Our Savior’s Library, a family library, established 1962, serves members of all ages and also the community.  Since the beginning, it has continued to expand its types of services and to provide for growing and changing media and educational needs.  Support comes primarily from the church budget, with gifts and memorials welcome. Numerous volunteers, assist the part-time librarian, by helping at the checkout desk, preparing new books, serving on the library committee, repairing books and hymnals, reshelving books, fundraising and many other tasks. New items are added monthly.

 

PRINT MATERIALS

• The Library has books for all age levels:  Toddler, pre-school, beginning readers, junior, youth and adult.  Non-fiction adult subjects (over 2500 books) are classified under the Dewey Decimal system and include theology and devotional aids, family and personal life, social issues, church history, Christian education, health and science, art, literature, biographies, self-improvement and history. The Library has over 800 fiction titles, which include Christian, popular, and classics. 

• Reference materials in the Library include several sets of Old and New Testament commentaries as well as numerous single volume commentaries, Bible dictionaries, atlases, concordances and many Bible translations.

• The Library has over 80 books in large print.

• You can also find numerous periodicals and magazines available for checkout for children and adults.
  

NON-PRINT MEDIA includes:

• 300 music CDs (for children, teens and adults)
• audiocassettes (music, lectures, Bible, sermons, and over 100 books on tape)
• 24 DVDs
• 350 Christian and educational videos for children, and over 200 for adults and families
• We have just begun our collection of books on CD.

CHECKING OUT

• All items are checked out for 3 weeks, except videos and reserve items, which are due in one week. Our due date is ALWAYS on a Sunday, so if you check out an item on a weekday, you can keep it until 3 weeks from the coming Sunday!

• There is a self-checkout procedure posted on the desk for times when there is no available librarian or volunteer to assist you.

SPECIAL SERVICES OFFERED

• A patron computer is now available for searching the Library’s card catalog. 

• On request we can prepare topical reading lists and author lists. (Church staff and boards are encouraged to make requests for materials well ahead of time.

• By filling out a reserve form you can reserve items if someone else has checked them out.

• Books are also renewable for another 3 weeks if they have not been placed on reserve and if they are not a recent Library addition.
• For a fee the librarian can duplicate non-copyrighted cassette tapes.
• Free magazine exchange where you may bring recent magazines that you no longer need and can take other magazines that have been donated.
•  Email requests can be made by writing to sanderson@oslchurchsf.org

LIBRARY HOURS
The Library is open most weekday and Sunday mornings in the summer from 9 a.m. to 12 noon

NON-MEMBERS ARE WELCOME!
Call the librarian at 336-2942 ext. 25, to set up your initial visit and to complete registration form.

ALSO OF INTEREST TO READERS:

• The annual used book sale is held in February.

• Each summer the OSL Library has sponsored a summer reading program.

• Recently the Library Committee has begun reader incentive programs throughout the year.
• Our Savior’s also has a Short Story readers group meeting in fall and winter on Monday evenings. Call the church office for more information.

• A writer’s group meets during the day on Mondays. Call the church office for more information.
  

OUR SAVIOR’S LIBRARY COMMITTEE AND STAFF WELCOME YOU!

Please make frequent use of the library for your reading, listening and viewing needs.
 Suzanne Anderson, Librarian

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
909 West 33^rd
Sioux Falls, SD 57105