I attended a conference this past weekend and had the opportunity to talk with a vendor from Living Books about the purpose and place of a library. She made an excellent point by saying that the library, in fact, is a ministry. A church’s ministry does not only exist within the confines of age-determined programs [...]
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Mission: To Write a Mission Statement
Posted in Mission Statement, Vendors, tagged Mission Statement, Vendors on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The First Meeting
Posted in Mission Statement, tagged Mission Statement, patrons, weeding on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, the retiring director and I had the chance to meet and discuss the church library’s past, present and future. To begin with, it’s not that big of a room – about 14 x 8 feet and other furniture has found its way into the room throughout the years, lessening the available space considerably. One [...]
Mission Statements: the Good the Bad and the Ubiquitous
Posted in Mission Statement, tagged Mission Statement on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The fact that my church library does not have a mission statement (or any policies whatsoever) concerns me quite a bit. So before going whole-hog into church library restructuring mode, I think it’s a good idea to write some things down, specifically those that give direction and meaning to the library’s actual existence. Defined, a [...]
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