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Sponsored by the ATLA International Collaboration Committee (ICC) in collaboration with
the Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries (ABTAPL) and
Red latinoamericana de información teológica (RLIT)



To go to the Spanish page, click: ICC - Spanish



Mission statement: The ICC wiki is a collaboratively-developed repository for digital materials which are useful for beginning or continuing theological librarians around the world. It is an attempt to provide an ever-renewing primer for those wishing to improve knowledge and skills in either the theological or librarianship sides of the profession. All theological librarians are welcome and encouraged to participate. We ask participants to register and log in prior to making changes. Contributions must serve the above-stated mission of this site. As a Committee we are excited to offer this wiki as a place where there can be true collaboration of theological librarians from around the world contributing ideas and insights for the benefit of all.

Please note: Currently (17 June 2009), the registration process only partially works. When you attempt to authenticate your new account, the process fails. Please register as much as you are able. We'll post a note when the problem is resolved. This is a problem ATLA must address.


Contents

Categories

  • Wish List--View the ICC Wiki Wish list of suggested topics for ideas on papers or articles you might contribute.

Professional Tools


Handbook of Librarianship

Administration and Organization

Library Security

Collection Development and Acquisitions

Cataloguing and classification

  • Creating Cutter numbers may be done with free software from OCLC at Dewey Cutter Program Download (Submitted by D'Anna Shotts, Kaduna, Nigeria)

Public Services

  • October is Theological Library Month. Help from ATLA can be found at TLM-in-a-Box

Serials

Technology and Library Automation

  • Affordable integrated library systems (ILS) [This section is incomplete. Further comment and entries are invited.] Includes brief mention of, and links to various systems available at reasonable prices as well as links to lists, reviews and guides to selection.

Information Literacy

  • Information Literacy for Small Theological Libraries, a portal of links to online instruction materials, tutorials, religion portals, standards, bibliographies and conference papers about information literacy relevant to smaller theological libraries but useful for larger ones. Created by William Badke.
  • Teaching Research and Writing is a sample syllabus for a course in teaching bibliographical research and writing a paper. Submitted by Teresa Ellis, Theological Librarian, Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, TX

Archives

  • Rescuing the Memory of our Peoples Archives Manual The Rescuing the Memory of our Peoples Archives Manual was prepared in connection with the Rescuing the Memory of our Peoples Project for Archives Documentation and Oral History, a mission project of the International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS). Available in English, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swahili.

Products and Publications



Religion and Theology Information Useful to Librarians

Freely Available Resources on the Internet

  • Africa: A number of databases and publications are being offered without charge to educational and not-for-profit institutions in Africa. Certain conditions apply such as the signing of licensing agreements or having internet access through a non-public provider. Click here to reach these resources for Africa:[1]
  • Intute: Arts and Humanities > Religion and Theology "[A] database of Religion and Theology resources which have been selected, evaluated and described by subject specialists. Our target audience is lecturers, researchers and students within UK higher and further education" [most resources are freely available]
  • Library Automation Software--Free Basic Library Automation System--Mandarin M3 found at Mandarin Library Automation . This free version of M3 is a complete library management system that does not expire. Technical support as well as added features require payment.
  • The Theology and Religious Studies subset of Electronic Journals Library (University Regensburg, Germany) offers an annotated list of journals (freely available or subscription only) with full text articles in a number of languages.
  • The Unbound Bible is a collection of searchable Bibles including English versions, Greek and Hebrew versions, ancient versions, and many versions in other languages. The purpose is to provide the Bible to the nations of the world.
  • Wabash Guide to Religion A listing of resources useful to teaching about theology and religion. This site allows searching for resources or browsing by Library of Congress Subject Headings.


Free Web Hosting Sites

  • ChurchServe: Christian Web Site Hosting How to Qualify for Free Hosting: Organization must be a qualifying non-profit Christian church or ministry (see their Web site). Must have proper authority to establish web site for the organization represented -- no "unofficial" or "fan" web sites. No commercial entity or person selling items.

News, Events, and Conferences

  • CALA -- The Christian Association of Librarians in Africa successfully completed the annual meeting at the Bible Translation and Literacy Conference Centre near Nairobi, Kenya, 14-18 July 2008. Some of the presentations can be seen at the CALA--Kenya Wiki at http://cala--kenya.wetpaint.com/?t=anon .The dates for the 2009 conference will be announced.

Grants, Awards, and Scholarships

The 2008 ICC Grant was awarded in an equal split of $1000.00 each to:

  • Christopher Anderson/Drew University/Africa University --Project entitled “Building Collections on Methodism for Global Users: A Collaborative Effort between Africa University and Drew University.”
  • Luba Zakharov/ Duke University Divinity School/ Moscow Theological Seminary --Project entitled “Promoting a New Collaboration with the Commonwealth of Independent States.”

International Collaboration Committee


Help using/editing this wiki site

  • Editing basics for ICC's MediaWiki. If you are just starting out, consider printing this for handy reference.


Questions?

  • This wiki is created and maintained by the International Collaboration Committee. For any issues, please email Chris Beldan, cbeldan@lancasterseminary.edu
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