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
Read more…Do any of you serve more than one library?
Do any of you receive any compensation for your work? How should one arrive at a fair amount if offered it?
Read more…A patron asked for book titles for a Genesis study...any ideas that have worked for you. Thanks
Read more…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.
Read more…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
Read more…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
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