Photograph of one of the banquets during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. Attendees are seated around round tables with small plates in front of them. A woman is standing among them and speaking. She is holding a folder with papers in her hand.

Photograph of books on some of the shelves at the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church library. An attendee from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held in Portland, Oregon, is looking at one of the books. She and other members of the group, including Mary Lou Henneman (black shirt), went on a tour of the location. They are gathered at the other end of the room. A plate of cookies was left on a table in the library and windows frame a doorway out into the hall.

Photograph of the entrance to the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral bookstore in Portland, Oregon. Two attendees from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was also held in Portland, are in the photo. The group took a tour of the cathedral, the Stearns Library, and the bookstore. Two framed drawings are hung on either side of the doorway and crosses are for sale inside. A sign that reads "keep calm and carry on" is on the door.

Photograph of Cheryl Cutchin during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza in Portland, Oregon. She is standing behind a podium with the location's logo on the front and a microphone is in front of her. Other attendees of the event are seated at a table close-by. There are breakfast items on the table.

Photograph of Christina Tarabochia and Sherrie Ashcraft from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. The two are co-authors of the book On the Threshold, which Ashcraft is holding. They are guest speakers at the event and behind them is a long table that is full of other books by local authors.

Photograph of the CSLA Board members during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. They are seated at a row of tables and have papers in front of each member. Marcia Trauernicht is standing at the head of the row. Ralph Hartsock is sitting down at the end, in the bottom left-hand corner.

Photograph of the CSLA Board members during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. They are seated at a row of tables and have papers in front of each member. Marcia Trauernicht is standing at the head of the row.

Photograph of the registration table from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. Two tables have been made into an L shape and have various items, including pencils, pens, notes, and name-tags, and sign-in sheets on them. A paper on the table reads "Love your conference bag? Want more? 1 for $5 or 2 for $8; Limited quantity available get them before we sell out." A poster beside the tables reads "Registration", an image of a feathered fountain pen, "47th Annual Conference".

Photograph of Ellen Bosman from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. She is giving a presentation titled "The Future of Church Libraries" to the attendees of the conference.

Photograph of Ellen Bosman during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. She is standing next to a screen that her presentation is being projected onto. Attendees are seated at a long table and are facing the presentation. The screen reads "The Future of Church Libraries" which is the title of the presentation and it was focused on how to bring patrons into the new world of technology and resources within the congregational libraries.

Photograph of the Episcopal table during the Roundtable Discussion at the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. Attendees are seated around it and another table is visible past them. They are in a sunken level of the hotel they are staying at the stairs are visible along the edge of the area.

Photograph of Evelyn Pockrass, the recipient of the Indiana Chapter certificate, speaking during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza in Portland, Oregon. She is standing at a podium and is using a microphone during the event.

Photograph of Glenda from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. She is standing behind a podium and holding Sally Lloyd-James' book "Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing". She is speaking to the attendees of the conference during the awards luncheon and an image of the book is also being projected onto the screen beside her.

Photograph of Gordon Grose from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. He is holding a microphone and speaking to the attendees with it. His nametag says that he is a local author.

Photograph of the tour guide standing beside the open aron kodesh, which holds the scrolls of the Torah. The six scrolls are all covered in a uniquely patterned cloth. The doors to it are wide open and are made from stained glass panes. Attendees from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held in Portland, Oregon, toured the Neveh Shalom synagogue where this is located.

Photograph of the interior of the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. The organ is central behind the white altar, and chairs and benches are gathered behind the table covered in candle-sticks. To the sides are podiums with chairs and songbooks on them. The ceiling is vaulted and a stained glass rose window is visible above the organ. The attendees of the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was also held in Portland, took a trip to the church.

Photograph of Jeannie St. John Taylor from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. She is one of the guest local authors who was invited to the conference and she is standing behind a table where her books are set up. Her work includes children books and more advanced novels. Taylor is holding a microphone so that she can speak to the attendees of the conference.

Photograph of John Avery from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. He is using a microphone and is holding his book "The Name Quest". He was a quest speaker at the event.

Photograph of Kathi Macias during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. She is a guest speaker at the event and is the author of several books. She is standing behind the podium and is holding a microphone in her hand.

Photograph of a tour guide speaking to attendees of the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held in Portland, Oregon. They are standing in the library of the Neveh Shalom synagogue. There are several shelves full of books for young children and older readers. The attendees were on a group tour of the location.

Photograph of attendees from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held in Portland, Oregon, gathered in the Neveh Shalom synagogue's library. Evelyn Pockrass is wearing the light blue cardigan. There are bookshelves behind her and a tower of magazines to the side. A sign on one of the shelves reads "Religion 8" and includes a list of what is shelved there.

Photograph of Amy Ownbey and Marcia Trauernicht during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held in Portland, Oregon. They are standing together beside a podium in a banquet area. Ownbey is holding a certificate that commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the CSLA.

Photograph of Marcia Trauernicht and a certificate recipient during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held in Portland, Oregon. They are standing by a podium and microphone during an event. The certificate commemorates the 30th anniversary of the San Jose Bay Area Chapter of the CSLA.

Photograph of Marcia Trauernicht during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held in Portland, Oregon. She is standing next to a podium and holding a certificate. The certificate is a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Western New York Chapter of the CSLA.