Re: [ha-Safran] Library position open

[Danielle Winter]

Oops, heard the link doesn't work without a login. Here it is:
https://jewishjobs.com/jobs/view/38158

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Danielle Winter 
wrote:

> School Librarian/Media Specialist
>
> The role of the Library/Media Specialist is to work with the Educational
> Technology Director, Early Childhood and Elementary School Directors, Head
> of School and faculty to create, lead, and implement a 21st Century
> Library/Media Center for Temple Beth Am Day School. The Library/Media
> Specialist will ensure that the library offers digital databases and tools
> to enhance the General and Judaic Studies curriculum. The Library/Media
> Specialist writes and delivers the appropriate library skills curriculum.
> The Library/Media Specialist reports to both the Elementary School Director
> and Head of School. The Library/Media Specialist will hold an appropriate
> graduate degree.
>
> Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
> • Develops and implements a library/media curriculum for day school
> students to include a full range of literacy skills
> • Instruct library skills classes ranging from reading time with Early
> Childhood students to collaboratively planned learning, research and
> critical thinking experiences for elementary students
> • Lead story time for early childhood through 2nd grade classes
> • Manage library assistant and parent volunteers
> • Communicate and highlight sections of the library throughout the year
> through displays, programs, and the blog
> •
> • Model and implement effective use of technology in the library,
> including, but not limited to: ebooks, mobile devices, apps, databases, and
> card catalogue
> • Instruct students and faculty to be effective, efficient and ethical
> consumers of ideas and information
> • Select, acquire, and organize books and other media for the library for
> maximum and effective use
> • Provide professional development for faculty in 21st Century library
> skills
> • Act as an active, accessible and informed library leader accessible to
> students, staff, parents, and library users
> • Share expertise at faculty meetings, parents meetings and school board
> meetings
> • Create and offer library programs to enhance library use, including, but
> not limited to: book clubs, reading contests, author talks, and lecture
> series
> • Maintain frequent and timely communication to the library community via
> a library blog/website, social media, newsletter, video/audio streaming and
> on-demand video/ audio podcasts
> • Maintain active membership in professional associations
> • Remain current in professional practices and developments, information
> technologies, and educational research applicable to school library
> programs
> • Demonstrate and engender in our students a love of books, learning and
> curiosity
> • Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of Judaic literature and library
> skills to support our Judaic literary resources
> • Oversee and manage the library budget and support personnel
> *To apply visit: https://jewishjobs.com/jobs/viewexpired/37146
>  *
>
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Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position

[Ann Abrams]

All the best, Eileen, in your next chapter!

Ann

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Eileen Polk  wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
>
>
> I will be retiring from my position as Librarian of the Prentis Memorial
> Library of Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, MI on June 30th of this
> year.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here, but look forward to spending
> more time with my husband and family (grandchildren!) and exploring what
> else the future holds. Attached is a posting for the position.  If you are
> interested or know of anyone in the Detroit area who may be interested,
> please have them respond to the posting or give me a call.
>
>
>
> Thank you for all the support over the years.
>
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>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Eileen Polk
>
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Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position

[Eileen Polk]

Dear Friends,

I will be retiring from my position as Librarian of the Prentis Memorial 
Library of Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, MI on June 30th of this year.  I 
have thoroughly enjoyed my time here, but look forward to spending more time 
with my husband and family (grandchildren!) and exploring what else the future 
holds. Attached is a posting for the position.  If you are interested or know 
of anyone in the Detroit area who may be interested, please have them respond 
to the posting or give me a call.

Thank you for all the support over the years.

Sincerely,

Eileen Polk




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Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

[aidonna]

Lisa,

How right you are. I am a paid librarian at one synagogue and volunteer at 
another. Because of space considerations among others, I am weeding both 
heavily. 

What a difference it makes to have open shelves and how wrenching to discard 
some if the wonderful old books. I must say that I do have several patrons who 
are sharing the rabbi slept, etc mysteries with their kids.

Glad to hear that displaying books at entrances works. We are about to do that 
in our firmer gift shop space ...which I had originally wanted for the library.

Aileen
 
Aileen Grossberg


 On Jun 2, 2015, at 7:25 PM, Lisa Silverman lsilver...@sinaiakiba.org wrote:
 
 Stephanie,
 I noticed one of your comments particularly and agree with it. Synagogue 
 librarians should “strategically pare down collections”.  I have served as 
 consultant for a few synagogue libraries and it is the first thing I do.  All 
 libraries weed their books, but Jewish libraries have a lot of stuff 
 previously donated by the rabbi or a board member and people are naturally 
 reluctant to box it up for a book sale or even have it be seen leaving the 
 building. But, when a patron enters the room it is certainly less engaging 
 with worn or unused materials and congregants then see the whole space as 
 less relevant.
 For instance, fiction materials like the “Rabbi Who Stays Late” mysteries and 
 even Leon Uris, Herman Wouk, Belva Plain or Gloria Goldreich, etc—the covers 
 are just so unappealing—it is time to pack them up. We just got rid of much 
 of the Kellermans, some Potok, Stephen Birmingham, etc, if the covers were 
 old. And I made decisions about Roth, Malamud and Bellow among other American 
 classics by just knowing that they are all available in other libraries and 
 certain copies had not been checked in years. The only things I kept even 
 though they had not been checked out often were the famous Israeli and 
 Yiddish writers. This is because they are not readily found in local public 
 libraries.
  
 Now when a congregant comes in to browse the fiction section they are 
 browsing lots of colorful and new titles and get a feeling that they want to 
 return. We also put out some of our newest purchases in a glass case near the 
 entrance and just today someone came by to request something in there that 
 she noticed while passing by.
  
 image003.jpg
 LISA SILVERMAN  LIBRARY DIRECTOR, SINAI TEMPLE BLUMENTHAL LIBRARY
 10400 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
 310-481-3215 (direct)  310-481-3218 (main)   library.sinaitemple.org
  
  
 From: Stephanie L Gross [mailto:gr...@yu.edu] 
 Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 9:09 AM
 To: Ann Abrams; hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
 Cc: Lisa Silverman
 Subject: RE: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated
  
 So very true! That’s one of the reasons why I’ve tried to share lessons 
 learned with my newer mentees.  There is much to be learned from the 
 information commons model, and even more for strategic paring down of 
 collections and enhancing library programs. One thought has remained 
 consistent through the years:  AJL must recruit seasoned professional 
 librarians to help mentor SSC librarians and staff. This restricting is not 
 the “stuff” for untrained volunteers. Skilled librarians who have maintained 
 their value through rigorous professional development and continuing 
 education are the ones to do the job.  I assume that the Accreditation 
 Committee has begun rethinking what new ways libraries should be restructured 
 in order to turn the tide of events.
  
