We are finally ready to add a library web page(s) to our church's website. If your library has a web page, please share your URL so I can view it for ideas. Thanks!
In response to CLN's discussion starter on INVENTORY (Monday Mailout: February 21, 2022), I wanted to respond with what some may find as a different approach to Inventory.
The goal of an Inventory is to KNOW where every Item in our library is, either
Yolanda Martinez is pondering if her church's library should have a mission statement? She asks us the following: Do church librarians have mission statements that they use?
Are you adding new Christmas related books and DVDs for adults, teens, children, and/or families? Would you share the titles? Many of us are needing to build this part of our collections. Share your titles in the Comments below.
After a tornado severely damaged our church, we're finally recovering and I'm trying to get my library restocked and reopened. I occasionally have requests for fantasy and futuristic type fiction. I'm having a
I would be interested to hear from those of you who loan out e-books through your church library. We have been asked to look into this for our church library and I don't even know where to start.
A great way to show appreciation to our team members is to give a gift of some kind to each one with a little note. Last year I gave our team jars of my favorite jelly purchased from a farm in North Carolina. A greeting card can also be used to expre
Linda Draper, one of our CLN members in St. Louis, MO, emailed me a couple of weeks ago suggesting we connect with churches who lost their libraries during Hurricane Ida, Waverly, TN, and other recent weather disasters. We’ve waited until today to be
Many of us are finishing up or have already turned in our budget requests for 2022. Or some churches start the budget year in October or another month. Budget preparation is an important aspect of what we do through our churches’ libraries.
Pam Langston asked me to post this question for her.
I’m in a church now that has a bookstore rather than a check out Library. There still needs to be a simple way to inventory books and retrieve by subject matter. Any suggestions? ( i could get a
I have long been a proponent of "if you want it done right, do it yourself." However, it just isn't cutting it anymore. I have a few people interested in our library, but are looking for me to give them specific jobs to do.
Many of our CLN members are serving in library ministry in smaller churches. Let’s say 100 or less in weekly attendance. What are your secrets to providing a library ministry that meets the needs and interests of people in your church family?
How and what can our library teams help equip our church and synagogue families to participate in preparations being made now in many of our communities for the arrival of 95,000 refugees?
Lou Gardner has reference books available to those of you who need such. Email her for details through the Church Librarians Network email. Note that Lou lives in Cary, North Carolina.
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