In case you did not hear the two recent podcasts focused on church libraries, they featured two members of the CLN: Denise Roberts and Joan Hoyt. In fact, last Tuesday we had 14 new CLN members as a result of these podcasts stemming from The World Ra
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Remembering the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza.
What is your church’s/synagogue library team doing as your church/synagogue family prays for people caught in this tragedy? Click here.
Virginia Church Library Association
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Fall Break Plans?
Our schools are taking this week off for Fall Break. So our church weekday activities are cancelled this week. Our team is using our Wednesday workday to continue our inventory. How does your team use school break weeks?
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Virginia Church Library Conference: October 21
Have you noticed this event is also available in-person and live on Zoom? Click here.
Greeting Cards
From a Church Librarians Network search, we have overlooked sharing what some of us are d
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Local Gatherings of Church Librarians?
Last Thursday those of us in Nashville had a Meet & Greet gathering to launch our new Middle Tennessee Church Library Ministry Network. The planning team is thrilled that we had a total of 10 librari
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Church Library Month?
Amy Burk started a conversation for us to share how our churches celebrate Church Library Month which is in October. Click here to share your plans for this year.
Let’s Read!
We have not posted what we are reading lat
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Remembering 9/11
Today we remember those lost on September 11, 2001. Did you do anything special yesterday? A display? Added books to your collection? Click here.
Bibliotherapy
Occasionally, we are asked to assist students in their res
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Self Check-In/Check-Out Equipment?
Those of you who have machines for self-checkout and check-in, what are our recommendations? Do you have any shopping advice for such machines? Click here.
Overdue Books and Other Items
Last week, Lind
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Overdue Books and Other Items
Linda Johnson would like to hear how other librarians manage notifications of overdue books, and at what point do you just pronounce a book as lost and decide whether to replace it or not. Click here.
Youn
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Circulation Desk
We have not talked about the Circulation Desk lately. How do you coordinate the Circulation Desk needs on Sundays and weekdays? Click here.
Assisting Users in Locating Items
How do you schedule and train team members t
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Church Library Month
Amy Burke is new to Church Library Ministry. She is looking for ideas on how to use Church Library Month to promote the library. Click here. I just did a search for posts on Church Library Month through the years. C
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Churchwide Reports
Do you have the opportunity to give reports to the church family in some way about the status of the library? Business Meetings? Staff Meetings? Did you have that opportunity in the past? Click here.
Odd Challenges
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Team Building
In addition to budget planning, many of us are in churches that are having “Promotion Day” this Sunday. Then the new weekday schedule begins at some point during the next two to three weeks. Does this season impact your ch
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Administration: Budget Planning
After we sent last Monday’s email, we got our first question for the budget planning season. Let’s share how we prepare the budget for our churches’ libraries. We have new members who are preparing budget
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Engaging and Coordinating Library Volunteers
This conversation started back in January. Last week Denise A. Roberts continued the discussion which includes what they do by offering their list of ways they engage and coordinate volunteer
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New Post: Book Content Appropriateness
Julianna Dew started a discussion by asking for websites to help church librarians check the appropriateness of books. Click here.
Disclaimers
We are embracing the need for disclaimers for a coupl
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Library Rules
Susan M. posted a great question for us to grapple with this week! How should we deal with unacceptable behavior such as loud phone conversations. Click here.
VBS Experiences
If you missed the new discussion posts, click
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Vacation Bible School Experiences
This week is VBS at our church. Hence, the reason this is a Tuesday email. What I thought was going to be difficult has turned out to be a great experience.
Click here to read about my experience and s
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One of our new customers had a fun conversation with a man that works at her grocery store. He shared he was a Viet Nam veteran. She thanked him for his service. Then shared with him that she is currently reading a book series about a v
