wfn.org | Theological Library Association to meet at Berkeley in June 2000

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The annual conference of the American Theological Library Association 
(ATLA) will be held June 21-24, 2000 at Graduate Theological Union (GTU), 
Berkeley, California. The conference is sponsored by the nine theological 
institutions comprising the GTU, as well as two Bay area seminaries: Golden 
Gate
Baptist Theological Seminary and St. Patrick's Seminary.

Keynote speakers include Dr. Robert Bellah, Elliott Professor of Sociology 
Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley, who will speak on 
"Texts, Sacred and Profane;" and Mr. Robert Wedgeworth, former Executive 
Director of the American Library Association and former Director of the 
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 
whose topic will be international librarianship.

To register online or to learn more details, please visit ATLA's conference 
web site,

http://www.atla.com/conference.

With headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, ATLA is a professional association 
of nearly 250 theological libraries and 550 librarians who specialize in 
theology and religious studies or who have an interest in the bibliography 
and literature of religion. ATLA was founded in 1946 as a scholarly,
ecumenical, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing and supporting 
theological librarianship and research in religion.

Cindy Derrenbacker
ATLA Development Officer
97 Delaware Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6H 2S9
(416) 531-2626cderrenbac@aol.com