 Stephanie (Sara Leah) Gross
 MSLIS, MATESOL
  
 Past Chair, AJL Mentoring
  
 Pollack Library
 Yeshiva University
 500 West 185th Street
 New York NY 10033-3229
 646.592.4044
  
 Skype: Stephanie.l.gross
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielgross
 http://yeshiva.academia.edu/StephanieLGrossMSLIS
  
 “As we look ahead to the next century, leaders will be those who empower 
 others.” – Bill Gates.
  
  
 From: Ann Abrams [mailto:aabr...@tisrael.org] 
 Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 2:01 PM
 To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
 Cc: Lisa Silverman
 Subject: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated
  
 Thank you, Lisa, for this very thoughtful and insightful post.  The sentence 
 I find the most thought provoking is:
  
  
 FROM LISA:
 Synagogues clearly need to save money and move forward with the things that 
 engage the most members and cut funding from things that don’t. Period. 
 Sentiment is not a reason to pour money into old models of synagogue 
 engagement. The problem for libraries is that the decision-makers are not 
 seeing beyond the old model and are not offering funding for librarians to 
 create new models.
  
  
 FROM ANN:
 I’m wondering if there are synagogue librarians who have created new models, 
 that are doing WELL, and that have the enthusiastic support of your 
 institutions;  and,  that you’d be willing to share with the rest of us?  I’d 
 be happy to serve as central station to collect your narratives

Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

[Lisa Silverman]

Stephanie,
I noticed one of your comments particularly and agree with it. Synagogue 
librarians should “strategically pare down collections”.  I have served as 
consultant for a few synagogue libraries and it is the first thing I do.  All 
libraries weed their books, but Jewish libraries have a lot of stuff previously 
donated by the rabbi or a board member and people are naturally reluctant to 
box it up for a book sale or even have it be seen leaving the building. But, 
when a patron enters the room it is certainly less engaging with worn or unused 
materials and congregants then see the whole space as less relevant.
For instance, fiction materials like the “Rabbi Who Stays Late” mysteries and 
even Leon Uris, Herman Wouk, Belva Plain or Gloria Goldreich, etc—the covers 
are just so unappealing—it is time to pack them up. We just got rid of much of 
the Kellermans, some Potok, Stephen Birmingham, etc, if the covers were old. 
And I made decisions about Roth, Malamud and Bellow among other American 
classics by just knowing that they are all available in other libraries and 
certain copies had not been checked in years. The only things I kept even 
though they had not been checked out often were the famous Israeli and Yiddish 
writers. This is because they are not readily found in local public libraries.

Now when a congregant comes in to browse the fiction section they are browsing 
lots of colorful and new titles and get a feeling that they want to return. We 
also put out some of our newest purchases in a glass case near the entrance and 
just today someone came by to request something in there that she noticed while 
passing by.

[cid:image003.jpg@01D09D50.CE589240]

Lisa Silverman  Library Director, Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library
10400 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
310-481-3215 (direct)  310-481-3218 (main)   
library.sinaitemple.orghttp://library.sinaitemple.org/



From: Stephanie L Gross [mailto:gr...@yu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 9:09 AM
To: Ann Abrams; hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Cc: Lisa Silverman
Subject: RE: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

So very true! That’s one of the reasons why I’ve tried to share lessons learned 
with my newer mentees.  There is much to be learned from the information 
commons model, and even more for strategic paring down of collections and 
enhancing library programs. One thought has remained consistent through the 
years:  AJL must recruit seasoned professional librarians to help mentor SSC 
librarians and staff. This restricting is not the “stuff” for untrained 
volunteers. Skilled librarians who have maintained their value through rigorous 
professional development and continuing education are the ones to do the job.  
I assume that the Accreditation Committee has begun rethinking what new ways 
libraries should be restructured in order to turn the tide of events.

Stephanie (Sara Leah) Gross
MSLIS, MATESOL

Past Chair, AJL Mentoring

Pollack Library
Yeshiva University
500 West 185th Street
New York NY 10033-3229
646.592.4044

Skype: Stephanie.l.gross
http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielgross
http://yeshiva.academia.edu/StephanieLGrossMSLIS

“As we look ahead to the next century, leaders will be those who empower 
others.” – Bill Gates.


From: Ann Abrams [mailto:aabr...@tisrael.org]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 2:01 PM
To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edumailto:hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Cc: Lisa Silverman
Subject: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

Thank you, Lisa, for this very thoughtful and insightful post.  The sentence I 
find the most thought provoking is:




FROM LISA:

Synagogues clearly need to save money and move forward with the things that 
engage the most members and cut funding from things that don’t. Period. 
Sentiment is not a reason to pour money into old models of synagogue 
engagement. The problem for libraries is that the decision-makers are not 
seeing beyond the old model and are not offering funding for librarians to 
create new models.





FROM ANN:

I’m wondering if there are synagogue librarians who have created new models, 
that are doing WELL, and that have the enthusiastic support of your 
institutions;  and,  that you’d be willing to share with the rest of us?  I’d 
be happy to serve as central station to collect your narratives, as perhaps 
it’s not necessary to inform all of AJL/Hasafran about what synagogue libraries 
are doing, but I would share them with all SSC members, or anyone else who’s 
interested.



But, my main point is, are there any GOOD stories out there?





Maybe we can cause something constructive to come out of these terrible 
occurrences.





From: Hasafran 
[mailto:hasafran-bounces+aabramsmailto:hasafran-bounces%2Baabrams=tisrael@lists.osu.edumailto:tisrael@lists.osu.edu]
 On Behalf Of Lisa Silverman
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:58 PM
To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edumailto:hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Library

Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated discussion

[Judy Weidman]

All the input on Hasafran has been helpful, but we have a SSC roundtable at our 
conference. In my opinion, this topic, especially the good news that has been 
solicited should be a top priority for discussion. Judy Weidman

Judy Weidman
Temple Librarian
Congregation Beth Israel
5600 N. Braeswood Blvd.
Houston, TX 77096
Direct line: (713) 820-6410
(713)771-6221 X370 jweid...@beth-israel.orgmailto:jweid...@beth-israel.org
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Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

[Stephanie L Gross]

So very true! That’s one of the reasons why I’ve tried to share lessons learned 
with my newer mentees.  There is much to be learned from the information 
commons model, and even more for strategic paring down of collections and 
enhancing library programs. One thought has remained consistent through the 
years:  AJL must recruit seasoned professional librarians to help mentor SSC 
librarians and staff. This restricting is not the “stuff” for untrained 
volunteers. Skilled librarians who have maintained their value through rigorous 
professional development and continuing education are the ones to do the job.  
I assume that the Accreditation Committee has begun rethinking what new ways 
libraries should be restructured in order to turn the tide of events.

