[ha-Safran]: Convention (and silent auction) countdown

2011-05-31 Thread Nancy Sack
Aloha, AJL members, This is a reminder, in case you needed one, that the convention and the silent auction are only a little more than three weeks away! Donations to the silent auction are still coming in. Yay! Some of you, however, are still holding out. Please try not to procrastinate any

[ha-Safran]: Committee opening

2011-05-31 Thread aidonna
The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee has an opening for the coming year. The term is 5 years, beginning in July 2011 and ending in June 2016. Those interested in serving on the Committee should have some background in book reviewing or similar experience and a familiarity with the goals

[ha-Safran]: FS: Medicine and the German Jews: A History

2011-05-31 Thread Henry Hollander
An interesting enough book to place in a general library. $18.00 postpaid withing the US. Additional beyond the moat. Call 415-831-3228 or email to reserve. We ship and bill to libraries. Individuals are asked to prepay. Efron, John M. Medicine and the German Jews: A History. New Haven,

[ha-Safran]: Shavuot Educational Resources and Videos

2011-05-31 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! Shavuot is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the giving of the Torah, the first harvest, and the ripening of the first fruits. The two day festival (1 day in Israel) begins on Tuesday night, June 7, 2011. The Jewish Trivia Quiz http://www.jewish-trivia.com has a selection of

[ha-Safran]: First-timers and mentor pairs

2011-05-31 Thread Stephanie L Gross
Shalom! This year the Mentoring Committee will once again be sponsoring mentor pairs for first-time attendees. Please contact me if you'd like to be paired with someone for the convention (or even beyond). If you are a seasoned participant and would like to volunteer your services to mentor

[ha-Safran]: Library World

2011-05-31 Thread Susan Fried
We're a small community Library located in West Hartford, CT. We've been using Athena to manage our collection for years. Recently, I've begun exploring the benefits of using Library World. If anyone is currently using this system, please share with me the pros/cons of your experiences.

[ha-Safran]: Looking for recommended books about Israel -

2011-05-31 Thread Rachail Kurtz
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Short Story Suggestions

2011-05-31 Thread Melinda Herman
Hi, Joan, Here are two good paperback collections of many prominent Jewish authors' stories: Scribblers on the Roof: Contemporary American Jewish Fiction (2006) Promised Lands: New Jewish American Fiction on Longing and Belonging (2010) I don't know if either volume is available in large print.

[ha-Safran]: Putting our catalog on-line, inexpensively

2011-05-31 Thread debby...@aol.com
Dear Safranim, We are a small synagogue library, almost 3,000 items. We currently are automated using Softlink Alice. We would like to have our catalog on-line. We need software that will let us import marc records (from LOC), print spine and barcode labels (5 digit barcodes), track