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SUMMARY of PROCEEDINGS Seventy-second Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association Miranda Bennett EDITOR American Theological Library Association ISSN: 0066-0868 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA JUNE 13-16, 2018 © American Theological Library Association 300 S. Wacker Drive Suite 2100 Chicago, IL 60606-6701 [email protected] ISSN 0066-0868 Summary of Proceedings is an open access serial publication of ATLA and hosted on the Open Journals Systems at https://serials. atla.com/proceedings. Proceedings is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License (CC-BY-NC 4.0 https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode). Each individual author has retained copyright to their submission pursuant to the Presenter Agreement; ATLA holds copyright in the compiled Summary of Proceedings and in content authored by or at the direction of ATLA staff. Welcome from the Local Host Committee KNOWN AS THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICA, Indianapolis is within a day’s drive of over half of the country’s population. This year’s conference setting provides an opportunity to share a ride and a room with another member of your library team or to bring your family along. Situated in the heart of Indy, our conference hotel, the Hyatt Regency, is within walking distance of many top attractions and restau- rants. A skywalk connects the hotel to Circle Centre Mall, featuring ninety stores and services. For those traveling with families, the top ten-rated Indianapolis Zoo and White River Gardens is a thirty-minute walk. 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. Further afield, Conner Prairie, a nationally acclaimed history destination and outdoor museum, is a thirty-three-minute drive. Your local hosts have arranged two opportunities for Indianapo- lis historic walking tours on Wednesday. Both begin and end in the conference hotel. On Thursday evening, the Indianapolis Indians play the Toledo Mud Hens at Victory Field Stadium, a 10–12-minute walk from the hotel. Recognized as one of the best baseball parks in iii iv ATLA 2018 PROCEEDINGS the US, enjoy panoramic views of the downtown Indy skyline from Victory Field. For Indiana Librarians, Indianapolis is where we make connec- tions. Indy is the hub to which all the roads lead from our seminaries, colleges, and universities scattered throughout the state. We hope your road (or flight) also leads here. 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. We look forward to welcoming you to Indianapolis. Come join us and experience Hoosier hospitality. Your Local Host Committee Co-chairs, Ken Boyd and Robert Roethemeyer Editor’s Introduction IT IS MY PLEASURE to welcome readers to the formal record of another wonderful ATLA conference. The 2018 gathering in Indianapolis, Indiana, brought together theological librar- ians from around the country and the world to listen, learn, and laugh together as they explored topics and themes both cutting edge and timeless. For those who participated in the conference in person, these proceedings will recall sessions they enjoyed attending and offer access to those they regret- ted having to miss. 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. The 2018 conference theme, “Connection at the Crossroads: Creative Collaboration in a Changing Landscape,” is reflected in several sessions presented in the Proceedings. Many theological librarians place “connection” at the heart of their work, and we find here accounts of connecting graduate students with library resources, librarians with faculty, and users with special collections. Creating and maintaining these vital and vibrant connections call upon knowledge and expertise from across the spectrum of library workers—catalogers, information literacy specialists, liaison librarians, and more. The theme of collaboration also resonated with many presenters and participants, and readers of this volume will surely find ideas and inspiration in projects that highlight creative, productive partner- ships between libraries and a variety of organizations and individuals, v vi ATLA 2018 PROCEEDINGS including writing centers, marketing specialists, and community members. Of particular note are sessions presented by our interna- tional colleagues, such as Kerrie Burn from the University of Divin- ity in Melbourne, Australia, and D’Anna Shotts and Anthonia Ahimah from Baptist Theological Seminary in Kaduna, Nigeria. The perspec- tive offered by these presentations made Indiana not just the “Cross- roads of America,” but a global meeting point. The ATLA annual conference and these proceedings play an impor- tant role in furthering the association’s strategic goals and upholding its core values. 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. The sessions recounted here showcase, in particular, the outstanding work being done by our colleagues in small libraries, where the challenge of limited resources is transformed into motivation for new approaches. Just as the smart, interesting content provided by conference presenters addresses themes of connection, collaboration, and creativity, the Summary of Proceedings as a document is also responding to the changing landscape. As part of the ATLA Press, it is published on an open access platform, broadening the impact of the annual conference and supporting the ATLA core value of offering the “widest possible access to relevant information and ideas.” The open access format makes the work presented here easy to share widely, encour- aging the development of new connections far beyond Indianapolis in June 2018. “Hospitality, inclusion, and diversity,” another ATLA core value, need not be limited to those occasions, such as the annual conference, when we have the pleasure of seeing one another face to face. We can also welcome colleagues at any time, from any place, to be part of the work we see reflected in the Proceedings, and I hope you will consider this volume an invitation to join the ATLA community. Miranda Bennett Table of Contents 1 Preconference Workshops Game of Pros 1 By James Humble, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary; Martha Adkins, University of San Diego; Paul Myhre, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion; Jay Wise, Indiana Wesleyan University ATLA & PALNI OCLC WMS Pre-Conference 3 By Karl Stutzman, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary; Lisa Gonzalez, PALNI; Jeff Siemon, Anderson University; Heather Loehr, PALNI; Karl Stutzman, Anabaptist Menno- nite Biblical Seminary 9 Business Reports ATLA Association Update 9 By Brenda Bailey-Hainer, ATLA Executive Director Minutes of the ATLA Business Meeting 13 By Stephen Sweeney, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary ATLA Press Update 14 By Christine Fruin, ATLA ATLA Endowment Committee Report to the Members 16 By Sharon Taylor, Committee Chair 19 Plenary Sessions Reimagining the Academic Library 19 By David W. Lewis, Dean Emeritus, IUPUI University Library 37 Papers and Presentations “Alone We Can Do So Little; Together We Can Do So Much” 37 By Kerrie Burn, University of Divinity; Mannix Library, University of Divinity Digitizing and Schematizing the Archival Material from the Late Ottoman Period Found in the Monastery of al-Zaʿfarān in Southeast Turkey 50 By Iskandar Bcheiry, ATLA Dimorphism as a Metaphor for Information-Seeking Behavior 62 By David E. Schmersal, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University East or West 86 By Jussi Hyvärinen, University of Eastern Finland Library The Theology of Cybersecurity 102 By Anthony J. Elia, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University 117 Panel Discussions “I Will Give You Shepherds” 117 By Jennifer Bartholomew, Sacred Heart Seminary & School of Theology; David Kriegh, St. Patrick’s Seminary & University; Stephen Sweeney, St. John Vianney Seminary vii viii ATLA 2018 PROCEEDINGS “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” 131 By Michelle Spomer, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; Suzanne Estelle-Holmer, Yale Divinity School; Amy Limpitlaw, Boston University School of Theology Back to Basics 141 By David Schmersal, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Method- ist University; Gerrit van Dyk, Brigham Young University; Kaeley McMahan, Wake Forest University Connecting with Stakeholders 151 By Susan Ebertz, Wartburg Theological Seminary; Megan West, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana; and Karl Stutzman, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Crisis in Theological Education 160 By Kris Veldheer, Catholic Theological Union; Dr. Kelly Campbell, Columbia Theological Seminary Indexing the Theologico-Political 162 By Evan Kuehn, Trinity International University; Shawn Goodwin, ATLA The Meanings of “Innovation” in Theological Libraries: Bold Ideas or Empty Promises? 173 By Anthony J. Elia, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University; Kris Veldheer, Catholic Theological Union; Bob Turner, Harding School of Theology 191 Conversation Groups Changing Seminaries, Changing Libraries,