Announcements

Student Essay Contest 2024

2024-04-15

The editorial board of Theological Librarianship, an online, open access journal of Atla, invites submissions of original essays from undergraduate and graduate students. The winning essay will be published in the Fall 2024 issue of Theological Librarianship. 

Submissions will be accepted from any student currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, regardless of discipline. Essays should not exceed 5000 words (including notes) and should address topics that lie within the intersection of librarianship and religious and theological studies or that potentially impact libraries. This includes (but is not limited to) resources available for the study of religion and theology, digital techniques and tools for research in the area of religious or theological studies, and trends in academic librarianship. 

For more information and details regarding submission, please see the full announcement on Atla’s blog: https://www.atla.com/blog/theological-librarianship-tl-student-essay-contest/.

 

Call for submissions to the AI Forum

2024-03-26

The growing prevalence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT has spurred important conversations regarding the ethics and impact of AI use in higher education. In many contexts, libraries and librarians have played a key role in this discussion.

In order to explore this exciting and developing topic of AI, the fall 2024 issue of Theological Librarianship will host a forum that invites librarians and others to share their experiences with or reflections on AI. In a brief statement (750-1500 words), contributors are encouraged to consider the ways in which religious, theological, or ethical perspectives might respond to AI in the context of librarianship or ways in which AI has intersected or might intersect with theological or religious studies and librarianship. 

The deadline for submissions is May 15th, 2024. Submissions will be evaluated based on originality and alignment with TL’s scope: subjects at the intersection of librarianship and religious and theological studies that potentially impact libraries.  Submissions should be made at https://serials.atla.com/theolib/about/submissions.