How do you determine if a concordance and other theological resources are out of date in your collection?
Read more…Another topic discussed on October 19 in Franklin, TN was requested by some in our group who do not have automated collections. How to keep track of circulation? If you do not have an automated collection, how do you track circulation?
Read more…One of our topics during last Saturday's (October 19, 2024) Middle Tennessee Church Library Ministry Network gathering was sharing titles on hospice and end of life needs. Have you discovered books to have for families dealing with hospice care? Ple
Read more…What magazines are available to your church family?
How do you use magazines to find books and DVDs for the library?
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We have not grappled with eBooks in awhile. The pastor of one of our new members wants eBooks in the collection. Those of you who have experience with having eBooks in your church’s collection: would you share your recommendations as well as experien
Read more…Georgina Businaro recently put together a partical list of books her church's library provides for middle schoolers. Every church library is unique so keep in mind that each of us must use our selection policy to determine what we add to the collecti
Read more…During the July 20, 2024 gathering of the Middle Tennessee Church Library Ministry Network, we agreed we would like to collaborate on developing a list of women authors who write historical fiction. Since everyone is busy, how about just writing a na
Read more…One of our members is searching for a list of recommended books for new believers. If each of us replies with one or two recommendations, we will all see a minimum of 2000 recommendations. We often do not participate in these listings because we don'
Read more…How do you approach the inventory task? For our growing number of new librarians joining the CLN, share your inventory tips whether you conduct the inventory manually or with software.
Read more…Barbara Rodgers asks the following:
My church is located in Alabama and I want to create a seperate space to shelve books by Alabama authors. Where can I find a collated list of books by Alabama authors? Of course I am only interested in the titles t
Read more…Sabrina J has a question about shelving.
Our church library collection of over 12k items was given away (except for reference material) several years ago so the library would close. We have a new much smaller spot as well. Looking back, we see how th
Read more…Hi!
The latest Christianbook catalog had a few pages dedicated to children's fiction.
Any feedback/ concerns/ recommendations for these authors or series?
Nancy Martin is searching for book about Daniel that is suitable for youth. Any recommendations?
Read more…From Christy Hansen:
I am interested in adding a small handfull of titles to our library's collection some books, for both children and adults, on either Annie Armstrong and/or modern North American missionary work in the 20th and 21st centuries. Ou
Read more…We have biography series but only a few history books for 3-5 graders. Any recommendations? I have a very frustrated 5th grade girl waiting for us to meet her interests! HELP!
Read more…People ask us for recommendations for devotionals even though we may not include devotional books in the collection because people would check them out for a year.
What do you recommend they purchase for devotional books for children that have devot
Read more…Barbara Brown asked the following:
Need some ideas on how to purge non-fiction books. They have never been purged! Our fiction section is the most popular and non-fiction books are seldomly checked out except for a few authors.
Thanks!
Barbara Brown
Read more…Let’s focus on the memory of Martin Luther King today by sharing books we have in our collections on peace.
Read more…I need to update the adult fiction section. We havenot had anything new in a while. I came across Jill Eileen Smith's collection of Wives through the Bible. This is old enough that I could probably get a lot of it used. I have read one book. I have r
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