[ha-Safran] Sydney Taylor preview?
Every January, when we get the new list of winners and Honor books, I run out and buy most of them. This year, I wonder if we can shift the process a bit. Is it possible -- Diane and other Committee members -- for you to give us an early taste of the best things you've seen? This can help some of us buy early, without leaking your announcement. Also, since most places don't buy throughout the year, we can get some things we wouldn't necessarily find later. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA __ 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
Re: [ha-Safran] Weeding 800's and 900's in a Jewish school
Aviva -- We're constantly in add-and-subtract mode, as we should be. Our library is about 2500 volumes. We just did a review of all adult books published before 1980. We decided to keep almost all of them, but it's never automatic for me. It's certainly one way to quickly review and get rid of out-of-date items, and realize what is old but hasn't been superseded (books on the Kibbutz; Netanyahu's biography of Abravanel, e.g.) Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA -Original Message- From: Aviva Rosenberg aviva.rosenb...@moriahschool.org To: Hasafran Hasafran@lists.osu.edu Sent: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 9:37 am Subject: [ha-Safran] Weeding 800's and 900's in a Jewish school Hi everyone, I'm the head librarian at a N-8 Jewish day school with a fairly large library. I started a year ago, and came in to find that the collection has been well maintained in terms of acquiring new materials, but poorly handled in terms of weeding old, outdated, or unused items. In anticipation of some spatial changes (and a potential full overhaul) I am currently attacking the nonfiction section. I tend to have a less is more attitude in a school library, where kids have specific tastes and curricular needs and space is always an issue. We do have a decent source of funding for new books, so I know I can update where necessary. But when it comes to items of Jewish interest, I'm torn. What criteria should I be using to determine the fate of books of Jewish literature and history? I am finding shelves full of old, dank books that don't circulate, such as collections of Jewish American literature, or books about Israel from the 1960's. I think I have a good idea of what people are likely to want/need here, and most of these items don't qualify. But I hesitate to purge such a large selection of special interest materials. Is there anywhere else that might be interested in them? Opinions on this issue in general? Any advice is appreciated. Thank you! Aviva Rosenberg Library Media Specialist The Moriah School 53 S. Woodland Street Englewood, NJ 07631 201.567.0208 x307 __ 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
Re: [ha-Safran] Digital Jewish Resource Bank, anyone?
All -- At the AJL Conference in Las Vegas this past June we heard a Plenary talk about the Jewish Digital Commons. At a following session a number of us discussed putting it in place for ourselves, and connecting our own collections and researchers and interests. The people best able to make the connection, I think, are Michelle Chesner at Columbia and Arthur Kiron at Penn. This is a vital need, and I think we're starting to address it over the coming months. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA -Original Message- From: Hussein Moustafa, Laila lhous...@illinois.edu To: Lee Jaffe leejaff...@gmail.com; Hasafran Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Tue, Sep 2, 2014 4:04 pm Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Digital Jewish Resource Bank, anyone? Dear Lee, This is a great idea and I would like to join your group. Our collection in University of Illinois is not big but it is great. Let me know what is next Laila From: hasafran-bounces+lhoussei=illinois@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-bounces+lhoussei=illinois@lists.service.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of Lee Jaffe Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 1:09 PM To: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] Digital Jewish Resource Bank, anyone? I wanted to see if there was interest in this group in developing a shared collection of online resources for Jewish research and reading. I know AJL maintains the Bibliography Bank and some other sites, but none of these meet the need I'd like to address. I'm thinking of subject guides to online resources - primarily free and available to all users - that we all could use to assist our communities. As an example, look at the guides I've started to create for my Temple library at https://sites.google.com/site/tbeaptoslib/guides. In the midst of doing this work, it occurred to me that I was probably reinventing the wheel and this would be done better through a cooperative effort. My idea is to organize a series of generic subject guides that would be relevant and useful to anyone anywhere. Instead of dozens of us researching, building and maintaining our own guides, there'd be one centralized set of guides we'd build and maintain collectively. I can think of a couple of ways to approach this. This could happen under the auspices of AJL - and perhaps branded as an AJL resource - or privately by a group interested individuals. From the technical side, it could be as simple as setting up a generic website, with shared ownership and permissions, that will allow us to create and edit the guides collaboratively. A more sophisticated arrangement - such as LibGuides - would let us share components within a customized framework. I'd be glad to discuss and explore this idea with AJL as a whole or individually with anyone interested in taking this further, Thank you, Lee Jaffe Temple Beth El, Aptos __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Help with cataloging a book in Weine
