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Need help cataloging books

The books listed below were given to the Church Library as a Memorial for one of our members who passed away recently.

Our Librarian who does the cataloging is out sick and I need to catalog these right away.

I usually don't have any trouble cataloging

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Grants

Just had call from Bryan Gilde, minister to students for FBC, Rincon, GA. I told him I would pass along his question to you. He is planning to add a shelf to their library where they will have 2 copies of each title that the pastor recommends. I know

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Library Hours

We have a church with a Sunday morning attendance of approximately 400. We have 2 church services on Sunday morning with Sunday and Wednesday evening services. I would appreciate suggestions regarding hours our church library should be staffed. Thank

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weeding

Hello All, 


I am new to this group so I am sorry if this is a topic you have already discussed...

We have a small library with a lot of books and in order to have room to add books to our library I am trying to weed out the books that haven't been read

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Summer Reading Program

I'm looking for ideas for a summer reading program. Our library is small, and the majority of the books are still being processed (we are making the move from a room of books to a library!). Since this will be our first such program, I'd like to keep

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New Library Building

Our church has formed a vision team for church growth. Currently, our library is in a very small room. If you were approached about creating an ideal library, what would you suggest? One thing I would love to have is a dedicated area for working with

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YA books

I'm afraid my church's young adults (high school age primarily) are slipping through the cracks between the "children's library" and the "adult media center"! Anyone have suggestions for good books/resources for this age group? I'm especially interes

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Books

Does anybody know of a church library that is starting up/over and/or does not have any books.  We have been weeding and weeding heavy in preparation for a move in the future.  We also have books given to us that we already have in our collection.  T

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VERTICAL FILE

In this day and age of the internet and so much media information at our fingertips, I just wanted to ask all of you your opinion on maintaining a vertical file in the library.  Is it even practical these days?  Darlene Earnhardt

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weeding

Hello All, 


I am new to this group so I am sorry if this is a topic you have already discussed...

We have a small library with a lot of books and in order to have room to add books to our library I am trying to weed out the books that haven't been read

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Automation: Extras?

I am currently starting the Library Ministry for our church.  I definitely plan to do automation and have researched a couple of companies.  I am leaning toward Concourse but was a little overwhelmed when looking at the options.  What "extras" on top

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