Summary of Proceedings Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association Denver, CO June 17-20, 2015 Summary of Proceedings Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association Tawny Burgess Editor American Theological Library Association Denver, CO June 17-20, 2015 ISSN: 0066-0868 © 2015 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 2015 ATLA Annual Conference was held at the Marriott Denver Tech Center in the Mile High City of Denver, Colorado, June 17-20. With the help of the members of the 2015 Local Host Committee, Theological Librarians and Libraries of Denver/Rocky Mountain Region, the conference included extensive programing, including new, interesting, and late breaking sessions. 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. The 2016 Local Host Committee, the Southern California Theological Library Association, invites you to experience “California Dreamin’: Transformation & Innovation in ATLA Libraries” at the seventieth Annual Conference held in Long Beach, California, June 15-18, 2016. Tawny Burgess Editor iii Table of Contents Preface iii Program for the 2015 Annual Conference 1–8 Pre-Conference Workshop 9-37 “Racial Equity in Theological Librarianship” 9 Lynn Berg, Emily Braucher, Susan Ebertz, Martin Garnar, Adrienne Mansanares, Shaneè Yvette Murrain, Warren Watson “Discussion of Best Practices and Thesaurus of Occupations” 18 Judy Knop Business Reports 38-55 “Minutes of the Business Meeting and Association Update” 38 Steve Perisho “Board of Directors Meeting” 40 Steve Perisho “Open Forum on the Future of ATLA” 42 Brenda Bailey-Hainer, Beth Bidlack “2015 State of the Association Address” 46 Brenda Bailey-Hainer “Tradition and Innovation, Or, Elijah at Horeb” 53 Beth Bidlack Interest Group Meetings 56-57 Public Services Interest Group (PSIG) 56 World Religions Interest Group (WRIG) 56 Plenary 58-77 “And After Seminary — Where Does a Minister Go to Grow? 58 The Library, Of Course” Kathryn Reklis “Interfaith in Denver: Personal Experiences and Professional 69 Relationships” Arna Caplan, Laura Harris, Amanda Henderson, Monir Ludin, Brian Savage, Diana Thompson “Library as Leader” 72 James LaRue Papers and Presentations 78-127 “ATLA as a Community of Faith” 78 David R. Stewart, John B. Weaver iv Table of Contents “Beyond the Number: Diversity Management in Academic Theological 90 Libraries” Jaeyeon Lucy Chung “Current Research in Religion: A Citation Assessment for Use 99 by Theological Librarians” Martha Adkins “The Gold Rush, Cattle Barons, the Silver Crash, Charles Darwin: 108 A History of the Iliff School of Theology” Laura W. Harris “Using Design Thinking to Teach Seminary Students Research 116 Methods and Information Literacy” Timothy Senapatiratne “Work-Life Balance Of Women Leaders in the Association of 124 Theological Schools” Kelly Campbell Panel Discussions 128-160 “Caring for Special Collections and Archives on a Shoestring Budget: 128 Low-cost Strategies for Theological Libraries” Armin Siedlecki, Lyle Buettner, Christopher J. Anderson “Collection Development Policies in Theological Libraries: Creating, 137 Revising, and Revisiting Our Collection Development and Management Policies” Andrew J. Keck, Jan Kennard, Alexandra (Sandy) Leach “Developing User Engagement with the ATLA Religion Database®: 142 Approaches and Considerations” Suzanne Estelle-Holmer, Tracy Powell Iwaskow, Michelle Y. Spomer “Libraries, Religious Publishing, and Conversations on Faith” 150 Jeffrey Beall, Melody Layton McMahon, Kathleen Mulher, Jennifer Woodruff Tait “OCLC WMS: Lessons Learned from the PALNI Experience” 153 Richard A. Lammert, Robert Roethemeyer, Karl Stutzman “Religion and Theology Digital Scholars: How They Research 159 and What Tools They Use” Sipra Bihani, Thomas Brandenburg, Veronica Simms Conversation Groups 161-178 “BIBFRAME and Top Concerns for Technical Services Staff ” 161 Donna R. Campbell, Jeremy Nelson “Check Back on E-Book, E-Readers, E-Resources, Oh My! 162 What’s a Small Theological Librarian to do?” Evan Boyd, Susan Ebertz “Contemporary Religious Literature 2015” 165 Jennifer Ulrich, Donna Wells v ATLA 2015 Proceedings “Give ‘Em a Hand: Planning, Evaluating, and Rewarding 166 Staff Performance” Miranda Benentt “Hidden Treasure: Connecting Your Value with the Needs of 168 the Institution” Leslie