Fall Conference Theme: Digitizing Religion Collections
When: Friday, October 24th
Where: 5416 Cornell Ave, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago
Schedule
9:30-10:00am - Registration
10:00-10:20am - Welcome & Business Session
10:30-11:30am - Plenary
11:30am-1:00pm - Lunch on your own
1:00-1:45pm - 1st Roundtable Session
Discovery Services/OCLC – Evan Boyd
Preserving digitized objects – Juliette Johnson
Selection/Management - Stephanie Fletcher
1:45-2:00pm - Break
2:00-2:45pm - 2nd Roundtable Session
Grant Writing – Amy Koehler
Metadata/Cataloging – Steven Spencer
Third choice - Repeat session from 1st roundtable, if needed
3:00pm - Campus & library tours
The fall CATLA program will explore digitization in religious collections. During the plenary, we will hear from Dr. Christopher Cantwell, an historian who curated "Faith in the City: Religion and Urban Life in Chicago, 1870-1920," in Digital Collections for the Classroom (Newberry Library, 2011). He will discuss his roles of curator, grant writer and coordinator. He will also discuss how digitization is impacting religious scholarship and how religious collections are being used by students, scholars, and the public.
In the afternoon, attendees will be able to choose from among 6 roundtables in 2 sessions that focus in a practical way on the nuts and bolts of digitizing religious collections at seminaries. Please RSVP to Lisa Gonzalez at lgonzalez@ctu.edu by October 10th. You can check out housing and restaurant information in advance, and a restaurant list will be available on the day of the conference. Parking in the CTU garage is $5 for the day; you may be able to find free street parking 2 blocks east of Cornell Avenue at 53rd Street and South Shore Drive.
The fall CATLA conference has been made possible by an ATLA Regional Grant and by your membership dues. Thank you!
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