[ha-Safran] Greetings from Brenda Yi

‎Dear Safranim- Some of you may remember Brenda Yi, former librarian of the Jewish Community Library in Hong Kong. She is now happily retired and enjoys sleeping and getting up whenever she likes! If any of you would like to contact her, she will be pleased to hear from you. Her email is:

[ha-Safran] Judith Baskin’s Jewish Studies in North American Colleges and Universities: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

I find it interesting that Judith Baskin’s recently published essay about the present and future state of Jewish Studies in North America (see citation below) ignores investments made by universities and Jewish American communities in libraries, either by funding librarian lines and/ or

[ha-Safran] Elazar classification system

I am 57 and on SSI and Medicare. My back is worn out. I purchased Library World for my automation package for my 2500 volume reform synagogue library. I have used Data Trek and Surpass before. Surpass had Copy Cat. Is there any way to get the Elazar number to come up automatically like LC