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  • Susan Garlisch March 5, 2014 23:37
    Hello, does anyone use umc.org reading lists for purchase suggestions?
  • Marilyn A. Hudson, MLIS November 7, 2013 11:24

    Hello, fellow UMC librarians - what are your doing in your churches? Any ideas on ways to best insert and link the library to the life od the community? Do you have recommended book lists to share? Etc.

  • Marilyn A. Hudson, MLIS September 18, 2013 6:53

    I was glancing through a book in the library that detailed some of the elements of the 1939 union of M.E. North, M.E. South, and the Methodist Protestant Church.  They were points the Oklahoma Conference viewed as agreement points and strategic goals.  One of them was the goal of good art and literature in every home.  I thought was still a pretty good idea and I look forward to helping expand that to include ways to enhance the literacy and life of not just the church but its community.

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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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