The UUCP Library is a collection of books and other printed and audio-visual media owned by the UUCP congregation. Library visitors can check out materials or read them in the library.

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This box searches the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse online library catalog. It searches the title, author, and shelf category fields for the term you enter and will list any matching books that are in the catalog.

Where is the library?

Our library is on the main floor of the Yellow House, which is the yellow building next to the UUCP church at 420 E. 2nd St., Moscow, ID 83843.

When may UUCP members and friends visit the church library?

UUCP members and friends may visit and use the church library from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon Monday through Friday. Please see Summer Stevens, UUCP Secretary, in the church office for access.

The church library may also be visited and used when the Yellow House is open Wednesdays and Thursdays 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Fridays noon to 3:00 p.m., during the office hours of Director of Religious Education Janet Guthrie-Granja. Her office is on the second floor of the Yellow House.

Also, if you are a member of a committee or interest group that meets in the Yellow House, take advantage of the opportunity to browse and use the library.

What is the checkout procedure? For how long may a book be checked out?

Once you find the book you want, simply fill out a check-out slip with your name, your telephone number or email address, and the book’s or books’ title(s) and author(s), and then drop the slip in the check-out lock box.

Books and other items may be checked out for one month. If no one has asked for it, the item may be checked out again for another month as above or by emailing .

How is the library organized?

Books are shelved by broad subject categories, color coded. Within each category, the books are shelved in random order. The library is small, so it is easy to eyeball a category on a shelf to see what books are on hand.

These are the shelf categories:

• World Religions (red)
  (I. General; II. Christianity; III. Islam; IV. Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism; V. Judaism; VI. Egyptian and other Earth-based);
• Unitarian Universalism (blue);
• Philosophy / Theology / Ethics (green);
• Religious Education (light green);
• Leadership (also light green);
• Inspiration / Meditation / Poetry (yellow);
• Self-Help (light blue);
• Parenting (pink);
• Culture & Politics (orange);
• Biography / Autobiography (brown);
• History (gray);
• Reference (purple);
• Drama (white); and
• Death & Grief (dark purple); and
• Local (no color).

Children's books, on their own shelves, are in these shelf categories:

• Picture Books ~ picture-based, usually under 33 pages, usually read to young children (blue and white with a P);
• Early Readers ~ shorter books with relatively easy words for beginning readers to try to read by themselves with help (blue and yellow with an E);
• Middle Readers ~ longer books, sometimes Chapter books, with more difficult words (blue and pink with a M);
• Advanced Readers ~ longer books, including novels, for preteen to early teen readers (green with an A);
• Myths, Legends, Creation Stories, Folk Tales ~ (lavender);
• Nonfiction: People (orange, yellow, and light blue);
• Nonfiction: Places (orange, yellow, and orange);
• Nonfiction: Animals (orange, yellow, and yellow);
• Nonfiction: Science and Math (orange, yellow, and pink);
• Fun things (pink);

Is there a library catalog?

Yes, there is an online catalog of the general collection and printed catalogs of the general collection and of the children's collection. One copy of each is kept in the library and a duplicate copy of each is kept in the church foyer.

To search, browse, or access the online catalog or to see the user manual for doing so, use the links in the sidebar navigation menu on this Web page.

Who maintains and manages the library?

The UUCP Library is maintained and managed by The Library Group, consisting of one or more volunteers under the guidance of the UUCP Board of Trustees. To contact the Library Group, send an email to  or leave a message at the church office.