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Church Directories

Rose Newcomb asks the following:

Our church directory is very outdated. Are churches now creating their own directories? Is it just a list of names of church family members or does it include photos? If it is an online directory, how are privacy i

Started by Morlee Maynard in Miscellaneous

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What About Younger Preschoolers Today?

While looking for books about Annie Armstrong on WMU.com, I discovered a great article about today's younger preschoolers. While the article is written for teachers, I think we can find all kinds of implications for church librarians. Let’s share our

Started by Morlee Maynard in Making Disciples

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Shelving Books in a Series for Children

How are books such as the I Can Read Series : Daniel and the Lion's Den , Jesus is Born , Faith Gets Us Through catalogued for shelving. It seems to me that being placed together would be easier for children to find. I've been out of this a while so

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

6 Replies · Reply by Dee Privette Feb 26, 2024

Collection Development: Chapter History Books for 3-5 Graders

We have biography series but only a few history books for 3-5 graders. Any recommendations? I have a very frustrated 5th grade girl waiting for us to meet her interests! HELP!

Started by Morlee Maynard in Collection Development

5 Replies · Reply by Lydia Neeley Feb 25, 2024

Collection Development: Devotional Books for Children

People ask us for recommendations for devotionals even though we may not include devotional books in the collection because people would check them out for a year.

What do you recommend they purchase for devotional books for children that have devot

Started by Morlee Maynard in Collection Development

3 Replies · Reply by Ruth A Niehaus Feb 20, 2024

Lost Bibles?

Barbara Rodgers asks the following.

Our church library has become the final resting place for Bibles left in Lost and Found for more than a year. Worn out and torn Bibles from somewhere (no one knows where) keep turning up in the library in boxes and

Started by Morlee Maynard in Miscellaneous

8 Replies · Reply by Mercee Tate Feb 8, 2024

Displays for Cultural History Emphases

Barbara Rodgers asks the following.

How do church libraries handle displays focusing on the emphases of Black History Month, Women's History Month or other cultural history emphases?

Started by Morlee Maynard in Promotion

3 Replies · Reply by Geneva P. Pope Feb 12, 2024

New Babies?

Recently, my brother-in-law found the Cradle Roll letter sent to his parents when he was born. Does your church’s library team connect with parents of new babies in some way?

Started by Morlee Maynard in Promotion

12 Replies · Reply by Mona Pearson Feb 14, 2024

Sunday Morning Experiences

Yesterday I had an amazing experience with a couple who visited our church for the first time. They were in the Enrichment Center when I got there after Sunday School. Both were very excited about our library! We had a delightful conversation about t

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

2 Replies · Reply by Deborah Gray Jan 29, 2024

Book Recommendations and Sermons

Paul Jackson emailed me recently asking if preachers communicate titles of books they plan to include in their sermons. We grappled with this often-frustrating question through the years within other subjects. Let’s bring it up again. How do you wor

Started by Morlee Maynard in Promotion

3 Replies · Reply by Debbie Dehart Jan 22, 2024

Purging Non-Fiction Books?

Barbara Brown asked the following:

Need some ideas on how to purge non-fiction books. They have never been purged! Our fiction section is the most popular and non-fiction books are seldomly checked out except for a few authors.

Thanks!

Barbara Brown

Started by Morlee Maynard in Collection Development

4 Replies · Reply by Paul T. Jackson Feb 12, 2024

Collection Development: Peace

Let’s focus on the memory of Martin Luther King today by sharing books we have in our collections on peace.

Started by Morlee Maynard in Collection Development

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Cataloging Multiple Pieces

Roxy Klassen asks the following question:

How do you catalog items that have multiple pieces? We have a good number of Small Group Study Materials. Most have a Teacher/Leader Guide; a DVD; and one or more student book/workbooks. We don't mind if the

Started by Morlee Maynard in Classification and Cataloging

5 Replies · Reply by Joan Hite Jan 16, 2024

Churches with schools?

From Martha Jo Dendinger

Do you have separate libraries for the congregation and the school? We are acquiring K-8 school with 87 students. Would love to hear from this wonderful group of wisdom.

Blessings,

Martha

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

5 Replies · Reply by Susan M. Albon Jan 19, 2024

Recommendations for Books related to Thanksgiving

Books on Thanksgiving? Boooks on gratitude? Lots out there for children, but am having trouble finding ones for older teens or adult books on Thanksgiving.

Thanks!

Martha Wilson

Started by Morlee Maynard in Collection Development

4 Replies · Reply by Susan M. Albon Nov 24, 2023

Cookbooks?

Emily Belz is a staff writer for "Christianity Today" magazine. She emailed me the following:

“I'm writing about what happened to church cookbooks; do any churches still produce them? What is the story and timeline of their decline? Do librarians kee

Started by Morlee Maynard in Collection Development

10 Replies · Reply by Morlee Maynard Dec 4, 2023

"People Don't Want a Friendly Church"

Lifeway Research posted recent research results titled “People Don’t Want a Friendly Church.” I’m sure the title itself hooks you. Even though the article does not mention libraries, it does describe ways that we help people connect in meaningful way

Started by Morlee Maynard in Making Disciples

1 Reply · Reply by Everlie Bolton Oct 31, 2023

Remembering the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza

What is your church’s/synagogue library team doing as your church/ synagogue family prays for people caught in this tragedy?

Started by Morlee Maynard in Promotion

1 Reply · Reply by Mimi W Nov 15, 2023

Fall Break?

Our schools are taking this week off for Fall Break. So our church weekday activities are cancelled this week. Our team is using our Wednesday workday to continue our inventory. How does your team use school break weeks?

Started by Morlee Maynard in Church Library Administration

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Greeting Card Ministry

From a Church Librarians Network search, we have overlooked sharing what some of us are doing with greeting cards. We just started a team of card makers for our group leaders and In-Home Ministry visitors. It is led by Debbie Boyte. Once the word got

Started by Morlee Maynard in Promotion

6 Replies · Reply by Barbara Rodgers Dec 4, 2023

synagogue libraries (169)

Church Directories

What About Younger Preschoolers Today?

Shelving Books in a Series for Children

Collection Development: Chapter History Books for 3-5 Graders

Collection Development: Devotional Books for Children

Lost Bibles?

Displays for Cultural History Emphases

New Babies?

Sunday Morning Experiences

Book Recommendations and Sermons

Purging Non-Fiction Books?

Collection Development: Peace

Cataloging Multiple Pieces

Churches with schools?

Recommendations for Books related to Thanksgiving

Cookbooks?

"People Don't Want a Friendly Church"

Remembering the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza

Fall Break?

Greeting Card Ministry

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