Engelson, Christina Torbert “Other Duties as Assigned: Library Directors and Balancing the 172 Other Duties of an All-purpose Administrator” Andrew J. Keck, Sara Baron, Kelly Campbell, Paul Tippey “Subject Analysis of Theological Titles” 176 Donna Wells Listen and Learn Sessions 179-319 “Becoming a Library Leader” 179 Laura Turner “Change: What It Took To Dovetail The Library Operation To The 186 New Mission Of Lexington Theological Seminary” Dolores Yilibuw “CONSER Listen and Learn Session” 188 Judy Knop “Doing Digital Humanities in Theological Libraries” 189 Clifford B. Anderson, Christopher P. Benda, Eileen Crawford “E-Book Lending Project: Progress Report” 198 Donna R. Campbell, Steve Jamieson, Thad Horner, Stephanie Fletcher “Expanding the Theological Library’s Mission with Writing” 200 Jonathan C. Roach “Hosting Conversations in the Library: A User-Centered Approach 226 to Change” Myka Kennedy Stephens “Humanities Information Literacy: Developing and Improving a 232 For-Credit Course” Kaeley McMahan “I Use Wikipedia and You Should Too: An Argument for Wikipedia 238 as a Tool of Pedagogy and Research in Theological Librarianship” Richard Manly Adams, Jr. “Lights! Camera! Learn! Marketing Library Services & Training 256 Library Users” Sara Baron, Melody Diehl “EBooks: Acquisition, Discovery, Delivery and Patron Support" 262 Jeff Siemon “From OCLC to SkyRiver: A Case Study” 269 Denise M. Pakala “Developing a Mutually Enriching Volunteer Program” 271 Rebekah Bedard vi Table of Contents “NACO Listen and Learn Session” 284 Judy Knop “OpenRefine: A Power Tool for Messy Data” 285 Karl Stutzman “The Role of the Theological Librarian in Formational Theological 288 Education” Wesley D. Custer, Susan Ebertz “Toward Embodied Library Instruction: Leading Students through 294 the 'Liturgy' of Theological Research” Jacob Gucker, Matt Ostercamp “Library Video Tutorials and the Tree-Falling-In-The-Forest Syndrome, 309 Is Anyone Watching? Video Tutorials Best Practices” Brad Ost “WRIG Session: Prison as Monastery, Prison as Channel Ground” 318 Gary Allen In-Conference Workshops 320 “The Digital Learning Object as Co-Teacher” 320 Rebecca (Butler) Mendelson Posters 333-337 “Librarian in a Hard Hat: The Library Director as Project Manager” 333 Karla Grafton, James Humble, Matthew Thiesen “Teaching Images by Everett Ferguson, Scholar of Early Christianity, 337 Now Online” Carisse Mickey Berryhill Denominational Meetings 338-343 Anglican 338 Baptist 339 Campbell-Stone 340 Lutheran 340 Methodist Librarian's Fellowship 341 Presbyterian and Reformed Librarians 342 United Church of Christ 343 Memorial Tributes 344-345 Carol P. Cummins 344 Mitzi J. Budde Rosalyn Lewis 344 Roger L. Loyd Grace E. Mullen 345 Marsha Blake, Sandy Finlayson Appendices 346-388 Appendix I: Annual Reports 346-348 vii ATLA 2015 Proceedings Diversity Committee 346 Lynn Berg Endowment Committee 347 Dennis Swanson Professional Development Committee 348 Jennifer Ulrich Appendix II: Annual Conferences (1947–2015) 349-350 Appendix III: Officers of ATLA (1947–2015) 351-352 Appendix IV: 2015 Annual Conference Hosts 353 Appendix V: 2015 Annual Conference Attendees 354-356 Appendix VI: 2015Annual Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors 357 Appendix VII: Library Statistics 358-365 Appendix VIII: ATLA Organizational Directory (2014-2015) 366-368 Officers 366 Directors 366 Association Staff Directors 366 Appointed Officials and Representatives 366 Board Committees 367 Committees of the Association 367 Future Annual Conference Hosts 368 Appendix IX: ATLA Member Directory (2014-2015) 369-373 Lifetime Members 369 Individual Members 370 Student Members 373 Appendix X: ATLA Institutional, International Institutional, and 374-380 Affiliate Member Directory (2014-2015) Institutional Members 374 International Institutional Members 379 Affiliate Members — Libraries 379 Affiliate Members — Organizations 380 Appendix XI: Association Bylaws 381-388 Errata 389-391 viii Program American Theological Library Association 69th Annual Conference • June 17-20, 2015 Denver, Colorado TUESDAY, JUNE 16 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. “BIBFRAME and Top Concerns for Technical Services Staff ’” Donna R. Campbell, Jeremy Nelson WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Excursion Denver Bookbinding Company Workshop 8:00