Like others, I'm flying blind here. But I have a few thoughts as well: Is the book about Hanukkah? If so, it may be worth considering putting it with the other books on the holiday cycle (Zion's A Different Light, etc.) Is it an inter-religious book about the various ways to celebrate in winter? Then it belongs in Comparative religions. In general, Dewey puts Judaica into 296, and sub-divides it endlessly from there. So it's a bit confusing using those numbers in Jewish settings. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai, Oakland, CA -Original Message- From: Amalia Warshenbrot amalia...@att.net To: Joel Tuchman joel.tuch...@outlook.com Cc: hasafran hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu; susanschlein susanschl...@comcast.net Sent: Thu, Aug 21, 2014 2:58 pm Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Help with cataloging a book in Weine Jewish identity is 303, but it is hard to be sure without viewing the book. Amalia Warshenbrot Sent from my iPad On Aug 21, 2014, at 3:29 PM, Joel Tuchman joel.tuch...@outlook.com wrote: I don't have the Weine classification in front of me but whatever the number for Jewish Identity is is where I would put it. Joel Tuchman Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:50:30 + From: susanschl...@comcast.net To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu CC: susanschl...@comcast.net Subject: [ha-Safran] Help with cataloging a book in Weine Dear Hasafran members - I need some assistance in assigning cataloging (Weine system) to a book. Author: Plaut, Joshua Title: A kosher Christmas: 'Tis the season to be Jewish Publisher: Rutgers University Press Year: 2012 ISBN:978-0-8135-5380-1 LC, of course, gives it a Dewey number of 394.26 (for the Christmas aspect). I am in a quandary here, any help the collective group can give would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. Susan K. Schlein susanschl...@comcast.net __Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual authorand are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)==Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to:hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.eduTo join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafranQuestions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galron.1@osu.eduHa-Safran Archives:Current:http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.htmlEarlier Listserver:http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.htmlAJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org--Hasafran mailing listhasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.eduhttps://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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
Re: [ha-Safran] Purchasing Talmud
Schottenstein (Artscroll) also has an e-version. A friend is reading it as Daf Yomi. Fred Isaac -Original Message- From: Joel Tuchman joel.tuch...@outlook.com To: Temple Bnai Israel tbipetoskeylibr...@gmail.com; hasafran hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 11:55 am Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Purchasing Talmud If space is an issue you might also want to consider purchasing an electronic Talmud. I know that Bar Ilan and Judaic Classics both have them available with English translations. Joel Tuchman Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 14:24:45 -0400 From: tbipetoskeylibr...@gmail.com To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] Purchasing Talmud Hello, I am the volunteer librarian for my very small temple's library. We do not own a Talmud and I am considering purchasing a full set. Wondering if you can give guidance on the most cost effective way of acquiring a full set. Is it possible to purchase it a few volumes at a time? Vendor information would be helpful as well. Thank you. Val Meyerson, Temple Bnai Israel - Petoskey, MI __Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual authorand are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)==Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to:hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.eduTo join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafranQuestions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galron.1@osu.eduHa-Safran Archives:Current:http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.htmlEarlier Listserver:http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.htmlAJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org--Hasafran mailing listhasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.eduhttps://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief
Paula -- You're right about his intent. He mentioned it at his acceptance speech at the Conference in Phoenix. It was the first STA Teen Book Awardee, so was not intended for a younger audience. Most of the Older Readers STA-winning books have been for Older Children, which I always took to mean the 10-14 group. In our Library we put it in the Adult Fiction section. My sense is that there's more of an audience there. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA -Original Message- From: Paula Sandfelder ps...@bellsouth.net To: hasafran hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Sent: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 11:52 am Subject: [ha-Safran] Book Thief Friends, Now that the book “Book Thief” is a movie, I havea question for school librarians. Do you think the book is appropriatefor children? I asked this question of the author when the book firstcame out. He responded that that was not his intention, but that it wasmarketed that way in the USAby the publisher and cataloged as such in the USA. Personally, I would not haverecommended the book for children or even young adults unless they knew a greatdeal about the Shoah and were very mature. Paula Sandfelder __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] AJL review of The Extra