Stephanie (Sara Leah) Gross
MSLIS, MATESOL

Past Chair, AJL Mentoring

Pollack Library
Yeshiva University
500 West 185th Street
New York NY 10033-3229
646.592.4044

Skype: Stephanie.l.gross
http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielgross
http://yeshiva.academia.edu/StephanieLGrossMSLIS

“As we look ahead to the next century, leaders will be those who empower 
others.” – Bill Gates.


From: Ann Abrams [mailto:aabr...@tisrael.org]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 2:01 PM
To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Cc: Lisa Silverman
Subject: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

Thank you, Lisa, for this very thoughtful and insightful post.  The sentence I 
find the most thought provoking is:




FROM LISA:

Synagogues clearly need to save money and move forward with the things that 
engage the most members and cut funding from things that don’t. Period. 
Sentiment is not a reason to pour money into old models of synagogue 
engagement. The problem for libraries is that the decision-makers are not 
seeing beyond the old model and are not offering funding for librarians to 
create new models.





FROM ANN:

I’m wondering if there are synagogue librarians who have created new models, 
that are doing WELL, and that have the enthusiastic support of your 
institutions;  and,  that you’d be willing to share with the rest of us?  I’d 
be happy to serve as central station to collect your narratives, as perhaps 
it’s not necessary to inform all of AJL/Hasafran about what synagogue libraries 
are doing, but I would share them with all SSC members, or anyone else who’s 
interested.



But, my main point is, are there any GOOD stories out there?





Maybe we can cause something constructive to come out of these terrible 
occurrences.





From: Hasafran 
[mailto:hasafran-bounces+aabramsmailto:hasafran-bounces%2Baabrams=tisrael@lists.osu.edumailto:tisrael@lists.osu.edu]
 On Behalf Of Lisa Silverman
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:58 PM
To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edumailto:hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated


Excuse the long post, but I would like to weigh in to this discussion because 
of the similar changes going on here at Sinai Temple, which mirror what is 
happening everywhere. In our case, 100 letters from people outside our 
organization, especially if they had come from different cities, would have 
been an interesting social experiment, but would not have changed a thing.

A year ago, our temple board decided that due to economic reasons beyond their 
control, they decided to remove all funding for the library. It was explained 
to me that due to the recession there had been a severe downturn in donations, 
and, along with our major building upgrade and renovations, the temple was in 
the fiscal  red. Our professional staff of 4.5 employees was cut to…zero.  The 
library and its needs, budget, and staffing, was handed over to the Pre-K-8 day 
school, because it was common knowledge that the majority of patrons were day 
school students, staff, and parents. The day school had only enough money to 
offer two positions to librarians and I was retained as the day school 
librarian and another school librarian was hired as associate. With my 
knowledge of adult sources, I was encouraged to still help the synagogue 
patrons, when or if they continued to come in.

All adult programming was cut because I am now working for the school and do 
programming solely related to school needs, which are considerable. (I made the 
personal choice to continue with my evening adult book group because this group 
has been meeting regularly for 15 years, even though the temple did not pay me 
for it.  It was suggested that I charge for attendance at this group, which I 
rejected as absurd.) We are now in the process of reducing our adult collection 
considerably, and moving these items to the soon-to-open Sperber Jewish 
Community Library of Los Angeles, which is now part of American Jewish 
University. I have been serving as consultant for them, and will begin working 
there next year as the community librarian. Our adult collection here will 
still be accessible to all patrons, although it will be run by the school

Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

[Emily Goldberg]

Have any synagogue libraries moved to ebooks and if so, what has been the
response?

Emily Goldberg
exgoldb...@gmail.com

On Monday, June 1, 2015, Ann Abrams aabr...@tisrael.org wrote:

 Thank you, Lisa, for this very thoughtful and insightful post.  The
 sentence I find the most thought provoking is:





 *FROM LISA:*

 *Synagogues clearly need to save money and move forward with the things
 that engage the most members and cut funding from things that don’t.
 Period. Sentiment is not a reason to pour money into old models of
 synagogue engagement. The problem for libraries is that the decision-makers
 are not seeing beyond the old model and are not offering funding for
 librarians to create new models.*





 FROM ANN:

 I’m wondering if there are synagogue librarians who have created new
 models, that are doing WELL, and that have the enthusiastic support of your
 institutions;  and,  that you’d be willing to share with the rest of us?
 I’d be happy to serve as central station to collect your narratives, as
 perhaps it’s not necessary to inform all of AJL/Hasafran about what
 synagogue libraries are doing, but I would share them with all SSC members,
 or anyone else who’s interested.



 But, my main point is, are there any GOOD stories out there?





 Maybe we can cause something constructive to come out of these terrible
 occurrences.









 *From:* Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+aabrams
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 tisrael@lists.osu.edu
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 *To:* hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
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 *Subject:* Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated





 Excuse the long post, but I would like to weigh in to this discussion
 because of the similar changes going on here at Sinai Temple, which mirror
 what is happening everywhere. In our case, 100 letters from people outside
 our organization, especially if they had come from different cities, would
 have been an interesting social experiment, but would not have changed a
 thing.



 A year ago, our temple board decided that due to economic reasons beyond
 their control, they decided to remove all funding for the library. It was
 explained to me that due to the recession there had been a severe downturn
 in donations, and, along with our major building upgrade and renovations,
 the temple was in the fiscal  red. Our professional staff of 4.5 employees
 was cut to…zero.  The library and its needs, budget, and staffing, was
 handed over to the Pre-K-8 day school, because it was common knowledge that
 the majority of patrons were day school students, staff, and parents. The
 day school had only enough money to offer two positions to librarians and I
 was retained as the day school librarian and another school librarian was
 hired as associate. With my knowledge of adult sources, I was encouraged to
 still help the synagogue patrons, when or if they continued to come in.



