2017 American Theological Library Association Annual Conference

Do you want to produce your own video content, but don’t know where to start? Join us for this half-day workshop that will help you begin creating your own material without busting your budget. We’ll cover audio and video recording and nonlinear editing using affordable consumer-level technology, and we’ll discuss tips and tricks for getting the most out of the equipment you already own. Sam Smartt is a documentary filmmaker and Assistant Professor of Film & Media in the Communication Arts and Sciences department at Calvin College.

Cost is $25 per person.

Learn about EBSCO resources that will serve your library patrons’ research needs. This session will focus on the wide range of EBSCO religion database offerings, EBSCO eBooks, and EBSCO Discovery Service.

Augsburg College and Luther Seminary are located less than four miles from one another, share a common history, and recently began sharing IT resources and instructional spaces. While Augsburg and Luther remain independent legal entities, in early 2016 our presidents challenged leaders on both campuses to explore opportunities for a strategic alliance.

The library directors and staff members collaborated to create a shared vision that would leverage the alliance to achieve enhanced services and programs, greater innovation, and cost-effectiveness.

This two-person panel will detail key points of our planning process, differences between college and seminary libraries, various questions/problems raised along the way, and our initial work of implementation.

This session will focus on trends in philanthropy—exploring data from the most recent Giving USA Annual Report. Additionally, this session will explore trends in philanthropy being observed by leaders in higher education and in the not-for-profit sector. The session will conclude with an open conversation focusing on how our understanding of current trends informs our work with donors and prospects.

Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory Law school. He is an internationally recognized scholar of Islam and human rights and human rights in cross-cultural perspectives. He has been invited to speak by the Diversity Committee to help broaden understanding of Islam, human rights, and their part in our current culture.

Members affiliated with the Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches, and Churches of Christ share updates on their institutions, on the Stone-Campbell Teaching Archive project, and on other research news.

A time to just talk about books, blogs, journals and other materials ATLA Conference attendees have read through out the year.