Below are links to various resources and articles that ECLA believes will be helpful for libraries, librarians and volunteers within our membership.
Articles
What Makes a Christian Book Christian?
Prescription for a Discouraged Librarian – Lynn Austin
Starting a Church Library – Ron Maness
Weeding your church library collection – Shari Potter.
Links
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The Christy Awards – Honoring and promoting excellence in Christian fiction. Winners and finalists from 2000 to today.
Christianity Today Book Award – Search “CT book awards” with year for the awards.
Christian book awards – Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) awards, as well as annual bestsellers.
DEMCO Library Collection – Care Videos 13 different book repair issues covered in separate YouTube videos. Good clear instructions with excellent close-ups so that you can see exactly what to do.
Library and Educational Services
Moody Publishers – Moody Publishers is a company that publishes Christian books, founded in 1894 by Dwight L. Moody. Moody, Publishers’ authors include Gary Chapman, Jerry B. Jenkins, Tony Evans, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, and John MacArthur.
christianmusicandhymns.com –Videos & stories behind hymns.
Church Librarians Network – A community of church librarians where we exchange ideas and learn from each other how to do Church Library Ministry.
Church Libraries
Chicago First Church of the Nazarene, Shari Potter, librarian, https://www.librarycat.org/lib/c1Library
Grace Pointe Church, Charles Campbell, librarian, https://www.librarycat. org/lib/GracePointeChurch.