 All adult programming was cut because I am now working for the school and
 do programming solely related to school needs, which are considerable. (I
 made the personal choice to continue with my evening adult book group
 because this group has been meeting regularly for 15 years, even though the
 temple did not pay me for it.  It was suggested that I charge for
 attendance at this group, which I rejected as absurd.) We are now in the
 process of reducing our adult collection considerably, and moving these
 items to the soon-to-open Sperber Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles,
 which is now part of American Jewish University. I have been serving as
 consultant for them, and will begin working there next year as the
 community librarian. Our adult collection here will still be accessible to
 all patrons, although it will be run by the school librarian and not kept
 up by a professional Judaic librarian.



 Since working as Sinai Akiba Academy school librarian this year, no longer
 as the temple librarian, I have come away with some observations I would
 like to share:



 1.   Synagogues clearly need to save money and move forward with the
 things that engage the most members and cut funding from things that don’t.
 Period. Sentiment is not a reason to pour money into old models of
 synagogue engagement. The problem for libraries is that the decision-makers
 are not seeing beyond the old model and are not offering funding for
 librarians to create new models.

 2.   Protesting to the powers that be does not work when boards have
 already made difficult decisions. If a library is a beloved part of an
 institution, board members do not make these decisions lightly, but when
 they do, they are rarely swayed to change their minds because by that time
 they have heard all the sides they are going to hear and have thought it
 all through. (We had many

Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

[Amalia Warshenbrot]

I think that we can keep the discussion on Hasafran.
Amalia


Sent from my iPad

 On Jun 1, 2015, at 2:36 PM, Emily Goldberg exgoldb...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Have any synagogue libraries moved to ebooks and if so, what has been the 
 response?
 
 Emily Goldberg
 exgoldb...@gmail.com
 
 On Monday, June 1, 2015, Ann Abrams aabr...@tisrael.org wrote:
 Thank you, Lisa, for this very thoughtful and insightful post.  The sentence 
 I find the most thought provoking is:
 
  
 
  
 
 FROM LISA:
 
 Synagogues clearly need to save money and move forward with the things that 
 engage the most members and cut funding from things that don’t. Period. 
 Sentiment is not a reason to pour money into old models of synagogue 
 engagement. The problem for libraries is that the decision-makers are not 
 seeing beyond the old model and are not offering funding for librarians to 
 create new models.
 
  
 
  
 
 FROM ANN:
 
 I’m wondering if there are synagogue librarians who have created new models, 
 that are doing WELL, and that have the enthusiastic support of your 
 institutions;  and,  that you’d be willing to share with the rest of us?  
 I’d be happy to serve as central station to collect your narratives, as 
 perhaps it’s not necessary to inform all of AJL/Hasafran about what 
 synagogue libraries are doing, but I would share them with all SSC members, 
 or anyone else who’s interested. 
 
  
 
 But, my main point is, are there any GOOD stories out there?
 
  
 
  
 
 Maybe we can cause something constructive to come out of these terrible 
 occurrences.
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+aabrams=tisrael@lists.osu.edu] 
 On Behalf Of Lisa Silverman
 Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:58 PM
 To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
 Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated
 
  
 
  
 
 Excuse the long post, but I would like to weigh in to this discussion 
 because of the similar changes going on here at Sinai Temple, which mirror 
 what is happening everywhere. In our case, 100 letters from people outside 
 our organization, especially if they had come from different cities, would 
 have been an interesting social experiment, but would not have changed a 
 thing.
 
  
 
 A year ago, our temple board decided that due to economic reasons beyond 
 their control, they decided to remove all funding for the library. It was 
 explained to me that due to the recession there had been a severe downturn 
 in donations, and, along with our major building upgrade and renovations, 
 the temple was in the fiscal  red. Our professional staff of 4.5 employees 
 was cut to…zero.  The library and its needs, budget, and staffing, was 
 handed over to the Pre-K-8 day school, because it was common knowledge that 
 the majority of patrons were day school students, staff, and parents. The 
 day school had only enough money to offer two positions to librarians and I 
 was retained as the day school librarian and another school librarian was 
 hired as associate. With my knowledge of adult sources, I was encouraged to 
 still help the synagogue patrons, when or if they continued to come in.
 
  
 
 All adult programming was cut because I am now working for the school and do 
 programming solely related to school needs, which are considerable. (I made 
 the personal choice to continue with my evening adult book group because 
 this group has been meeting regularly for 15 years, even though the temple 
 did not pay me for it.  It was suggested that I charge for attendance at 
 this group, which I rejected as absurd.) We are now in the process of 
 reducing our adult collection considerably, and moving these items to the 
 soon-to-open Sperber Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, which is now 
 part of American Jewish University. I have been serving as consultant for 
 them, and will begin working there next year as the community librarian. Our 
 adult collection here will still be accessible to all patrons, although it 
 will be run by the school librarian and not kept up by a professional Judaic 
 librarian.
 
  
 
 Since working as Sinai Akiba Academy school librarian this year, no longer 
 as the temple librarian, I have come away with some observations I would 
 like to share:
 
  
 
 1.   Synagogues clearly need to save money and move forward with the 
 things that engage the most members and cut funding from things that don’t. 
 Period. Sentiment is not a reason to pour money into old models of synagogue 
 engagement. The problem for libraries is that the decision-makers are not 
 seeing beyond the old model and are not offering funding for librarians to 
 create new models.
 
 2.   Protesting to the powers that be does not work when boards have 
 already made difficult decisions. If a library is a beloved part of an 
 institution, board members do not make these decisions lightly, but when 
 they do, they are rarely swayed to change their minds because by that time 
 they have heard all

Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

[Daniel Stuhlman]

I am working on some ideas for an article on this topic.I agree that "old models" are not working. In my college library we have all the seats filled on most days, but few people check out the regular circulating books. Most are hear to use the computers. I am trying to figure out ways to engage readers outside of the traditional paper books. We have more than 150,000 e-books, but students are not reading them very much either.If anyone has any input -- questions, answers, or stories that I could include in such an article, don't hesitate to write to my directly.Thanks,DS-Original Message-
From: Ann Abrams 
Sent: Jun 1, 2015 1:01 PM
To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Cc: Lisa Silverman 
Subject: [ha-Safran]  Library position eliminated

