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?
Read more…I'd like to know if anyone has any knowledge of this on line, web based library automation system.
http://www.libraryworld.com/cgi-bin/lw2.pl?command=show_page&pagename=home.html
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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?
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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.
Read more…I recently started working in our church library and when I enter books/videos in our computer base inventory I always include the value of each book.
However, we have many old books and when I put these books in the library I do not have the value o
Read more…We would love to do a summer reading program to go along with
VBS theme Big Apple Adventure. Is anyone doing anything along this theme??
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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
Read more…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.
Read more…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
Read more…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.
Read more…We're automating our library and planning to add barcodes to our items. Currently we're using the basic ResourceMate package but plan to upgrade Plus-- so want to put the bar codes on now so we don't have to re-handle all our items later.
Have sev
Read more…My question is this: Can you promote media in your library on the church's big screen in the sanctuary and in the hallways using cover pictures of books, dvds, etc. without being in violation of copyright laws?
Read more…We are hosting the Virginia Baptist Library Association (VBLA) Fall Conference at our church - Temple Baptist Church, Newport News - on October 15 & 16, 2010...y'all come! :)
We would like to offer a workshop on how to build a CD/DVD collection in y
Read more…I am working on creating a Selection Policy for the library. I would appreciate receiving and reviewing other policies to assist in this process. Please forward me a copy if possible.Thank You
Read more…Have any of you done a "church wide" book swap or book exchange and if so, how did you do it ?
Read more…Morlee, In cleaning out our library work room, I came across a stack of the "Meet Southern Baptists!" flyer that was published by the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention in May 1995. It gives an overview of basic beliefs of Southe
Read more…I typically keep just one copy of a book in my colleciton. However, if I get a duplicate copy of a book that I haven't seen for awhile (because it has been overdue for quite some time), I have been assigning the new book with the same accession numb
Read more…Does anyone have experience starting a K-12 Christian School Library? I am heading up the committee to start the planning.
Read more…How do you get the church library on Facebook ??
How many church libraries are on Facebook ??
Has the response been positive or negative ??
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