Hello. You have already heard from me, as well as from others, about opportunities for members to participate in AJL activities. I would like to remind you of these opportunities, to emphasize their importance and to encourage you to participate.
There is still time to submit a proposal to make a presentation at our upcoming June conference in Montreal. We encourage you in particular to think of topics that improve the library skills of our members, from reference to reader assistance, from collection development to cataloging, from internet resources to preservation, from fund raising to de-accessioning. Please send your proposals to our convention committee. The position of Chair of Chapter Relations is very important. Many of our members have never attended our conventions. Their exposure to new developments in Judaica librarianship and their ability to network with fellow librarians depend on participating in an active local chapter. We have been lucky to have had very energetic and devoted chairs of this committee who supported local chapter activities and worked hard to set up new chapters. This is a wonderful chance to become acquainted with our members in many different locations. Please contact me if you are interested. We have a vacancy in our Newsletter to share the editorship of children and young adults reviews with Anne Dublin. If you enjoy sharing information about good books with others, this is the perfect job for you. Our reviews of the children and young adults literature are an important tool for our many members in schools, synagogues and centers. This is a good position for a book lover who can't keep his or her enthusiasm for good books hidden away. And finally, but certainly not least, we need someone to do copy editing and layout for the Newsletter. We consistently produce a clean layout and nice looking pages. If you are a detail person, with good writing and editing skills, this is the job for you. If you are interested in either of the newsletter jobs, please contact the editor Uri Kolodney. We are a voluntary work force. We don't have an executive director, and we need to rely on our members to perform all of the organization's many activities. I would like particularly to encourage those of you who have not been involved at the national level to take a more active role. It is important for us not only to have committee members and chairmen who are very experienced. We are always interested in the knowledge and ideas that new participants can bring to running our organization. AJL needs you, and is eager for you to participate in our many activities. Jim Rosenbloom James P Rosenbloom Library and Technology Services Mailstop 045 Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA 02454 9110 781-736-4688 [email protected] --- 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
