Resources for Church Librarians

Creating and maintaining a church library can sometimes be a daunting task, particularly since most people doing so are the only ones in their congregation. But we are here to help make it easier.

Listed below are resources that may be useful to church librarians or those church members considering starting or reviving a library in their church. The list has been used in the workshop offered by the Congregational Library for church librarians. Additional recommendations, requests, and questions are welcome. Please contact Claudette Newhall, Associate Librarian, at cnewhall@14beacon.org.

Websites

ALA Fact Sheet No. 16: Starting Up a Library: A Resource Guide

http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet16.cfm

Association of Christian Librarians

http://www.acl.org/

Evangelical Church Library Association

http://www.eclalibraries.org/

Church & Synagogue Library Association

http://cslainfo.org/

Church Library: An Outline of Procedure

http://www.acu.edu/academics/library/cfm/churchlibrary.html

Libraries in Churches: Associations

http://members.shaw.ca/scbrouwer/associations.htm

National Church Library Association

http://www.churchlibraries.org/

Web Resources for Church Librarians

http://www.churchlibraries.org/links.htm

LibraryThing

http://www.librarything.com/

WorldCat

http://worldcat.org

Book

National Church Library Association (U.S.). A Handbook for Church Librarians: Everything You Need to Know to Create, Organize, and Manage a Successful Church Library. Stillwater, Minn: National Church Library Association, 2006.