I have acquired the CD twice but I admit I have used them very little. I find that the reason for this is that the CD is not timely. MY library is small with a small budget. I am interested in the reviews for collection development. By the time it comes out I have money to spend only on the winners or honor books that I have missed. Maybe some of the notable books too. But because they are already endorsed by the committee, I don't really need the reviews themselves. BUT, it is disturbing if I have totally missed many of these recommended titles which came out during the previous year. This year that happened, one of the winning titles was already not available at Amazon and I had to purchase it from a used book store. I would have liked to see the reviews closer to the publication dates, or at least the list of titles, so I could have considered them when they were new.
It is very hard to identify children's books of Jewish interest. I think it would be helpful if at least the titles received from the publishers each month (though reviews as they are written, both positive and negative, would be nice to have), could be posted on the AJL or Sydney Taylor website as they are received so we could know to be looking for them and trying to evaluate them ourselves in a more timely fashion. Sherry Wasserman, Volunteer Librarian Congregation B'nai Moshe West Bloomfield, MI 48322 stwasserman @sbcglobal.net --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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
