Atla Annual 2026: Full Schedule

8:00am MST

Rights and Permissions: Working with Publishers for Education, Translation, and Publishing Rights

Saturday November 21, 2026 8:00am - 8:50am MST

Learn how to work with the rights and permissions department of publishers, including clarity of purpose, contract terms, and pricing. Presenter and participants will be invited to share experiences of working with publishers of all sizes and configuratio

Speakers

Andrew Keck

Chief of Staff, Perkins School of Theology at SMU

Saturday November 21, 2026 8:00am - 8:50am MST
Room TBA Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel (1550 Court Place, Denver, CO 80202)

Technology/Technical Services, Listen and Learn (45 minutes)

2:10pm MST

Ministers Navigating Artificial Intelligence: Findings from an ongoing research Survey

Sunday November 22, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm MST

Room TBA

Ministers today are navigating the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs), into pastoral duties in real-time. This mixed-methods study provides descriptive data on a targeted use case, addressing how m

Speakers

Jonathan Noble

Research and Instruction Librarian, George Fox University

Sunday November 22, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm MST
Room TBA Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel (1550 Court Place, Denver, CO 80202)

Technology/Technical Services, Listen and Learn (45 minutes)

3:10pm MST

Collaborating the Impossible: The Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library and Its Role in Global Theological Education

Sunday November 22, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm MST

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This session explores the development and growing impact of the Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library (WHDL.org), a multilingual, open-access library designed to provide quality resources for pastors, students, and educators worldwide. Since its inception, WH

Speakers

Dr. Amy C. Rice

Director of Library Services, Northwest Nazarene University

Erin Holly McCoy

Librarian and Project Consultant, Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library

Sunday November 22, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm MST
Room TBA Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel (1550 Court Place, Denver, CO 80202)

Technology/Technical Services, Listen and Learn (45 minutes)

8:00am MST

The American Catholic at 250: Faith, Citizenship, and the Catholic Press

Monday November 23, 2026 8:00am - 8:50am MST

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The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, offering a timely occasion to examine one of the most enduring tensions in American religious history: the place of Catholics within the democratic experiment. From the early

Speakers

Brian Morin

Library Director, Mount Angel Abbey Library

Mount Angel Abbey Library - Library Director

Monday November 23, 2026 8:00am - 8:50am MST
Room TBA Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel (1550 Court Place, Denver, CO 80202)

Technology/Technical Services, Listen and Learn (45 minutes)

10:00am MST

The Ethics of AI and Theological Librarianship

Monday November 23, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am MST

Room TBA

This lightning round will be a thought experiment on the various considerations we as theological librarians may have when engaging in a post-AI world. How should we be using these tools responsibly? Where are the ethical library science lines we should n

Speakers

Gerrit van Dyk

Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University

Monday November 23, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am MST
Room TBA Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel (1550 Court Place, Denver, CO 80202)

Technology/Technical Services, Lightning Round (5-10 minutes)

Atla Annual 2026

8:00am MST

Andrew Keck

2:10pm MST

Jonathan Noble

3:10pm MST

Dr. Amy C. Rice

Erin Holly McCoy

8:00am MST

Brian Morin

10:00am MST

Gerrit van Dyk

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