Theology Cataloging Bulletin
Vol. 22, No. 2 • February 2014 3-1 Section 3

Section Three: News and Views of the Members of the 
ATLA Technical Services Section

Edited by Leslie Engelson

LC GENRE/FORM TERMS FOR RELIGIOUS MATERIALS PROJECT

There is no news to report. The religion genre/form terms document submitted in August 2012 is still under review. Staff 
changes at LC have made it impossible to adhere to the planned schedule.

Submitted by
Erica Treesh, Database Manager for Religion Complete (ATLA RDB®)
American Theological Library Association

ATLA/CLA/ACL TASKFORCE ON RDA BEST PRACTICES FOR THE FIELD OF RELIGION

At the 2013 Annual Conference, the Technical Services Interest Group voted to form a Taskforce to recommend best 
practices for cataloging in the field of religion.  The motion included the suggestion to invite representatives from the 
Catholic Library Association (CLA), the Association of Christian Librarians (ACL), and the Jewish Library Association 
( JLA) to join with us.  The following persons have volunteered to serve on this Taskforce:

ATLA:  Michael Bradford, Harvard Divinity School (mbradford@hds.harvard.edu)
  Armin Siedlecki, Pitts Theology Library (asiedle@emory.edu)
  Judy Knop, ATLA (jknop@atla.com), Chair

CLA:   Thomas Duszak, Pennsylvania Dept of Education, Bureau of State Library (tduszak@pa.gov)
  Kurt Bodling, George Washington’s Mount Vernon  (kbodling@mountvernon.org)
  Rob Kuzmer, Univ. of Notre Dame (rkusmer@nd.edu)

ACL:  Lori Thornton, Carson-Newman Univ. (lthornton@cn.edu)

Anyone else who wishes to join us is encouraged to do so.  Contact me (jknop@atla.com) If you have suggestions for fields 
needing a best practice statement, or if you have a best practice to suggest, please contact any member of the Taskforce.

Submitted by
Judy Knop
Chair, Taskforce on Best Practices
ATLA

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