Q&A

Fantasy and Futuristic Fiction

Tim Wilson asks the following question.

After a tornado severely damaged our church, we're finally recovering and I'm trying to get my library restocked and reopened. I occasionally have requests for fantasy and futuristic type fiction.  I'm having a

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Reference Books Available

Lou Gardner has reference books available to those of you who need such. Email her for details through the Church Librarians Network email. Note that Lou lives in Cary, North Carolina. 

NOTE: If you have not discovered the CLN email, at the top of th

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Duplicates?

Linda Draper, one of our CLN members in St. Louis, MO, emailed me a couple of weeks ago suggesting we connect with churches who lost their libraries during Hurricane Ida, Waverly, TN, and other recent weather disasters. We’ve waited until today to be

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Book Recommendations for Elementary and Middle Schoolers

Jane Sveska sent us the following question:

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How to handle Memorial books

Hello, All

I thought memorial "bookplates" inside the front cover of a book would be a good way to solicit books for the library. Reading other posts, I'm not sure about that now.

If a memorial donation gets lost, won't the donor feel offended? 

Does an

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Bible study kits

In the process of weeding our library, we deleted a number of Bible study kits.  Since most of the kits are expensive and still in good condition, if you would be interested in having any of them, email library@trinitybiblechurch.com for the list of

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Dust Jackets?

Ikmoskau asked me to post the following question:

Should dust jackets be removed or left on for processing and shelving?

 

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Catalog Cards Available

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Collection Development: Book Donations

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Classics and Good Reads

In a recent conversation about which books to include in the library (it started with a question about John Grisham), I had mentioned that we have what we call "Classics" and "Good Reads" in our library, and that we have an explanation of what this m

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What are the Christmas or Hanukkah Favorites of your Church/Synagoge Family?

Share with us the books and DVDs that your church or synagoge family checks out for Christmas and/or Hanukkah?

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RightNow Media?

Does your church’s library participate in your church’s subscription to RightNow? My church will relaunch our subscription to this ministry on November 1. Our Enrichment Center has a channel where we can recommend media for families, individuals, and

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Preserving a Book

Nancy Martin sent me a question to post for her. I've given Steve Gateley a heads up so he can reply with his "archivist" hat on today.

Our son Just got married  and his wife has a hard back copy of Peter Pan published before 1985. He wants advice to

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What does everyone do with their old Bible study books?

Our library has some dating back to the 60’s. Keep or not?

Sent to us from Jearldine Tolson

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Collection Development

Hi Friends,

Our library has experienced several years of serious budget cuts. With funds only covering expenses, we have been unable to purchase new books. Our additions have consisted primarily of donated books. With the current COVID controls, a new

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Signs

Barbara Brown asks the following:

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Classic Christian books

I would be interested in a list of 'classic' titles for a church library.

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