Atla Annual 2021 Online

Want to learn what’s new with Atla’s research tools? Hear about the latest content additions and infrastructure updates included in Atla Religion Database® (Atla RDB®) — the premier index in all fields of religion, as well as AtlaSerials® (Atlas®), and AtlaSerials PLUS® (Atlas PLUS®) — the go-to full-text collections of journals in diverse areas of religion and theology. This session will include a 20-minute presentation by Atla Staff, followed by 10 minutes of interactive Q&A with Atla's team of product experts.

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We will provide an overview of the e-resources available across our academic databases (e-books, e-journals, and streaming video).


Have more questions? Visit DIGITALIA during the Vendor Social.

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EBSCO supports the research needs of students and faculty in the study of religion with our eBook Collection and Archive resources. Join us to hear how EBSCO can help you as we navigate these challenging times together!

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• A new book sales model: The Project MUSE Book Custom Collections – which, just as it sounds, allows libraries to come and browse all single book content using BISAC categories to create a unique collection. Titles that may be not have been in our Philosophy & Religion collections due to having a different primary subject designation can now be discovered and purchased.
• You can still buy content in MUSE-created annual Subject and Area Studies Collections (such as American Studies, Literature, History, Political Science, Philosophy & Religion, etc.) as well as via participation in our EBA program, or via a third-party vendor like GOBI or OASIS
• And don't forget the Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible!
• We will also discuss “what’s new” in our Journal Collections as well as detail journals that are not included in collections.
• Resources for Instructors – MUSE in Focus
• Open Access on MUSE 

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Quartex, an Adam Matthew Digital platform, recently launched Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) Transcription, a cutting-edge development which uses ground-breaking AI technology to generate automatic, highly accurate, editable, and fully searchable transcriptions of manuscript materials. Join us for a conversation with Congregational Library & Archives and Adam Matthew Digital to learn about how this technology is being applied to manuscript collections.

Congregational Library & Archives is one of the first institutions to seize the opportunity to enhance the discoverability and accessibility of handwritten documents using HTR Transcription. They will provide a sneak peek into their work on Quartex, including a look at the Boston Massacre sermon, written shortly after the riot on March 5, 1770.

HTR Transcription will also enhance the research experience of one of Adam Matthew Digital’s most highly anticipated collections this year, Colonial Caribbean, Module 1: Settlement, Slavery and Empire, 1624-1832, which draws upon extensive manuscript sources to chart the turbulent years of early British settlement to the rise of the abolition movement.

Time will be provided to ask questions of Quartex, Congregational Library & Archives, and Adam Matthew Digital about their collections, working in Quartex, and HTR Transcription.