American Theological Library Association

Atla's member libraries and librarians provide resources for scholarly research to tens of thousands of students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

The association supports the membership with services and products, including an annual conference, members-only publications and discounts, and professional development opportunities.

Established in 1946, Atla is governed by an elected board of directors and has over 800 individual, institutional, and affiliate members.

Programs developed rapidly in the new Association, including the following milestones: More recent activities of Atla include: The Atla Publishing Program serves professionals engaged in librarianship and scholarly communication, students, scholars, and religious professionals in the disciplines of religion and theology by publishing original content (books, journals, newsletters, yearbooks, reports, white papers).

[13] Atla also oversees historical archives initiatives and works with several publishing partners to offer electronic versions of specialized bibliographic and reference products.