Heidi -- Sorry. I was away for a while and didn't send this before I left. I think the question is still worth a comment. My apologies for the delay. As a reviewer of both children's and adult books, I plead guilty to the charge leveled in the criticism of Kathryn Lasky's latest book. In my defense (and that of the reviewer here), when I evaluate a children's book for AJl I write for our colleagues in the synagogue and school worlds. If a book is well written but the protagonist is not Jewish, our members should be aware of that fact and make decisions based on their local situations (intellectual as well as financial). I can think of several books over the years that have fallen into this category. And Sydney Taylor Award committees have discussed the issue many times -- I know because I've been part of them. It's not new. Kathryn Lasky has written several important books with Jewish content over the years. Some AJL members may expect the protagonist in this novel to be a Jewish girl, and they would be surprised to realize that she is Roma. To the extent that many other minority communities were decimated (literally) during the Shoah, this volume may indeed be significant. For smaller institutions, the heroine's Jewishness may swing the decision. For some, it may be important to inform the readers that Jews, while the primary target of the Nazis, were not the only ones so identified. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA -Original Message- From: Heidi Estrin he...@cbiboca.org To: Hasafran hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Sat, Sep 28, 2013 9:25 pm Subject: [ha-Safran] AJL review of The Extra Interestingly, the AJL review of The Extra is causing some controversy on author Kathryn Lasky's Facebook page. I became aware of this when a reader posted the discussion to AJL's page, which you can read athttps://www.facebook.com/jewishlibraries/posts/10151961796378336. I left a response, but I'd love to have some other AJL members take a look and see if you'd like to say anything too. Thanks! Heidi Estrin __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] collectible children's books
Safranim -- I'm thrilled that both Andrea Jim have indicated their libraries' interest in collecting children's books. However, I would make a request on their part (unbidden): Please provide lists first, and get their permission before sending books to them. I do this with some awareness. After the synagogue fire-bombings in Sacramento in 1999 (just before our convention in Boca), I was the advisor for their librarian, Poshi Mikalson. In the months after their library was destroyed, she received over 20,000 books. While we accepted many of them, there were lots of duplicates, and others that were more scholarly than the synagogue could use. Some of these went to other synagogues in the area, others went to the Cal State University library. In the end, it took a couple of years to work through every title and decide what was appropriate for which location. So while I know the collections will be grateful for your interest, I also am aware of the work that the process takes. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA -Original Message- From: Enid Sperber enidkentsper...@gmail.com To: Andrea Rapp anrapp2...@yahoo.com Cc: ha-Safran hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu; Amy Turim libr...@templeemanuelmd.org Sent: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 11:51 am Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] collectible children's books Andrea's collection is magnificent and quite extensive. I have seen it. Please donate books to her. Enid On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Andrea Rapp anrapp2...@yahoo.com wrote: Wise Temple has such a collection--The Shavzin-Carsch Collection--which has been the subject of much discussion on Hasafran; we distributed flyers about it to all attendees at the last year's AJL convention, had an item about it in Reform Judaism Magazine, and will be doing more publicity this summer, as well as putting the final touches on an article for Judaica Librarianship. Andrea Rapp Isaac M. Wise Temple, Cincinnati, OH --- On Thu, 6/6/13, James Rosenbloom rosen...@brandeis.edu wrote: From: James Rosenbloom rosen...@brandeis.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] collectible children's books To: Amy Turim libr...@templeemanuelmd.org Cc: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Date: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 8:28 AM Hello. At Brandeis we are developing a research collection in Jewish children's literature. We welcome a donation of any volume that we don't currently own. Jim Rosenbloom On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Amy Turim libr...@templeemanuelmd.org wrote: Colleagues – A bit of a dilemma: occasionally a book donation to my synagogue library includes an edition that is old and fragile enough to be unsuitable for library use, and is usually out of print. The donor doesn’t want it back, and I always wonder if there is some library or institution among us (AJL, that is) that collects such items. An example is right here: Charlotte Bronstein’s 1959 “TALES OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS As Told by the Light of the Moon.” Suggestions? Amy Turim Librarian, Temple Emanuel Kensington, MD __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran James P. Rosenbloom Judaica Librarian, Brandeis University Past President, Association of Jewish Libraries James P Rosenbloom Library and Technology Services Mailstop 045 Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA 02454 9110 781-736-4688 rosenbl...@brandeis.edu -Inline Attachment Follows- __ 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.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
[ha-Safran] Fwd: Social Justice
Hi, We are thinking of creating a Social Justice area. Please let us know if one of you have do this and how. We're using Elazar. Thanks Renee Kardener Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Classification question
My colleague (Renee Kardener) and I have been puzzling where to place Saying No and Letting Go by Rabbi Ed Goldberg. We use Elazar, but I think the issue of where to put Judaica self-help books may be a more general issue. Any thoughts, Safranim? I'd also be interested in hearing a discussion at the Sunday night SSC gathering in Houston. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Bookless
Thanks to Barbara Leff, Stephanie, and everyone else who has commented on this important topic. I'd add Nick Harkaway's book The Gutenberg Elegies, written first in the 90s and revised in about 2006. In our 3000-title library -- and I suspect in many of yours -- we're dealing with both the issues related to what to buy from now forward, and what to do and how to promote what we already have. While it's good to know the professionals agree with us in many ways, the questions don't go away; they only multiply. And we need to find a way (and preferrably many more than one) to connect our congregants and other patrons with the information they need. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards
All of us who have ever been on the Committee know how much fun it is, and appreciate the work the current committee puts in every year. As always, I'm looking forward to reading the winners. Yashar Koach, Fred Isaac STA 1998-2002 -Original Message- From: Etta Gold ego...@earthlink.net To: Aimee Lurie aimeelu...@mac.com; hasafran hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 8:58 pm Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards Yasher Koach, Aimee - and to your hard-working committee - many thanks!! - Original Message - From: Aimee Lurie aimeelu...@mac.com To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:41 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards Dear Friends -- It is my pleasure to share that Linda Glaser and Adam Gustavson, author and illustrator of Hannah’s Way, Louise Borden, author of His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg, and Deborah Heiligman, authorof Intentions, are the 2013 winners of the prestigious Sydney Taylor Book Award. The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. The award memorializes Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series. The winners will receive their awards at the Association of Jewish Libraries Conference in Houston, Texas this June. The winners were formally announced yesterday at the Association of Jewish Libraries midwinter meeting in New York. Twenty outstanding books were selected from the nearly 100 titles evaluated by the SydneyTaylor Book Award Committee during 2012. The Committee recommends them for library, classroom, and home use. To view a the press release and for more information about the award, please visit http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Awards/SydneyTaylorBookAward.aspx. Best, Aimee Lurie, Chair Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee The Association of Jewish Libraries The Agnon School 26500 Shaker Blvd. Beachwood, OH 44122 (216)832-1314 aimeelu...@mac.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Tour of Manuscript Exhibit, Columbia University, 12/12/12
Safranim -- I saw the exhibit last Friday. It'ssmall but spectacular. Yashar Koach to Michelle for putting it together. In addition, I've realized over the intervening days that it points to numerous places that might house Hebrew treasures that no one knows about. There must be thousands of individual pieces in small college archives and elsewhere all over the country. Fred Isaac -Original Message- From: Rita Lifton rilif...@jtsa.edu To: Hasafran hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu; ajl-nyma ajl-n...@yahoogroups.com Cc: Rita Lifton rilif...@jtsa.edu Sent: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 8:18 am Subject: [ha-Safran] Tour of Manuscript Exhibit, Columbia University, 12/12/12 The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) invites you to a special tour of the exhibit The People in the Books: Hebraica and Judaica Manuscripts From Columbia University Libraries. The tour will be led by the exhibition’s curator, Michelle Chesner, the Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies at Columbia University. The tour will take place on Wednesday, December 12th at 2 pm, at Butler Library, the Rare Book Manuscript Library, 6th Floor East, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027. Kindly RSVP to Michelle Chesner by December 10th at mc3...@columbia.edu. About the exhibit: A printed book and a manuscript codex may contain the same text, but one can argue that the latter is inherently richer. The printing press produced a multitude of identical copies, but each manuscript is unique and individual. In a manuscript, each page had to be carefully prepared and every letter required painstaking work. Ultimately, each manuscript contains more than just the text within it. Isaac Mendelsohn, author of the first catalog of the Hebrew manuscripts at Columbia, wrote, “An old Hebrew book is ... more than a mere collection of bound sheets on which a given text is [written]. The notes on the flyleaves, the remarks on the margins the names of its various owners, and the countries in which it saw service actually make it into two books - one containing the text, the passive part, and the other the history of the persons who owned and used it.” This exhibition attempts to show the second kind of book: the book that tells a story about its authors, its owners, and its users. Occasionally, the story is found within the main portion of the text, but it is also found in the paratext: in the wine stains on a Passover Haggadah, in the candle wax in a prayer book, or in an odd notation on a title page or in a colophon. On a journey through the exhibit, it is our hope that visitors will find at least one story that inspires, intrigues, or ignites the imagination. __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: Hasafran@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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Video history
We will be celebrating the centennial of our sanctuary over the next couple of years. I've been asked to work on creating a video as part of the series of events. I've started talking to people, including a video pro who is a congregant, about it. A couple of questions: Do any of you have synagogue video histories? Can you share them with me/us? Any warnings? Please respond off-list. I'll be happy, of course, to share them with anyone who asks. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Archivist Course in Cincinnati
Safranim -- I'm debating whether to go to this 2-day gathering. It will be August 26-28 at the American Jewish Archives, on the HUC Campus. Who else is attending? Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA __ 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.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.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
