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  • I want to invite you to the Central Alabama Library Conference. See the informaiton below:

    Central Alabama Church Library Conference 2025
    Growing a VIBRANT Library Ministry
    March 15, 2025
    8:00 am till 3:30 pm

    Shoal Creek Baptist Church
    13214 Holtville Rd (Actual Street address)
    Deatsville, Al 36022
    The MAIN PARKING LOT is LOCATED off Coosa River Road BEHIND THE CHURCH.
    2961 Coosa River Road. Deatsville, Al 36022 (mailing address and parking lot)
    (Fellowship Hall. Enter through main parking lot entrance)

    Information
    Check-In 8:00 AM
    Conference Sessions 8:30AM-3:30 PM
    DEADLINE for reservations Tuesday March 11, 2025
    The only cost will be a $10.00 charge for lunch
    You will pay for lunch when you register on-line
    To register online go to:
    https://churchhealthal.org/event/central-alabama-library-conference-2/
    Registrations are required.

    IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTACT INFO TO ME! I am trying to UPDATE the Database for Libraries
    Phone: Marty Woodall @334-296-1899
    Email: martybooks1@gmail.com

    If you are coming in from out of town or out of state
    You can make Hotel reservations at a much-Reduced Rate by directly calling:
    Hampton INN located in WETUMPKA, AL.
    334-731-2222 press “0” at the prompts
    350 South Main Street
    Wetumpka, Al 36092
    Tell them you will be attending the “Central Alabama Library conference” for a reduced Room Rate.

    WETUMPKA is the little town where Ben and Erin did Hometown Makeover. Plan to come into Wetumpka early on Friday March 14 to Visit the Downtown area. There are lots of things to see and do including several Art Galleries. Don’t miss a visit to The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts (I have art on display there), walk through Goldstar Park, and several great restaurants (Coaches Corner-seen on the Hometown show), coffee shops and of course SHOPPING at several Boutiques.
    Central Alabama Library Conference is sponsored and supported by The Alabama State Board of Missions. (Alsbom.org)
    This conference will include many aspects of library work including Administration, Promotion, Collection Development, Space/furnishing, and Computer.

    Brief Overview
    Session 1
    • Serving as a Responsive Team facilitated by Morlee Maynard
    • Atriuum Cataloging and Cataloging Reports facilitated Allison Maynard

    Session 2
    • Building a Dynamic Collection facilitated by Carolyn Walker
    • Atriuum Patrons and Patron Reports facilitated by Allison Maynard

    Session 3
    • Cataloging for a Buzzing Circulation facilitated by Marty Woodall
    • Atriuum Circulation and Circulation Reports facilitated by Allison Maynard

    Session 4
    • Promotion with Vigor facilitated by Bev League
    • Book Systems Questions and Answers facilitated by Allison Maynard

    Session 5
    • Connecting the Vibrant Dots with all facilitators


    Marty Woodall, Strategist
    Shoal Creek Baptist Church
    13214 Holtville Rd
    Deatsville, Al 36092
    334-296-1899
    martybooks1@gmail.com
    Central Alabama Library Conference
    Join us at the 2025 Central Alabama Library Conference on March 15, 2025, at Shoal Creek Baptist Church. This conference will include many aspects of…
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      Morlee
  • How do I join this group? I am a new volunteer librarian in Duluth GA at Duluth First UMC. Is this group active at all?
  • Hey y'all. I hope everyone is well. Apologies for being an absentee group moderator for almost a decade. I've started a new church library project today and have all the enthusiasm early Methodists were accused as possessing in excess.
  • November is Tellabration! An event for storytelling (primarily for adults but can be for families as well). There is a website on the celebration held around the globe in various venues. It provides a nice and natural link to books for people to check out after they have listened to the stories told by the storyteller. Themes of hope, survival, challenges overcome, and helping one another. If there is a storytelling organization in your area contact members to see if they will come and share.  The website is: https://storynet.org/nsnevents/tellabration/

    Oral storytelling is linked to memory, visualization, imagination, vocabulary development, language use and empathy building.

    TELLABRATION!™
    November 16, 2019 Welcome to TELLABRATION!™, a night of storytelling celebrated worldwide on or about the third Saturday in November. Guilds and stor…
  • I'm a new librarian.   Does anybody have suggestions about improving the library's circulation?    Several problems:   competition with the Internet;  some groups in the church have their own collections of books;  we're on a wing of the building that's not on people's main paths.

  • I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share their library mission statement as well as their collection and purging policies and whether or not you charge fines for late and lost materials,  Does anyone here use Church Library Organizer Pro?

  • What new books are you adding to your collections this Fall??  I am going to order a couple UMW books and have added to our "Quilts of Love" collection.  What ideas do you have for Spiritual growth and for  the pre teen reader? 

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UMC Library consortium?

Is there a UMC library consortium?  Either nationally or regional/city?  I am in Dallas, have a small library (5000 or so titles), still on physical paper cards for borrowers, though keep my database in Bookcat (which is now defunct and not supported).  I have no budget, but need to get everything automated so patrons can at least search items online. Right now is honor system for circulation.  If I can get a decent, inexpensive system, I will propose a budget line item. I have reviewed a…

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