Welcome to the 50th BETH annual conference on the topic of the future of theological libraries! We are looking forward to your participation. This is a hybrid public event with invite-only login. To start building your customised schedule please registerfor the conference through the BETH website. After registering, you will receive an email inviting you to create your profile and schedule in Sched. By logging in to Sched you will be able to create your personal schedule and see who else is attending our event. This will also be the place where you will be able to access the Zoom meetings during the conference. Please note that the live Zoom links will become available shortly before each session. All the sessions will be recorded. To join the meeting, login into your Sched account, open the desired session, and click on Open Zoom. Should you have any questions or concerns please contact us at info@beth.eu.
We would like to show how we are facing the future and how we imagine a Theological library in Italy in the next 5-10 years (20-30 min required). 1. The Institutional frame: the libraries of theological faculties in Italy 1.1. The National Service for Higher Studies of Theology and Religious Sciences 1.2. The Library of the Theological Faculty of Triveneto (FTTR): its recent story, its vision of the future 2. New services for scholars and professors 2.1. The cooperation with SiCei (Servizio Informatico della CEI) and the introduction of Discite platform 2.2. The purchase of electronic resources (Index Religiosus, Sage, SC, EBSCO…) 2.3. Other services and tools (e.g., anti-plagiarism software) 3. New connections and cooperation with other libraries in the city and among theological and ecclesiastical libraries: 3.1. What has been done; recent results in connecting libraries 3.2. Periodical meetings 3.3. A mid-term goal: new guidelines for the Collection development 4. The heritage of the COVID experience 4.1. New online services 4.2. Fuller participation to nets of libraries: BEWEB, ACNP, SBN 5. …and what next? 5.1. New tools for scholars and professors: 5.1.1. Development of authority files on cross-domain fields 5.1.2. More conscious politics on Open Access 5.1.3. Cooperation with IxTheo project 5.2. Periodical evaluation reports 5.3. A paradox: which future for extinct libraries?
