OMD Library
Welcome to the O-MD Library! As staff, lay leaders and members in our district congregations, you have access to all these resources which include books, videos and audio on UU history, lay leadership, congregational growth, classroom curricula for all ages, adult programs, guides, handbooks, materials to support parents as well as children’s and intergenerational worship resources.
This library is searchable, but you must have flash on your computer.You can download flash from the adobe website. Otherwise, you will need to view it through the lists function. It is divided into three sub-lists - audiovisual aids, the RE library and the rest of the library. Seaching will look in all three sub-lists.You can browse through each sublist or look at the different categories.
If you would like a print copy of the library, you can download a pdf file of the entire database in alphabetical order.
Be aware - this file is 107 pages long.
New Items added to the Library as of 5/15/10:
These items were added thanks to your purchases in the OMD Bookstore at District Assembly. Check the library listings for full descriptions.
| A People So Bold edited by John Millspaugh | The Fellowship Movement by Holley Ulbrich |
| The Abundance of Our Faith edited by Terry Sweester and Susan Milnor | The Growing Church edited by Thom Belote |
| The Arc of the Universe is Long by Leslie Takahashi Morris, Chip Roush and Leon Spencer | In Between by Mark Morrison-Reed |
| Called to Serve by Max De Pree | A Kid's Guide to Climate Change and Global Warming by Cathryn Berger Kaye |
| The Cathedral of the World by Forrest Church | Leading Change in the Congregation by Gilbert Rendle |
| Climate Change by Jon Clift & Amanda Cuthbert | Memories, Hopes and Conversations by Mark Lau Branson |
| Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times by Peter Steinke | Not Your Parent's Collection Plate by Clif Christopher |
| Designing Contemporary Congregations by Laureen Beth Bowers | The Power of Stories by Jacqueline Lewis |
| Different Just Like Me by Lori Mitchell | This Day in Unitarian Universalist History by Frank Schulman |
| Earth Day: An Alphabet Book by Gary Kowalski | With Purpose and Principle edited by Edward Frost |
| Family Activism by Roberto Vargas |
LIBRARY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES:
- Any of the materials in this catalog may be borrowed by a staff person, lay leader or member of an OMD congregation for up to two months.
- Requests for materials are handled by the Ohio-Meadville District Administrator, Beth Casebolt, who can be reached at 740-252-5980 or office at ohiomeadville.org. Or you can fill out the form below.
- The materials will be sent to you via the Media Rate of the United States Postal Service. If overnight or priority mailing services are requested, the postage will be billed to the receipient.
- A “due date” document, which includes information on how to return materials, will be sent with each request. The receipient borrowing the materials is responsible for return postage.
- If an item is not returned within 4 months of the due date, the receipient will be billed for its replacement.
- If the need arises, a congregation may request to borrow a curricula or resource for a period of time longer than two months. Please send requests for extensions to Beth Casebolt. If another congregation needs to borrow the resource during the extension time, arrangements will be made.
- Materials listed as being published by the UUA or by Skinner House may be purchased through the UUA bookstore at 1-800-215-9076. A number of “trade books” are also included in this collection and can be purchased through their publishing houses. Many other resources in this collection may be purchased through UU Curriculum and Resource Developers (UUCARDS) at www.uucards.org.
- Some documents are available as pdf downloads. The link for the download is listed in the summary of the item.
