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Institutional Member Benefits
Receive the full benefit of being a member library by participating in the following programs and services.
Community Collaboration & Development
- Membership Bundling:
- one Individual membership for a staff member, free of charge
- unlimited Individual memberships for additional staff members at $75 per membership
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Link to your home page from the Atla member directory
- Free job postings on the web
- Participate in the Atla Serials Exchange, which supports the low-cost exchange of materials between member libraries
- Participate in the Atla Reciprocal Borrowing Program in which participating Atla members grant check-out privileges to each other’s patrons
- Participate in the E-Book Lending Program, which allows member libraries to utilize the ODILO TK platform to host, lend, and interlibrary loan e-books to authorized users
- Participate in the Atla Digital Library which provides members with a standards compliant, sustainable, and inter-operable hub that will promote visibility and access of their valuable digital collections
Grant Opportunities
- Apply for Consultation Services Grants, which provide practical guidance on library operations and planning from other experienced librarians
- Apply for the Library Impact Grants Program, which provides grants for institutions to increase awareness of the importance and value of libraries serving theology and religious studies programs through communications and activities for faculty, administrators, staff, and students
- Apply for the OER Grants Program, which provides grants for institutions to create and offer open educational resources (OER)
- Apply for the Regional Grants Program, which provides grants for Regional Groups and institutions to create and offer continuing education programs
- Apply for the Atla Digitization Grant program, which supports Atla’s member institutions in their efforts to digitize and describe their special collections and archives for wider access and use.
Opportunities for Professional Collaboration and Development
- Enroll in Continuing Education Programs through Library Juice Academy and Skilltype
- Access or contribute to Atla Learn, the new learning platform for self-paced online courses
- Participate in Association programs, including Interest and Denominational groups
- Discounted registration for Atla Annual and other professional development offerings
Discounts on Products & Services
- Receive valuable library services and resources at a discounted rate available through members’ collective purchasing. Offers include:
- EBSCO – Atla Religion Database® (Atla RDB®), AtlaSerials® (Atlas®) or AtlaSerials PLUS® (Alas PLUS®), and others
- OCLC – WorldShare Management Services (WMS), Sustainable Collection Services (SCS), FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery, and the Atla Group Catalog
- SCELC – Offers from ACLS Humanities E-Books, Harvard Digital Loeb Classical Library, JSTOR, NYTimes.com Academic Pass, Oxford University Press, ProQuest, Taylor & Francis, and more
Access to Member Publications
- Newsletter – Stay up to date on events, ideas, and opportunities with access to member-only content on the Atla Blog and our monthly Newsletter.
- Summary of Proceedings – Read full text or summaries of sessions at Atla Annual. Members have the option of receiving a printed edition (Candidate-Libraries Only).
Did you know that we offer open access publications? Learn more about all publications from the Atla Open Press and receive notifications when a new issue or publication is available from such works as Books@Atla Open Press, Theological Librarianship, TCB: Technical Services in Religion & Theology, Summary of Proceedings (digital), and the Annual Yearbook.
Eligibility to Participate in Association Governance and Leadership
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The designated official delegate may vote in Association elections
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- Connect with colleagues in your field
- Learn from rich professional development offerings
- Grow through leadership opportunities
- Collaborate with other professionals and libraries