I would like some sharp quotes from well known people about the value of reading. I am trying to overcome a mind set that sees reading as a low priority.
Read more…Our church library uses Concourse. We need to make room for more books. If a book is not lost but needs to be "weeded" how do we withdraw it from our collection.
Thank you for helping me with this problem.
Janet Estridge.
Read more…A new Christian asked me what books I would recommend for her to begin her new walk with God. Can anyone give me some suggestions?
Read more…My webliography from the Site-seeing conference at the Texas Church Library Conference is now on My Page. I am looking for ideas for using this to serve our patrons as well as to reach out to some who are not regular library patrons.
What do you think
Read more…We are considering purchasing a computer and software for our library. Can anyone advise the best available software for first time users?
Read more…When you organize your Summer Reading Program, how involved do you make it?
1. Do you just open the library and make it available for the children to check out books and do reading and documenting on their own?
2. Or do you have regular summer hours,
Read more…Our church has a reading time for the young and grade school children on Wednesday nights after the Wednesday night dinners. Normally this is about 15 minutes.
Our librarian asked me if I know of a collection or anthology of children stories that are
Angela Maxwell from Rocky Mount, NC, sent the following question. Thought I would see if any of you have a response: Do you know of any stores in our area (Rocky Mount, NC) that carry a wide range of library products? The Lifeway store in Rocky Moun
Read more…My Church is going to construct a new building within the next 1 1/2 years that will house a new and larger library. I have been told that I will need to work with the architech firm in the layout and setup. Does anyone know of resources available
Read more…Our women are wanting to do the Breaking Free study but don't have the workbooks for the 1999 video. Can the video be used with the new 2009 workbook?
Read more…"A Course in Miracles" was donated to the library. I know this book is quite popular amoung some groups, but not sure if it belongs in a Christian library. Just wondering what others think about this and/or have done with this book.
Read more…In classifying a DVD that is based on facts, do you make it fiction or do you make it a biography? One example is the DVD Billy, the early years of Billy Graham.
Read more…Do you think it would be wrong to "white-out" 3 cuss words in a Christian book? This book and a couple of others are by a popular Christian publishing company. The entire book has a great message. Why was the publisher able to give us 270 pages o
Read more…How do I find out which courses I need to take to complete my library training?
Read more…I asked this question a few weeks ago without much response. I'll try again. The powers that be want the current library space for a welcome center. The two options are to move the library or to create satellite libraries....that is to move presch
Read more…Are there any mediagraphies out there, listing suggested books (fiction and non-fiction) for church libraries? I used to see some on the LifeWay website, but I don't see them now.
Thanks!
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I have started attending Associational meetings to promote our resources (as in me! as their rep). At one recent meeting, I was asked by the assoc admin assistant what I would recommend for an assoc library? Since I am new to this side of things, I a
Read more…I have been asked by my administrator to look into the different software packages available to automate our Church Library. I am currently using a very simple system to catalog the books. It is called BookCat. However, my administrator likes the ide
Read more…We had several books for women about dealing with hormonal changes and other related health issues written from the Christian perspective that were good, but medically-related topics need frequent updating. Does anyone have any recommendations of rec
Read more…Does anyone have any ideas as to what I could plan to do as an alternate to having a Summer Reading Club this summer? I have had what I thought was great success with Summer Reading Clubs but decided to have a Winter Reading Club with Preschoolers an
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