I am looking for church libraries that are planning to feature a coffee house/cafe or a bookstore (or both) within their space, or adjoining their space. Or if any already exist, I'd love to know about those as well.
Hi! I've been the church librarian at First Baptist Mustang, OK, for about twelve years. Last year a dream of mine was realized when Bethany House bought my historical romance - Sixty Acres and a Bride. Its release date is February 1, 2012.
How do you handle the storage of the History of your churches? In what format do you keep it? It was recommended that we put it on Microfish. I haven't a clue how that is done. Or even where to get one.
I just purchased Archbishop Desmond Tutu's "Children of God Storybook Bible" for Ages 4-8 . It's highly recommended by Christian Library Journal and I'm impressed with the selected stories, colorful, appealing illustrations by several illustrators, a
Does anyone starting a library, or adding to one, need library furniture? We are moving to a new space and will probably have some available. We are in the Houston, TX area. Let me know asap. We will be moving in about a month.
For those of you using ResourceMate, which "Resource Type" do you use for audio books on compact discs? The compact disc category is geered for music CDs and doesn't seem to fit an audio book. How do you process the books on CD? And, for the call
Can anyone recommend a printer that prints catalog cards? Ours will pick up the first page in the tray but will not grab the second page correctly and the rest of the cards are all printed wrong.
I was trying to use the LifeWay Internet site this evening and I often got a link to a page that says they are doing remodeling to the site, and when I do find a book or author, I click on it and it takes me back to that dead end page. What's happeni
We are writing a history of our library. I've read that our library was once awarded the Church Library Achievement Recognition Advanced. Does anyone know what that was?
My granddaughter remarked that she is at an "awkward" age -- can find devotional books for teenage girls or women, but nothing for early college years. Her librarian grandmother has had the same problem in looking for something for her. Any ideas?
I was asked to host a library display during our VBS week. Our theme is archaeology/how we got the Bible. This station will be an optional stop for the classes. I am looking for ideas of books for different ages & anything creative you can think of.
Our library has been given a large collection of music CDs including several different genres. We have not handled this item before. I would like to hear how others catalog and display music CDs. Any other tips on music library techniques would be mo
I am looking for a simple and inexpensive means of making our library catalog searchable on the Web. Ideally, this would be linked to our church Web page.
I am new to this ning network and to my job as a church librarian, although I have worked in public libraries for several years. Our library has been classified according to a staff-created classification system based on accession numbers and subject
Is anyone using the Kindle or Nook in their library? If so, how does that work? I definitely see it as the future and want to be on the cutting edge in the library. Anyone using it or have suggestions on how to use it let me know.
