The subject line I submitted on my posting last night got so highly truncated when it appeared, that the meaning was lost. The subject I posted was: "Urge ALA Members: Barbara Silverman for ALA Councilor-at-Large."
Perhaps there is software operating automatically on postings that cuts off everything on a subject line after a colon, even if the colon appears after only three short words. I didn't anticipate such an occurrence. Ha'Safran friends, I am concerned that a portion of readers skipped the message last night because of the unclear subject line. I have reposted my message below, because it contains Barbara's CV. Thanks for your patience and consideration. _______________________________________________ AJL member Barbara Silverman is in the running for a position as an ALA Councilor-at-Large. I urge ALA members to vote for this smart and gracious librarian, who cares mightily about libraries. I know Barbara Silverman from her dedicated work in San Diego at the Astor Library of the Lawrence Family JCC and from her work on a variety of other book related programs. Barbara was on hand at the AJL conference in June 2004 to accept the AJL accreditation award for the Astor Library and she plans to attend this year's AJL conference in Oakland. I highly recommend Barbara Silverman as an excellent candidate for ALA Council. Please contact every ALA member you know and urge them to support Barbara Silverman's candidacy. Competition for these positions is fierce and every vote counts. Barbara can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Below is Barbara's biography, as it will appear on the ALA ballot: BARBARA SILVERMAN: EDUCATION; Washington U. B.S. 1960, Texas Women's University, M.L.S., 1982, Corpus Christi State University (now Texas A&M University Corpus Christi) M.S. Supervision & Curriculum, 1989. ALA ACTIVITIES; ALSC Research and Development Committee, 2004-2006. OFFICES HELD IN STATE AND REGFIONAL LIBRARY & OTHER ASSOCIATIONS: Chair, Children's Roundtable of the Texas Library Association, 1993. Chair, Nominating Committee, Texas Association of School Librarians, 1991. Chair, Swap Shop Committee of Texas Association of School Librarians, 1989 Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, of Children's Round Table, 1988. Chair, Bylaws Committee of the Texas Association of School Librarians, 1986. HONORS AND AWARDS; Awarded "Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 1984 by District IV, Alpha Delta Kappa, International Teachers Society. Member Beta Phi Mu International Library Science Honor Society, since 1982. Awarded a Texas State Reading Association Mini Grant in 1992 for an innovative reading program entitled: "Lost in Reading." BRIEFLY INDICATE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDING PUBLICATIONS; Paper published in "School Library Media Activities Monthly", Nov. 1989 entitled: "School Library Media Center Reading Contest." Presented a slide/tape seminar at the Texas State Council of the International Reading Association's 15th annual conference in El Paso, Texas in 1987 entitled: "Alterations in American Multicultural Perceptions as Manifested by Illustrations in Selected Children's Caldecott books from 1938-1982." Presented a workshop entitled: "Creative Reading and Storytelling Techniques" at the 1984 Texas Library Conference. WORK: Children's Librarian, Corpus Christi Public Libraries, 1976-1984 School Librarian, Corpus Christi ISD 1984-1997. Retired 1997-present. Thank you, Ellen Zyroff Principal Librarian San Diego County Library ALA Councilor-at-Large AJL Member (858) 694-2484 (work) Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org

