Footnotes; May 2026
This past month I received a wonderful real life photo shoot of polar bears and sled dogs becoming friends, hugging and kissing and playing together. You can see it on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-Nyt4Bmi8
That got
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Library Ministry with Parents and Graduates in 2026
Let’s share ideas for these special celebrations during May.
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Babs found a new website that helps librarians select books for all ages.
Using Secular Preschool Books to Teach Biblical Themes
Michelle Bradshaw asked Susan Glynn Mute’ for more examples.
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Thank you, Michelle Bradshaw, for making me aware of how distracted I was last week while preparing last Monday’s CLN email. I totally forgot to include the link to the April FOOTNOTE. Click here. BTW, Paul Jackson’s FOOTNOTES appear mon
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Dr. Paul sent us a FOOTNOTE he wrote in 2009 sharing thoughts about a difficult season in his life while dealing with death. Perhaps his thoughts will be comforting to you as they are for me on a day when one of my closest friends embrac
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This past month I've been thinking a lot about Death. The subject came up, not just because of the popular movie, Bucket List, which I've never seen, Or the books, 10 fun things to do before you die, Unforgettable things to do be
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What review sites do you use to determine if a book should be added to your library?
Organizing Files: Subjects and Categories
Paul T. Jackson shares his filing subjects and categorie
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We are considering starting a new Church Librarians Network group for those who use Librarika to connect with each other in a useful way. If you are interested in this group, please answer Yes.
Even
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Sherall Cornwell posted a meaningful and creative bulletin board.
As you prepare your Easter display, what books are you featuring?
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Our March Fo
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Our March Footnote from Paul T. Jackson.
Paul T. Jackson is passing along a fun list of Library Display Lines.
Publisher discounts? Wish-list for library purchases?
Stephanie Richardson ask
I once had a poster placed on the end panel of the prison library shelving. It read, “Showing up for work and other keys to Success.” I also liked the poster that announced, “Those who say it can’t be done should never interrupt the one doing it.”
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Converting from ResourceMate to TinyCat
LEGACY DISCUSSIONS
Something different for today’s email. You will find four discussions from the past that mi
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New Event: Annual Evangelical Church Library Association Conference
Catalog: Curated Collections: Location
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Is the weather a concern for your location? Praying for those of you in those areas.
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Frau Schneider posted a great question for us to grapple with this week.
Babs Harris posted a great question about what
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We are starting something new today! One of our active members, Paul T. Jackson wrote a series of articles for his church a few years ago when he was a deacon. He called the series Footnotes. We are going to post one of these a
I was going to write a really neat essay on something or other, but forgot what it was.
A recent bit of humor, sent to me about the 83-year-old woman who talked herself out of a speeding ticket because, she told the officer, she needed to get there b
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Libraries that Serve Seminary Cohorts that Meet in the Building
This new discussion got a lot of attention this past week.
Perhaps this should have been done in previous winters. Strange how severe w
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Winter weather continues to affect many of us. Let’s continue to pray for those who have LOTS of snow and ice on the ground on the East coast. Middle Tennessee and other southern states are starting to see the end of Fern, but thousands st
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Perhaps you have recent experiences to share stemming from the winter storm named Fern. Many of us did not get to serve in libraries this past week nor this week. While hundreds of us lost electricity and/or wifi, many were able to partici
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In case you have not caught on to our email format, click on the subheadings to link to the discussions. But one difference is the first one today. Click on the first subhead, Jan Karon, to link to an outstanding recent interview featuring
