Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Our prayers for those who endured all the storms last week. Sadly, the Central Alabama team had to cancel their conference on Saturday due to the storms. This season seems to be quite violent right now. Be safe!
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NEW POSTS
Graphic Novels for Junior Readers
Are Paperback Books Going Away?
RESPONSES TO DISCUSSIONS
Favorite Sources to Purchase Books & DVDs
Dependable Sources to Help us Select Books and DVDs for Our Churches
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Another very busy week for the Church Librarians Network!
NEW POSTS
One of our new members, Kathi Cook, shared 3 needs as she joined the Church Librarians Network that she and her team have right now. These are common needs among us so l
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This week has been by far the most active in a long time for CLN members. All of the following links connect to discussions that are new or have new comments made during last week. For fun, I am including the current number of views for
E-books: The Process [Revised 2025]
by Glenn McEowen
This article discusses how the e-books [1] service works. We will consider the need for an e-book vendor and what it can do for us.
E-book technology assumes your church members have an electronic
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Last week was a busy one on the Church Librarians Network. Our prayers go out to all of you dealing with the ice and snow storms this week.
eBook Articles
Last Monday we enjoyed the first article updated by Glenn McEowen. This week you w
Note: You may prefer the link since the formatting did not work so well here.
E-books: The Ministry [Revised 2025]
E-books: The Ministry [Revised 2025]
by Glenn McEowen
This article discusses how e-books[1] provide a unique ministry through the churc
E-books: The Cost [Revised 2025]
by Glenn McEowen
This article discusses the cost of the e-books[1] service. We will look at the vendors' annual fees, the cost of titles, and the time the library team uses to manage e-books.
Vendor Annual Fees:
When
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Let’s start some new discussions this week.
February means Valentines
What are your ideas for this year? Photos from what you did last year? Add your photos by clicking on the red button on the top right corner. Please share.
Church/Pari
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In case you have been offline during the last week due to the weather, we will continue what we had last week plus new event updates.
Books Available at a Discount
John Avery is offering some of his books at a discount to Church Libraria
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During the last couple of weeks just about all of us have been affected by winter weather. During the last 5 days we have had 5 new members! Three of those on Saturday while a bunch of us could not get out of our driveways. Let’s welcome
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OPAC and Websites
Diane Beason found some interesting posts related to OPAC and Websites topics on the CLN last week. Click here to see what Diane discovered for us.
Leftover Bible Studies
Dia
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Since we are continuing the holiday season this week, we’ll just focus on a couple of things this week.
Team Gifts
In case you missed last week’s post by Barbara Brown, she posted a yummy idea! Click here. While we’ve been focused on
Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah!
Now we are back to our Monday emails. All of us are busy so we will focus on the responses to our posts last week.
Holiday Reading?
We have 4 great additions to this discussion. You are not too late to share what yo
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Decorations?
Connie Howard sent us pictures of how they use a collection of nativities on their shelves at Tulip Grove Baptist Church in Old Hickory, TN. Click here.
Gifts?
Did you see Ann Nored’s reply to “Are you planning to
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Can’t believe December is here! Wow! Only 3 weeks till Christmas!
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Decorations?
As you decorate for Christmas or Hanukkah, would you take pictures? We would love to see what you are doing this year! Click here.
Events?
Will you
Happy Thanksgiving!
May your Thanksgiving week be full of God’s blessings!
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The 2024 Christy Awards
In case you missed it, the Christy Awards Gala took place November 14. Here’s a great way to discover new authors and their books for your c
The annual Christy Awards were presented on November 14, 2024. This year is no different than previous years in providing us a great introduction to new novels for our church's libraries. I've already started my purchase list. We are adding new auth
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Perhaps you found it before I did! Or we have had two places to post content on the tabs which I never noticed until today. In addition to each tab site having a red plus icon (meaning “add”) on the right side of the screen, we now have
Happy Veterans Day!
What did you do yesterday to observe Veterans Day through your church’s library? Click here to post photos. If you are a veteran, click here to share with us where you served or are serving. Thank you for our freedom.
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