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2017 American Theological Library Association Annual Conference

8:00am EDT

ATLA Board of Directors Meeting Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center

7:00pm EDT

Top Concerns of Technical Services Staff CamelliaRichard A. Lammert

8:30am EDT

Scholarly Communication: A Guide for the Perplexed ($25 per person) Ravinia EClifford B Anderson • Debbie Creamer • Andrew Keck • Jérémie LeBlanc Your Library’s Treasures: Building, Processing and Promoting Special Collections ($50 per person) Emory UniversityArmin Siedlecki

9:00am EDT

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library ($50 per person) Meet in Hotel Lobby Martin Luther King Center ($50 per person) Meet in Hotel Lobby

1:30pm EDT

DIY Video Workshop ($25 per person) GardeniaSamuel Smartt Preparing For Accreditation ($25 per person) Ravinia EDebbie Creamer ATLA Press Writers' Room Ravinia G

5:00pm EDT

President's Welcome Reception for New Members and First-Time Attendees - Invitation Only LaGrotta Ravinia

6:00pm EDT

Opening Reception with the Exhibitors at the Crowne Plaza Perimeter @ Ravinia Dunwoody Suites

7:00am EDT

Iona Worship Service Ravinia BallroomBeth Perry

8:00am EDT

ATLA Products Update Breakfast - RSVP Required MaplewoodMargot Lyon • Maria Stanton Exhibits and Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall Dunwoody Suites

8:45am EDT

Welcome and Opening Plenary Address - Rev. Dr. Christian Scharen Ravinia BallroomRev. Dr. Christian Scharen

10:00am EDT

Exhibits and Break Dunwoody Suites

10:30am EDT

MarcEdit: Beyond the Basics Conference CenterLeslie Engelson Out With The Old, In With The New: Practical Strategies for Using the New ACRL Framework Oakwood AKarl Stutzman • Matthew Thiesen Using the Internet Archive and Theological Commons As An On-Ramp to Digitization and Access for Local Collections CamelliaGregory Murray Video for Every Budget Oakwood BSamuel Smartt Won't You Be My Neighbor: Camaraderie at the Intersection of Research and Writing Services AzaleaThad Horner • Dr. Ginger Stelle • Dr. Paul Tippey Trends in Theological Education and Implications for Theological Librarians MaplewoodDebbie Creamer

11:30am EDT

Colleges and Universities Interest Group Meeting Ravinia Ballroom - CornerJohn Thompson NACO Lunch Meeting — By Invitation Only Conference CenterRichard A. Lammert SWATLA Conference Meeting DeKalbCraig Kubic Theological Librarianship Editorial Board Meeting [Closed] DogwoodJennifer Woodruff Tait World Religions Interest Group Business Meeting Ravinia Ballroom - CornerMegan E. Welsh

1:00pm EDT

Intellectual Freedom: Meaning and Practice Oakwood AMegan E. Welsh Theological Schools in Times of Crisis, Change, and Opportunity: Libraries as Passive Partners or Change Agents? MaplewoodClifford B Anderson • Stephen Crocco • M. Patrick Graham • Christine Wenderoth EBSCO Databases and Services GardeniaLori McGill Information Literacy Assessment Through Digital Badging CamelliaJosh Bailey • Chris Rosser Making Libraries an Unexpected Space and Place Supporting Health and Wholeness AzaleaDr. Kelly Campbell • Karen Webster Participatory Marketing: A Framework for Communicating with Library Patrons Oakwood BRebekah Bedard

2:00pm EDT

Electronic Cataloging in Publication for Library of Congress Oakwood ADonna Wells Expanding Access to Discounted Electronic Resources: Panel Review of the ATLA/SCELC Licensing Program CamelliaJennie Bartholomew • Evan Boyd • Tammy Johnson • Jason Price, PhD Increasing Meaningful Reference in Your Library Maplewood The Post-Custodial Theological Library: Developing a Community Archives Program with the Local Church AzaleaDr. Julia Brock • Shanee' Yvette Murrain • Tigner Rand AugsLuther or LutherBurg: Creating A Deep Radical Collaboration Between a College Library and A Seminary Library GardeniaMary Hollerich • Andrew Keck The Use of Open Source Software in Theological Libraries Oakwood BDaniel Moody

3:00pm EDT

Exhibits, Break & Poster Sessions Dunwoody Suites A “Difficult Matter:” Discussions of “Intellectual Freedom” in Catholic Library World between 1980 and 2015 DeKalbMegan E. Welsh Beyond the Bulletin Board Pre-Function SpaceKaitlin Poole Coding and Community Pre-Function SpaceMicah Saxton Making Space for Research Pre-Function SpaceKaeley McMahan Traditional and Revolutionary: Theological Libraries E-Book Lending Project (TLELP) Pre-Function SpaceDonna R. Campbell Web-Based Instruction for the Adult Learner as an Interactive Touch Point in the Digital Age Pre-Function SpaceDr. Deborah Taylor

3:30pm EDT

ATLA Business Meeting Ravinia BallroomTimothy Lincoln • Tracy Powell-Iwaskow

4:30pm EDT

Emory Campus All Conference Event Emory University

7:00am EDT

Worship in the Presbyterian Tradition Ravinia BallroomSharon Taylor

8:00am EDT

OCLC Update Breakfast - RSVP Required MaplewoodSuzanne Butte • Meryl Cinnamon Exhibits and Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall Dunwoody Suites Special Collections Interest Group Business Meeting Oakwood A

