I have read the older thread on this subject, and have downloaded the 2 attached from one church in Arkansas, and another one. I need to do this- it's been too long neglected, but I need some other examples than these two. If you are willing to share your church library donation and gift policy with me, e-mail it to mwhjhh@verizon.net or attach to a new thread.
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Ours is fairly simple. We accept donations and ask the donors if they care what happens to the books we don't want. If they want them back, we return them. If they don't want them, we give what we don't want to the Gospel Mission.
We keep only books which
a) fit with our church's theology and mission
b) are in good physical condition
c) aren't really old. This sounds terrible but we've found that most books that look old will not get read, no matter how good they are.
d) are not duplicates
e) we think will be of interest to our congregation. Sometimes we're right; sometimes we're not.
Following were selected by googling "church library gift policy"
http://www.arbcgarland.com/librarypolicy.htm
http://www.pcbc.org/grow/library/selection-and-gift-policy/
http://firstbaptistjackson.org/resources/tools/church-library/
http://www.ridgeviewbaptist.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=456...
http://www.pnacl.org/links.htm
http://www.tannehillvalley.org/DonationPolicy
http://www.saintmarkumcseneca.org/AllHandsMinistries/Library/Librar...
now why didn't I think of doing that? : )
I guess I was looking for regulars on this forum more, and their personal experiences.
I am curious why several have that information about various religious groups must be objective in nature. Does that mean that apologetic books or comparative religious books would be excluded? I am thinking about Walter Millers excellent book on the cults.