From the President

Adaptive Leadership and Atla

by Stephen Sweeney, President 2020-2021

In this month's column, From the President, Stephen Sweeny discusses Adaptive Leadership and Atla.

From the President

Leading through Change

by Stephen Sweeney, President 2020-2021

In this month's column, Atla President Stephen Sweeney shares some insight from the OCLC Library Futures Conference, specifically The Two Loops Theory of Change.

From the President

The Ends Make the Mission

by Stephen Sweeney, President 2020-2021

Atla Board President Stephen Sweeney discusses Mission, Organizational Ends, and how to govern an Association on other's behalf in this month's column.

From the President

New Year, Renewed Commitments

by Stephen Sweeney, President 2020-2021

New years bring new resolutions. In the place of resolutions, I like to think of renewed commitments. What are yours? Read about the Board's Commitments this year in this month's President's column.

From the President

Shared Governance: An Opportunity for Inclusive Conversation

by Stephen Sweeney, President 2020-2021

New Atla Board President shares his thoughts on the governance style of Atla.

From the President

‘May I Grow in Understanding’

by Jennifer Bartholomew

First I’d like to say thank you. This year I’ve had the opportunity to correspond and talk with many of you. I am inspired by your knowledge, your interests, and your commitment to the work we share.

From the President

Libraries Serve Humanity

by Jennifer Bartholomew

From the President: Influences from an updated interpretation of Ranganathan’s laws from Michael Gorman, visiting conferences, and the calling of theological librarianship.

From the President

Duties as Assigned

by Jennifer Bartholomew

Since moving south (from the Twin Cities to Milwaukee) a couple of years ago I’ve found our winters to be pretty mild. Not this year—January was dramatically cold and snowy. My seminary was closed for two days during the last week of the month. I was pretty happy to stay…

Association News, From the President

2019 New Year’s Greetings from the Board

by Jennifer Bartholomew

The ATLA Board members are dedicated leaders and professionals—archivists, bibliographers, collection managers, directors, and theology librarians in access, acquisitions, cataloging, information literacy, reference, research, and technical services. Collectively we cover a lot of ground. We are also athletes, avid readers (no surprises there), dedicated volunteers, linguists, musicians, photographers, and sports…

Association News, From the President