Perhaps for fun, what are some odd challenges that you have experienced through your library ministry? Some of these may not be so fun.
Read more…Our schools are taking this week off for Fall Break. So our church weekday activities are cancelled this week. Our team is using our Wednesday workday to continue our inventory. How does your team use school break weeks?
Read more…Last Thursday those of us in Nashville had a Meet & Greet gathering to launch our new Middle Tennessee Church Library Ministry Network. The planning team is thrilled that we had a total of 10 librarians show up! We had a great experience getting to k
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I have been asked to organize our church library (it hasn't been reviewed in years).
A friend of mine introduced me to the app LibraryThing and I know that it will be a HUGE help to me to organize.
But I'd love to find an online progr
Read more…Edie Asbury posted the following request:
I am looking for tips on engaging with and coordinating library volunteers. This will be a focus of the next BIC Church Librarians Newsletter (BIC = Brethren in Christ).
Read more…Suggest Spiritual Books !!!
Continuing from our previous discussion, we shall now explore the occasions and suggest suitable literary works for each.
Loss of Job - Suspension or Dismiss
Forced to resign from the job (personal or official reason)
The w
Invitation to recommend spiritual books to use as bibliotherapeutic tools to overcome depression!!!
My name is Caroline Sarah, and I hail from Tamilnadu, India. Currently, I am a doctoral student at the University of Jerusalem. My research focuses on
Read more…Those of you who have electronic equipment for self-checkout and check-in, what are our recommendations? Do you have any shopping advice for such machines?
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Hi Everyone!
Church Library Month begins October 1st. What ideas/activities are you creating in order to promote participation and interest in the church library? This is my first year as church librarian, so I would really like to know what works to
Read more…Today we remember those lost on September 11, 2001. Did you do anything special yesterday? A display? Added books to your collection?
Read more…The role of church librarians in offering resources to congregants during challenging times through the provision of spiritual reading materials is of great importance. Such resources can provide comfort, guidance, and support to individuals seeking
Read more…I would like to hear how other librarians manage notifications of overdue books, and at what point do you just pronounce a book as lost and decide whether to replace it or not. We do not charge fines.This is the least enjoyable duty for me as librari
Read more…How do you schedule and train team members to assist users on Sundays and weekdays? Same people each Sunday? Monthly rotation? Other?
Read more…We have not grappled with the Circulation Desk needs lately. How do you coordinate the Circulation Desk needs on Sundays and weekdays?
Read more…In addition to budget planning, many of us are in churches that are having “Promotion Day” this Sunday. Then the new weekday schedule begins at some point during the next two to three weeks. Does this season impact your church’s library? Is this seas
Read more…I realize that my church has a lot of children in the nursery and preschool. Probably more than we have in the 12 grades. Many of the books in our youth fiction section were purchased in the 70's. I need to update the youth section before all these
Read more…Most of my collection goes from pictures books to rather lenghty chapter books. I need some suggestions of titles for children that are trying to move from picture books to chapter books. I have a few like Squirelly Squirels, but not many.
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Church Library Ministry is well known among other ministries for the strong history of a variety of training events through the years. While many ministries have given up on providing training for church leaders due to lack of funding, librarians hav
Read more…I just had my first email question about creating a budget for the new year. Churches vary on budget seasons so some of us are going to be receiving forms to fill out with deadlines in the next few weeks. Others won't have to do such for a few more w
Read more…Debbie, I would also like to receive your newsletters: jadams@olivebaptist.org Thank you!
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