Let's focus on teenagers this week. The age group 13-18 years old is called various titles such as youth or young adults these days. Can be confusing. The Barna group reported on this age group in June. In fact, they seem to be doing lots of research
Looking for themes/ideas to promote our DVD collection. Circulation for DVDs is nil. We want to present a strong promotion to determine if our church will show any interest in using DVDs. If not, we will know that we can use that space for other item
Or perhaps your church/parish/synagogue calls infants through 12-year-olds NextGen these days. We have not discussed this area of our libraries in a long time.
What are some NextGen area tips you have learned in your church's/parish's/synagogue's li
Recently, a group of library friends and I gave some thought to the terms we us in the church library world. All of us are experiencing major changes in our church families.
These changes are gradually introduced or suddenly thrown at us as church
I discovered recently that next month will be the 40th anniversary of the opening of my church library. I learned this while looking through old papers such as minutes from organizational meetings, erc. I compiled all of the information into a narrat
How do I retrieve information off of concourse. I need to enter holdings into a new system/ computer. I don't think concourse has any new updates for the system
Our tiny church library team (sometimes 1 person, now there are two) has been working on the rejuvenation of our library for the last two years. . Our library is in a tenuous position, as we do not have strong support from our staff. I realize that
Apparently Yoto cards are the media format that our parents want for their children currently as they seek to maintain low-screentime households. I'm looking for the best way to store individual cards for circulation- it seems that the def
Any stories to share? How do you feel about the experience? Any ideas to improve? How was the reponse to the Challenge? Did the challenge carry out the purpose you had for the summer?
Some of us serve in church/parish/synagogue libraries while some serve in school libraries and/or public libraries. Are there traditions connected to beginning the new church year and school year with libraries? Or are you doing something new and dif
I need recommendations for books for our church Roundtable group. We read Christian fiction, fiction with Christian messages (such as Theo of Golden), biographies, missions related books, books about Christian growth, etc.
As my library life is winding down, I am appalled at the increase in banned books. Now I am aware that as congregational librarians we are expected to be selective in the books we choose for our particular denomination and o
Tori Wright, Manager of the Brentwood Baptist Church Resource Room located in Brentwood, TN is in the process of transitioning the library to a Family Resource Room stemming from church staff request. In order to do that, they are downsizing their co
