One of our new members is starting a new church library. They need shelves. Any recommendations?
Read more…Dr. Paul T. Jackson asked me to post the following as a discussion starter. What would you add.
Here’s a focused starter list of practical, everyday-life books that many church libraries find helpful for patrons—resources that support people facing
Read more…We have been told recently that our library may have to change from Follett to Surpass due to Follett pricing continuing to rise. Also, we are so behind on Follett updates that if we upgraded, our server would not be able to support Follett. Would t
Read more…Also, do many churches have reading time for children? If so, what time of the week and how did you develop it? Would you consider it a ministry of the church or just an offering to parents to encourage reading?
Denise Roberts
Read more…Do many people have book clubs in their church, and if so, how is it done, and how has it been received?
Denise Roberts
Read more…How do librarians purge books? I know this has been discussed before, but as newer books are becoming increasingly "edgy," should we be keeping some of the older "tried & true" and if so, what criteria could we use to make our decisions?
Denise Robe
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Morlee
Read more…We have several CLN members who are on conference teams who plan training events for librarians. One complaint that these planners often hear is “I’ve already heard him or her speak so I don’t need to go to that session.” OR “I want to experience som
Read more…Recently I viewed a very interesting webinar that intrigued my thoughts about 2026.
Carey Nieuwhof is a Canadian pastor and a leadership expert known for helping church leaders thrive in a rapidly changing world. Recently, he did a free webinar title
Read more…As I prepared for the Tennessee Library Conference that took place this past Saturday, I collected random quotes to share in specific sessions.
For my first session, I planned to use the following quote as a conclusion to our focus on Revitalizing o
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We have discussed the Desk Book in the past. Click here to find some ideas for organizing and what to include in a Desk Book. This relates to the idea of being prepared when someone suddenly steps away from the library team. The free book Church Li
Read more…We are familiar with book clubs/challenges during the summer. How about during the school year? Anyone have experience with this approach during the school year?
During this summer we had 2 reading group sessions for preteens. Sort of like test runs
Read more…My church is the location of Southeastern Baptist Seminary student cohorts. For the first time, the leader of these cohorts asked the Enrichment Center Team to include the textbooks for a course that starts August 18. He asked us to add 16 books for
Read more…Did you hear the school bus this morning. School started where I live so I heard it this morning. What have you done this year to welcome the new school year with the kids?
Read more…Yesterday, I had the joy of welcoming someone to our Enrichment Center library. She just starting coming to our church. What a joy to see her face light up as I introduced her to our library, two of our team members who were shelving, and users who w
Read more…Many of us are starting to see the end of summer coming soon. Do you have a reading challenge this summer? How about a report on what is happening with the reading challenge?
We already have lots of reading change reports from past years on the Churc
Read more…Let's consider what we have posted in recent years for July 4. I found pictures of displays and points of interest. Click here:
Search Results - July 4 - Church Librarians Network
What are you creating for your church this year?
Read more…What will your church’s library be doing during VBS? Any other summer plans?
Take a look at ideas posted in previous years. Click here.
Read more…Due to increased participant travel expenses and the loss of funding by those entities that have provided library conferences in the past, the number of conferences in most of our locations are greatly reduced or nonexistent these days. BTW, the same
Read more…Summer is here! School is out!
We have two new homeschool families who are very excited about the Enrichment Center.These preteens (4-7 graders but churches varying in grouping) want to help this summer since their families will not be traveling as
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