Afghanistan Refugees?
How and what can our library teams help equip our church and synagogue families to participate in preparations being made now in many of our communities for the arrival of 95,000 refugees?
Read more…How and what can our library teams help equip our church and synagogue families to participate in preparations being made now in many of our communities for the arrival of 95,000 refugees?
Read more…Lou Gardner has reference books available to those of you who need such. Email her for details through the Church Librarians Network email. Note that Lou lives in Cary, North Carolina.
NOTE: If you have not discovered the CLN email, at the top of th
Read more…What does that mean today? How does that work in our churches today? Why is that important for our ministries?
Read more…Afghanistan. Extreme flooding in Waverly, TN. COVID. Sex trafficking. What are ways to engage our church families in reading books and watching DVDs that help us deal with these current crises?
Read more…In about a week, I will be giving a talk to the Mops about the church library.
Do I bring a cart down with a sample of what we have to offer in the library?
I will be passing out bookmarks with our hours and website on it.
Any suggestions will be gre
Read more…Have you asked your liaison staff person if there will be any updates to the church's mission, vision, and core values? I asked our liaison two weeks ago. He emailed me the updated edition. He asked me not to share it with anyone until it is introduc
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Our library is in the process of being moved and reorganization is a great opportunity to re-imagine the library. I want to set up a computer station or technology hub for patrons to search the catalog, use the internet, etc...
Does anyone have
Read more…I have been a Church librarian for a long, long time and am familiar with all the old stand by publishers, and denominations they are /are not associated with. I know who I trust. But lately it seems there are many new publishers I don't know. Is t
Read more…How does everyone classify works that are about Christian living for single persons?
Thanks so much.
Martha
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Jane Sveska sent us the following question:
I am in charge of starting up our church's very, very small library. Any suggestions? The collection will consist of materials that members donate. Does having a check-in/check-out notebook seem to work out okay in cases like mine?
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I thought memorial "bookplates" inside the front cover of a book would be a good way to solicit books for the library. Reading other posts, I'm not sure about that now.
If a memorial donation gets lost, won't the donor feel offended?
Does an
Read more…I am the sole librarian for my church's small (>1500 volumes) library. Currently, the library is housed in a large common-area room with no way to control access. We use the honor system for checkout, with a card in each book for people to drop in
Read more…In the process of weeding our library, we deleted a number of Bible study kits. Since most of the kits are expensive and still in good condition, if you would be interested in having any of them, email library@trinitybiblechurch.com for the list of
Read more…Ikmoskau asked me to post the following question:
Should dust jackets be removed or left on for processing and shelving?
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Mary Mardiguian, Co-Librarian, Faith Presbyterian Church, Colorado sent the following question:
What is your opinion about separating adult and juvenile book collections? Our children and youth ministries wish to move the children’s books to another
Read more…Mary Mardiguian, Co-Librarian, Faith Presbyterian Church, Colorado sent the following questions:
What are ways you have found to increase foot traffic to your library and generate interest in the library? What have you done about declining circulati
Read more…Mary Mardiguian, Co-Librarian, Faith Presbyterian Church, Colorado sent the following questions:
Have you used surveys with your congregations? What have been the value of the surveys? What content was included in the surveys? Would you be able to
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