Q&A

Non-Fiction Donations?

Bev Colquett has a situation that many of us deal with often.

  Weeding - Someone recently donated 4 boxes of books to the church library. Many of them deal with marriage, child rearing, etc. but are already  12-15 years old. Are there guideline

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Mothers Day?

What are you doing for Mothers in your church this Sunday? Do you have books in your collection for mothers? 

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Children's books about how to share the Gospel

Does anyone know any good resources on this subject? I can find many books explaining the Gospel to children, but what about books that help children know how to share it with others themselves? Thank you for your help!

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Collection Development: Selection

Kristin Ciholas is an author who wants to know how church librarians choose books, through what publications, and how you learn about the books.

Click here to meet Kristin and her books.

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Christian Fiction written by men

Barbara Brown asks the following:

Would like some suggestions on good/interesting Christian fiction books written by men. 

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Weeding decisions?

Barbara Brown has a question:

I am removing adult Christian fiction books that were published before 2000 from our church library.  Are there any authors/books you consider "classics" and would not remove their books?   Do you have any Non-fiction au

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Picture Books?

Kim Schneider has a question:

I am looking for picture books on honoring parents, any suggestions?

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eBook Lending

Cara Shelton Asks:

I am wondering if anyone has figured out the e-book lending thing? We have many requests for e-books and for audible books. I am not either an e-book or audible book fan, so this is a whole new territory for me.  I'm still in the "

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Martin Luther King

What books do you recommend about Martin Luther King?

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Suffering Servant Books

Hey Everyone.  Someone is looking for books that discuss the connection between Jesus and Isaiah’s suffering servant.  Can anyone think of some that might be really good?

Thank you.

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Books for preschool and/or primary grades

Jean Lifurgey posted a question:

At the request of some of our younger mothers, I am lookng for suggestions/recommendations for Christian-based books regarding reproductive sex  for pre-school and/or primary grades.   We are a Mennonite congregation,

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Book Warehouse?

Barbara Brown posted the following question on the Topics page. 

Does anyone have a Book Warehouse in their area?  If so, have they ever bought books or gone to one of their 70% off sales?  Are the books in sections - i.e. Christian or Christian Fict

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Grants

Most of us need additional funding to what the church budget provides. Share with us the grants that you have successfully found in your area?

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Free eBook Sources

Joan Hite is searching for free eBook sources that she can refer people to who are looking for ebooks. She is exploring Libby for her location. 

Do you know of other sources?

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Teen Fiction Books?

Jenni Harvey posts this request:

Teen fiction and nonfiction anything for teens really.  My library has a couple devotonals and a few 70-90 nonfiction that seems good for now so I have something. Only regular kid is mine who is 5 so I want to work on

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Purchasing Items for a Library

Renea Skaggs asks the following:

What company do you purchase most of your books from - one that has the best prices?  When purchasing books for a church library, do you pay taxes on your purchases?

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How do you select Christian fiction?

Linda Johnson is starting a discussion on how you select your Christian fiction. Only those with a message of salvation through Jesus?  Those that mention God/praying/faith? Those that are just clean and a good or inspiring story? We have all of the

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Queen Elizabeth and 9/11?

With the passing of the Queen and yesterday’s remembrance of 9/11, do you have books and/or DVDs in your church’s or synagogue's collection related to Queen Elizabeth? 9/11? Would you share the titles? 

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Organizing Fiction by Genre?

Karen Pippenger asks an interesting questions for us to consider:

Has anyone here organized their fiction by genres? Just wondering, and if you have, what categories did you use? Tell me about how you did it and how long it took, how did you mark the

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A Pastor's Reference Library

A pastor has recently retired and has been allocated a space to house his library.  I have been asked to arrange it so that it is useful to our large pastoral staff and those who are attending seminary.  I started by sorting the collection, and then

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