The Jewish National and University Library's Digitized Books Repository continues to grow and now contains 340 titles of rare and out-of-print books.
Among the items added this week: Shabbetai Bass "Sifte yeshenim" (Amsterdam, 1680), the founding work of Jewish bibliography. and for our American colleagues, in honor of Independence Day (July 4th), the pamphlet: mi-zimrat ha-arets : American national songs in Hebrew / [translated by Gerson Rosenzweig] (New York, 1898) which contains the songs: "America, or My country tis of thee" (le-artsenu mizmor shir), "Columbia, the gem of the ocean (adom, lavan u-tekhelet), and "The Star spangled banner" (degel ha-kokhavim), along with notes for singing them in Hebrew. The Digital Repository can be accessed via the Library homepage at: http://jnul.huji.ac.il/ or directly at: http://www.jnul.huji.ac.il/eng/digibook.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elhanan ##################################################################### # Elhanan Adler # # Deputy Director for Information Technology # # Jewish National and University Library # # P.O.B. 39105, Jerusalem 91390, Israel # # Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Tel.: 972-2-6585005, FAX: 972-2-6511771, Home tel.: 972-2-6515977 # # Mobile tel.: 972-54-6829657 # ##################################################################### Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
