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Church Library Mission Statement

" Make new friends, but keep the old, One is silver and the other gold"--a song we used to sing in Girl Scouts. I find myself caught in this juxtaposition--wanting to keep the best of our established library, but looking for new ways to move forward

Started by Babs Harris in Church Library Administration

4 Replies · Reply by Dee Ann Hoff Nov 17

Library Asset Inventory

The audit committee at my church is conducting an "asset inventory" for insurance purposes. This includes the library. Has anyone else been part of a project like this, and can you offer any suggestions on how to prepare for it and assist with it?

Started by Linda Draper in Church Library Administration

5 Replies · Reply by Rhonda Rolen Nov 12

Sharing Library Space

One of our new CLN members is beginning the process for his church to revitalize their library. This library room is also used as the Welcome Center. We haven’t discussed multiuse approaches for a church/synagogue/parish library in a long time. Perha

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

6 Replies · Reply by Paul T. Jackson Oct 13

Enrichment Center vs library or media center

I'm looking for the previous CLN articles describing how an enrichment center varies from our traditional church libray. Seems like there were suggested classes, discussions and activities. How does our traditional library need to change to draw tod

Started by Leslie Kenley in Church Library Administration

3 Replies · Reply by Rhonda Rolen Sep 10

Library Desk Books for Today's Libraries

We have discussed the Desk Book in the past. Click here to find some ideas for organizing and what to include in a Desk Book. This relates to the idea of being prepared when someone suddenly steps away from the library team. The free book Church Li

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

1 Reply · Reply by Debbie Dehart Aug 20

Old Family Bibles

Our library has several old family Bibles with the family names in them, but the families are no longer in our parish.

Does anyone know what we should do with them?

Started by Linda L. Tiffany in Church Library Administration

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Doing an inventory in Concourse

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

Started by Laura Reed in Church Library Administration and Classification and Cataloging

5 Replies · Reply by Laura Reed Jun 25

Ways to Engage Preteens on the Library Team

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

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

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Easter Stories to Share?

Any surprises or interesting experiences yesterday as your church celebrated Easter through their library?

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

2 Replies · Reply by Morlee Maynard Apr 28

Any experience with the Librarika program?

Hello!

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!

Started by Amber W. in Church Library Administration

7 Replies · Reply by Paul T. Jackson Apr 24

rclsoftware

Over 15 years ago, our little church's library purchased the rclsoftware for cataloguing. It has met our needs perfectly and survived upgrades. It continues to work and thankfully, I have not needed any technical support, since it is no longer avail

Started by Kathy Shaffer in Church Library Administration

4 Replies · Reply by Kathy Shaffer Apr 14

No cost library system

My Church has been using Atrium Book systems for several years now. My church is going through a need for reduction in our budget and my pastor has asked me to give up that system after this year because the price keeps increasing. He made a suggesti

Started by Linda Adams in Church Library Administration

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Protecting your books

What, if anything, do you use to protect your books for circulation (both soft cover and hard cover)?

Contact paper? Book sleeves? If sleeves, are there height-adjustable sleeve options, or do you need to keep several sizes on hand in order to get

Started by Gretchen Zimmerman in Church Library Administration

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Gifts?

Are you planning to give your team members a gift this year? Let’s share our ideas.

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

11 Replies · Reply by Elizabeth Fisher Jan 7

Library Patron Cards

Babs Harris asks the following?

Our team just completed a training seminar on the Atriuum software.

One interesting topic was using the software for self check-out at satellite stations, with the patrons putting in their library card number and pass

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

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Patron/Customer Service

One of the North Alabama conference sessions on November 5 is focused on customer service. Why wait until November 5? The way we treat people who use church libraries kinda falls in the circluation category of all that we do. Let's use the following

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

1 Reply · Reply by Morlee Maynard Sep 9, 2024

Filing System for Library Purchasing Receipts

Here's a twist on our filing system discussion. Let’s get specific about our filing systems.

How do you file purchasing receipts for the library? How long to do you keep these receipt files?

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

3 Replies · Reply by Barbara Rodgers Aug 26, 2024

Concourse inventory

Our library team has been conducting inventory of our library. None of us are very familiar with Concourse and the last time inventory was done was before Covid. We have completed the nonfiction, fiction, and DVD items but still have the children's i

Started by Dacia Quate in Church Library Administration and Classification and Cataloging

11 Replies · Reply by Barbara Rodgers Aug 26, 2024

Communicating with Church Staff Ministers and Pastors

The start of a new church year is a great time to initiate or strengthen relationships with church staff ministers and pastors. How are you approaching that this year? Let’s share our stories.

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

1 Reply · Reply by Morlee Maynard Aug 12, 2024

Filing System for a Church Library?

We have a new member who is revitalizing a church library. She wants to know what you use as a filing system for your needs. Do you use administration, collection development, promotion, and cataloging as the main categories with sub-categories? Or a

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

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Q&A

Church Library Administration (100)

Church Library Mission Statement

Library Asset Inventory

Sharing Library Space

Enrichment Center vs library or media center

Library Desk Books for Today's Libraries

Old Family Bibles

Doing an inventory in Concourse

Ways to Engage Preteens on the Library Team

Easter Stories to Share?

Any experience with the Librarika program?

rclsoftware

No cost library system

Protecting your books

Gifts?

Library Patron Cards

Patron/Customer Service

Filing System for Library Purchasing Receipts

Concourse inventory

Communicating with Church Staff Ministers and Pastors

Filing System for a Church Library?

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