We have several borrowers who do written reviews of the books they read. We want to add them to our automated library catalog. Where in the item record would you recommend putting them? I took cataloging class almost ten years ago and don't recall di
Could we start a thread listing social media links for those who have dedicated library pages on social media? There may be one all ready and I just didn't see it. It's always great to look and get ideas from other churches and to help support other c
I'm thinking about our summer plans--the window emphasis, summer reading programs, etc. It is our nation's 250th anniversary, so I'm planning to work along that theme. i would welcome any and all ideas--particularly the reading challenges! Thanks!
In thinking about the summer, we will have multiple teams going to Honduras for mission trips. I would like to build up our small selection of books about missions. As we are reducing the number of holdings in our library and are desiring to have th
We have purged our CD collection, but hesitated letting go of all DVDs. We wanted to determine if there was any demand for them. Not one has been checked out since then! I'm wondering if other smaller libraries are keeping these, are they being check
We are still in the process of setting up our library, getting spine lables on books and figuring out shelf organization. An area I've been putting off dealing with is Bible studies. Our shelves are 3'x7' and one entire shelving unit is Bible studies
As we progress in revitalizing our library, we are grouping some collections of certain non-fiction topics, such as Discipleship, Grief, etc. We are not pulling every book off the shelf that has to do with a subject to move to each collection but wil
As we have been weeding for a while now, we have many boxes of CDs and older novels which we plan to offer to our church people first before offering them to smaller churches. I plan to display them on several long tables in an entry foyer. as most o
I have recently noticed the card image of an item no longer includes the copyright date. Is this a new "update" feature of Atrium or have I inadvertently eliminated it somehow? Any observations?
My church is the location of Southeastern Baptist Seminary student cohorts. This is the third year, the leader of these cohorts asked the Enrichment Center Team to include the textbooks for a course that starts August 18. He asked us to add 16 books
Our library has a long wall of shelves packed with Christian novels. We are in the Revitalization stage and are letting go of many holdings in order to have more uncluttered shelves with quality materials. Many of these Christian fiction books are s
Hello all. I'm interested in how other church libraries use social media. Do any of you have dedicated Facebook, Instagram, or twitter?Do you have good responses from it? Does it work as a promotional tool?Thanks for your input.Sharln Chapman
I am just getting started with revitalizing my church's library. It is a beautiful space, but for years has been a dumping ground for books that people want to get rid of - resulting in a collection of books that no one want
My church library is slowly dying. I am the only staff. I have moved it three times. The last move was to the old choir room. The choir officially died. I need more patrons! I need ideas on how to attract more p
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I'm sure my church is not the only one launching an emphasis to Read the Bible through the coming year. I just finished the 2025 plan. The new plan for 2026 focuses on the New Testament. One difference that I am sure will draw more people to particip
