Short stuff

LINC-List (The Libraries in Churches List) is a new electronic discussion list where church librarians can share ideas on how to develop and maintain a church library, including circulation policies, collection development, promotion, book and media recommendations, resources, supplies, technology, staffing, etc. The list is hosted by Trinity Western University and owned by Shawn Brouwer, circulation coordinator at TWU’s library and a member of the library community at North Langley Community Church. To join LINC-List, log onto the list website.

—LINC-List

Sales of Bible versions of popular board games, such as Bible Pictionary, Bible Tribond and Bible Scattergories, increased 33% in the first nine months of 2002. Sales of secular board games have grown 50% over the past two years, to constitute 7.5% of the toy market in the US.

—Canada News Wire

There is criticism that the Motion Picture Association of America is increasingly lax in setting rating classifications for movies, allowing younger audiences to see films with adult content. VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer says, “Movies are never rated by values or beliefs promoted, only by usage of certain words and sexual and violent content. So ratings only tell part of the story. They won’t tell whether a film will make your child more or less respectful, more or less hopeful about life, more or less open to the concept of a loving God.”

—Plugged In