Eligibility
	Benefits
	Dues
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Questions? Contact Tim Smith, membership associate, by e-mail or at 888.665.ATLA (outside U.S./Canada: 312.454.5100).

Eligibility

Theological libraries and organizations outside of the United States and Canada that wish to support the mission and purposes of the Association may apply for international institutional membership if they meet one of the following criteria:

• are engaged in professional theological education;
• have graduate religious studies programs that also have a professional librarian or subject bibliographer in the area of religion/theology;
• are non-degree granting organizations maintaining collections primarily of theological, religious or ecclesiastical research materials.

Applications for international institutional membership from institutions that do not fit into one of these three categories may be referred to the Board of Directors, which may approve membership status in cases where these criteria are judged by the Board not to be applicable. Institutions that are not eligible for international institutional membership may want to consider affiliate membership.

Benefits

International Institutional Members are eligible for the same benefits as institutional members with the exception that International Institutional Members are not eligible to appoint institutional representatives to the meetings of the Association and are not entitled to vote. International theological libraries and organizations that are eligible as International Institutional Members are not eligible for any other membership class. Membership as an ATLA International Institutional Member establishes only that the institution supports the mission and purposes of the Association.

International Institutional Members are entitled to attend meetings of the Association, to participate in association programs, and to receive those publications of the Association that are distributed to the membership. Other benefits, listed below, fall into the categories of professional collaboration and development, member publications, and discounts on products and services.

Professional Collaboration and Development

Job Postings
	Free postings on the web
Reduced Registration
	Discounted rates for ATLA professional development offerings, including the Annual Conference
Consultants Program
	Practical guidance on library operations and planning from other experienced librarians
Consortial Opportunities
	Collaboration with other theological libraries to receive consortial benefits such as OCLC's FirstSearch and the ATLA Serials Exchange
NACO and CONSER Funnel Projects
	National programs coordinated by the Library of Congress
Link
	To the institution's home page from the ATLA member directory

Member Publications

ATLA's membership year is September 1-August 31. If you join mid-year, your membership will be retroactive to September 1, and you will receive all publications for that membership year.

Summary of Proceedings
	Full text or summaries of sessions of ATLA's Annual Conference
Newsletter
	The primary source of information about ATLA activities and membership news (quarterly) (electronic version is free; members outside the United States and Canada pay a $20 postage fee per year to receive the print)
Theology Cataloging Bulletin
	Member-published newsletter for catalogers

Discounts on Products and Services

ATLA Religion Database
	The premier index in theology and religion
ATLAS
	An online collection of fully digitized major religion and theology journals
Preservation Products and Services
	Discounts on various preservation products and services; see the catalog for the current amounts

Dues

International institutional membership dues are based on the library operating expenditures as reported in the official financial statement of the institution for its preceding fiscal year, such as the data supplied to ATS or ATLA. If the religion and theology collection is part of a larger general collection, dues are based on the library operating expenditures specific to that religion and theology collection.

In response to many requests, we are including these guidelines as an aid for you to determine what your institution's dues should be.

Stand-alone theology libraries
Collection (Acquisitions and Preservation)	100% of reported last year's expenditures
Salaries	100% of reported last year's expenditures
Overhead	100% of reported last year's expenditures
Theology collections that are part of a larger collection, library, or system
Collection (Acquisitions and Preservation)	The percentage of the entire collection development expenditures spent on the theology collection development. for example: 15% of preservation and collection development budget spent on theology collection
Salaries	Percentage of time staff members spend servicing religion/theology students and/or doing collection development for example: Full-time religion bibliographer 100% Half-time religion bibliographer 50% Full-time reference librarian liaison to theology department 100% Reference librarian to four departments including the theology department 25% Circulation Department/Administrative salary costs are based on the percentage of the entire collection that constitutes the theology/religion collection.
Overhead	Overhead costs are based on the percentage of the entire collection that constitutes the theology/religion collection.

Once you have determined your annual expenditures, use the following table.

Annual Expenditures	Dues
$0-$25,000	$100
$25,001-$50,000	$150
$50,001-$100,000	$200
$100,001-$200,000	$300
$200,001-$300,000	$400
$300,001-$400,000	$500
$400,001-$500,000	$600
$500,001-$600,000	$700
$600,001-$700,000	$800
$700,001-$800,000	$900
$800,001 and up	$1000

Please feel free to contact Tim Smith (312.454.5100), membership associate, if you have any questions about how to calculate dues.

Application

An application may be downloaded here for printing and then faxing or mailing to ATLA.