Looking for Help Running a Church Library
I'm a newbie looking for advice on running our church library. Any suggestions or resources?
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I'm a newbie looking for advice on running our church library. Any suggestions or resources?
I wonder if rethinking the church library might be a way to tackle a manageable adaptive change for congregations being faced with even larger adaptive challenges. Let's discover new ways for church libraries to resource and bless congregations.
I find more and more people turning to e-readers and was wondering if the church libraries could tap into this market and how it would work. Thoughts?
I'm wondering, is there still a place for church libraries?
I would like to make use of the book "Austin's Topical History of Christianity." To do this, I need permission from the current copyright holder, perhaps a descendant of Bill R. Austin. Can you help?
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Amanda Barton has had a dream of writing a children's book that adds grace to both adopted children and their families as they discover the joys of adoption, even through the hard stuff.
I chair our church's education committee and am looking for recommendations vis-a-vis resources for biblical and theological literacy. Any advice along these lines would be most appreciated.
There is a wealth of information on running a church library available from the Evangelical Church Library Association (ECLA). They have a bi-monthly magazine with topics ranging from organizing the library, book reviews, and promotional ideas to using library software and book repair.
I got the complete sermons for C.H. Spurgeon for $30 from christianbook.com and it has been added to our church library, I suggest you check it out as well, good stuff.
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Have any church librarians joined this CRC network? I would love to hear the story of other CRC librarians, and I'm sure we could all benefit our libraries by sharing ideas.