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I run a small synagogue library. My committee is made up entirely of volunteers, including myself, and none of us yet have any formal education with respect to our roles in the library. Local synagogue librarians have been gracious enough to assist us with tasks that must be accomplished, one of which is cataloging. My cataloger asked me yesterday to solicit your suggestions for cataloging a non-Judaica title (Robert's Rules of Order) into our library which uses the Elazar classification system. We discussed simply placing it in an accessible place without cataloging it but both of us feel that would unproductive as the library is generally not staffed and those who might wish to reference it would likely be unable to locate it. The other concern with that idea is that people would not replace it back where it belongs since would not have its own shelf spot and then when others go to look for the book, it is not where it should be. We believe we want to place it in the reference section so that it will not be taken from the library, but would be available for when the Board of Trustees Parliamentarian or other committee members might need to reference it. The other benefit to cataloging it is that it will obviously be tied back to our library with the name stamped in as well as the cataloging label on the spine. Thank you in advance for your input. Sincerely, Andrea Gillin Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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