9:00am EDT

Plenary Address - Loretta Parham Ravinia BallroomLoretta Parham

10:00am EDT

Exhibits and Break Dunwoody Suites

10:30am EDT

The (Virtual) Human Touch: Promoting the Spirit of Inquiry Through (Distance) Research MaplewoodEvan Boyd • Melody Diehl Detar • Susan Ebertz • David Schmersal Data Curation 101 for Theological Librarians Conference CenterClifford B Anderson • Bobby Smiley Atlanta Interfaith in Action AzaleaPlemon El-Amin Integrated Planning for Theological Libraries Oakwood BMyka Kennedy Stephens Sharing Space: Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Joint Library Service Center (LSC) CamelliaJay Forrest • Craig Kubic Handling Published Plagiarism in the Theological Library: A Panel Discussion Oakwood ASusan Hylen • Richard Manly Adams, Jr. • Brandon Wason Collection Evaluation and Development Interest Group Business Meeting CamelliaCraig Kubic

11:30am EDT

Exhibits Closing Dunwoody Suites Research Practices of Religious Studies Scholars Luncheon Ravinia BallroomBrenda Bailey-Hainer • Danielle Cooper • Jack Fitzmier • John F. Kutsko • Roger Schonfeld

1:00pm EDT

Can Amazon Actually Help the Library? Implementing Amazon Web Services in Theological Libraries Conference CenterRichard Manly Adams, Jr. Engaging Students as Library Ambassadors and Volunteers: The Pitts Library Scholars Program CamelliaSarah Bogue Philanthropy: Trends and Opportunities GardeniaMathew A. Pinson UX Research Outcomes & Virtual Reality Consultations Oakwood BTim Gallati Continuing the Discussion: The ITHAKA S+R Report Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Religious Studies Scholars MaplewoodDanielle Cooper • Roger Schonfeld Information Literacy and Spiritual Formation Oakwood ARyan Shrauner

2:00pm EDT

ATLA Association Update Ravinia BallroomBrenda Bailey-Hainer • Robert Roethemeyer • Sharon Taylor

3:00pm EDT

Break Pre-Function Space

3:30pm EDT

Communicating Cross-Culturally: The Implications of Relevance Theory Oakwood AWesley D. Custer Connecting Researchers to Information in Name Authority Records CamelliaLeslie Engelson Digitizing the Antonine Tibesar Ephemera AzaleaCarl Adkins The Human Rights of Muslims in the United States: How Is The Question Irrelevant? GardeniaDr. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im Faculty as Researchers and Authors: Results from Ethnographic Studies at Asbury, Yale, Vanderbilt, and Luther MaplewoodAndrew Keck • Trisha Burr • Suzanne Estelle-Holmer • Bill Hook • Dr. Paul Tippey Small Libraries Collaborating to Create Information Literacy Videos Oakwood BSusan Ebertz • Vance Thomas Small Libraries Interest Group Meeting Oakwood BSusan Ebertz

4:30pm EDT

Anglican Denominational Group Meeting Conference Center Baptist Denominational Group Meeting Maplewood Campbell-Stone Denominational Group GardeniaCarisse Berryhill Lutheran Denominational Group Meeting Oakwood B Mennonite/Anabaptist Denominational Group Meeting Dogwood Methodist Librarians Fellowship CamelliaWesley D. Custer Presbyterian & Reformed Denominational Group Meeting Oakwood A Roman Catholic Denominational Group Meeting Azalea

6:15pm EDT

Atlanta Braves Baseball Game ($45 per person) Meet in Hotel Lobby

7:00am EDT

Worship in the Methodist Tradition Ravinia BallroomRoger Loyd

8:00am EDT

When Your Career Changes Unexpectedly AzaleaDennis Swanson From Walking on Water to the Walking Dead: Changing Spaces in a Theological Library CamelliaJérémie LeBlanc Online Information Literacy for Theology Graduate Students MaplewoodCarl Adkins • Martha Adkins A Database of Syriac and Arabic Historical Registers and Archives Oakwood BIskandar Bcheiry Using the Anti-racism Digital Library and Thesaurus to Understand Information Access, Authority, Value, and Privilege Oakwood AAnita Coleman

9:00am EDT

From Reference to Research: Rebuilding, Redesigning, and Relaunching Research Services at Asbury Theological Seminary Oakwood AThad Horner Looking for Sebastian Castellio: An Itinerary for a Librarian CamelliaMatti Myllykoski NACO/CONSER Listen & Learn AzaleaRichard A. Lammert Reimagining the Theological Library MaplewoodChristine Wenderoth ATLA Press Update: Monographs, Proceedings, Theological Librarianship, and Theology Cataloging Bulletin (TCB) Oakwood BLeslie Engelson • David Kohl • Jennifer Woodruff Tait

10:00am EDT

Break and Hotel Check Out Time Pre-Function Space

10:30am EDT

Contemporary Religious Literature Conversation Group GardeniaJennifer Ulrich • Donna Wells Toward Ebook Strategy Development for ATLA Member Libraries Oakwood BJason Price, PhD ATLA Digital Projects Program Update CamelliaAndy Carter Framing Authority in Theological Libraries: Addressing a Potential Challenge for Information Literacy Oakwood AEvan Kuehn Relationship and Responsibility: Becoming Max Lucado's Archivist AzaleaCarisse Berryhill Survey on Information Needs/Information Seeking Behavior of Seminary Students MaplewoodRomulus Stefanut

11:30am EDT

Closing Plenary Address and Luncheon - Heather Joseph Ravinia BallroomHeather Joseph