Mazel tov, Racheli. Nice to see you recognized for all your work on behalf of AJL and for Judaica librarianship, both upper case, i.e., *JL,* the journal, and lower case, *l,* the profession.
Congratulations, too, to my two co-committee members, our chair, Lisa, and last year's worthy FGMA recipient and Jackie. Always a good team to work with as, of course, was Racheli as a member of the RAS leadership group. Elliot *Elliot H. Gertel* *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל* *Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica * *The University of Michigan * *Ann Arbor, Michigan * *eger...@umich.edu* <eger...@umich.edu> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 8:13 PM Lisa Silverman via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Congratulations, Racheli—looking forward to seeing you receive your > well-deserved award at our virtual conference in June! Lisa Silverman > Retired director, Sperber Jewish Community Library Curator, Jewish Journal > Streaming Guide From: Hasafran > Congratulations, Racheli—looking forward to seeing you receive your > well-deserved award at our virtual conference in June! > > *Lisa Silverman* > *Retired director, Sperber Jewish Community Library* > *Curator, Jewish Journal Streaming Guide* > ------------------------------ > *From:* Hasafran <hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Paula > Breger via Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 26, 2023 7:15 AM > *To:* hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu < > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu> > *Subject:* [ha-Safran] AJL Announces 2023 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award > Winner > > The Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) is proud to announce that > longtime member Rachel Leket-Mor has been named the 2023 Fanny Goldstein > Merit Award Winner. The award, named for the librarian, social activist, > and founder of National Jewish > > The Association of Jewish Libraries > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/__;!!KGKeukY!yLunHgth5c7CIA6rCA6dRxsUitiLuNHhxoSIrTC8a_eC6BYUUCvGopPjl6zYhZnh9bMf4ZSkmTgLDYJf66Aea6wviqKdQvnT$> > (AJL) is proud to announce that longtime member Rachel Leket-Mor has been > named the 2023 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner. The award, named for the > librarian, social activist, and founder of National Jewish Book Month, is > bestowed in recognition of loyal and ongoing contributions to the AJL and > to the profession of Judaica librarianship. > > > > Rachel Leket-Mor began her career as a Hebrew language editor at > publishing houses in Israel. She edited translated fiction, scholarly > articles, and monographs, mostly related to Jewish history, political > science, and holocaust studies, in collaboration with authors, translators, > and in-house editors. She began at Arizona State University (ASU) Library > in 2002, first as the Jewish studies bibliographer, building collections, > supporting curriculum and research, and providing specialized reference > assistance. After two years in this position, she worked as a subject > librarian for Jewish studies, religious studies, philosophy, and medieval > and Renaissance studies until 2017 and is currently the open stack > collections curator. In this role, she provides leadership for the > selection, management, and disposition of print collections and openly > accessible resources. She also works with, trains, and guides selectors on > purchasing materials. She holds two master’s degrees, a Master in > Information Resources and Library Science from University of Arizona and an > MA in Translation Studies from Tel Aviv University. > > > > Rachel’s involvement with the AJL began when she joined the Association > in 2003 as a new Judaica librarian. Her professional involvement in the > Association began in 2007, when she co-chaired that year’s annual > conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, with Haim Gottschalk. The following > year, she was elected vice president of AJL’s Research, Archives, and > Special Collections Division (RAS), serving alongside RAS President Jim > Rosenbloom (2008–2010). As RAS president (2010–2012), she collaborated with > Schools, Synagogues, and Centers Division President Joyce Levine to conduct > a member survey to study trends in Judaica libraries and anticipate future > developments across the AJL divisions. The survey results, including the > number of librarians in AJL libraries, their educational level, age and > years of service, and retirement plans, were used in AJL strategic and > leadership organizational planning. Rachel served on several AJL strategic > planning committees, from 2008 to 2010 and from 2013 to 2016, and has > served on the AJL Council since 2007 and on the Association’s Constitution > and Bylaws Committee since 2022. > > > > In 2012, Rachel became the editor of Judaica Librarianship, AJL’s > peer-reviewed journal. A year later, she transferred the print-only > publication to electronic publishing, set up the electronic platform and a > new peer-review process, designed a new textual “nusaḥ,” and acquired the > Adobe InDesign skills needed for the production of scholarly works. She > arranged for each issue to become open access 12 months after publication > and moved the journal to complete open access when shifting it to a new > electronic platform with the Open Journal Systems in early 2020. Opening > the journal to all resulted in a significantly increased number of readers > and better exposure to AJL. For the journal’s fortieth anniversary this > year, she has led an AJL volunteer team in a project to upload the > remainder of the journal’s back issues, following prior success with making > volumes 9–16/17 available online. > > > > Lisa Silverman, award committee chair, commented, “On behalf of the Fanny > Goldstein Merit Award committee, we are proud to have the opportunity to > honor Rachel Leket-Mor as this year’s recipient of the Award. Rachel has > contributed so much to AJL, to the field of Judaica librarianship, and to > librarianship as a profession overall. Her work on the AJL journal Judaica > Librarianship has been invaluable to the organization. Rachel personifies > the values and legacy of the Award’s namesake, Fanny Goldstein, who devoted > her life to books and her community.” Rachel will receive her award on > Monday, June 19, 2023, at the Annual Conference of the Association of > Jewish Libraries, which will be held virtually this year. Information about > the conference is available at > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/2023-digital-conference/__;!!KGKeukY!3I6yCtFQgmdjjAMY0OWCgmwcaMFo_Z4sEiex43bUbcY8yrgEdNS8Iv2tkizmP7t1a9_F6PHP5W0pX9EXC6Qe3vPdyCoq3SJlLQ$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/2023-digital-conference/__;!!KGKeukY!yLunHgth5c7CIA6rCA6dRxsUitiLuNHhxoSIrTC8a_eC6BYUUCvGopPjl6zYhZnh9bMf4ZSkmTgLDYJf66Aea6wvivHEeulu$> > . > > > > Members of the 2023 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award committee are Lisa > Silverman, Jackie Ben-Efraim, and Elliot H. 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