[ha-Safran]: To Share room at the AJL Conference

2009-05-10 Thread Nancy Poole
Hello! I am interested in finding people who wish to share rooms for the AJL conference. I am a first-time attendee. Thank you! Nancy ( Poole) Gerlach --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association

[ha-Safran]: Surveys

2009-05-25 Thread Nancy Poole
Greetings Safranim: I am going to volunteer at a library in a synagogue - there are no library-trained personnel currently and only one person who has been volunteering just to keep it open a few hours per week. So far - there is software to record catalog data - I don't know what it is yet -

[ha-Safran}: Saturday night roomate at conference

2009-05-25 Thread Nancy Poole
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[ha-Safran]: July 4 roomshare?

2009-06-24 Thread Nancy Poole
Greetings all: I have a roommate for most of the AJL convention - but I am arriving on July 4 (she is arriving July 5) and I would like to share with someone that one night (July 4 only). Anyone else arriving one night early? Pls let me know. Thanks Nancy Poole --- Messages

RE Sat night in Chicago

2009-06-29 Thread Nancy Poole
Does anyone get together to make havdalah on Sat night ? Or does anyone want to? Thanks Nancy --- 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]: Jewish Libraries in the Middles Ages

2009-06-29 Thread Nancy Poole
Does anyone out there do research on Medieval Judaism? I am looking for any info on Jewish Libraries in the Middles Ages (or anyone just interested in the topic)... Nancy --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the

[ha-Safran]: Shalom!

2009-08-03 Thread Nancy Poole
limbs to this disease. A very sad topic. She has gathered a lot of info on the disease - but has not been able to locate survivor accounts. If you know of any or know of a good place to look - i would be most appreciative. Shavua tov to all. Nancy Poole --- Messages and opinions

Re: [ha-Safran]: Call for Papers AJL 2010

2009-09-15 Thread Nancy Poole
Hi all: The correct email on this is mailto:ajlseat...@gmail.comajlseat...@gmail.com just to save you from getting a bounced email (*smile*) Nancy On Sep 15, 2009, at 1:49 AM, Toby Harris wrote: Lashanah Tovah! It's almost a new year and time to think about our next AJL conference!

Re: [ha-Safran]: New Anti-Semitic Textbook: Polygamy in Israel

2009-11-03 Thread Nancy Poole
brief story about Hartney's book from JTA. Nancy Poole UNCG Greensboro, NC --- 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]: Judaica librarianship - Classes

2009-11-03 Thread Nancy Poole
- or that I may have missed? Secondly, how willing would you be to take such classes if offered online? Thanks Nancy Poole MLIS grad student UNCG --- 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]: Questions about interesting reference questions

2009-12-06 Thread Nancy Poole
Hello to all, I have a question that I hope everyone working in a synagogue library, temple library, day school library, yeshiva libray, special collections (university library) public library - (please add yourself if I have left your professional affiliation out)! Or retired persons from

[ha-Safran]: Improving on beginner's Hebrew

2009-12-21 Thread Nancy Poole
L'shalom, safranim I figure out there is someone who is able to provide advice for an adult student (namely me) who wants to improve her Hebrew. I can read script (Biblical) - but do not speak it. I will have folks to speak with around here, and am interested mostly in improving reading - but

[ha-Safran]: Thesis Issue

2009-12-21 Thread Nancy Poole
Shavua tov, safranim: I have a question...I am beginning to work on a thesis about transfer and provision of information in Jewish libraries (located in synagogues) as well as sections in public libraries and universities that are not necessarily Jewish-administered/e.g. secular or

Re: [ha-Safran]: Polish hagadot

2010-02-23 Thread Nancy Poole
Hi Stephan: Try this - I found several on the list! http://www.library.upenn.edu/cajs/Levin-Haggadot.html Good luck! Nancy Poole --- 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]: Share for night of 7th

2010-05-31 Thread Nancy Poole
Greetings All! I have a roommate the 4 - 7 - but due to flight prices (and possibly making my kids nuts for too many days on the tail end *grin*) I'd like an extra night at the Fairmont. If you are staying over the NIGHT of the 7th and leaving on the 8th and need to share for that one extra

[ha-Safran]: ALA 2010

2010-07-01 Thread Nancy Poole
Greetings all: I was a first-time ALA Conference attendee this year. The Jewish interest group via EMIERT had two offerings, one of which I was able to attend (quite good!) I was surprised at the low attendance and the fact that no one had organized any sort of Shabbat get-together. I did

[ha-Safran]: Question re French family name Juif

2010-07-08 Thread Nancy Poole
Hello all: I am full of questions today - Does anyone have any familiarity with the surname Juif used in France - specifically around Belfort - ? This was a family member - Catholic - but I am wondering if the family was originally Jewishadmittedly it is an odd name for a French Catholic

[ha-Safran]: The library and the Torah

2011-01-12 Thread Nancy Poole
Hello, I have been absent a long time from the list. I have a question. Regarding the Torah - What is the tradition or law for a Torah remaining in a library or museum as opposed to being in a synagogue or temple? Does it matter if it is in condition for ritual use or not? Thank you,

[ha-Safran]: Request for Articles on Nevo Legal Database

2011-08-23 Thread Nancy Poole
on a research piece as part of a school project! Todah rabah, Nancy Poole --- 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]: Help Needed on Survey for Phd Student

2011-09-08 Thread Nancy Poole
=SV_eIDgekqZLODLpis -- Nancy Poole, MBA, MLIS Ph.D. Student, LIS/Educational Studies Department of Library and Information Studies University of North Carolina at Greensboro --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association

[ha-Safran]: History of Jewish Libraries in America

2011-10-26 Thread Nancy Poole
Greetings - I am presenting a class for one of my professors - and would like to know if you have any recommendations for a good journal article (in English) on the history of Jewish Libraries, publishers, or anything in regard to shortage of books/problems in the early days of Jewish