I am a volunteer librarian at my church. Tonight I learned that we are losing our dedicated space. I am very, very disappointed. I have worked as a volunteer librarian for about 4 years. Our current buliding campaign has fallen short, so we'll not be adding the additional meeting spaces as previously scheduled. So in the interim we will NOT be expanding and therefore the library space is needed for additional Sunday school meeting space.
I am sad that this has happened. I understand how the economy has caused this, and I hope that we are in a better place financially as a church soon, so that we are not without a dedicated library space for long. However, I feel for the previous librarian who workd SO very hard to get the space (that we're losing) planned and built.
We're being shunted to a hallway. Ugh. I wonder how many items will go walkabout before the new library is built. I'm sad, but will help until the transition is complete. I may resign at that point. I"ll see what God has to say about it.
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We just started a library at our church for our pre-school. We do not have a designated space, but we were allotted wall space. I went to SAMS and bought metal cabinets that lock. There are five shelves per cabinet (Unfortunately not moveable shelves.) We lock the library at the end of each day to ensure nothing walks off. We have not begun to fill one cabinet yet, but we are new. I don't know how many books, etc. you have, but it would keep stuff from walking away. I think the cabinets were about $163 each, they are nice looking. They also had some on casters that could be moved but they are only 4 shelves each I think.
We are very tight on space at our church, and the building we were hoping for does not look to be in the near future so we all have to find ways to get everything in and make sure everyone is taken care of in the process.
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