American Theological Library Association

Collections Information Submission Form

This information will be used to create a World Christianity Website and web-searchable database of ATLA libraries with significant or growing collections related to world Christianity. We hope to use the information that is gathered to promote increased cooperative documentation of world Christianity.
Please submit only one form per institution. If you have questions or comments, please send them to Martha.Smalley@Yale.edu.

Name:

Library name:

Parent institution:

Email address:

Phone:

1. Which statement best describes your library's stance on the collection of world Christianity documentation?
Our library systematically and intentionally collects documentation of world Christianity for research purposes.
Our library collects world Christianity documentation that is relevant to current curriculum emphases or specific academic programs.
Our library does not collect substantial documentation of world Christianity but is open to increasing our acquisitions.

2. For which countries, regions, or language groups are your holdings the strongest?

3. For which denominations/confessions/church organizations are your holdings the strongest?

4. Approximately how many volumes relating to world Christianity do you add each year?
Less than 100
100 to 500
More than 500

5. Does your library have an online catalog? If so, what is the best URL or telnet address for connecting to the catalog?

6. What methods do you use for obtaining documentation of world Christianity?
Approval plans
Exchange programs
Ordering from vendors
Buying trips overseas
Acquisitions through faculty, alumni, or students
Other (Please explain in comment area below)

7. Do you have a list of vendors, publishers, or exchange partners that you could share with other libraries?
Yes
No

8. How do you deal with the cataloging of materials in non-Western languages?

9. What special collections do you have that are related to world Christianity?

10. Are finding aids to your special collections available?
Yes
Some
No

11. If you have finding aids to your special collections, are they available online?
If so, what is a good entry URL for searching them?

12. What would be most useful to you in terms of collecting world Christianity documentation? What other comments and suggestions do you have?

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