Our pastor and church staff considered libraries obsolete and a waste of space. We had over 6,000 books and DVDs. Thee were all given away and the library space changed to a Welcome Center. I kept some of he books and DVDs and still have the library
Read more…Hello! My name is Becky Isbell. I recently volunteered, along with two other ladies, to help with the church library. I think it’s become a bit of a forgotten nook of the church, and we’re seeking to revitalize it. I hope that my colleagues will join
Read more…This is Marilyn Camper, FUMC Livingston Texas. We are working on our Policy & Procedures notebook for our library. Does anyone have a media review policy that they could share? thanks
Read more…Have any of you done a church wide book swap?
If so, how do you get started?
Read more…Our library is a bit off the beaten path for most of our congregation. Our team was toying around with the idea of bringing the library to where the people are...a sort of "mobile library"... and possibly setting up a table in the Commons area. We w
Read more…I have several patrons who just don't return books in a timely manner or at all. The library operates on a self-check out method because it's always open and I'm not always there. I send overdue emails and make personal contact. There is a card that
Read more…I have until 3"30 tomorrow (July 30) getting together some kind of plan for relocating our library.
Yes, really,
Any suggestions, including photos and floor plans of your current space would be a huge help.
Read more…Any tips on tactfully asking a committee chairman to step down?
This chairman has done nothing since taking the office of chairman except attending the state Library conference just after taking office. She doesn't even fill out the check out sheet
Read more…Hello everyone
I'm the library ministry leader at a church of ~2-300 people in Sydney Australia, but I have zero training in the area - aside from experience as a library desk worker at high school and university. And a love of books :) Our church
Read more…Last year our church was given a very large gift to benefit our library. Our library board elected to move the library to the main floor to make it more visible and to increase circulation. Now I need your expert help. How do you figure out how mu
Read more…I've posted a similar question last year, and got a few responses.
I'm just trying to gauge how many of us are paid. If you feel comfortable, would you please let me know if you are paid or not. I'm not looking for any specifics, just looking for
Read more…I have been asked to look into other churches with libraries and find out if they have a long range plan in place and what is it about. Please help me out by letting me know if you have a plan and if you can give me a quick overview that would be gr
Read more…Briefly - a borrower who has consistently over the past few years borrowed books, not returned them, insists she has and bullies our older volunteers to let her take 6 more - last Sunday telling them that our computer needs updating as our Senior pas
Read more…We are building our media center from the ground up after years of little use. Has anyone used surveys to find out what church members/staff/ministers need from the library? If so, what types of questions did you ask, how did you circulate the surv
Read more…Greetings all.
I have long been a proponent of "if you want it done right, do it yourself." However, it just isn't cutting it anymore. I have a few people interested in our library, but are looking for me to give them specific jobs to do.
At this
Read more…Our library recently purchased a DVD from Lifeway and wanted to show it at a movie night this summer for about 30 people. I emailed the distributor, Christianmovies.com, and was advised the movie is licensed on a per showing basis of $100. Since th
Read more…Do you have a Desk Book for your library? If so, share how you organized it and what all you include in your Desk Book.
Thanks!
Read more…Let's share how we set up our systems to make sure we are following procedures established by CVLI (Christian Video Licensing International) and others.
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