Dear Friends, At the end of May I am retiring from the library world after more than 40 years. During that time I have worked in a variety of library settings -- university, public, special, day school and, lastly, the Colorado Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) for 16 years.
I've enjoyed them all and always been energized by the dynamic changes that have taken place in my library lifetime -- from the soul destroying, time consuming typing and filing of cards for the card catalog, through punch cards, and now to amazing automation and the internet. What a thrill -- and how deeply satisfying -- to have automated the CAJE Library and be able to search by keyword, not only in our library but on the internet and to have had the opportunity to make our catalog available to our patrons on our website. Friends have been asking how I can possibly retire and keep busy enough. Well ... I plan to spend much more time with my children and grandchildren who are spread far and wide in Seattle, Chicago and Washington DC. I plan to attend interesting courses, play bridge, hike and read marvelous books of which I've only had time to read reviews. And that's just for starters. Since my involvement with AJL, I've been awed by HaSafran's contribution to Judaic librarians. What a resource it is! I am truly grateful to those AJL members who have extended friendship to me and so willingly and generously supported and assisted me in my work. I hope we will stay in touch. My email address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wish you all well. B'Shalom and l'hitraot, Bernice Tarlie 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: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
