Stocking the Stacks
Church librarians sometimes don't know whether to smile or cry at the obsolete books people donate. The library committee at Evangel Baptist Church, Wheaton, Illinois, however, has found a way to get donations it wants. Late in die spring each year, a Sunday evening service is declared "Library Night." A guest author or editor is invited to give an emphasis on reading. Following the service, while refreshments are served, people peruse an assortment of preselected books, records, and tapes the committee has gotten on consignment from a nearby Christian bookstore. "The idea is that you buy one of the items you like—and give it to the church library," explains Don Day, chairman of the Christian education board. "Book donors fill out a book plate on the spot to be placed inside the front cover, and they also get the privilege of being the first to check the book out." Thus the library nets two or three dozen books in a single night without having to purchase them out of budgeted funds. And they're books the librarians really wanted in the first place. "Our family has been active in six different churches over the years," says Day, "and this is the best church library I've ever seen. Ruth Skanse and her committee pay close attention to the interests of all ages, so that young people use the resources a great deal. The once-a-year Library Night keeps us all aware of what's available."
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