Nancy Martin sent me a question to post for her. I've given Steve Gateley a heads up so he can reply with his "archivist" hat on today.
Our son Just got marriedĀ Ā and his wife has a hard back copy of Peter Pan published before 1985. He wants advice to
Hi Everyone,
Requesting assistance on categorizing children's books.
The existing system is classified by C - Children; J - Juvenile; and Y - Youth.
1) What ages are included in each category?
2) Do you shelve the Youth in their own section, or with the
Read moreā¦OCLC released their Realm Test 5 results last week. This link includes results of tests 1-5. Click here.
You will find all 5 test results on this website.Ā
Read moreā¦Our library has some dating back to the 60ās. Keep or not?
Sent to us from Jearldine Tolson
Read moreā¦Wow, great news about the new Dewey church library classification manual! If we buy it as a pdf, can we print it out to use in our library on workdays, or may we only refer to it onscreen?
Thanks!
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I'm attempting to weed our 242 section, primarily devotional books in the calendar format.Ā How does everyone handle this section?Ā With all the ones published each year, do you carry them in your library?Ā How do you weed?
Tha
Read moreā¦Do any of you have a letter to shareĀ about DVDs (not) coming back dirty or damaged? On our registration form, there is a line that adults agree to - that children will not be allowed to touch the DVDs. However, our (brand new) children's DVDs are com
Read moreā¦Barbara Brown asks the following:
I would be interested in a list of 'classic' titles for a church library.
Read moreā¦One area I'm focusing on this year is the Adult Fiction section with some incomplete series and a need for new books. As I update the Adult Fiction series, I believe it beneficial to classify our fiction section differently. That is, in a more specif
Read moreā¦Read moreā¦Hi Friends,
Our library has experienced several years of serious budget cuts. With funds only covering expenses, we have been unable to purchase new books. Our additions have consisted primarily of donated books. With the current COVID controls, a new
Yes, Virginia, "real" men do read books.
We have quite a few men who read books in the church library.
It's easy to find women who write Christian Fiction but where are the men authors?
Other than D. Brown, D. Bunn, J. Cahn, A. Collins, T. Dekker, J.
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