[ha-Safran] Teaching library to high schooler age

2016-09-20 Thread Rachel Haus
to read torah and hates computers. What sources can you find to teach trope to an adult?" The kids found it dorky at first, but then got into the search and soon understood the variety of a Jewish library and how to search in one. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library

[ha-Safran] Ideas for teens in the library

2016-09-12 Thread Rachel Haus
esson plan you've devised? I might be having this class in once a month. Thanks Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the A

[ha-Safran] Online ideas for library promotion

2016-08-11 Thread Rachel Haus
g your own promotion? Oh, by the way, I have no money to spend. Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish

[ha-Safran] Grant/Funding ideas for a small synagogue library

2016-06-07 Thread Rachel Haus
and frustrated, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.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

[ha-Safran] Speaker question

2016-05-17 Thread Rachel Haus
Dear Hasafranim, Has anyone heard Seth Siegel speak, (author of Let There Be Water)? Would he be informative and entertaining for a synagogue crowd in a small Midwestern town? Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Messages

[ha-Safran] Call numbers for chapter books

2016-05-17 Thread Rachel Haus
use an "x", but is there something more descriptive? I already use stickers for "fantasy" and "M-Mature", but I'd rather have this as part of the actual call number. Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Mes

Re: [ha-Safran] Magazines and Newspapers?

2016-04-20 Thread Rachel Haus
.  Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com From: Amy Turim <amytu...@rcn.com> To: bgeph...@comcast.net Cc: Hasafran@lists.osu.edu Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Magazines and Newspapers? #yiv9692

[ha-Safran] Promised Land Diary Book Series

2016-01-18 Thread Rachel Haus
Books) | | | | View on smile.amazon.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | |   | I have no idea if the author is Jewish, but that shouldn't matter as long as the content is not overtly "non-Jewish". Has anyone read these? Would they be appropriate for a synagogue library? Rachel Haus Librar

[ha-Safran] Elazar classification question

2016-01-08 Thread Rachel Haus
religious affiliation. But perhaps that is the best place. Help! Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish

[ha-Safran] Older books to donate -- resources

2015-12-18 Thread Rachel Haus
/libraries  Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.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

[ha-Safran] Older books to give away

2015-12-16 Thread Rachel Haus
, and that bothers me. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.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

[ha-Safran] Midstream Magazine

2015-07-14 Thread Rachel Haus
and found nothing. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.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

Re: [ha-Safran] Elazar Catalogue Question

2015-06-15 Thread Rachel Haus
Bonnie, I put my copy in 601.01. Since it explores all of Jewish social history, but  through source material -- art and literature -- I added the .01 for sources. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com From: Morris, Bonnie bmor

Re: [ha-Safran] Elazar and ResourceMate

2015-04-28 Thread Rachel Haus
Michelle, I use both ResourceMate and Elazar and do very well putting the prefix in the section field just before main call number fields. Hope that helps. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com From: Michelle Sandler michellegailsand

[ha-Safran] What to do with older books on Jewish sociology and political science?

2015-03-17 Thread Rachel Haus
have others from the 70s and 80s as well as a few from the 40s and 50s. Would anyone be willing to take them off my hands for postage? This is a small town with a smallish Jewish community; if I offer them to the local public library, I'm not sure where they'll end up.  Rachel Haus Library Director

[ha-Safran] Magazine subscription tracking software or system

2015-02-03 Thread Rachel Haus
program. I've seen some templates online for tracking expenses, but nothing quite matches up. I imagine I can do something with a spreadsheet, but is there some dedicated free program just for subscriptions so that I wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel? Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director

[ha-Safran] Elazar cataloging question for history of jews in comics

2015-02-03 Thread Rachel Haus
in some part of 681 -- Drawing and Painting or in 500.9 -- Jewish Literature, History and Development, Special Topics. Any ideas? Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those

[ha-Safran] Elazar cataloging question for history of jews in comics

2015-01-14 Thread Rachel Haus
part of 681 -- Drawing and Painting or in 500.9 -- Jewish Literature, History and Development, Special Topics. Any ideas? Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual

Re: [ha-Safran] Graphic novels for children

2014-11-20 Thread Rachel Haus
Randall] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Jewish Hero Corps is a refreshingly new comic book series that features the world's only Jewish superhero team. The Hero Corps consists of Magen David View on smile.amazon.com Preview by Yahoo Rachel Haus Library Director

[ha-Safran] Fw: Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen to speak in Kalamazoo MI, Nov. 2

2014-10-21 Thread Rachel Haus
Library and is free and open to the public. Location: 2501 Stadium Dr , Kalamazoo , MI 49008. Phone is (269) 342-5463. For more information: http://congregationofmoses.org/pages_/library_events.cfm Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen is available for media interviews. Rachel Haus Library

[ha-Safran] Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen to speak in Kalamazoo MI, Nov. 2

2014-10-14 Thread Rachel Haus
and is free and open to the public. Location: 2501 Stadium Dr , Kalamazoo , MI 49008. Phone is (269) 342-5463. For more information: http://congregationofmoses.org/pages_/library_events.cfm Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen is available for media interviews. Rachel Haus Library Director

[ha-Safran] Fw: Help cataloging a book in Elazar

2014-09-16 Thread Rachel Haus
currently integrate them into the general collection). Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association

[ha-Safran] Help cataloging a book in Elazar

2014-09-04 Thread Rachel Haus
currently integrate them into the general collection). Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries

[ha-Safran] Help choosing speakers for fall

2014-04-30 Thread Rachel Haus
(The Adventure Rabbi) but the price is quite high for us. Any other ideas?   Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association

[ha-Safran] Shakespeare's Jewish Women

2014-04-02 Thread Rachel Haus
, in Kalamazoo MI. She will be discussing two of her books, The Turquoise Ring and Paint. More information is here:   http://www.congregationofmoses.org/pages_/library_events.cfm Presented by the Fisher Library and CoM Adult Education
(269) 342-5463    Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation

[ha-Safran] Non-Jewish speakers

2014-01-09 Thread Rachel Haus
exclusively. Such a thing never occurred to me; to me, as long as the scholarship and perspective is sound, then the author should have something of great value to impart.  I'm curious as to what others have done and considered regarding non-Jewish speakers.   Rachel Haus Library Director

[ha-Safran] Sources for Picoult's Storyteller

2014-01-09 Thread Rachel Haus
anything?   Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.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

[ha-Safran] Maggie Anton to speak in Kalamazoo MI, Oct 20, on Women, Sorcery, and Love in the Talmud

2013-10-08 Thread Rachel Haus
Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.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

[ha-Safran] Novel w/ character who atones

2013-06-04 Thread Rachel Haus
All Other Nights by Dara Horn Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.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

[ha-Safran] classifying 1st editions

2013-04-30 Thread Rachel Haus
circulated.   Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.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

Re: [ha-Safran] Library Budget Question

2013-02-12 Thread Rachel Haus
, so I find it a decent tradeoff. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com From: Lynn ls...@satx.rr.com To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 10:59 AM Subject: [ha-Safran

Re: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries

2013-01-23 Thread Rachel Haus
to digital form. Tablets might be lent out, but small libraries in small communities like mine can't possibly afford even to offer ebooks, let alone to invest in tablets. I see a disturbing class divide here for basic access to knowledge. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library

[ha-Safran] Promise of Zion series

2012-09-11 Thread Rachel Haus
Has anyone read any of the Promise of Zion series by Robert Elmer? On their face, the books seem like a good fit for middle readers, but Elmer, I understand, is a Christian writer, so I'm wary. Anything objectionable? Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI

[ha-Safran] Automation for small synagogue library

2012-06-05 Thread Rachel Haus
suitable for a small library and share his/her experiences.   Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association

[ha-Safran] Cirulation on Shabbat

2012-04-17 Thread Rachel Haus
sense? How have others coped with this issue? What have been the repercussions?   Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed

[ha-Safran] Library Open House -- Dec. 11

2011-12-06 Thread Rachel Haus
during the school year are Tuesdays 9:30am-12pm, Wednesdays 4:15-6:15pm, and Sundays 9:30am-12:30pm. For further information, contact Library Director Rachel Haus at rhaus...@yahoo.com, call the Congregation of Moses at (269) 342-5463, or visit the Fisher Library website