The Tatters Guild here in Melbourne (Australia) has to bring a box of books
for us to browse through, each meeting, as we have no library cupboard at the
Hall where we meet. For any special book, we can email the librarian and ask
for it to be brought to the next meeting (which is every 2 months)
Hi Alice
Norfolk Lacemakers have a very large library but we cannot store them where we
meet but are lucky enough to have two very good librarians who supply a list of
all our books. If we want a book we simply ring or email them and they bring it
to the next meeting. They used to bring four
One of our regular members is a librarian, and she has taken on the library as
her personal project. We leave her to it! I think itâs alphabetical, but she
may have categories going on - Iâm actually not sure! We have one large
bookcase that just has the books, and then other shelving where we
How do you store your lace books? Is it alphabetical by author or by
alphabetical by type. Â Mine is by type of lace but certain authors like
Ulrike have a section for their books which cover many laces.
Janice
Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.com
On Friday, July 5, 2019, 9:08:14 AM PDT,
Alice Howell’s message gives a good description. At my lace club we have our
own dedicated storage room, but I used to belong to the local chapter of the
Jane Austen Society; it had a fairly large number of members and each month the
librarians would go to the house where the library was kept
Hello Adele (and everybody)
Can you give us any idea how the system of library off-site can work. My
group's meeting place is less than satisfactory in some respects but we stick
with them because they store our group library. Having an off-site system might
open up more options.
Thanks in
My lace club went through this a little over a year ago; we ended with a
higher rent but a much better place.
Good luck with the move and the new library system. I think most clubs have to
keep their library off-site; it takes a bit of getting used to but it can work
well.
Adele
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