Our church library has never had a vision statement. I would like to see some examples. I have been praying for God to give me a vision for this ministry. And he has. I just need to see some examples so that I can put it in writing. Any help is great
Read more…What is the best way to catalog biographies of biblical characters? We have some Old Testament characters in 221 and New Testament ones in 225. Some have the first three letters of the author's last name after the Dewey number; some have the name o
Read more…We wish to work at growing our church library, but since we are a small town how can we grow without competing with the towns public library. The town library has a fantastic selection of christian novels, and we often purchase discarded books from
Read more…We are in the process of possibly moving our children's books and videos out of the library and into our Children's church room to make them more accessible for the children and the parents. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might best track
Read more…Does anyone use a system for people to read books on their Kindle? IF so, what company do you use for this service?
Read more…Our children's section needs a make-over. What do you all do with large softcover children's books? I thought about putting them in something slotted- We have small paperbacks (Arch), and larger ones. Does anyone have pictures they could post or
Read more…Looking for suggestions to plan and implement a weekday library event in our church library for preschoolers such as a story hour. Would love to hear ideas that have worked well for others. How often do you conduct your activity? Should it be wee
Read more…This book was read and enjoyed by two of our staff, one of whom went to Israel shortly after reading the book. She said the book definitely enhanced her experience there. There's no verso info on a suggested Dewey number - it's rather a unique book.
Read more…I am looking for ideas on what to include about the library on the churches website. We do not have the level of software to put the catalog online. I have looked at some bigger church websites near me (Dalhart, TX) and either they don't have a lib
Read more…Have any of you done at Book Swap at your church library?
If so, I would like to know how you did it.
Thank You!
Read more…When I began in the church library non-book items were listed as AV on the spines. Since I had worked at a public library I had wanted to go to DVD, CD, etc. Many not such a good idea because now the CDs come in between the Children's Bio and Ficti
Read more…All,I am prayerfully considering making a proposal to our church leadership that my volunteer position become a part-time paid position.Countless church members are always surprised when I tell them that I am a volunteer.I'm sure the bulk of us are v
Read more…Would be interested in knowing how you all circulate magazines if at all. We are only doing it on paper now but would like to use Concourse so they would be included in our circulation numbers. I don't want to catalog each issue. Thoughts?
Read more…I classified Friends of Christ by Karen Kingsbury following the CIP as 232.9, which seemed OK to me. I got called on this, and shown the introduction where it is clearly shown that this is fiction. Checking Classify.occl.org, I find 948 libraries als
Read more…When putting a book in the library that is a biography, what letters would you use for 'ten Boom' or 'von Trapp'? Would it be classified 'B ten' or 'B Boo'? Thanks for helping me.
Read more…The last eBook collection article was from 2012. Are the two consortiums still operating in Texas? Please post any websites so we may view the catalogs. We have a church near us looking into it, and would appreciate an update . . .
Thanks!
Read more…Does anyone use (or know of someone who uses) Filemaker Pro 12 for their library catalogue? A church library in our area inherited the program from a former librarian and they are struggling with it.
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…Our library is open to the public at all hours, given that it is in a corner of the "Great Hall" and easily visible as soon as you come into the building. This is great for making all users of the building aware of our library, and we have about 60
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