Thank you, Lisa, for this very thoughtful and insightful post. The sentence I find the most thought provoking is:FROM LISA:Synagogues clearly need to save money and move forward with the things that engage the most members and cut funding from things that don’t. Period. Sentiment is not a reason to pour money into old models of synagogue engagement. The problem for libraries is that the decision-makers are not seeing beyond the old model and are not offering funding for librarians to create new models.FROM ANN:I’m wondering if there are synagogue librarians who have created new models, that are doing WELL, and that have the enthusiastic support of your institutions; and, that you’d be willing to share with the rest of us? I’d be happy to serve as central station to collect your narratives, as perhaps it’s not necessary to inform all of AJL/Hasafran about what synagogue libraries are doing, but I would share them with all SSC members, or anyone else who’s interested.  But, my main point is, are there any GOOD stories out there?Maybe we can cause something constructive to come out of these terrible occurrences.  
Daniel D. Stuhlman
ddstuhlman  at earthlink.net
Chicago, IL

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Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated

[Andrea Rapp]

I think I have a couple of good stories, mainly about engaging children, 
faculty, and the religious school with library use.  I think Rachel Kamin is 
someone to advise on the question raised by Ann, as she does a great deal of 
programming and promotion and maintains what looks to be a very active 
institution.  Perhaps we should talk about this in DC.    I also think that 
having a group of people (us) bombard the board of the temple in NYC w/ 
objections to their decision  is pointless and makes us look silly, at best.  
What would it accomplish?  What Board of Trustees would care that a group of 
people with no connection to their institution and who know nothing of the 
thinking behind their decision or the factors that went into it (even if the 
thinking was misguided)  is unhappy with the decision that they made?  I can't 
believe I'm the only one who thinks this.Andrea Rapp
  From: Emily Goldberg exgoldb...@gmail.com
 To: Ann Abrams aabr...@tisrael.org 
Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu; 
Lisa Silverman lsilver...@sinaiakiba.org 
 Sent: Monday, June 1, 2015 2:36 PM
 Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated
   
Have any synagogue libraries moved to ebooks and if so, what has been the 
response?
Emily goldbergexgoldb...@gmail.com

On Monday, June 1, 2015, Ann Abrams aabr...@tisrael.org wrote:



Thank you, Lisa, for this very thoughtful and insightful post.  The sentence I 
find the most thought provoking is:  FROM LISA:Synagogues clearly need to save 
money and move forward with the things that engage the most members and cut 
funding from things that don’t. Period. Sentiment is not a reason to pour money 
into old models of synagogue engagement. The problem for libraries is that the 
decision-makers are not seeing beyond the old model and are not offering 
funding for librarians to create new models.  FROM ANN:I’m wondering if there 
are synagogue librarians who have created new models, that are doing WELL, and 
that have the enthusiastic support of your institutions;  and,  that you’d be 
willing to share with the rest of us?  I’d be happy to serve as central station 
to collect your narratives, as perhaps it’s not necessary to inform all of 
AJL/Hasafran about what synagogue libraries are doing, but I would share them 
with all SSC members, or anyone else who’s interested.    But, my main point 
is, are there any GOOD stories out there?  Maybe we can cause something 
constructive to come out of these terrible occurrences.    From: Hasafran 
[mailto:hasafran-bounces+aabrams=tisrael@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa 
Silverman
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:58 PM
To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Library position eliminated  Excuse the long post, but 
I would like to weigh in to this discussion because of the similar changes 
going on here at Sinai Temple, which mirror what is happening everywhere. In 
our case, 100 letters from people outside our organization, especially if they 
had come from different cities, would have been an interesting social 
experiment, but would not have changed a thing. A year ago, our temple board 
decided that due to economic reasons beyond their control, they decided to 
remove all funding for the library. It was explained to me that due to the 
recession there had been a severe downturn in donations, and, along with our 
major building upgrade and renovations, the temple was in the fiscal  red. Our 
professional staff of 4.5 employees was cut to…zero.  The library and its 
needs, budget, and staffing, was handed over to the Pre-K-8 day school, because 
it was common knowledge that the majority of patrons were day school students, 
staff, and parents. The day school had only enough money to offer two positions 
to librarians and I was retained as the day school librarian and another school 
librarian was hired as associate. With my knowledge of adult sources, I was 
encouraged to still help the synagogue patrons, when or if they continued to 
come in. All adult programming was cut because I am now working for the school 
and do programming solely related to school needs, which are considerable. (I 
made the personal choice to continue with my evening adult book group because 
this group has been meeting regularly for 15 years, even though the temple did 
not pay me for it.  It was suggested that I charge for attendance at this 
group, which I rejected as absurd.) We are now in the process of reducing our 
adult collection considerably, and moving these items to the soon-to-open 
Sperber Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, which is now part of American 
Jewish University. I have been serving as consultant for them, and will begin 
working there next year as the community librarian. Our adult collection here 
will still be accessible to all patrons, although it will be run by the school 
librarian and not kept up by a professional Judaic librarian.  Since working as 
Sinai

Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated

[N. K. Poole]

Greetings to all,

I have shared my thoughts with Liza privately - this is such sad news.  How
much research do we have on the number of positions that have been lost
(and why) over the past 5 - 10 years? I am assuming that it is, like most
library problems, a matter of limited funds and other priorities?

An excellent reseach topic.

l'shalom,

Nancy


*N.K. Poole, MBA, MLIS*
*Adjunct Instructor  PhD Student*

*Department of Library and Information Studies*

*336-272-9000*
*nkpo...@uncg.edu nkpo...@uncg.edu*

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Elizabeth F. Stabler lizastab...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Dear Safraniyot and Safranim,

 It is with great sadness that I announce that as of June 1 Temple
 Emanu-El, New York, NY will eliminate the position of Temple Librarian.  I
 have been offered a once-a-week position to maintain the almost 20,000 item
 collection.

 Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the annual conference as I had
 planned.

 Liza Stabler

 Elizabeth F. Stabler
 Librarian
 Stettenheim Library
 Temple Emanu-El
 1 East 65th Street
 New York, NY 10065


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Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated

[Andrea Rapp]

A related matter to research, besides funding, might be circulation; has it 
held steady, or declined.  What about programming for the library? Has it 
increased, decreased or stayed constant? Has religious school enrollment 
changed? (In our temple, a huge per centage of circulation is children's 
materials).  Etc.  I would think there are a number of factors to look at and I 
would be curious to see results of such a study.Andrea Rapp, Cincinnati
  From: N. K. Poole nkpo...@uncg.edu
 To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 
hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 
 Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 1:51 PM
 Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated
   
Greetings to all,

I have shared my thoughts with Liza privately - this is such sad news.  How 
much research do we have on the number of positions that have been lost (and 
why) over the past 5 - 10 years? I am assuming that it is, like most library 
problems, a matter of limited funds and other priorities?

