Photograph of award winners from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference held in Portland, Oregon. They are each wearing a painted key around their necks on a red ribbon and are standing in front of a projector screen.

Photograph of attendees from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held in Portland, Oregon, walking towards Multnomah Falls. An information booth is in front of them along with a metal plaque. The waterfall is visible further along on the side of a cliff covered in pine trees. There is a road between the booth and the place where the waterfall is.

Photograph of an award recipient at the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference held in Portland, Oregon. She is standing behind a podium with a microphone and is speaking to those in attendance. Around her neck is a painted key on a red ribbon, which is part of the award.

Photograph of Ralph Hartsock standing behind a podium with a microphone. He is speaking at the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference held in Portland, Oregon. Around his neck is a painted key that he was awarded at the conference.

Photograph of a woman holding up a medal for Ralph Hartsock, taken during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference held in Portland, Oregon.

Photograph of a speaker from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference held in Portland, Oregon. She is standing behind a podium and holding onto the microphone while speaking.

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference held in Portland, Oregon at the Crowne Plaza.

Photograph of attendees from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. They are seated at one of the banquet tables during the awards luncheon. Behind them other attendees are visible at their own tables. The screen used in the award presentations is visible on the left and the projector is behind them. The woman is yellow is wearing a nametag that shows her first name is Anne.

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 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 Mary Lou Henneman 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 is speaking to the attendees. A computer mouse is resting on top of the podium.

Photograph of the Methodist 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 and a couch is visible to the left.

Photograph of the Methodist 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 in the distance on the left. They are in a sunken level of the hotel they are staying at and a couch is visible between two lamps behind them.

Photograph of the Methodist table during the Roundtable Discussion at from 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 other tables, including another groups, is visible past them. They are in a sunken level of the hotel they are staying at and a couch is visible against one of the walls.

Photograph of the Presbyterian table during the Roundtable Discussion at from 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 have papers and a laptop open. Another table that is empty is visible past them. They are in a sunken level of the hotel they are staying at and stairs are visible behind them.

Photograph of Ralph Hartsock from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. He is sitting down at a conference table with his laptop in front of him. It is connected to the television at the end of the table and is showing his presentation "Digital Repositories of Religious History". The slide reads "Other non-digital Repositories: Northwest Digital Archives", the first bullet reads "The Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) provides enhanced access to archival and manuscript collections in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Alaska, Utah, and Washington" and includes a link, the second bullet reads "Union database of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids", and the third bullet reads "Scope agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and natural resources urban and rural social movements, local state, regional, and national politics. Native American language and culture; and the place of religious communities in the region." He is at the end of the presentation. Tara Carlisle was aiding in the presentation over Skype.

Photograph of Ruth White at the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. She is standing beside a podium during the awards luncheon and is accepting the award for CSLA Outstanding Congregational Librarian. White is using a microphone and beside her is Glenda, standing behind the podium with papers.

Photograph of Ruth White winning an award during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. She is holding the plaque for the CSLA Outstanding Congregational Librarian Award and Glenda is holding a microphone. They are standing beside a podium in the conference room that is being used for the awards luncheon.

Photograph of Suzanne Woods Fisher from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Portland, Oregon. She is standing at a podium with a microphone for her presentation on the Amish.

Photograph of Suzanne Woods Fisher 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 with a microphone. Next to her an image of a road in the Amish country is being projected onto a screen. Her presentation is focused around the Amish people and their denomination.

Photograph of Suzanne Woods Fisher 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 with a microphone. Next to her an image featuring a building with the name "The B--get" is being projected onto a screen. There is a sign in front of it as well but it is unreadable. Her presentation is focused around the Amish people and their denomination.

Photograph of Suzanne Woods Fisher 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 with a microphone. Next to her an image of an Amish person plowing a field is being projected onto a screen. Her presentation is focused around the Amish people and their denomination.