We have a number of members who have materials overdue as far back as 2015. We've sent multiple overdue notices requesting the return of the materials and the requests have been ignored for the most part. Some are children with as many as 8-10 items
Read more…What a great conversation about evangelism and disciple making!! Through that conversation, we discovered an interest in collection policies. How did your church develop a collection policy for the church library? Would you share your policy? You do
Read more…I really need to update some parts of our collection and make it more diverse. As part of that effort, I thought I would ask this group about good books for a church library that would tie into Black History Month. I am thinking about getting the “Ey
Read more…Hi Everyone,
Our library has been on a rocky road for a while. However, with our new pastor, things have certainly improved.
That being said, recently I was told that since library books don't save souls, and that's what church is really about,
Read more…I have two questions.The first has to do with children in the lower grades reading 8/9 grade level books. The young girl read the whole Cul-de-sac Kids books in two days. Her brother read the Prince Warroirs series in 3 weeks. So many of the teen boo
Read more…Yesterday, I signed up for an amazon kindle account- I have two Kindle touch e-readers (they work even if they are not cutting edge or backlit).
I have one on which I will put out of print, cheap theology titles, and one that I will put fiction
Read more…I been withdrawing cassette tapes and hope to get rid of all of them. Our library director would like to keep some, especially some of our services. We have lots of our services on cassette that have not been cataloged -- I'm not concerned with those
Read more…Hello! My name is Wanda Lawrence. I have just released my first children's book. "Who's Right? What's Right?" It is a book explaining the 3rd commandment in an easy to understand method.
A young girl's Sunday School class is learning the ten command
Read more…Good morning everyone,
This is an area in which many, if not most, of us struggle. Biographies for teenagers/students/young adults. Are there any good biographies that would interest this age group? Thanks so much. Martha
Read more…You know when you get a dusty box of books donated, and you're afraid to put your hand inside and pull anything out? What's the most unique thing anyone has ever donated to your church library?
I wrote a blog post about mine. It was a very inapprop
Read more…We need to weed (discard) our VHS tapes. Does anyone have suggestions of what to do with them, other than discard in the trash (away from the church)?
Read more…One of our church members checked out a book. It clearly shows that it was checked out under her name.
When we checked it back in, it said it wasn't checked out.
We pulled up her name and there it was! Still checked out under her name.
I even checked
Read more…Do you have a good cost-efficient resource for ordering books for your library? Do you order pre-cataloged books?
thanks for input!
Read more…
I am confident more than a few church librarians have been asked to assist a parent whose daughter is an advanced reader, but not ready for the mature subjects that books at her reading level provide. We would appreciate any wisdom on this topic.
Read more…
Good day,
Does anyone have recommendations for books for adults who are beginning to learn to read? I'm looking for Christian titles that aren't geared toward children. Are there any sources?
Thanks so much.
Martha
I know that the public libraries of the world order books from places like Baker & Taylor so they can get discounted rates. I usually order new books from amazon, CBD, or LifeWay (just depending on price/shipping costs). Does anyone use book jobber
Read more…I've been cleaning out old cabinets and dusty places. Came across a 1911 copy of The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by E.G. White. There are copies of this book on ebay that range from 25.00 to 125.00. The copy that I have is battered
Read more…I recently volunteered to help a small church start a library with the 800 or so books they had donated. I was hoping someone could send me the template or form that they have patrons fill out before they are allowed to check out books. Thank you
Read more…Yes, Virginia, "real" men do read books.
We have quite a few men who read books in the church library.
It's easy to find women who write Christian Fiction but where are the men authors?
Other than D. Brown, D. Bunn, J. Cahn, A. Collins, T. Dekker, J.
Read more…