What do you do with donated books that your library cannot use? Often I get books that I already have in our library. We don't have enough room to add another copy or to store them to use as a replacement if needed.
Read more…Our Library Team is considering purchasing this machine and we have not had any feed back from other Librarians.
Read more…Does anybody use Ingrams library service? Especially the ebook segment.
Read more…We are using BookSystems WebOPAC and need to assign PIN numbers to our patrons. If you have been through this process, please help us with a couple of decisions:1. Did you assign PINs as people requested them, or did you pre-assign PINs to all patron
Read more…Hello all! I hope summer going well. I have started having Library Days for the grade school children in our church. I had the younger ones earlier and read them
I AM WANTING AN E-BOOK PROGRAM FOR OUR CHURCH. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH SOME DESIGNATE MONEY AND THOUGHT I MIGHT COULD AFFORD ONE. IF YOU KNOW OF SOMETHING, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THANKS.
NANCY MORRIS
Read more…Does anyone have a suggestion as to what signage to use in the library? We are getting a new library very soon and need some help on where and what to use?
Read more…We are using a library automation prduct that came loaded with the ability to download automatically from the Library of Congress or Amazon. Unfortunately, most of the books I've tried to enter so far do not have cataloging at either source. Our libr
Read more…I'm thinking about connecting the Clay/Platt SB Association together of about 50 churches in the Kansas City area. Using one program to input all library items and doing inter-library loans to move them around. Has anyone done this in another area of
Read more…Hi - Can anyone recommend a place that would take donated old worship books? Thanks for any ideas you have.
Read more…I have Gaylord check-out cards (gold) to give away. There are about 1,000 check-out cards for the asking. I will pay shipping. See image below.
I also have Brodard date due cards (blue) to give away. There are also about 1,000 of them. I will pay for
Read more…Does anyone take donations that have been written in? I receive donations that run the gambit from just a name to underlining throughout the book. (Often I found books in the library when I come in once a week.) Of course, the ones that are really
Read more…In our 200- theology section, we have commentaries from authors who are good commentators, but who do not totally agree with our Statement of Faith. How should these be labeled? We are an Independent Baptist church, but have John MacArthur, James
Read more…As I understand, a kit should be classified and cataloged as one unit, but items within the kit can be classified separately to circulate on their own. Should each item be entered into the catalog seperately with a different accession number and ba
Read more…and have already learned so much. I'm hoping that I'm posting in the right place!
I'm assisting our one and only librarian at our church as of last Spring. Since our church has moved into a new building, we have been changing some on how we organize
Read more…4 studies from Precepts, Kay Arthur (3 parts of Revelation), and 1 of Deuteronomy were donated. Each album has multiple DVD's in separate sleeves. I don't have any question about classifying them under the correct Bible classification. You woul
Read more…I have several years of Biblical Illustrator magazine that I would like to add to our catalag. Any suggestions on how to process these and what to use for each line of the call #? Most are paper magazines, but some are on CD-ROM. Thanks.
Read more…Does anyone know where I can purchase the latest copies of Sears and Dewey. Lifeway doesn't order them any longer, same for Barnes and Noble. I haven't been able to find them online. I really need to replace mine, but am having trouble where to o
Read more…I recently became a church librarian and am in the process of computerizing our records. Our Accession sheets date back to the 1960s but many of these books have been lost. Can I reuse accession numbers for new purchases?
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Hello All,
I’m curious. How many of your libraries have suffered budget cuts since 2009? I’m just wondering faith-based libraries are experiencing financial pressures similar to other libraries as a result of the economic downturn.
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