Any special plans for your church’s library in regard to July 4?
Read more…Mary Mardiguian, Co-Librarian, Faith Presbyterian Church, Colorado sent the following questions:
What are ways you have found to increase foot traffic to your library and generate interest in the library? What have you done about declining circulati
Read more…Through the years, lots of you have shared your book club ideas and experiences on the CLN. You will find these ideas on the CLN by searching “book clubs.” Let’s embrace our current church environments. I recently “attended” the live Baptist Associat
Read more…Are you planning your church's library summer plans? Let's share our ideas here.
Read more…Are you planning library activities for the Christmas or Hanukkah season this year? Perhaps due to COVID that is not possible this year. What have you done in the past?
Read more…Hello. I'm a lttle late joining the discussion. In June,our library received permission to do curbside service. We also offered porch drop off for our at-risk members. The library then offered open hours by appointment. With our church slowly opening
Read more…As school begins to start each year, we always share what we did during the summer through our church libraries. The summer of 2020 will definitely limit what we have to share due to Covid-19. However, I have a hunch that many of you merely adjusted
Read more…Share with us if and how your team is doing online story times.
The American Library Association has a great article about such:
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Hey! I need some suggestions. I have recently joined a church and am trying to get the Media Center in order and draw some interest. There is a bulletin board in a hallway I was told I could use. I'm not creative! I would love to do a basic layo
Read more…I am interested in tips on how to organize and facilitate a book club that I can use in a presentation I will be giving this fall. Please share with me your experiences.
Thanks!
Edie Asbury
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Great article in yesterday's Facts and Trends.
What can we do through our library ministries to disciple paren
Read more…What materials do you pull for a display for the upcoming topics in each Sunday School class? Do you pick one or two? Do you try to do all? I have a medium size church that has most adults in one Bible guide series from Lifeway and another adult g
Read more…What materials do you pull for a display for the upcoming topics in each Sunday School class? Do you pick one or two? Do you try to do all? I have a medium size church that has most adults in one Bible guide series from Lifeway and another adult g
Read more…Hello all!
I have to set up reading programs for the summer and am looking for help. Below is what I have come up with, but I need some fine tuning and of course any other suggestions are appreciated as well.
o Summer reading list with a prize
Read more…We have recently installed Atrium and OPAC however have not yet rolled it out church wide. I am looking for some ideas and thoughts on how best to do this. I fear some of our Seniors will be intimidated by the Scanner.
Thank you
Linda Adams
Read more…I am looking for programs my library could offer? Reading type programs for children, maybe a reading contest type thing geared toward adults, things along those lines. In addition, any other fun/interactive programs your libraries offer? Thanks in a
Read more…'we have our library up and running pretty well right now. Our goal is to open it to the public. Since October is Church Library Month, I was wondering what other church librarians are planning.
I thought an open house or something. Our congregati
Does anyone else here put out a library newsletter? What kinds of things do you put in it? We started one last October, which has grown in scope quite a bit and I'm interested to know what others are putting in theirs.
Read more…Hello all. I'm interested in how other church libraries use social media. Do any of you have dedicated Facebook, Instagram, or twitter?Do you have good responses from it? Does it work as a promotional tool?Thanks for your input.Sharln Chapman
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