Friday, September 25, 2015

CATLA Fall Conference Schedule: Friday, October 30th


Thursday, October 29th
Concordia Theological Seminary Visit
5:00pm – Tour of Walther Library, Fort Wayne, IN

Friday, October 30th
CATLA Fall Conference

Location: Grace College & Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, IN


Theme: Scholarly Communication
Reminder: schedule is on Eastern time
9:30 am                      Registration and refreshments
10:00 am                    Business meeting
10:20 am                    Keynote speaker: Melody Layton McMahon
11:30am – 1:00pm      Lunch off campus
1:00 – 1:45                 ATLA: Brenda Bailey-Hainer
1:45 – 2:00                 Break
2:00 – 3:00                 Roundtables discussions on scholarly communication topics

Our morning speaker will be Melody Layton McMahon, library director at Catholic Theological Union, who will be discussing library publishing. CTU library currently publishes two journals: http://www.ctu.edu/library/publications. The afternoon session will include a discussion with ATLA staff on core purposes and values and the future of ATLA, followed by discussion groups around topics related to scholarly communication issues.

Hotel options near Grace College are listed here: http://www.grace.edu/campus-life/visit-us/schedule-visit/area-hotel-information. More information on local options during the CATLA conference are available on this guide. Hotel options near Concordia Theological Seminary were distributed on the CATLA listserv. There are a limited number of guest rooms on Concordia’s campus. To check availability, call 260-452-2105.

Please RSVP to Lisa Gonzalez at lgonzalez@ctu.edu by October 16th. Please indicate if you will be attending just the CATLA meeting, or both the CATLA meeting and the Thursday tour at Concordia.