Atla produces trusted research tools for the study of religion and theology. If you are looking for bibliographic information or full-text collections of journal articles covering diverse topics and languages, our research tools are the place to start.
View titles available in Atla’s full-text and index research tools, partner databases, or digital archives products. Title lists for Atlas, Atlas PLUS, and Atla Religion Database are updated monthly.
If you are conducting research in the field of religion and theology, tools produced by Atla are made available to students, scholars, researchers, faculty, and religious leaders by thousands of libraries in more than seventy countries.
View information on our index, full-text, partner subscription databases, and our historical archives initiative, including specialized bibliographic and reference products.
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Atla members collaboratively create resources that are freely available for students and scholars to use. Discover the richness of members’ digital collections and graduate-level research in these resources.
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Atla’s network of experts is one of our greatest assets in providing top-notch learning opportunities. We foster premier opportunities for members to learn and collaborate on librarianship and scholarship in religion and theology.
Atla provides publications and tools to help members remain current in the field, learn from others’ experiences, and share knowledge and subject matter expertise with colleagues.
The Atla community shares resources and networks through formal and informal groups, learning from one another and giving back to their colleagues.
Atla leverages the collective knowledge & resources of members to serve students, scholars, faculty, and institutions better.
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Atla provides resources and programming for libraries and their patrons.
Atla events provide the opportunity to exchange ideas, learn from one another, and experience the strength of our collective knowledge.
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Atla hosts and sponsors various events, including webinars, receptions, and group meetings, to gather, learn from one another, and strengthen our community.
Atla members are part of a growing community of librarians, scholars, and professionals that share knowledge and, together, advance the study of religion and theology.
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Association-related publications document the Association and its members’ work and activities and are managed and produced by Atla staff.
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Member libraries and regional groups may apply for funding for events, projects, and services.
Individual members may apply for funding toward events and education.
We work with publishing partners to index, digitize, and disseminate their religion & theology content to students, scholars, faculty, and religious leaders.
Atla welcomes submissions of scholarly publications in religion & theology for inclusion in our index and full-text research tools.
The Atla Community is comprised of publishers, libraries, and individuals who contribute, partner, and donate to our research tools and member projects.
Atla offers multiple ways to get your products and services into the hands of theological librarians around the world.
Atla is a membership association of librarians and information professionals, and a producer of research tools, committed to advancing the study of religion and theology.
Atla works to promote worldwide scholarly communication in religion and theology by advancing the work of libraries and related information providers.
Atla’s membership includes more than 800 individuals and libraries at academic institutions from diverse religious traditions and backgrounds.
Atla is governed by an elected board of directors, including four long-standing Board committees and one short-term committee all mandated by the Board’s Policy Manual.
Atla’s committees, councils, and task forces work to achieve Atla’s Mission and Organizational Ends. They are appointed by the Executive Director and are an integral part of the Association.
The Atla Summary of Proceedings is a historical record of the Atla Annual.
This open-access publication includes summaries of the pre-conference professional development workshops, reports of business meetings and conversation groups, texts or programs from worship meetings, and the full text or abstracts of plenary sessions, papers, posters, and workshops presented during the conference.
Atla Members receive a complimentary edition of the Proceedings. Members may select either a printed or digital edition at the time of joining or they may update their selection in the My Atla Web Portal under the Publications tab. Please note: the issue will not be published within the membership year and will be available the following Spring. (For example: If you are a member from 2019-2020, you will receive the 2020 Atla Annual Summary of Proceedings.)
Members and conference attendees will have an opportunity to update their preferences for a printed or digital edition up until two weeks after the conference has ended.
If you do not renew your membership, you will still receive the edition as requested.
The Summary of Proceedings can be found here: https://serials.atla.com/proceedings/index. Members, as well as Atla Annual attendees who opted-in for a printed edition, will receive it in the mail in February. Members may also view the Proceedings from 2011 to 2018 at the My Atla Web Portal under the Members Only Content tab.
Non-members or members seeking additional print copies may order the printed edition at $60 USD for domestic and $80 USD international per volume. Contact an Atla membership associate for more information on how to order.
Persons speaking at or presenting at the Annual Conference, including persons who lead conversation groups as well as pre-conference or in-conference workshops, will submit their papers and other accepted documents at the Proceedings site. All submissions must comply with the submission guidelines. The guidelines list all conference sessions for which papers will be accepted. We have also prepared a video that shows step-by-step how to submit papers to the OJS site for the Proceedings.
All submissions are due by July 15 of the year in which the conference was held.
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Presenters grant Atla a non-exclusive right to publish, publicly display, reproduce, distribute and prepare derivative works of their submissions in the Proceedings and retain all other rights, including copyright, in their submissions. If a presenter or a third party by the presenter’s request or agreement republishes or otherwise distributes the submission, proper attribution must be given to the publication in the Atla Summary of Proceedings if first published therein.