[ha-Safran] Playing Israeli DVDs on Computers in US

My department is responsible for cataloging DVDs (and lots of other resources!) from many countries of the world. Our library Information Systems department loaded open-source software called VLC media player from an organization called VideoLAN http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ to enable us to

[ha-Safran] I have some old Jewish books. What can I do with them?

The key is to make sure that you have donors sign a written document that allows you to discard anything that you don't want to keep. Here is the University of Pittsburgh Library System agreement (which is online) http://www.library.pitt.edu/uls/GE/donorform.html: Gift policies: The

[ha-Safran] Ukrainian-Jewish charity?

Hi, Lisa-- The Joint Distribution Committee does lots of good work in the Ukraine. http://www.jdc.org/where-we-work/former-soviet-union/ukraine.html Best wishes, Faye Leibowitz General Languages Catalog Librarian University Library System University of Pittsburgh frle...@pitt.edu Message: 3

Re: [ha-Safran] Rosh Hodesh Stories

From: Hasafran on behalf of ALBA TOSCANO Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 9:22:43 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Rosh Hodesh Stories Rachel Kamin wrote: ...suggestions of

Re: [ha-Safran] Has anyone used or heard about Library World inexpensive library automation package based on Apple inhouse product?

https://www.librarycat.org/ FYI. Cheaper than $495/year. I have never actually used it. But it is affiliated with LibraryThing, which is good. Best wishes, Faye Leibowitz General Languages Catalog Librarian University of Pittsburgh frle...@pitt.edu From: Hasafran

Re: [ha-Safran] Question about classifying YA historical fiction

://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01639374.2014.917447?journalCode=wccq20 (you can see the abstract but full text requires subscription) Best wishes, Faye From: Andrea Rapp <anrapp2...@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 3:47:37 PM To: Leibowitz, Faye R Cc:

Re: [ha-Safran] Question about classifying YA historical fiction

Hi Rachel— Here’s a link to the bibliographic record for the book in the Library of Congress catalog. They classed it with fiction. They added some subjects headings, too, including a subject heading reflecting the fact that the book is juvenile literature. So if someone searches for Bar

Re: [ha-Safran] Librarian at Rikers- request

The Aleph Institute provides many services to Jewish inmates, including providing various types of religious books and other materials. Here is the contact info for the Pittsburgh branch-- I'm sure they can put you in touch with someone in NYC.

Re: [ha-Safran] An open letter in response to the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.

What a wonderful idea I’m sure that the members of my congregation, Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha, would welcome this lovely gesture. Two other congregations, New Light Congregation, and Dor Hadash, also hold services in our building.

Re: [ha-Safran] looking for ideas for a tour of Italy

There is some useful information relating to Venice here. https://www.jewishvenice.org/ My family visited Italy in 2010, and the Chabad rabbi in Venice was very welcoming. Best wishes, Faye Leibowitz frle...@pitt.edu From: Hasafran On Behalf Of Marion Stein via

Re: [ha-Safran] Suggestions for Cataloging a Nursery School Library

Hi Jackie— You might want to investigate Tinycat. Simple, inexpensive online catalog and circulation module for small libraries. I haven’t used it myself, though. But it was created by the people at LibraryThing, which I like. Best

Re: [ha-Safran] Basic cataloging program for small collections? (Librarything.com?)

MARCEdit free software can convert Excel files to MARC and back. I've used MARCEdit to do other stuff, but not this particular task. Here is a tutorial from the University of Illinois on how to do it. https://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=463460=3168299 Here is the link to download