Dear AJL members, The previous issue of Judaica Librarianship<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org/__;!!KGKeukY!xh8PgdMd5bLQJVr_Okf45Wwag4OCSBK0L6f_WTQiUJVkhNFuRCxdhwoxDE0NcHn8LHjb7uplw5kErOmtJw_h5wlR70jAAxkaoAni9h1G--4$ >, AJL’s peer-reviewed journal was published during the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020. The pause in publishing caused by COVID-related drawbacks is almost over… Please watch your email for a note about the publication of JL 22 in the next few weeks.
Volume 22 addresses the question of provenance in Jewish libraries and archives on multiple levels, presenting possible solutions to ethical considerations concerning the origin of individual items or complete collections. These issues are explored in a number of research articles, essays, and reviews. Other topics covered in this volume are Jewish bookstores, children's literature, libraries catering to or reviewed by Yiddish readers, and last but not least our own association, with one essay about Judaica catalogers and another on AJL’s copping with COVID as an organization. The 2-year gap is summarized in our digital humanities and literature review columns, and a tribute to Heidi Lerner. I thank Nancy Sack for volunteering her crucial copyediting services to JL and Nadav Sharon for his editorial assistance. Work on Volume 23 is underway as well, continuing to focus on issues of provenance. Please check JL’s About<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org/index.php/jl/about__;!!KGKeukY!xh8PgdMd5bLQJVr_Okf45Wwag4OCSBK0L6f_WTQiUJVkhNFuRCxdhwoxDE0NcHn8LHjb7uplw5kErOmtJw_h5wlR70jAAxkaoAnishAbr2k$ > page for the journal’s focus and scope: we are interested in publishing high-quality papers and essays about Jewish informational literacy, development and management of Judaica collections, curation and dissemination of information resources, book history and bibliography, and related fields. For questions and consultations, please contact me. To be continued later this month – Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections IsraPulp Collection, Curator Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Maghrib Studies, Affiliate Arizona State University Library Editor, Judaica Librarianship (2012–Present) Association of Jewish Libraries https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org__;!!KGKeukY!xh8PgdMd5bLQJVr_Okf45Wwag4OCSBK0L6f_WTQiUJVkhNFuRCxdhwoxDE0NcHn8LHjb7uplw5kErOmtJw_h5wlR70jAAxkaoAninS0Cizo$ I acknowledge that Arizona State University is built upon the traditional homelands of the Akimel O'odham and Pee-Posh peoples.
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