Thanks, Ellen! There will also be the special roundtables for synagogue and school librarians respectively, to discuss challenges and solutions in their areas. As there are a huge number of both synagogues and Jewish schools in the NYC area, I think these will be particularly useful this year.
My best, Michelle On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Ellen Tilman <ellen.til...@gmail.com> wrote: > You did not mention the two SydneyTaylor Book Award sessions scheduled for > Wednesday morning. They are definitely geared to SSC members. > Ellen Tilman > Chair, Sydney Taylor Book Award committee > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 1, 2017, at 2:23 PM, Michelle Chesner <michm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Safranim, > > It has come to my attention that there are SSC members who were > disappointed by the perceived lack of SSC sessions at the upcoming AJL > conference in New York. I would like to correct this misconception, > especially since members of the SSC worked particularly hard to provide > exceptional programming for this group (including Kathy Bloomfield, Susan > Kusel, and Heidi Rabinowitz and others). Exactly half of the sessions (all > listed in slots C and D in the program) are geared toward SSC. > > I know that the detailed conference information has not been made public > yet, and so I will cite some specific examples below: > > - More Than Just One Person’s Opinion: What Makes Good Book Criticism? > (This session, organized by Elissa Gershowitz, includes interviews with > Marjorie Ingall and Arthur Levine of Arthur A. Levine books) > - Inspire new books: how librarians can make a difference - this > includes discussions with Jewish book authors about recent publications > (Tammar Stein, Anne Dublin, Jacqueline Jules, Barbara Bietz and Allison & > Wayne Marks) > - Accreditation and Advocacy (60 minutes with Rachail Kurtz on how to > achieve AJL accreditation, followed by Kathy Bloomfield on "Advocating for > your Library: What your Board Wants to Know" > - Beth Braunstein will be giving a 60 minute session on "Jewish Values > in Secular Literature." > - The Holocaust Education session is SSC minded: it includes > discussion of certification of Holocaust educators with Susan Dubin, > building communities around Holocaust study; and a focus on Holocaust > children's literature > - Collaboration in building public (i.e. synagogue, center) Jewish > libraries collections (including the Vilnius Jewish Public Library, which > is equivalent to a Center library) > - Lisa Silverman and Debbie Feder will speak about their new > respective community and school libraries, and what went into building them > - An incredible digital session focuses on digital tools in school > libraries; education technology, and digital communites - all very much SSC > related. > > And we will have a VERY special guest speaker at the first meal, > presenting her upcoming graphic novel of her life story (geared toward > teens, but of definite interest to synagogue and center librarians as well > as schools). Details are still being finalized on that one, so I can't say > more yet! > > I'm sure I left some items out, so I'll ask the programming committee > (especially SSC members) to please chime in - but this is definitely a > conference NOT TO BE MISSED. > > My best, > Michelle > > Michelle Chesner > Chair, Programming > AJL NYC '17 > > __ > 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: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio- > state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio- > state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > >
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