The Atla Open Press, an open access imprint of Atla, publishes and hosts open access books, journals, and other serial publications that lie at the intersection of librarianship and the study of theology and religion. The publications of Atla Open Press cover subjects that impact the work of theological and religious studies librarians, that guide and support innovative library services, and that enhance professional development.
In this Guide, prospective authors, current authors, editors, reviewers, and readers will find further guidance on manuscript preparation, including our citation style requirements, workflow for our publications, and permissions.
Books@Atla Open Press publishes open access academic and professional works on subjects at the intersection of librarianship and religious and theological studies that potentially impact libraries. We seek to provide resources that guide and support innovative library services and enhance professional development.
Books@Atla Open Press also hosts reprints of previously published print books that have value to the profession and are therefore deemed important to re-release as open access online editions. Reprints are selected at the discretion of Atla and are digitized and published in their original form with permission of the copyright holder where necessary.
Atla Open Press publishes two member edited serials: Theological Librarianship and TCB: Technical Services in Religion & Theology.
Theological Librarianship publishes peer reviewed articles as well as essays and reviews on subjects at the intersection of librarianship and religious and theological studies that potentially impact libraries.
TCB: Technical Services in Religion & Theology is a resource for technical services librarians with a focus on the fields of religion and theology.
Information on submissions, peer review, and publication can be found on their respective web sites.
Atla Open Press provides copyediting and layout services to the Association for publication of its official outputs the Summary of Proceedings and the Annual Yearbook.
Additionally, Atla Open Press offers journal hosting services to members and other affiliated organizations who wish to produce and publish open access serials utilizing our installation of the Open Journal Systems platform. Interested parties should send an email to connect@atla.com for further information.
