Cheryl Subject has Two New Year Goals:
1. To better communicate about the Library Ministry with congregation and other Ministry Leaders. I'm looking for Ideas for church library newsletters or other communication tools. What methodology are you using
Are you planning to give your team members a gift this year? Let’s share our ideas.
Read more…Will you be connecting with any of the Christmas or Hanukkah events during these weeks? Let’s share our opportunities and experiences.
Read more…Yesterday I had the opportunity to participate in a Student Ministry Parent & Guardian luncheon. David Reed, our Student Minister, asked me to prepare a list of Enrichment Center books for parents and guardians. I followed up asking if I could be the
Read more…If you are a veteran, share with us where you served or are serving. We thank you for our freedom.
Read more…How do you determine if a concordance and other theological resources are out of date in your collection?
Read more…Another topic discussed on October 19 in Franklin, TN was requested by some in our group who do not have automated collections. How to keep track of circulation? If you do not have an automated collection, how do you track circulation?
Read more…One of our topics during last Saturday's (October 19, 2024) Middle Tennessee Church Library Ministry Network gathering was sharing titles on hospice and end of life needs. Have you discovered books to have for families dealing with hospice care? Ple
Read more…Babs Harris asks the following?
Our team just completed a training seminar on the Atriuum software.
Barb is looking for ways to better use their library web page as a pointer to other resources (doctrinally sound apps/web pages). How are you using your church’s library’s website to make people aware of sound apps and web pages? And other ways?
Read more…What magazines are available to your church family?
How do you use magazines to find books and DVDs for the library?
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One of the North Alabama conference sessions on November 5 is focused on customer service. Why wait until November 5? The way we treat people who use church libraries kinda falls in the circluation category of all that we do. Let's use the following
Read more…Babs Harris and her team are working on a small display in the adult area of their building. Question: When you have display locations away from the library that are not considered satellite location, how do you identify the locations of the items in
Read more…The breakout session facilitators are collaborating on what they will do during the North Alabama Church Library Conference on November 2. The faclitators are Allison Maynard, Bev League, Carolyn Walker, Marty Woodall, and Morlee Maynard. Patty Easte
Read more…Here's a twist on our filing system discussion. Let’s get specific about our filing systems.
How do you file purchasing receipts for the library? How long to do you keep these receipt files?
Read more…The start of a new church year is a great time to initiate or strengthen relationships with church staff ministers and pastors. How are you approaching that this year? Let’s share our stories.
Read more…We have not grappled with eBooks in awhile. The pastor of one of our new members wants eBooks in the collection. Those of you who have experience with having eBooks in your church’s collection: would you share your recommendations as well as experien
Read more…Georgina Businaro recently put together a partical list of books her church's library provides for middle schoolers. Every church library is unique so keep in mind that each of us must use our selection policy to determine what we add to the collecti
Read more…We have a new member who is revitalizing a church library. She wants to know what you use as a filing system for your needs. Do you use administration, collection development, promotion, and cataloging as the main categories with sub-categories? Or a
Read more…Now is a great time to contact your age group ministers, women’s ministers, men’s ministers, and other ministers to discuss how the church library can assist their plans for the new ministry year. A common question for all of them involves their disc
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