Re: [ha-Safran] collectible children's books

2013-06-07 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
Fred, I just finished revising the chapter on library policy for the revised edition of the booklet HOW TO ORGANIZE A JEWISH LIBRARY. I checked several libraries policies. A few of them, in their policy for accepting book donation (used or new) mention that the librarian's advance

[ha-Safran] Fwd: bookmobile program

2013-06-07 Thread Heidi Estrin
Does anyone have suggestions for a circ system for bookmobiles? See the message below that was sent to AJL via our website. - Forwarded message - From: Orli Dubov odu...@amcearlylearn.com To: Heidi Estrin he...@cbiboca.org Subject: bookmobile program Date: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 11:25 PM

[ha-Safran] AJL Convention Mentor Mingle

2013-06-07 Thread Amanda Seigel
Dear Safranim, I hope to see many of you at the annual convention in Houston very soon. Please see details below about the AJL Mentor Mingle. Sincerely, Amanda -- Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librarian Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Re: [ha-Safran] Fwd: bookmobile program

2013-06-07 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
The replies interest me too. We had off sight services to the synagogue which was located in a separate building and to a senior citizens center. We had old fashion borrowers corded and a list of the patrons with their contact info. We recorded the barcode when they borrowed a book and

Re: [ha-Safran] Hebrew and Rashi script OCR

2013-06-07 Thread Rachel Leket-Mor
Shalom all, At the ASU Libraries, we started to move forward with a plan to digitize the IsraPulp Collection for preservation purposes. I am told by the company who did some preliminary scans for us that they've used the commercial version of ABBYY, however the text files they sent me are not