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Summary of Proceedings Seventieth Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association Tawny Burgess Editor American Theological Library Association Long Beach, CA June 15-18, 2016 ISSN: 0066-0868 © 2016 by the American Theological Library Association All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 197 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for public press), without written permission from the publishers. Published by: American Theological Library Association 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60606-6701 U.S.A. Preface The 2016 ATLA Annual Conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach in Long Beach, CA, June 15-18. With the help of the members of the 2016 Local Host Committee, the Southern California Theological Library Association (SCATLA), the conference included extensive programing, networking opportunities, and knowledge sharing. We are grateful for all the attendees, presenters, and exhibitors for making this conference a memorable experience. This official record of conference events and activities represents the work of the many presenters, facilitators, and others who are responsible for the breadth of material compiled within these pages. ATLA is grateful for their contributions. I hope you will enjoy reading this Summary of Proceedings, containing full text or summaries of papers, workshops, conversation groups, listen and learn sessions, and meetings, plus other items for general reference and record in the appendices. We hope you will join us in Atlanta where we will explore the theme “Southern Harmony: The Human Touch in the Digital Age” at the 2017 ATLA Annual Conference, June 14-17, 2017. The seventy-first Annual Conference will be hosted by Columbia Theological Seminary, Pitts Theology Library-Candler School of Theology-Emory University, Erskine Theological Seminary, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center-The Interdenominational Theological Center, and Mercer University-McAfee School of Theology . We look forward to seeing you there! But until then, happy reading. Tawny Burgess Editor iii Table of Contents Preface iii Program for the 2016 Annual Conference 1–8 Pre-Conference Workshop 9-10 “Digital Project Management A-Z” 9 Tom Clareson “BIBFRAME and Linked Data” 9 Jeremy Nelson “Using Social Media to Engage With Your Community” 10 Tracy Simmons Business Reports 11-15 “Minutes of the Business Meeting and Association Update” 11 Steve Perisho “2016 Association Update” 13 Brenda Bailey-Hainer Interest Group and Regional Group Meetings 16-19 Emerging Technology Interest Group (ETIG) 16 Lisa Gonzalez Southwest Area Theological Library Association (SWATLA) 16 Ellen Frost Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG) 18 Donna J. Wells World Religions Interest Group (WRIG) 19 Megan E. Welsh Plenary Sessions 20-33 “Theological Librarianship in the Age of Digital Humanities" 20 Bobby Smiley "How Can ATLA Transform Diversity into Inclusivity to Drive 33 Innovation?" Rahuldeep Gill “Wasn’t Digitization Supposed to be Easy? And Good for Us?” 33 Jeffrey MacKie-Mason Papers and Presentations 34-96 “Value of Theological Journals” 34 Garrett Trott “Luke, Luther, LOGOS, and Libraries” 43 Bob Turner iv Table of Contents “'The Library in Which They Took So Much Delight': Rediscovering 54 the Treasures of New College Library, Edinburgh” Christine Love-Rodgers “Theology, Race and Libraries” 65 Anita Coleman “UXperimentation: The Library as Design Studio” 75 John B. Weaver “‘What is a Classroom?’— Learning Environments, Library Collections, 80 and the Internet in Theological Education” Anthony J. Elia Panel Discussions 97-129 “Ideas for Serving Distance Learners and Alumni (Public Services 97 Interest Group)” Kelly Campbell, Tom Phillips, Bob Turner, Dolores Yilibuw “Open Source Software in Theological Libraries” 99 Richard M. Adams, Matthew S. Collins, Myka Kennedy Stephens “Owning their Voices: How Librarians Can Help Graduate Students 111 Develop Publishing Literacy” Carisse Mickey Berryhill, Jason Fikes, John B. Weaver “Preach the Word, Reach the Prison: Creating Theological Libraries 117 in Prisons” Robert Burgess, Craig Kubic, Stefana Laing, Ben Phillips “The Silence of the Religious Archive on Issues of Social Justice: 121 Exploring the Political Activity of Two Denominations Through Primary Source Materials” Christopher J. Anderson, Colin Dube, Shaneè Yvette Murrain Conversation Groups 130-152 “Contemporary Religious Literature Discussion Group” 130 Jennifer Ulrich, Donna J. Wells “Open Source Technologies: Siren Call or Silver Bullet” 132 Wesley Custer, Thad Horner, Gabriel Ortiz “Preparing a Goodly Heritage: Succession Planning in Theological Libraries” 134 Miranda Bennett “Reaching Out to Reluctant Faculty” 