I recently volunteered to help a small church start a library with the 800 or so books they had donated. I was hoping someone could send me the template or form that they have patrons fill out before they are allowed to check out books. Thank you
Read more…We need to weed (discard) our VHS tapes. Does anyone have suggestions of what to do with them, other than discard in the trash (away from the church)?
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First, I'm deeply thankfull for this forum. I love reading (and re-reading) previous posts.
I didn't find much about books (print) that contain a collection of stories and/or books and so the reason for the following question.
How do you treat
Read more…Someone donated a copy of the book Heaven is for Real and as I was preparing to enter it into the system (using Dewey) and began searching for call numbers, other libraries have used 133.901. We're not using a lot of call numbers that long in our sma
Read more…I'm looking for the DVDs that go with a particular Bible Study that a group in our church wants to do. When your churches buy that sort of material, do you normally keep in cataloged in your library or have another area in the church where they are
Read more…I am confident more than a few church librarians have been asked to assist a parent whose daughter is an advanced reader, but not ready for the mature subjects that books at her reading level provide. We would appreciate any wisdom on this topic.
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Let's share how we set up our systems to make sure we are following procedures established by CVLI (Christian Video Licensing International) and others.
Read more…My gadget addicted grandson purchased a barcode scanner from Amazon for about $20, and it works like a charm. Reads multiple types of barcodes.
Has anyone used one of the cheap scanners? I wonder how they hold up under use.
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When there are 2 ISBN numbers, one with 10, and one with 13, which one do we use?
Read more…What is the protocol for classifying a 4+ volume set of a Bible translation?
It's The Interlinear Bible by Jay P. Green in 4 volumes: 1 vol. of Greek, and 3 of Hebrew. Keep them together as a set or split them up? OCLC says 220.44 BIB (Int?) for
Read more…I was wondering how many of you use the Atrium System?
Do you like it, is it easy to use, how much does it cost, is it a yearly subscription or a one time thing, and any other questions you can help me with.
Thanks!
Read more…Is or has anyone used Prima Soft Library Software and how would you rate it. I need new software and need to turn in a price for my 2018 budget.
Thanks
Read more…Hello! My name is Wanda Lawrence. I have just released my first children's book. "Who's Right? What's Right?" It is a book explaining the 3rd commandment in an easy to understand method.
A young girl's Sunday School class is learning the ten command
Read more…I have two sets of audio books of the Bible. One is a KJV and the other NIV. Each are more than 50 CD's. How would you package and catalog these?
I'm thinking separating them into 6 disks or so and cataloging them that way. My thinking is that if
Read more…We have recently installed Atriuum (yesterday) and deleted our beloved Concourse. I am told I will love it! My question is concerning Quick Cataloguing. This is for those with Atriuum. I have always classified and catalogued books myself (for ove
Read more…Hi Everyone,
Our library has been on a rocky road for a while. However, with our new pastor, things have certainly improved.
That being said, recently I was told that since library books don't save souls, and that's what church is really about,
Read more…Is there an award given for excellence in Christian writing for children? I'm familiar with the Christy awards for Christian adult fiction, but wondered whether there was any recognition for excellence in books for kids (fiction or nonfiction). The
Read more…How do you encourage church members to use the library?
We run about 450, not counting children's church which is close to 100, and yet the same dozen or so people consistently use the library. I need some ideas that will bring people in to bro
Read more…I am 16 years old and have a part-time job at my church library this summer organizing the summer reading program. Does anyone have any suggestions? How to do rewards and if you have any other ideas, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Does anyone have this book? The author is Eben Alexander, M.D. The LoC has the call number as 617.48 which is specifically about neurosurgery. On OCLC it is also listed as 133.9 (which is Spiritualism) and as a biography. I'm just no
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