1 Member. Term 2 years. Reports in September. Open to Attenders.
The Library is located in the lobby of the meetinghouse. The Librarian maintains and manages the inventory of books and pamphlets in the Library. Responsibilities include acquiring, cataloging and overseeing circulation; informing the meeting of new publications and promoting borrowing. Care is taken to select books about Quakerism, Quaker history, and the lives and subjects that demonstrate the tenets of Quaker values; Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship/Service, in short, books that nurture the spiritual growth of the Meeting.
The Librarian also places orders for Faith & Practice on behalf of Children’s Religious Education and Inreach/Outreach. CRE issues our Eighth graders their own copy in June and Inreach/Outreach assesses attenders interest in receiving a copy of their own. Newtown Meeting has a large collection of Pendle Hill Pamphlets and maintains a current yearly subscription yielding 4-5 Pendle Hill pamphlets a year.
Processing books for borrowing includes, entering them into LibraryThing.com, adding the card and pocket in the back of the book and determining the colored tape to place on the spine of the book that corresponds with the category theme of the book. Completes annual report accompanied by list of books purchased.