July-September 2004

In the course of the summer quarter the RIP staff has completed the indexing of two titles: Orientalia christiana periodica (1935-1948) and Theology Today (1944-1949). Indexing continues on Evangelical Quarterly (1929-) and Christian Century (1943-).

The training of the RIP staff proceeds apace. The quality—and quantity—of records produced by Ginny Landgraf and Anthony Elia exceeds my palmiest expectations, and bodes well for the future.

For those of you with a taste for statistics, the Department of Indexes recently completed a list of active serial titles ranked by percent of ATLA members' holdings in OCLC, based on the 215 member libraries as of July 2004. The RIP breakdown, in order of ranking:

To date, we have finished RIP indexing for these 35 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)
	Orientalia christiana periodica (1935-1948)
	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)
	Theology Today (1944-1949)
	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)
	Westminster Theological Journal (1938-1948)
	Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte (1948)

Indexing has begun on these 2 titles:

	Christian Century (issues in 1943, 1944)
	Evangelical Quarterly (1945-48)

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
September 15, 2004