I am the person responsible for updating the list of links to AJL members' catalogs available on the internet on the AJL website at http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Resources/MembersrsquoCatalogs.aspx. This list is compiled solely from member's sending their information to me. There are 66 libraries on this list, of which 22 are synagogues. I can't be sure that this perfectly reflects the number of synagogue libraries whose catalogs are computerized and available on the internet, but it should give some indication.
If your library is not on this list and you wish to be added, please send me the name of your institution, the URL for your catalog, the cataloging system you use, and any special instructions for access to/use of your catalog. Debbie Stern, AJL VP for Publications Mordecai M. Kaplan Library Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 1299 Church Road Wyncote, PA 19095 [email protected] phone: 215-576-0800 ext. 234 fax: 215 576-6143 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emily Goldberg Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 5:38 PM To: Jean-Claude KUPERMINC Cc: Guila COOPER; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Linking synagogue libraries Thank you all for your answers and comments. Your responsiveness encourages me to ask one or two more questions. (No good deed goes unpunished.) Amalia and Arlene both asked what issues concerned me. At the very least in order to be linked, libraries would have to be computerized and have internet access. I don't know how many synagogue libraries currently have arrived at this status. Does anyone have any statistics? Eileen mentioned that several libraries in Detroit are loosely linked. Eileen, do you happen to know what Federation's objective was in effecting this? Is there an inter-library loan system? Are individuals permitted to borrow from any library in the system? Wouldn't this be an issue for participating libraries? Jean-Claude, Yakov, and Nachum, how are the union catalogues you mention used and who uses them? Please forgive me. I'm not very savvy at this. I seem to be reading from the responses that a Judaic OCLC would be a good idea. I'm trying to nail down why. Shabbat Shalom and thanks again. Emily Goldberg Mowshowitz Library Hillcrest Jewish Center Flushing, New York On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Jean-Claude KUPERMINC <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, I would like to mention to the list the existence of one of an important Jewish Union Catalogue : the Rachel Network www.rachelnet.org This is the common work of a group of French Jewish Libraries. It is the result of the mutual retro conversion of the paper catalogues of the participating libraries, with the help of the National Libraries of France and Israel. We use ExLibris ALEPH500, and the catalogue is fully multilingual (Hebrew, Latin, Arabic). Altogether, it contains more than 200 000 records (multimedia) from the following Libraries: - Alliance israélite Universelle - Maison de la culture Yiddish/Bibliothèque Medem (Yiddish culture) - Séminaire israélite de France (French rabbinical Seminary) - Médiathèque du Musée d'Art et d'histoire du judaïsme (Jewish Art and History Museum Library) - Centre français des musiques juives (French Center for Jewish Music). - AKADEM (videos of conferences on Jewish subjects) My colleague Guila Cooper, from the Alliance Library, will be present at the next AJL Convention in Pasadena. Please contact me if you are interested in joining the Rachel Network. Best regards to you all Jean-Claude Kuperminc Jean-Claude Kuperminc Director of the library and archives Alliance israélite universelle 45 rue la Bruyère 75009 PARIS - France +33(0)153328862 <tel:%2B33%280%29153328862> fax+33(0)148745133 <tel:%2B33%280%29148745133> [email protected] http://www.aiu.org/bibli http://www.rachelnet.org http://judaica-europeana.eu/ -----Message d'origine----- De : [email protected] [mailto:hasafran-bounces+biblio <mailto:hasafran-bounces%2Bbiblio> [email protected]] De la part de Yakov Shafranovich Envoyé : vendredi 18 mai 2012 01:17 À : [email protected] Cc : [email protected] Objet : Re: [ha-Safran] Linking synagogue libraries I think we are talking about a Union catalog. There are two smaller efforts right now, one is at the National Library of Israel with their ULI catalog which includes most Israeli libraries and several major Judaica libraries outside of Israel: http://libnet.ac.il/~libnet/uli/ The second is Avi Chai's school union catalog here: http://avichai.calypso.scoolaid.net/bin/home I think that Avi Chai's effort is probably the best example. Yakov On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Emily, > > I think Judaic "OCLC" is certainly a way forward. We at Publishers Row > would like to work with any library wishing to go that route. > > Alex > > > > From: > hasafran-bounces+agendler=publishersrow....@lists.service.ohio-state.e > hasafran-bounces+du > [mailto:hasafran-bounces+agendler <mailto:hasafran-bounces%2Bagendler> > [email protected] > -state.edu] > On Behalf Of Emily Goldberg > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 5:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ha-Safran] Linking synagogue libraries > > > > I'm wondering if anyone sees any advantage to linking synagogue libraries. > I understand that this idea raises many issues, but could it bring > attention to resources that the extended Jewish community is not aware > of and excite interest? 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