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Change Is in the Air: The State of the Association. Brenda Bailey-Hainer Executive 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
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Change Is in the Air:The State of the Association Brenda Bailey-Hainer Executive Director June 20, 2014
Overview • Products • Staff • Association • Priorities • Budget
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
ATLA Religion Database® (ATLA RDB®) Annalidi storiadell'esegesi al-Bayan: Jurnal al-Qur'an dan al-Hadith Eastern Christian Art Ilahiyat Studies Insights (Da'vahIkaidami) International Journal of Orthodox Theology Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections Journal of Childhood and Religion Journal of Korean Religions Journal of Scriptural Reasoning Journal of Textual Reasoning Miscelánea de EstudiosÁrabes y Hebraicos. SecciónÁrabe-Islam Miscelánea de EstudiosÁrabes y Hebraicos. SecciónHebreo ProtestantismoemRevista Relegere Religion and Society Religion, Brain & Behavior Revista de estudos da religião: REVER Southeastern Theological Review Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations Wesley and Methodist Studies
ATLASerials® Total number of records: 457,700+ Now 269 digitized titles… with more coming
ATLASerials® • Andover Review • Annali di storiadell'esegesi • Biblica • HamdardIslamicus • International Journal of Practical Theology • Der Islam: Zeitschriftfür Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients • Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research • Journal of Religion in Africa • Kerygma und Dogma • Millennium: JahrbuchzuKultur und Geschichte des erstenJahrtausendsMuqarnas • NeueZeitschriftfürsystematischeTheologie und Religionsphilosophie • Orientalia • RecherchesPhilosophiques • ZeitschriftfürAntikesChristentum • Zeitschriftfür die alttestamentlicheWissenschaft • Zeitschriftfür die neutestamentlicheWissenschaft und die Kunde der älterenKirche • ZeitschriftfürneuereTheologiegeschichte
ATLA is committed to enhancing and diversifying the languages, perspectives and international coverage in ATLASerials®. May 2014 Update New Additions
Announcing: 8 Titles from De GruyterFull-text Now Available in ATLASerials® • Millenium Yearbook • ZeitschriftfürAntikesChristentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity • Der Islam • International Journal of Practical Theology • Journal of the History of Modern Theology • NeueZeitschriftfürsystematischeTheologie und Religionsphilosophie • Zeitschriftfür die alltestamentlicheWissenschaft • Zeitschriftfür die neutestamentlicheWissenschaft und die Kunde der älterenKirche
Brill • 22 titles licensed to be added to ATLASerials® Aramaic Studies Church History and Religious Culture Dead Sea Discoveries Ecclesiology Exchange Hawwa Horizons in Biblical Theology Indo-Iranian Journal International Journal of Public Theology Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions Journal of Reformed Theology Journal of Religion in Africa Method & Theory in the Study of Religion Muqarnas Religion & Theology Religion and the Arts The Review of Rabbinic Judaism Social Sciences and Missions Vivarium Die Welt des Islams Zeitschriftfür Religions- und Geistesgeschichte
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 4 titles licensed to be added to ATLASerials® • JahrbuchfürLiturgik und Hymnologie • Kerygma und Dogma • Luther • Lutherjahrbuch
Other newly licensed titlesto be added to ATLASerials® • Cultural Encounters • Crux • Neotestamentica • SvenskExegetiskArsbok • Temenos
ATLA CPLI® • Analesde teología • The Biblical Annals • Chroniques de Port-Royal • Church Life: a Journal for the New Evangelization • Ciberteologia • E-Theologos • ET Studies • InternationalekatholischeZeitschrift ”Communio” • Network Connection • Nova et vetera • OnsGeestelijkErf • Revue Bénédictine • Revue d'Histoire de l'Eglise de France • Verbum Incarnatum
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 Maria Stanton Director of Production Tim Yoder Production Programmer Judy Schroeter Research Assistant
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 Workshops Preconference
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.
Questions? State of the Association Brenda Bailey-Hainer Executive Director June 20, 2014