What did you do this year for your July display and July 4 activities? Photo?
Do you have books related to July 4 that you displayed yesterday? New titles to recommend?
Read more…I'm interested in learning the best program to use for creating quarterly, bimonthly, or monthly newsletters both digital and print? Pros and cons?Thank you for your help!
Sabrina Jaye
Read more…What are your plans for this summer to engage children, youth, and/or adults in using the library collection? We have LOTS of summer idea posts on the CLN so search for those posts using key words like “summer plans” or “summer reading”.
Bob Haskins
Read more…After a quick CLN search, I'm finding no discussions about Fathers Day. We do have photos of bulletin boards and displays. What about Fathers Day in our churches today? Have you found current books about fatherhood to recommend to the rest of us? Fro
Read more…If your church is having Vacation Bible School this summer, what will the Library Team do during each day?
Read more…I am compiling a list of Christian fiction that does not have a romantic theme (based on requests by patrons). I have googled this topic and have come up with some titles. Could some of you "eager beavers" tell me your top 3 titles without romantic c
Read more…Blessings to all as we remember our heroes who gave us the freedom we enjoy today. Did you do something through the library to recognize these heroes in your church or beyond?
Read more…Barbara Rodgers asks the following:
My church is located in Alabama and I want to create a seperate space to shelve books by Alabama authors. Where can I find a collated list of books by Alabama authors? Of course I am only interested in the titles t
Read more…Sabrina J has a question about shelving.
Our church library collection of over 12k items was given away (except for reference material) several years ago so the library would close. We have a new much smaller spot as well. Looking back, we see how th
Read more…During the April 20, 2024 Middle Tennessee Church Librarians Ministry Network gathering, we shared lots of great ideas for funding sources. What do you suggest?
Read more…During the middle Tennessee Church Librarians Network gathering on April 20, 2024 we shared all kinds of ideas with each other. What are you doing to attract new users?
Read more…We have not had a discussion about promotional flyers nor policy brochures in quite a while. Let's catch up with what we have put together in recent years.
I'll start this discussion with our new tri-fold brochure/flyer. We will duplicate it this Wed
Read more…One of our new Church Librarians Network members lives in the Nashville area, Lydia Neeley. She and her pastor are seriously talking about a vision for revitalizing the library in their church. She came to our Middle Tennessee librarians gathering on
Read more…I have recently noticed the card image of an item no longer includes the copyright date. Is this a new "update" feature of Atrium or have I inadvertently eliminated it somehow? Any observations?
Read more…Hi!
The latest Christianbook catalog had a few pages dedicated to children's fiction.
Any feedback/ concerns/ recommendations for these authors or series?
We are putting together a reading challenge for the summer. I just read all about our local public library's summer reading challenge. There's no way our church reading challenge can come close to what all they are doing. Now I understand why absolut
Read more…Some of you have already had spring break while some of us are having it this week, and others the week before Easter. Please share your church’s library activities for kids and their families during spring break this year.
Read more…We are trying to restart an old library at Prentiss Baptist Church. We have a room used jointly with a Sunday School class and some committee meetings. The room is in a good location for a library and has old but usable shelving.
The problem......Most
Read more…Nancy Martin is searching for book about Daniel that is suitable for youth. Any recommendations?
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