[ha-Safran] 2013 National Jewish Book Awards

FYI, the Jewish Book Council has announced its list of 2013 winners. I thought you all might be interested. If you received their email announcement, be aware that the link to more info at the bottom of the message incorrectly goes to the 2012 list of winners. The correct info for the most

[ha-Safran] The Angel of Jewish History (Magnes press)

Hello We would like to introduce a new book published by the Hebrew University Magnes pressin Jerusalem: The Angel of Jewish History http://www.magnes-press.com/Book/The+Angel+of+Jewish+History.aspx?name=The+Angel+of+Jewish+Historycode=45-321085docNo=3qid=2 The Image of the Jewish Past

[ha-Safran] ALA Troubled by Court’s Net Neutrality Decision

Please excuse duplicate postings. For more on network neutrality, visit http://www.ala.org/advocacy/telecom/netneutrality. __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

I'm putting the labels on the books, looking up the assigned reading levels that AR gives each book.  Freefall, by Anna Levine, grade level 3.9?   Ridiculous.  I'd give it to kids in 6th or 7th grade at minimum.  On the other hand, The Peddler's Gift/Shnook the Peddler is 5th grade level.    I

Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

When I worked in the public library we had this problem all the time. Accelerated Reader doesn't seem to take into account the maturlity level of the topic or theme, but only the word and syllable counts, vocabulary, etc. It's very frustrating.Carol JanoffTemple ChaiPhoenix, AZ Date: Wed, 15

Re: [ha-Safran] Fw: help with book choice

Do you want short stories? Moving Waters / by Racelle Rosett This loosely connected collection of stories takes place in the LA area. Sheryl From: hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.service.ohio-state.edu

[ha-Safran] Libguides to share?

Dear Safranim, If any of you have developed Judaic online research guides that you'd be willing to share with others, I would be happy to post them on the wiki. So far we have an excellent link from HUC contributed by Sheryl Stahl. You can find it under Bibliographic Instruction for RAS Libraries

Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

..And that is why I refuse to use AR. Their decisions on what grade level is appropriate is just WRONG.Suzie DubinT-Mobile. America's First Nationwide 4G Network.-- Original message --From:Norm Janoff Date:1/15/2014 4:33 PMTo:Andrea Rapp;Hasafran;Subject:Re:

Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

Me, too, Aileen. I couldn't agree with you more.SuziT-Mobile. America's First Nationwide 4G Network.-- Original message --From:Aileen Grossberg Date:1/15/2014 5:42 PMTo:cjan...@cox.net;anrapp2...@yahoo.com;hasaf...@lists.osu.edu;Subject:Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader