For those of you who worked so hard and built up your libraries from scratch, you did a great job and deserve alot of credit for your dedication and idealism. Sorry you are going through this. I hope everything turns out well!
Fruma Mohrer fmoh...@gmail.com On Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 10:05 PM Carol Janoff via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > This is happening to my temple library too. We have sold our current > building and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where > the library filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable > to us from the time of > > This is happening to my temple library too. We have sold our current > building and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where > the library filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable > to us from the time of the sale. The books are all packed in boxes and > stored in the attic of the sanctuary. The new building will almost > certainly not have a room (or rooms) dedicated solely to the library but > will most likely have a conference room or some such with shelves around > the perimeter. Obviously most of the books will not fit and I just don’t > even know what we can do with so many discarded books. It breaks my heart > because I started this library and have added to it and run it for over 25 > years and I think it is a fine collection. I am a volunteer (with a > library science degree from 1973) and I don’t really want to even deal with > this situation. I am dreading the day when the administrator asks me to do > it. But if I say NO as this point I have no idea who would do it. > > > > Carol Janoff > > Temple Chai > > Phoenix, AZ > > > > > > *From:* Hasafran <hasafran-bounces+cjanoff=outlook....@lists.osu.edu> *On > Behalf Of *Michelle Sandler via Hasafran > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 11, 2023 11:27 AM > *To:* Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > *Subject:* [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster > California is Being cut in half. > > > > Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, > California is being cut in half. They need the classroom for the Youth > Lounge. The Youth Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to > make more money for the synagogue > > Dear Judaica Librarians: > > > > My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half. > They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge. The Youth Lounge is being > turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as > the Preschool has a waiting list. > > The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School > Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's > office. 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in > the new Youth Lounge. The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away. > This is a nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my > ResourceMate catalog. Has anyone else had to deal with this? I have been > the Volunteer Librarian there for 10 years. > > > > Michelle Sandler MLS > > Librarian > > Beth David > > Westminster, California > __ > 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.osu.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!y-MMf60iM5iLaldkg6yolOUMiO6InYETu7lZ6bG9PADnlKLWvCY-mW_l8-gCdYgBztrxeMDf84yJ1vdfHuc$ > > Earlier Listserver: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!y-MMf60iM5iLaldkg6yolOUMiO6InYETu7lZ6bG9PADnlKLWvCY-mW_l8-gCdYgBztrxeMDf84yJ1vdfHuc$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!y-MMf60iM5iLaldkg6yolOUMiO6InYETu7lZ6bG9PADnlKLWvCY-mW_l8-gCdYgBztrxeMDf84yJ_fmHfmQ$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >
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