I am wondering if other church librarians use clear contact paper (or something similar) to wrap their books and protect their book covers? Or is it common to put books into circulation without any sort of wrap?
Our pastor/preacher surprised me yesterday by sharing the sermon topics for yesterday and the next 2 Sundays. He is preaching through the Gospel of Mark this year. We have had books connected to Mark in our main display during these months. But yeste
That is the question driving Parents Who Fight. This organization has been helping parents, schools, and churches partner together to protect kids from the influence of technology. My church hosted Jesse and Sarah Siegand for the last 2 Wednesday eve
A new experience for our Enrichment Center Team. I got an email from a couple who are members of another church in our association. They asked if our church let non-church members use the library. We do, so we met in the library last Friday. We had a
Over 15 years ago, our little church's library purchased the rclsoftware for cataloguing. It has met our needs perfectly and survived upgrades. It continues to work and thankfully, I have not needed any technical support, since it is no longer avail
We have another first! Our non-fiction shelf signage now has our church mission statement key words (Love, Grow, Serve, Go) connected to our Dewey categlories. A win-win for sure with our pastor and church staff. We use Dewey so the signs contain our
What is new in your church’s or synagogue’s library ministry? Hopefully new books, but what about other ways of having something new? I have something new to share but I can’t get my iPhone to send the photos to my email account where I can download
We are trying to build a Graphic Novel section for Junior Readers. Does anyone have any good suggestions for Christian Graphic Novels besides these? ICorrie Ten Boom The Hiding Place: (A Graphic Novel) Ages 8-12, Full Color, Il
In our not too distant history, church library conferences were available frequently in most states. Due to decrease in funding and the increase in travel expenses, a high percentage of those conferences have evaporated. Let's have fun remembering th
Our pastor is interested in setting up a book stall. Does anyone have an idea about beginning a book collection? Our library books are mostly really old.
Today, we had our very first preschool storytime in the Enrichment Center! Click here to read our Forest Hills Baptist Church Enrichment Center Journal where I shared today's great experiences!
Many of you have been doing storytimes for years. Would
Share with us your favorite sources for library books and DVDs. Even if you see your sources mentioned by others before you do, go ahead and add to our list in this discussion.
Even though we have had this discussion in previous years, let's start a new list of dependable sources to help with selection. Chances are what we listed a few years ago may no longer be available. AND new sources are worth our consideration.
I know that pretty much everyone here highly recommends the Dewy Decimal system of cataloguing but I'm looking to hear from church librarians who have small libraries and organize bookstore-style via categories.
We need to do an inventory but know that there are a LOT of books which have been checked out for extended periods of time (possibly as long ago as Covid 2020). We do stamp our books with a 2 week return date, but do not stress this.
Yesterday, I heard that publishers are transitioning to hardback books without paperbooks. Have you heard anything about that? I am noticing that hardbacks right now are sometimes almost the same price as the paperbacks. And I also notice new books a
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