March-June 2004

In the course of the spring quarter the RIP staff has completed the indexing of five titles: Journal of the National Association of Biblical Instructors (1933-1936), Scottish Journal of Theology (1948-), Studia Theologica: Scandinavian Journal of Theology (1947-), Studia Missionalia (1943-), and The Journal of Bible and Religion (1937-1966). Indexing has begun on Evangelical Quarterly (1929-) and Theology Today (1944-).

On the personnel front, Benjamin Butler left RIP and ATLA for the siren call of Madison Avenue in New York City. Perhaps there is less difference between indexing 50+-year-old academic journals and marketing video games to the 18-24 year-old crowd than one might suppose. In his tenure here, Ben indexed or contributed to the indexing of the following titles:

	Christian Century (1940, 1941, 1942)
	Church History (1932-1948)
	Journal of the National Association of Biblical Instructors (1933-1936)
	Journal of Bible and Religion, The (1937-1948)
	Reformed Theological Review, The (1942-1948)
	Theological Studies (1940-1948)
	Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review (1939-1948)
	Westminster theological Journal (1938-1948)

On behalf of the ATLA consortium and the countless users of ATLA RDB in the future, we thank you.

It gives me pleasure to share the good tidings of two new hires for RIP. Virginia (Ginny) W. Landgraf, Ph.D. 2004, Princeton Theological Seminary, brings a wealth of language competencies sorely needed for this project. Her last position was in the Princeton Theological Seminary libraries. Her dissertation was on Jacques Ellul and, among other avocational pursuits, she performs sacred harp music. Ginny moved to Chicago in May and began work at ATLA May 17.

Anthony J. Elia, M.A. 2004, University of Chicago Divinity School, studied at Charles University (Prague), Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and University of Nairobi (Kenya). Anthony's most recent employment was as a bibliographic assistant on the Italian Women Writers Project, Joseph Regenstein Library of the University of Chicago. He has composed a number of musical compositions for string quartets and an opera. He begins work for RIP July 5.

To date, we have finished RIP indexing for these 32 titles:

	American Catholic Sociological Review (1940-1948)
	Biblical Archaeologist (1938-1948)
	Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1939-1948)
	Church History (1932-1948)
	Commentary (1945-1948)
	Eastern Buddhist (1921-1939 [publication suspended until 1949])
	Ecumenical Review (1948-1949)
	Estudios bíblicos (1941-1948)
	Hebrew Union College Annual (1919, 1924-1948)
	Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology (1947-1948)
	Journal of Bible and Religion, The (1937-1948)
	Journal of Biblical Literature (1881-1948)
	Journal of Pastoral Care (1947-1948)
	Journal of Religious Thought (1943-1948)
	Journal of the National Association of Biblical Instructors (1933-1936)
	Mélanges de science religieuse (1944-1948)
	Nederlands theologisch tijdschrift (1946-1948)
	Orate Fratres (1926-1948)
	Palestine Exploration Quarterly (1937-1948)
	Reformed Theological Review (1942-1948)
	Revue des études byzantines (1943-1948)
	Scottish Journal of Theology (1948)
	Studia Missionalia (1943-1948)
	Studia Theologica: Scandinavian Journal of Theology (1947-1948),
	Theological Studies (1940-1948)
	Theologische Zeitschrift (1945-1948)
	Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review (1939-1948)
	Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought, and Religion (1943-1948)
	Union Seminary Quarterly Review (1945-1948)
	Unitarian Universalist Christian (1946-1948)
	Vigiliae Christianae: A Review of Early Christian Life and Language (1947-1948)
	Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte (1948)

Indexing has begun on these 4 titles:

	Christian Century (issues in 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944)
	Evangelical Quarterly (1929)
	Orientalia christiana periodica (1947-1948)
	Theology Today (1944-1947)

Titles from the 2003 summer triage list remaining to be begun:

Covenant Quarterly (1941-)

Indexing has been suspended on:

	Bibliotheca Sacra (1856-1948)
	Christian Century (1900-1939)
	Christian Oracle (1884-1899)

Respectfully Submitted,

Steven W. Holloway, RIP Project Coordinator
June 1, 2004