Lee Smith and his Virginia Church Library Association is considering a list of books to recommend to new church libraries. Back in the 40s, The Sunday School Board church library specialist put together an annual huge list of book titles for all chur
Well, in the 7 1/2 years that I've been librarian we haven't needed posted library rules. However, becuase of an incident that happened today, my boss wants me to come up with a list of rules. Before I reinvent the wheel, does anyone have a list that
Our church librarian, Nettie K. passed an article around for all library volunteers to read. The article was titled, 'Important Relationships: Church Librarians and Children.' It changed my perspective on things. The auth
Bev Colquett has a situation that many of us deal with often.
Weeding - Someone recently donated 4 boxes of books to the church library. Many of them deal with marriage, child rearing, etc. but are already 12-15 years old. Are there guideline
Last year, we moved to using Atriuum/Book Systems for our church library. In the past we used a computer system but still used book pockets and cards as well. We have hundreds (maybe a thousand each) of library book pockets (2 styles) and cards (2 c
I have been asked to update our policy on receiving donations. Would you please post a question to ask for examples of receiving gifts of books and media to the media library? Our policy has not been updated in several years and needs to be more sp
Karen Pippenger asks an interesting questions for us to consider:
Has anyone here organized their fiction by genres? Just wondering, and if you have, what categories did you use? Tell me about how you did it and how long it took, how did you mark the
Does anyone know any good resources on this subject? I can find many books explaining the Gospel to children, but what about books that help children know how to share it with others themselves? Thank you for your help!
Easter is April 9. What are you planning to do through your church's library this year? Display? We would love to see it: Photos. Click on the red and white plus sign.
I am removing adult Christian fiction books that were published before 2000 from our church library. Are there any authors/books you consider "classics" and would not remove their books? Do you have any Non-fiction au
If someone is using TinyCat/Library Thing for their very small library I would love to find out how they like it and some instructions on how some of it works. I found YouTube videos but they are a few years old.
My church calls our homebound ministry the In-Home Ministry. Last night I had a long overdue conversation with the leader of our In-Home Ministry. She loves the idea of the Enrichment Center collaborating with the In-Home Ministry.
I am wondering if anyone has figured out the e-book lending thing? We have many requests for e-books and for audible books. I am not either an e-book or audible book fan, so this is a whole new territory for me. I'm still in the "
