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1. Dedicate $5 or $10 a month from the church budget to buy a
book, it is absolutely vital to add at least one new book a
month.
2. You may want to divide the names of your church directory
among volunteers who will call for book donations before you
start spending your budget. Make sure you eliminate donations
you won’t use.
3. Start your library right by using the 200 Dewey Decimal
Classification System, this will save you a lot of time and
trouble. You can buy a book that lists the 200 religious section
of the Dewey Classification system.
4. Stamp front, back and one page in between of each book with
the church stamp and write the church name with a marking pen on
the book edges. Use book pockets and cards to print the title
and author of the book.
5. Keep promoting your library to the church members, a bulletin
board hung near the library will attract people.
6. Place a piggy bank on a library shelf for donations of small
change, you may be surprised of the results.
7. Join a book club in the name of the library, most clubs offer
4 to 6 books free to start with a commitment to purchase 2 or 3
in a year.
8. Ask people to give a book to the church library in the memory
of a loved one in place of flowers or cards. Be sure to place a
bookplate with all the proper information inside the front
cover.
9. Plan a sale where church members can sell their handiwork and
donate their profits to the church library.
10. Encourage church members to haunt thrift stores, used
bookstores, garage sales and flea markets for congregational
books.
11. Many libraries have bag-of-books-for-a-buck sales; you can
purchase Congregational books for an average of 10 cents each at
such sales.
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