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Kari Siders – 12/2022

Kari is the Director of Library Public Services at Cedarville University in Cedarville, OH (4571 FTE). Kari has been an ACL member for 4 years. 

Describe yourself using a book title: Compassionate Leadership

What’s the best thing about being a librarian? The variety in every day! Walking in you never know what you’ll encounter on a given day from the questions from patrons to odd issues you never thought you’d have to sort out. It’s amazing to learn something new every day.

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Be Still and Know – 12/2022

“Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10 NIV)

Many years ago, I was in the North Carolina mountains with other Youth for Christ volunteer staff. We had traveled from Bradenton, Florida, to spend several days helping out at the home where we stayed: weeding the garden, helping with the goats, and fellowshipping. On this trip, I was struggling with decisions that needed to be made in my life. What path should I choose?

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David McClure – 11/2022

David is the Director of the Library & Associate Professor at Friends University in Wichita, KS (1295 FTE). David joined ACL as a new member earlier this year.

Describe yourself using a book title: Boy from Nebraska

What’s the best thing about being a librarian? Having opportunities to serve a variety of groups with different information needs and utilizing an array of tools and resources in the library to respond to those needs.

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Brodart

Timeline: Ongoing 

15% discount on consumable supplies and durable/furnishings available from Brodart.

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Business Expert Press

Timeline: Expires 6/1/2024 

BEP offers cost-effective alternatives to high-priced textbooks written by teaching faculty to serve as course readings and reference materials, offering material not found in introductory-level textbooks or high-priced journals and databases. CLC members receive 50% off the list prices below!

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Christian Periodical Index

Timeline: Ongoing 

15% discount available for The Christian Periodical Index® (CPI®) through EBSCO. CPI is a comprehensive electronic index to journal articles and book reviews from across the evangelical Christian perspective.

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Perlego

Timeline: Annually (Aug 1, 2024 Deadline) 

Perlego is an online learning library of over one million books. Theology titles are well-represented from publishers including Zondervan, Eerdmans, Baker, and IVP. Each Perlego license grants an individual student unlimited access to all the titles on the Perlego platform.

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Emery-Pratt

Timeline: Ongoing 

Free shipping and up to 36% off trade-discounted material

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K-Log

Timeline: Ongoing 

Christian Library Consortium (CLC) members can apply an additional 5% discount to already discounted prices of up to 60% OFF on storage, seating, furniture, and more from K-Log!

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OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS)

Timeline: Ongoing (Annual June Deadline) 

A consortial discount of 20% is available for new subscriptions.  The discount increases based on the number of participating libraries.

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