Haim, Congratulation ! This is a fun job. Keep in mind that a synagogue library is not an academic institution. When I started working in a synagogue library I got carried away and purchased resources that never circulated. AJL developed several bibliographies of basic books for synagogue libraries. A few things to take into consideration are: Who will use the library ? Congregants, Religious school teachers, Religious school students, Fiction readers, people who plan to become Jews by choice, non-members etc. I will involve the Rabbis as well. Please check the bibliography bank on AJL website, but, keep in mind that the bibliographies' authors did not update them. The list is searchable and can be very helpful. Please feel free to contacts me with further questions. Amalia Warshenbrot VP for the SSC president.
Sent from my iPad On Apr 27, 2013, at 10:18 PM, Haim A Gottschalk <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Safranim, > > I am doing a recon project at the library of my synagogue. This project will > also involve reclassifying the books and doing an evaluation of the > collection to determine the library's strengths and weaknesses. Currently, I > am doing an evaluation of only the rabbinic collection. I would like to > build up the library's core rabbinic collection. My question is: Even > though I have an idea of what the core rabbinic collection ought to look like > (based on my experience of working in Judaic collections and personal > learning) and could develop and ad hoc list, I would like to know if a list > of core rabbinic titles has ever been published? > > Thank you, > Haim > > Haim A Gottschalk > Head - Library Committee > Congregation Beth Shalom > Bloomington, IN > __ > 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] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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