Dear Safranim -- please note the below update regarding the publication status of Kiryat Sefer, sent in response to an inquiry by Bob Persing, the head of Penn's serials acquisitions. Thanks, Arthur
> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: Kiryat Sefer > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:14:41 +0200 > From: Shunit Degani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Orly Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hello, > Kiryat Sefer did cease publication in print with the completion of Vol. > 73/4. These days we completed the index which will be sent to > subscribers within the next week. However, Kiryat Sefer as a > bibliographic database still continues. From Sept. 1st 2003 all the > information is available via the Library catalogue. Hopefully, in the > not too distant future, all the university library catalogs will be > converted to the web-based Aleph 500 computer system. An independent > web-site for Kiryat Sefer is now being planned. So I hope by then > search in Kiryat Sefer will be easier. > Sincerely, > Shunit Degani > -- Arthur Kiron Curator of Judaica Collections University of Pennsylvania Library 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 Tel: (215) 573-7431 Fax: (215) 898-0559 Wednesdays and Fridays at: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library 420 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 Tel: (215) 238-1290 x202 Fax: (215) 238-1540 ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