An excellent reseach topic. 

l'shalom,

Nancy

N.K. Poole, MBA, MLIS
Adjunct Instructor  PhD Student
Department of Library and Information Studies
336-272-9000
nkpo...@uncg.edu
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Elizabeth F. Stabler lizastab...@gmail.com 
wrote:



Dear Safraniyot and Safranim,

It is with great sadness that I announce that as of June 1 Temple Emanu-El, New 
York, NY will eliminate the position of Temple Librarian.  I have been offered 
a once-a-week position to maintain the almost 20,000 item collection.

Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the annual conference as I had 
planned.

Liza Stabler

Elizabeth F. Stabler
Librarian
Stettenheim Library
Temple Emanu-El
1 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065
 

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Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated

[Toby Harris]

It is, indeed, painful for all of us.  I agree with Nancy that it would be an 
excellent research topic.  It is societal change in information search and 
entertainment in general, not just in synagogue libraries. The synagogues 
themselves are being challenged to remake themselves – to attract a new 
generation of members with a different Jewish identity.  It is difficult for 
synagogue administrators to  justify investing in the library when its 
resources are used so much less than in the past.  It does take vision and 
transformation as well as a professional librarian to keep it vital, a constant 
struggle when we don’t have adequate hours and resources. Despite my best 
efforts, adult circulation has gone way down and even B’nai MItzvah students do 
not take advantage of the incredible resources in front of them at our 
synagogue.  As we all know, library advocacy is a huge and never-ending part of 
our jobs now. Being asked to do more with less has always been a theme in 
libraries but truly ridiculous ideas abound now – such as Liza working one day 
a week for a collection of 20,000.

It still makes me smile to enter any library.  It is one of the joys of life 
for me.  How can we share the richness of experiencing a library?  We must 
support and speak out about the value of encounters with tangible objects and 
offline human contact!

I’m using my adult book budget to come to DC and I can’t wait to be with all of 
you like-minded souls!

Best,
Toby


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Temple De Hirsch Sinai
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From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+tharris=tdhs-nw@lists.osu.edu] On 
Behalf Of N. K. Poole
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 10:51 AM
To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated

Greetings to all,
I have shared my thoughts with Liza privately - this is such sad news.  How 
much research do we have on the number of positions that have been lost (and 
why) over the past 5 - 10 years? I am assuming that it is, like most library 
problems, a matter of limited funds and other priorities?
An excellent reseach topic.
l'shalom,
Nancy

N.K. Poole, MBA, MLIS
Adjunct Instructor  PhD Student
Department of Library and Information Studies
336-272-9000
nkpo...@uncg.edumailto:nkpo...@uncg.edu

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Elizabeth F. Stabler 
lizastab...@gmail.commailto:lizastab...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Safraniyot and Safranim,
It is with great sadness that I announce that as of June 1 Temple Emanu-El, New 
York, NY will eliminate the position of Temple Librarian.  I have been offered 
a once-a-week position to maintain the almost 20,000 item collection.
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the annual conference as I had 
planned.
Liza Stabler
Elizabeth F. Stabler
Librarian
Stettenheim Library
Temple Emanu-El
1 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065


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Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated

[Yahoo]

I share your sentiments! As a librarian who has been with a school for more 
than 23 years and was reduced from full-time to 1 day a week (and the high 
school library was essentially closed), I feel your pain and indignation. Even 
being reinstated after my !position was eliminated did little to pacify me.

Hopefully, you will find a better position very soon.

Sent from my iPhone

 On May 26, 2015, at 9:31 PM, Joyce Levine jlev...@nshahs.org wrote:
 
 Dear Liza,
 I am shocked and saddened by the utter recklessness of Temple Emanuel in 
 eliminating your position. It demonstrates how shortsighted the leadership of 
 the institution must be. I've had the privilege of seeing your library 
 first-hand and admiring your work. Over the years you have been instrumental 
 in helping me and many others with your generous sharing of knowledge. 
 It's really a sad day for all of us.
 Joyce
 
 On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Philip Miller pem...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 Dear Liza,
 
 You cannot imagine how pained I am by your message. You have served 
 Emanuel-El's library for many years in an exemplary way.
 
 The Ivan Stettenheim Library has been existence for nearly a century, a 
 community resource serving not only the congregation, but the public as 
 well. For many years (from the 1930s until the early 1960s), the librarian 
 was Mary Nover Kiev, wife of Rabbi I. Edward Kiev (my predecessor at the 
 Huc-Jir Library in NYC). After that, for 20 years, a lovely woman whose last 
 name I cannot remember (Marianne was her first name).
 
 That the Stettenheim Library had been reduced to such a state is beyond 
 belief!
 
 Liza, my dear friend and colleague for so many years, my heart goes out to 
 you.
 
 Phil Miller
 
 
 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
 
 At May 26, 2015, 6:55:37 PM, Fred Isaac wrote:
 I echo Ann. It's unconscionable, on so many levels. On the personal side, 
 I'm sad on Liza's account. Professionally, one wonders how the organization 
 thinks it can manage (those who have visited Temple Emanu-El know this. And 
 as a matter of PR, what does the self-proclaimed leader of Reform Judaism 
 think it's doing?
 
 Fred
 
 On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Ann Abrams aabr...@tisrael.org wrote:
 Oh my goodness, this is terrible! I’m so sorry to hear this, Liza!
 
 
 
 From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of 
 Elizabeth F. Stabler
 Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:18 PM
 To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu
 Subject: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated
 
 Dear Safraniyot and Safranim,
 
 It is with great sadness that I announce that as of June 1 Temple Emanu-El, 
 New York, NY will eliminate the position of Temple Librarian. I have been 
 offered a once-a-week position to maintain the almost 20,000 item 
 collection.
 
 Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the annual conference as I had 
 planned.
 
 Liza Stabler
 
 Elizabeth F. Stabler
 
 Librarian
 
 Stettenheim Library
 
 Temple Emanu-El
 
 1 East 65th Street
 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated -- follow -up

[Daniel Stuhlman]

The president of  Temple Emanu-El according to their web site is 
attorney John Harrison Streiker.  In 2006 he donated money to 
Princeton University to fund a 300 foot bridge. Three of his children 
graduated from Princeton.I bet the bridge cost more than several 
years' salary for a librarian.


The rabbi is Joshua Davidson  email: jdavid...@emanuelnyc.org.



