PJ library has a competition or scholarship for writers to go to israel to do research for books. Maybe we could suggest that they include more up-to/date biographies.
Dina tanners Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Devorah Bader <dba...@tarbut.com> wrote: > > It would be great if they could be a part of the who is/was series. That is > already a popular series with students and wouldn't have to be just for > Judaica bio projects. > > Devorah Bader > Library, Information and Media Specialist > Tarbut v'torah Community Day School > > On Dec 8, 2017 10:15 AM, "Amy Turim" <amytu...@rcn.com> wrote: > Thank you, Diane, for adding some support to my comments. (Yes, I, too, > remember when teachers assigned biographies, and I think if we had GOOD ones > we would at least be able to enthusiastically recommend them.) > > I also wondered about some kind of incentive from AJL… perhaps setting up an > AJL Grant for New Biography to support a writer(s)? Or maybe your idea of > working with a publisher is more practical. > > > > Other thoughts? > > > > Amy > > > > From: Diane Romm [mailto:dr...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 12:07 PM > To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Israeli bios for elementary school > > > > I agree with Amy that the lack of bios about famous Israelis is very > troublesome. As for them not being checked out, once upon a time teachers > used to assign the reading of biographies as an assignment. > > > > I do think the lack of information is something we as an organization should > think about trying to remedy. > > > > Could we approach a Jewish publisher with the idea of creating such a series > and assure them that as librarians we would purchase them? > > > > Alternately, would an organization like Avi Chai or a Board of Jewish > Education consider funding authors to produce such products? > > > > Diane Romm > > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > > __ > 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 > > > __ > 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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