET Studies• Internationale katholische Zeitschrift ”Communio”• Network Connection• Nova et vetera• Ons Geestelijk Erf• Revue Bénédictine• Revue d'Histoire de l'Eglise de France• Verbum Incarnatum

ATLA CPLI®

EBSCO and ATLA Introduce

Islam in the Modern World, 1804-1913

~ The Special Segment of the ATLA Historical Monographs Collection Covers a Wide Range of

Islamic Content from the 19th and 20th Centuries ~

• 150 titles• 172 volumes• 52,000 pages• Biographies of the prophet Muhammad• Comparative works • Mystical and spiritual works • Surveys of the history of Islam

ATLA – the Staff

New ATLA Staff

Tim YoderProduction Programmer

Judy SchroeterResearch Assistant

Maria StantonDirector of Production

ATLA – the Association

ATLA’s Mission

To foster the study of theology and religion by enhancing the development

of theological and religious studies libraries and librarianship.

IMLS Grant: In Good Faith

Collection care, preservation, and access practices in small theological and religious studies libraries, archives, and

cultural institutions.

Preservation Professional Development

Webinars:• Funding Your Preservation Program

(12/2013)

• Digital Project Management:  The A-Z of Digital Projects (1/2014)

Regional WorkshopsPreconference

ATLA Committees

Annual Conference Committee Diversity Committee Endowment Committee International Collaboration Committee Nominating Committee Professional Development Committee Publications Committee

ATLA Board Initiative

ATLA BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal):

ATLA is the hub of worldwide scholarly communications in theology and religion.

Scholarly Communications Task Force

• Examine changing nature of scholarly communications in religion and theology

• Identify challenges for libraries and for the discipline

• Explore options for addressing challenges• Make recommendations on ATLA’s role

ATLA Committee Changes

Publications Committee Will be eliminated

ATLA’s Organizational Ends

1.2.2 Collaborative relationships locally, regionally, and throughout the world enhance the preparedness of librarians.

ATLA Committee Changes

International Collaboration Committee Becomes International Theological and

Religious Studies Libraries Interest Group (ITRSLIG)

New Collaboration Committee

New Emphasis on Advocacy

1.2.1 Librarians are effective advocates for their libraries and the profession.

New Emphasis on Advocacy

• Coming in late FY14/FY15 –

– Professional development opportunities– Salary and Benefits Survey– Joint ATLA/ATS Conversation on the Future of

Libraries in Theological Education

Theological Libraries Month

• Purpose: To advance the importance and value of theological libraries and library services to targeted faculty, administrators, staff and students.

• New in 2015: – Five $1,000 grant awards for innovative projects

ATLA Publications

ATLA Book Series – moving to open access

ATLA – FY15 Priorities

and Budget

FY15 Priorities

• Technology infrastructure for production – on-going

• Staff knowledge, abilities and skills • R&D – market research and new product

development – on –going.

Human Centered Research: Partnership with ID

Questions?

State of the AssociationBrenda Bailey-Hainer

Executive DirectorJune 20, 2014