To Whom it May Concern: Cherille Berman thought that you might be able to post the following request on Hasafran. (See list of referrals below.)
I am a Bronfman Alumna in touch with the head of this project, and anyone who might be able to help out can respond to me-- I'll put you in touch with her. thank you! Sophie Oberfield Hello, I'm writing some of you who I know are connected with schools or libraries as part of a search for a relatively new set of encyclopedias for a prison that I am working in. I am working with a local non-profit organization to develop a school library at a boy's prison in upstate New York. The first priority for this prison is to obtain reference materials. They are particularly interested in getting an encyclopedia set. Unfortunately, the residents have limited to no access to computers, so encyclopedia software is not an option. We are currently looking for schools that might willing to donate a full encyclopedia set that is relatively new. The majority of the residents of the facility, who are from the ages of about 14 to 21, read at a 5th to 8th grade reading level. If any of you know of any schools or librarians that might be willing to consider contributing to this effort, we would be so grateful. The donation would be tax deductible, as my project is part of an organization called Literacy for Incarcerated Teens http://www.literacyforincarceratedteens.org/LIT/Welcome_.html). Thank you! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: R Farber <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:40 PM Subject: Re: Encyclopedia? To: "Berman, Cherille" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Hi, Cherille, Thank you for the lead! Robyn Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2009, at 11:29 AM, "Berman, Cherille" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Robin and Sophie, > >There are lots of Jewish high school and college libraries in the >New York area which get new sets of encyclopedias from time to time >and I'm sure you could get great donations and save shipping costs >from the west coast. There is a Jewish librarians listserve called >Hasafran and if you post your request I am sure you will get an >amazing response. Write to the listserve administrator to ask him to >post this at: [email protected] > > Good luck > >Cherille Berman > > > >From: R Farber [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:06 AM >To: Berman, Cherille >Subject: Fwd: Encyclopedia? > > > > > >Sent from my iPhone > > >Begin forwarded message: >> >>From: Sophie Danis Oberfield <[email protected]> >>Date: July 1, 2009 8:51:04 AM PDT >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Encyclopedia? >> >>Bronfmanim, >>Hope all is well as we start July! >>A friend is looking for an encyclopedia set for a prison. See >>below. Please respond to me if you think you can be of help and >>I'll put you in touch with her. >>Sophie '96 >> >>Hello, >> >>I'm writing some of you who I know are connected with schools or >>libraries as part of a search for a relatively new set of >>encyclopedias for a prison that I am working in. I am working with a >>local non-profit organization to develop a school library at a boy's >>prison in upstate New York. The first priority for this prison is to >>obtain reference materials. They are particularly interested in >>getting an encyclopedia set. Unfortunately, the residents have >>limited to no access to computers, so encyclopedia software is not an >>option. We are currently looking for schools that might willing to >>donate a full encyclopedia set that is relatively new. The majority >>of the residents of the facility, who are from the ages of about 14 to >>21, read at a 5th to 8th grade reading level. >> >>If any of you know of any schools or librarians that might be willing >>to consider contributing to this effort, we would be so grateful. The >>donation would be tax deductible, as my project is part of an >>organization called Literacy for Incarcerated Teens >>http://www.literacyforincarceratedteens.org/LIT/Welcome_.html). >> >>Thank you! --- 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: [email protected] 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
