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Just found this site!

Hello, my fellow-church-librarians!  

I had surgery a few days ago and have been taking advantage of this bed-ridden time to find some library-related sites on-line, and came across this one.  I'm delighted!!

My friend and I took over the library at ou

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Book return issues...

Hello!

I am a new member to this Association and have appreciated the wisdom found on this site!

I started as the new Library Coordinator in August of this year. I actually worked as the Library Coordinator for this church 7 years ago. When I left, pat

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Books for Sale

My church library is interested in offering 10 to 20 Christian books and study guides at cost to attendees.  Does anyone have any ideas as to how we can obtain the books and study guides so we are not stuck with numerous materials that don’t sell?  (

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Classification, Again

Okay, everyone I feel very good.  I have gone back and reclassified missionaries from biographies to the 266 area.

Now working on books that are in the 269 area.  Specifically I have one on Oswald Chambers.  On the bottom part of the spinal label, do

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What goes in a Call Number?

We're just beginning cataloging our collection.

We use Dewey. We have already cataloged several this way.

This is what we're doing-Is this ok?

1st line of Call number should be Dewey number

2nd line-1st 3 letters of author's last name

3rd line-copyright d

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Where to begin?

Thank you for accepting me as a member of the Church Librarians Network.  I have recently been approached by the elders at my local church to do a "feasibility " study on beginning a church library.  Although I have some Library Science background, i

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weeding/continuing education

               

I have been a volunteer at the public library off and on for several years. I am familiar with library work. I have just been elected Church Librarian. The previous librarian has it in her blood--Jr High lib for 30 years and church lib

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