CATLA Fall Conference Schedule: Friday, October 18th

Fall Conference Theme: The Road to Open Access
When: Friday, October 18th
Where: Trinity International University, Deerfield 
Rodine Global Ministry Building, Hinkson Hall, Room 120

Schedule
9:30am – Registration & Refreshments
10:00am – Welcome
10:15am – Speaker Kevin Smith
11:15am – Q&A
11:30am – Lunch; on your own - $9 charge for dining hall tickets
1:00pm – Panel
2:30pm – Q&A
3:00pm – Business meeting and 1st tour
3:30pm – 2nd tour

We hope you will join us for a time of reflection and discussion on the state of open access in academia today, and how  theological libraries can respond to a myriad of issues, from access and discovery to intellectual property concerns. Kevin Smith, the Director of Copyright and Scholarly Communication at the Duke University Libraries, will present his take on the state of open access. Mr. Smith is well known as an expert on scholarly communication and intellectual property issues in academia, and we look forward to hearing his views on the challenges and complexities of open access in libraries and the academic world. In the afternoon, a panel representing a variety of views within libraries and the academy will respond to Mr. Smith’s presentation.

We hope many CATLA members will be able to join us for this important conversation; this invitation is extended to all faculty and staff at CATLA member institutions, so please share this invitation within your institution. Please RSVP to Lisa Gonzalez by September 27th. If you are traveling from a distance, more information on local hotels is available from Trinity's visitor's guide.

Save the Date! CATLA Fall Meeting October 18th with Kevin Smith

Save the date for the Fall CATLA Conference!

When: Friday, October 18th, 2013
Where: Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois
Theme: Open Access

CATLA is very pleased to announce that Kevin Smith, Director of Copyright and Scholarly Communications at Duke University Libraries, will be presenting. More details will be coming soon, but we hope you will put this event on your agenda for the fall!

Report on CATLA Spring 2013 Meeting

Thanks again to Alan Krieger and Jean McManus and the rest of the staff at Hesburgh Library for hosting our spring meeting! One of our speakers, Mary Ellen Konieczny, has published her book mentioned at the meeting, called, "The Spirit's Tether: Family, Work, and Religion Among American Catholics."

As mentioned at the meeting, CATLA has started a WordPress site with a BuddyPress plugin - the address is www.catlalibraries.org. We hope to experiment with this website to communicate more information about CATLA, as well as provide CATLA members with an opportunity to explore the BuddyPress platform as a collaborative tool.

CATLA Mini Hackathon - April 25th 2013

CATLA Mini-Hackathon
Location: Room 119, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, IN
Date: Thursday, April 25th 2013
Time: 2pm - 10pm

Do you have some ideas to make better use of technology for your library? Do you want to make better use of your ILS, or start with the latest open source project, but you don’t know where to begin? Is there some project you’ve gotten stuck on, and wish you could get some advice from colleagues?

Let’s take some time to brainstorm ways to make better use of the tech tools we already have, collaborate on solving problems we are having with specific tech tools, share our expertise and know how, and possibly even write a line or two of code! Bring your problems and ideas to work on, and let’s get working together! To start the ball rolling, here are some tools at least one person would like to work on –various APIs for ILS,  CUFTS, OJS, SubjectsPlus, Zotero and Commons in a Box.

We hope you have other ideas for stuff you would like to work on together. RSVP to Lisa Gonzalez, so that we have an idea of interest. There are several hotel options in the Elkhart area; we will decide on where we will have dinner on the day of the hackathon. There is a reading list to help spark potential ideas on what you want to work on.

CATLA Spring Conference Schedule, Friday April 26th

CATLA Spring Conference: Trends in Religion, Culture and Scholarship

Friday, April 26th
University of Notre Dame (directions)
Hesburgh Library, Room 248
Campus Map (visitor lot is northeast of Hesburgh)

(All times Eastern Time Zone)
10-10:30am - Registration
10:30-11:00 – Business meeting
11:00-12:00 -  Mary Ellen Konieczny - "Religion, Secularity, and Culture: Promising Directions in the Social Scientific Study of Religion"
12:00-1:30 - Lunch (provided, or on your own)
1:30-2:30 - Mark Noll - "Evangelical Protestant Scholarship:  The Best of Times and the Worst of Times"
2:30-3:30 - Optional Tour of Theology Reference and Special Collections

We hope you will join us for a day of reflection on the current American religious landscape and trends of scholarship, and what these trends may mean for our library collections and services. Mary Ellen Konieczny, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame, studies broad themes of religion and family life, in addition to investigating the intersection of religion, culture and politics within local contexts. Her book, The Spirit’s Tether: Family, Work and Religion Among American Catholics, will be published later this year. Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at Notre Dame, has written extensively on the history of Christianity in the United States and Canada, as well as reflecting on American evangelicalism and the life of the mind in numerous forums. After our speakers, we will end the day with tour of the recently remodeled Theology Reference Reading Room, as well as Special Collections.

A lunch of sandwiches, chips and drinks will be provided, with a selection of sandwiches, such as turkey or roast beef. If you would like a vegetarian option, please include that information in your RSVP to Lisa Gonzalez, and if you would prefer to lunch on your own, please include that information in the email as well.

CATLA Scholarship Deadline for ATLA 2013 is February 28th

CATLA is offering a scholarship for the ATLA annual conference to cover conference related expenses up to $1,000. This scholarship is available to a CATLA member who has not attended a previous annual conference. The scholarship winner is expected to report back to CATLA on their experiences at the conference. Additional details are on the application.

The deadline for applying is Feb. 28, 2013 and you can apply by submitting the application to Matt Ostercamp at mjostercamp@northpark.edu.

Save the Date: CATLA Spring Conference April 26th

Save the date for the Spring CATLA Conference!

When: Friday, April 26, 2013
Where: University of Notre Dame
Theme: Exploring the American Religious Landscape

The day's speakers will be posted soon on the CATLA listserv - we hope you can join us for some interesting discussions!