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This is indeed terrible news. I wish I could say it was also surprising news, 
but somehow it is not. We’ve known for a long time that our institutions don’t 
really understand the value of the library and this is just proof of how deep 
their lack of understanding goes.
Liza, I wish you all the best luck in the world in this difficult time.
Heidi Estrin

From: Elizabeth F. Stabler [mailto:lizastab...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:18 PM
To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu
Subject: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated

Dear Safraniyot and Safranim,
It is with great sadness that I announce that as of June 1 Temple Emanu-El, New 
York, NY will eliminate the position of Temple Librarian.  I have been offered 
a once-a-week position to maintain the almost 20,000 item collection.
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the annual conference as I had 
planned.
Liza Stabler
Elizabeth F. Stabler
Librarian
Stettenheim Library
Temple Emanu-El
1 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065

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[Rose Shoshanah Seidman]

Dear Liza :

These news are so sad and I feel very bad for you.  For all of us Judaica 
librarians also.
That a strong and prosperous congregation as Temple Emanu-El would decide to, 
in essence, close its library is beyond depressing.

Recently I was talking about AJL supporting its smallest and weakest members 
thinking that the academic librarians and our colleagues in large congregations 
would be OK.  I see that is not the case.  We have to work harder to show how 
relevant all libraries are for the continued growth of the institutions they 
serve and the well-being of those members.

Wishing you strength and good luck,
All the best,
Shoshanah Seidman

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F. Stabler
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 12:18 PM
To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu
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Dear Safraniyot and Safranim,
It is with great sadness that I announce that as of June 1 Temple Emanu-El, New 
York, NY will eliminate the position of Temple Librarian.  I have been offered 
a once-a-week position to maintain the almost 20,000 item collection.
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the annual conference as I had 
planned.
Liza Stabler
Elizabeth F. Stabler
Librarian
Stettenheim Library
Temple Emanu-El
1 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065

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[Lynn Feinman]

I am so distressed to learn of your news, Liza. Just as it was unimaginable
that the 92nd Street Y would close its library, so it is shocking that
Emanuel-El would be similarly short-sighted. If they are not destroying the
library, then perhaps there is some hope that it will be revived as a fully
functioning collection with professional staff.
While my experience was ultimately one of defeat, the most moving and
powerful gestures were those of the Y Library's users. Your patrons must
feel the same way, and I hope that they are fighting back.
Please feel free to contact me if it would be helpful to you. I wish you
all the strength and peace you may need at this time.

Lynn

(For those who are not aware, Liza was my predecessor at the 92nd St Y.)

On Wednesday, May 27, 2015, Amalia Warshenbrot amalia...@att.net wrote:

 I agree with Mr. Stulman that a letter to the Rabbi from AJL president is
 in place. In addition I would like to start a petition to protest Temple
 Emanuel-El's Board decision.
 Daniel, can you, pleases, write the petition ?
 Amalia Warshenbrot.

 Sent from my iPad

  On May 27, 2015, at 12:14 PM, Daniel Stuhlman ddstuhl...@earthlink.net
 javascript:; wrote:
 
  We are all preaching to the choir.  For more than 25 years I have been
 writing articles about the expertise of librarians and what they add to the
 world of knowledge.  Unfortunately the message has been lost on even the
 most educated readers.  The public sees the public face of the collection
 and circulation.  They don't see the skill and preparation it takes to
 create and maintain a collection.  When I was a synagogue librarian, the
 congregation never took advantage of my skills.  Once they had a meeting
 with a consultant right in the library.  The consultant knew less about the
 topic than I did.  They could have saved their money and just talked with
 me.  NO!  Outsiders are the experts (Sarcasm!).
 
  What would happen if we all wrote to the Emanuel  rabbi and president
 the same words of praise we have shared here?   What would happen if we
 shared with our administration, students, parents and other stakeholders
 one great thing we accomplished this year?  Better yet what if we just
 shared the routine things we do every day to make our institutions a better
 place?
 
  DS
 
 
  At 07:35 PM 05/26/2015, Philip Miller wrote:
  Dear Liza,
 
  You cannot imagine how pained I am by your message. You have served
 Emanuel-El's library for many years in an exemplary way.
 
 
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  Chicago, IL
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[Amalia Warshenbrot]

Lisa, 
Nothing of what  you wrote surprises me, however, the Temple Sinai  library 
books are not locked in a closet or sold as used books for a $1 a piece. They 
got news home.
I'm not sure what happened with the 92nd St, library books and I don't know 
what will happen to  the Temple Emanu-El collection. 
Liza is not the only one to loose her job. Others like her did not find a job. 
It is hard at an age of close to retirement to find a job. This is another 
aspect of the situation.
Amalia

Sent from my iPad

 On May 27, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Lisa Silverman lsilver...@sinaiakiba.org wrote:
 
  
 Excuse the long post, but I would like to weigh in to this discussion because 
 of the similar changes going on here at Sinai Temple, which mirror what is 
 happening everywhere. In our case, 100 letters from people outside our 
 organization, especially if they had come from different cities, would have 
 been an interesting social experiment, but would not have changed a thing.
  
 A year ago, our temple board decided that due to economic reasons beyond 
 their control, they decided to remove all funding for the library. It was 
 explained to me that due to the recession there had been a severe downturn in 
 donations, and, along with our major building upgrade and renovations, the 
 temple was in the fiscal  red. Our professional staff of 4.5 employees was 
 cut to…zero.  The library and its needs, budget, and staffing, was handed 
 over to the Pre-K-8 day school, because it was common knowledge that the 
 majority of patrons were day school students, staff, and parents. The day 
 school had only enough money to offer two positions to librarians and I was 
 retained as the day school librarian and another school librarian was hired 
 as associate. With my knowledge of adult sources, I was encouraged to still 
 help the synagogue patrons, when or if they continued to come in.
  
 All adult programming was cut because I am now working for the school and do 
 programming solely related to school needs, which are considerable. (I made 
 the personal choice to continue with my evening adult book group because this 
 group has been meeting regularly for 15 years, even though the temple did not 
 pay me for it.  It was suggested that I charge for attendance at this group, 
 which I rejected as absurd.) We are now in the process of reducing our adult 
 collection considerably, and moving these items to the soon-to-open Sperber 
 Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, which is now part of American Jewish 
 University. I have been serving as consultant for them, and will begin 
 working there next year as the community librarian. Our adult collection here 
 will still be accessible to all patrons, although it will be run by the 
 school librarian and not kept up by a professional Judaic librarian.
  
