Our library is a bit off the beaten path for most of our congregation. Our team was toying around with the idea of bringing the library to where the people are...a sort of "mobile library"... and possibly setting up a table in the Commons area. We w
Read more…What a great conversation about evangelism and disciple making!! Through that conversation, we discovered an interest in collection policies. How did your church develop a collection policy for the church library? Would you share your policy? You do
Read more…I've posted a similar question last year, and got a few responses.
I'm just trying to gauge how many of us are paid. If you feel comfortable, would you please let me know if you are paid or not. I'm not looking for any specifics, just looking for
Read more…We've made great progress on revamping our library, but I'm confused. I purchased the book A Classification System for Church Libraries and it's adding to my question. I'm making new spine labels for all our resources as in their current categories b
Read more…I am using a MacBook and purchased software that was inexpensive and designed for a Mac but It is not what I would call user friendly at all. I worked 3 years as a public school librarian and used two different softwares. Neither of which seem avai
Read more…I am looking for fiction books for a tween boy (age 11) who has read about everything in our church library that is catalogued for his age. He's read Cooper Kids, Imagination Station, Young Whit, Pricilla Shirer, Red Rock Mysteries, Bill the Warthog,
Read more…We have recently installed Atrium and OPAC however have not yet rolled it out church wide. I am looking for some ideas and thoughts on how best to do this. I fear some of our Seniors will be intimidated by the Scanner.
Thank you
Linda Adams
Read more…Hello all!
I have to set up reading programs for the summer and am looking for help. Below is what I have come up with, but I need some fine tuning and of course any other suggestions are appreciated as well.
o Summer reading list with a prize
Read more…Our library has MANY great kits for group study. Some are not that old. However, they use VHS tapes rather than DVD's. Our younger patrons won't even consider them (even though we have a VHS player they can use). Most of the kits cost $150+. No
Read more…Briefly - a borrower who has consistently over the past few years borrowed books, not returned them, insists she has and bullies our older volunteers to let her take 6 more - last Sunday telling them that our computer needs updating as our Senior pas
Read more…I am having trouble classifying the book Incredible Creatures and Creations for the Bible. I have tried both OCLC and WorldCat without luck. This includes angels, bebemoths, etc.
Read more…How are other librarians entering the series names in the Mitford books by Jan Karon? With the new one on it's way, I started looking on all the inconsistent ways I had entered the series. Some Mitford, some with the number of the book in the serie
Read more…We have a number of members who have materials overdue as far back as 2015. We've sent multiple overdue notices requesting the return of the materials and the requests have been ignored for the most part. Some are children with as many as 8-10 items
Read more…We are finally getting Webopac set up- it has it's own server, and will be updated manually. I've waited a long, long time. Anyway, it will be available off of the church app, and the website do in order to make it look good, I should use HTML. I
Read more…We're looking at online resources for our library. Has anyone used RightNow Media or DevoHub? I'd be interested in hearing your comments.
Merry Christmas to all.
Martha
Read more…Hello Everyone! I joined the network this week and am thoroughly enjoying reading through the questions and posts. I have some experience with small church libraries - restarting them after first culling them, then adding the Dewey system and finally
Read more…I have 2 very willing and smart young people that I want to train to be shelvers. I'm looking for training materials on their level. There are some through The Library Store, but I'm not sure it's enough. Never really systematically done this.
Read more…Yesterday, I signed up for an amazon kindle account- I have two Kindle touch e-readers (they work even if they are not cutting edge or backlit).
I have one on which I will put out of print, cheap theology titles, and one that I will put fiction
Read more…You know when you get a dusty box of books donated, and you're afraid to put your hand inside and pull anything out? What's the most unique thing anyone has ever donated to your church library?
I wrote a blog post about mine. It was a very inapprop
Read more…We have been given a lot of books on cd.
How do you keep them together.
There are anywhere from 1 cd per book up to 8 cd's per book.
Thanks for helping me with this.
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