It’s been a long time since our last inventory at my church library. It was done before I became the librarian. Can anyone walk me through the basics? We are automated (with barcodes) with Concourse and EZCat for cataloging and circulation, not Atriu
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I am seeking information concerning the history of Church Libraries, from their early origins to the present day. This includes their development over time.
If you could recommend an e-book, that would be appreciated, or alternativ
Read more…Let's consider what we have posted in recent years for July 4. I found pictures of displays and points of interest.
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What are you creating for your church this year?
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I am wondering if anyone has chosen to include any secular books in their libraries, and if so, what is the procedure that you followed?
Our pastor has highly recommended a secular book, written by a non-christian author. He believes the cont
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Our pastor is interested in setting up a book stall. Does anyone have an idea about beginning a book collection? Our library books are mostly really old.
Gloria
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We are using the Book Systems program, Concourse, EzCat, Opec, etc.
We have never done an inventory using the computer. Can anyone give us ideas on what to do and where to start.
Thank You!
Janet Estridge.
Read more…We have another first! Our non-fiction shelf signage now has our church mission statement key words (Love, Grow, Serve, Go) connected to our Dewey categlories. A win-win for sure with our pastor and church staff. We use Dewey so the signs contain our
Read more…Due to increased participant travel expenses and the loss of funding by those entities that have provided library conferences in the past, the number of conferences in most of our locations are greatly reduced or nonexistent these days. BTW, the same
Read more…What will your church’s library be doing during VBS? Any other summer plans?
Take a look at ideas posted in previous years. Click here.
Read more…I need discussion questions that maybe someone has created for The Water Keeper by Charles Martin. Thanks in advance
Read more…Summer is here! School is out!
We have two new homeschool families who are very excited about the Enrichment Center.These preteens (4-7 graders but churches varying in grouping) want to help this summer since their families will not be traveling as
Read more…By now, many of us have our summer library plans ready to launch. Let's share our plans with each other for this year. Photos? If you plan to take pictures of children, be sure to get permission from their parents for you to share the photos on the C
Read more…In February 2025, Glenn McKowen updated his three eBook articles for us. You will find links here to these 3 articles for us to continue these discussions.
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I am wondering if other church librarians use clear contact paper (or something similar) to wrap their books and protect their book covers? Or is it common to put books into circulation without any sort of wrap?
Our church library has wrapped
Read more…We have not had much attention on mothers since 2016. Any updates since then on calling attention to mothers on Mother's Day? New books to recommend for mothers today? If you did a display, click here. Or post the photo here.
Read more…That is the question driving Parents Who Fight. This organization has been helping parents, schools, and churches partner together to protect kids from the influence of technology. My church hosted Jesse and Sarah Siegand for the last 2 Wednesday eve
Read more…Our pastor/preacher surprised me yesterday by sharing the sermon topics for yesterday and the next 2 Sundays. He is preaching through the Gospel of Mark this year. We have had books connected to Mark in our main display during these months. But yeste
Read more…Any surprises or interesting experiences yesterday as your church celebrated Easter through their library?
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Has anyone here heard of or used the library system called "Librarika"?
Upon first glance, it seems like it will fulfill the needs of our small church library, but I wanted to see if anyone has had experience with it.
Thank you!
Read more…A new experience for our Enrichment Center Team. I got an email from a couple who are members of another church in our association. They asked if our church let non-church members use the library. We do, so we met in the library last Friday. We had a
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