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
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.
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
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
What are some of the disclaimers that you put in various books or even on DVD's? A friend's family was watching a new Pilgrim's Progress DVD and her 8 year old son was a little afraid. I'm also thinking of the "Luther" movie that briefly shows some
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!
