From Your BCC Library
By Nancy Henderson
It seems it’s time for more changes to our beautiful library. We have been blessed with an abundance of books over the past year or so and have run out of room to shelve some of them! We are preparing to relocate some sections and to indicate subtopics in another. We ask your patience as we make some of these changes
To assist in locating materials by subject, the major categories in our library are color-coded. Charts listing the categories and the color of each are posted in several places in the library.
“Christian Living,” the largest section, comprises a multitude of topics; after all, living as a Christian includes every aspect of our lives. To help library users more readily find books of particular interest in that section, we are working on adding to the lavender dots letters appropriate to the subtopic, for example, “P” for books about prayer, “G/L” for grief and loss, “W” for writing, “LwP” for living with pain, and possibly more as seem helpful. Books of prayers and devotional materials are in a designated section “Devotionals and Prayers” (dark purple dots). Note the distinction between books about prayer and books of prayers.
Recently, we have had requests from several groups to add books appropriate to their particular focus. As we simply do not have room to give each group its own space, and so that all books can be more readily accessible to all users, we have chosen to incorporate these special interest books into the full library collection. However, we will provide a bibliography notebook (light grey looseleaf binder) indicating shelving category and, where appropriate, the subtopic designation. Currently, the notebook contains only two lists: books on “Grief and Loss” and “Religion and State.” We are eagerly anticipating the addition of books on “Writing” and are open to considering other special interest topics.
We hope you will avail yourself of the resources available in your library this summer.