136 Martha Adkins “Relational Librarianship @ Your Library” 138 Christopher J. Anderson, Keegan Osinski “Supporting International Students through Library Services” 140 Stacie Schmidt “Top Concerns of Technical Services Staff” 144 Leslie Engelson v ATLA 2016 Proceedings “Transformation and Innovation in ATLA Small Libraries through Collaboration” 145 Susan Ebertz, Evan E. Boyd “What’s Left to Say About RDA?” 146 Judy Knop, Armin Siedlecki, Donna J. Wells “What’s Missing from the Catalog? Why Copy Cataloging is Still Needed” 147 John Thompson Listen and Learn Sessions 153-296 “Building Institutional Repositories in Theological Libraries” 153 Clifford B. Anderson, Charlotte Lew, Ed Warga “Challenges and Opportunities of Art Collections in Theological Libraries: 164 The John August Swanson Collection at Pitts Theology Library” Brandon Wason “Course-Embedded Information Literacy in a Small Theological Library: 173 Joint Perspective, Best Practices & Lessons Learned” Marta Samokishyn, Jérémie LeBlanc “Curating Online Content: Using Pinterest in Academic Libraries” 186 Roberto Delgadillo, Michelle Y. Spomer “Cutting Edge ‘Down Under’: Integrating OCLC Worldshare and 194 EBSCO Discovery Service: Our Story” Moira Bryant “Evaluating and Implementing Open-Source Research Guides Powered 206 by SubjectsPlus” Gabriel Ortiz, David Kriegh “Filling in the Gaps: Creating New LC Subject Headings and Classification 208 Numbers — or, SACO for ATLA” Richard A. Lammert “I Can’t Access What I Can’t See”: Making Library Resources Accessible 211 to the Visually Impaired” Kenneth D. Litwak “Librarian/Faculty Collaboration: Using LibGuides to Facilitate Greater 224 Student Learning” Terri Bogan, James Yuile “Library for Everyone: Instructional Workshops for Staff and Administrators” 231 Martha Adkins “Library from the Ground Up: Building the Franciscan School of 238 Theology Library” Carl Adkins “Moodle as an Information Literacy Platform” 242 Wesley Custer “NACO/CONSER Listen & Learn Session” 248 Judy Knop vi Table of Contents “Persuasive Design in the Theological Library” 249 Wesley Custer “Tapping Outside Interest in Special Collections: Collaborative 257 Outreach Initiatives at Pitts Theology Library” Rebekah Bedard “Varieties of Faith and Learning” 268 Gregory Morrison, John Thompson “Which Should We Buy? Reconsidering Best Practices in 281 the Purchase of Print versus Electronic Books in Theological Libraries” Richard M. Adams In-Conference Workshops 297-300 “Dublin Core Basics Workshop” 297 Lisa Gonzalez “MarcEdit for the Novice & Average User” 298 Leslie Engelson “Theological Librarianship: The State of the Journal” 300 Miranda Bennett, Suzanne Estelle-Holmer Posters 301-309 “3D Hebrew Letter Tiles to Help a Blind Student Learn Biblical Hebrew” 301 David Schmersal “A Most Efficient Method of Moving Your Collection to New Shelves” 302 Dolores Yilibuw “Obsolete eBooks: Is it Already Time to Consider Weeding eBook Collections?” 306 Robin Hartman “Open Access and Closed Minds? A Case Study of an Open Access Initiative” 307 Leslie Engelson “Pepperdine University’s Churches of Christ Heritage Center: 309 An Intersection of Faith, History, and Collections” Jeremy Whitt Denominational Meetings 310-317 Baptist 310 Campbell-Stone 311 Lutheran 312 Methodist 313 Presbyterian and Reformed 313 Roman Catholic 315 Memorial Tributes 318-320 “Diana Brice” 318 Christine Wenderoth “David Holifield” 318 Mark Stover, Elizabeth A. Leahy vii ATLA 2016 Proceedings “James S. Irvine” 319 Kenneth W. Henke, Patrick Milas “Channing R. Jeschke” 319 M. Patrick Graham Appendices 321-372 Appendix I: Annual Reports 321-324 Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 321 Nicholas Weiss Conference Committee 323 M. Patrick Graham Endowment Committee 323 Sharon Taylor Professional Development Committee 324 Jennifer Ulrich Appendix II: Annual Conferences (1947–2016) 325-326 Appendix III: Officers of ATLA (1947–2016) 327-328 Appendix IV: 2016 Annual Conference Hosts 329 Appendix V: 2016 Annual Conference Attendees 330-332 Appendix VI: 2016 Annual Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors 333 Appendix VII: ATS Library Statistics 334-341 Appendix VIII: ATLA Organizational Directory (2015-2016) 342-344 Officers 342 Directors 342 Association Staff Directors 342 Appointed Officials and Representatives 342 Board Committees 343 Committees of the Association 343 Future Annual Conference Hosts 344 Appendix IX: ATLA Member Directory (2015-2016) 345-349 Lifetime Members 345 Individual Members 346 Student Members 349 Appendix X: ATLA Institutional, International Institutional, and 350-356 Affiliate Member Directory (2015-2016) Institutional Members 350 International Institutional Members 355 Affiliate Members 355 Appendix XI: Association Bylaws
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