 Since working as Sinai Akiba Academy school librarian this year, no longer as 
 the temple librarian, I have come away with some observations I would like to 
 share:
  
 1.   Synagogues clearly need to save money and move forward with the 
 things that engage the most members and cut funding from things that don’t. 
 Period. Sentiment is not a reason to pour money into old models of synagogue 
 engagement. The problem for libraries is that the decision-makers are not 
 seeing beyond the old model and are not offering funding for librarians to 
 create new models.
 2.   Protesting to the powers that be does not work when boards have 
 already made difficult decisions. If a library is a beloved part of an 
 institution, board members do not make these decisions lightly, but when they 
 do, they are rarely swayed to change their minds because by that time they 
 have heard all the sides they are going to hear and have thought it all 
 through. (We had many letters written in opposition, and members spoke their 
 minds at meetings—the decision to close library funding stuck.)
 3.   Our school/student/parent engagement has gone up this year and we 
 keep quite busy. These people are also members of our temple, which should be 
 noted. The authors/literary and film programming is now the responsibility of 
 the programming department. Those people who are missing out on what used to 
 be are the mostly older, retired, literary minded folk who liked to come into 
 the library for such things. Hopefully, they have been absorbed by other 
 programming of the temple, but if not, it seems their numbers are not 
 significant for the board to reinstate funding.
  
 This library will still be run well after I leave next year, but it will no 
 longer be a leader among synagogue libraries and the go-to catalog for Elazar 
 system users. Adult patrons will still be served, but eventually it will turn 
 into a fine school library, and the people of Los Angeles will turn to the 
 Jewish Community Library at AJU  for Jewish-themed books, book and film 
 clubs, literary events and programs.
  
  
 image002.jpg
 LISA SILVERMAN  

Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated -- petitions

[Daniel Stuhlman]

Amalia:

I will write a draft.  However, it should go to the president and 
officers of the congregation.  The rabbi is just an employee.  Also I 
think 10, 20 or a 100 letters makes a bigger impression than one letter.


I am always dismayed in my organization at the decisions made in the 
district office as if the decision makers never met a student or 
faculty member.


DS


At 02:53 PM 05/27/2015, you wrote:
I agree with Mr. Stulman that a letter to the Rabbi from AJL 
president is in place. In addition I would like to start a petition 
to protest Temple Emanuel-El's Board decision.

Daniel, can you, pleases, write the petition ?
Amalia Warshenbrot.

Sent from my iPad

 On May 27, 2015, at 12:14 PM, Daniel Stuhlman 
ddstuhl...@earthlink.net wrote:


 We are all preaching to the choir.  For more than 25 years I have 
been writing articles about the expertise of librarians and what 
they add to the world of knowledge.  Unfortunately the message has 
been lost on even the most educated readers.  The public sees the 
public face of the collection and circulation.  They don't see the 
skill and preparation it takes to create and maintain a 
collection.  When I was a synagogue librarian, the congregation 
never took advantage of my skills.  Once they had a meeting with a 
consultant right in the library.  The consultant knew less about 
the topic than I did.  They could have saved their money and just 
talked with me.  NO!  Outsiders are the experts (Sarcasm!).


 What would happen if we all wrote to the Emanuel  rabbi and 
president the same words of praise we have shared here?   What 
would happen if we shared with our administration, students, 
parents and other stakeholders one great thing we accomplished this 
year?  Better yet what if we just shared the routine things we do 
every day to make our institutions a better place?


 DS


 At 07:35 PM 05/26/2015, Philip Miller wrote:
 Dear Liza,

 You cannot imagine how pained I am by your message. You have 
served Emanuel-El's library for many years in an exemplary way.



 Daniel Stuhlman
 Chicago, IL
 ddstuhlman at earthlink.net

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[Randy Belinfante]

I am terribly sorry to hear this Liza.  You were a great help and guide for all 
of us for many years.

Randy

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American Sephardi Federation at CJH
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New York, NY 10011
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From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth 
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Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:18 PM
To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu
Subject: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated

Dear Safraniyot and Safranim,
It is with great sadness that I announce that as of June 1 Temple Emanu-El, New 
York, NY will eliminate the position of Temple Librarian.  I have been offered 
a once-a-week position to maintain the almost 20,000 item collection.
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the annual conference as I had 
planned.
Liza Stabler
Elizabeth F. Stabler
Librarian
Stettenheim Library
Temple Emanu-El
1 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065

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[Judy Greenblatt]

This is worse than terrible.  Is there anything we can do?

Judy

Sent from my iPhone

 On May 26, 2015, at 1:58 PM, Ann Abrams aabr...@tisrael.org wrote:
 
 Oh my goodness, this is terrible!  I’m so sorry to hear this, Liza!
  
  
 From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth 
 F. Stabler
 Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:18 PM
 To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu
 Subject: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated
  
 Dear Safraniyot and Safranim,
 
 It is with great sadness that I announce that as of June 1 Temple Emanu-El, 
 New York, NY will eliminate the position of Temple Librarian.  I have been 
 offered a once-a-week position to maintain the almost 20,000 item collection.
 
 Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the annual conference as I had 
 planned.
 
 Liza Stabler
 
 Elizabeth F. Stabler
 Librarian
 Stettenheim Library
 Temple Emanu-El
 1 East 65th Street
 New York, NY 10065
  
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Re: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated

[Amalia Warshenbrot]

It should upset all of us.  Liza served as a librarian in Temple Emanu-El for a 
long time..  She initiated many amazing programs. It is not because of her 
performance. It shows that synagogue leaderships do not see the value of the 
library and the Judaic librarian.
Amalia Warshenbrot
From: Ann Abrams 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:58 PM
To: Elizabeth F. Stabler ; hasafran@lists.osu.edu 
Subject: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated
Oh my goodness, this is terrible!  I’m so sorry to hear this, Liza!





From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth 
F. Stabler
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:18 PM
To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu
Subject: [ha-Safran] Library Position Eliminated



Dear Safraniyot and Safranim,

It is with great sadness that I announce that as of June 1 Temple Emanu-El, New 
York, NY will eliminate the position of Temple Librarian.  I have been offered 
a once-a-week position to maintain the almost 20,000 item collection.

Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the annual conference as I had 
planned.

Liza Stabler

Elizabeth F. Stabler

Librarian

Stettenheim Library

Temple Emanu-El

1 East 65th Street

New York, NY 10065






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