Safranim -- I'm thrilled that both Andrea & Jim have indicated their libraries' interest in collecting children's books.
However, I would make a request on their part (unbidden): Please provide lists first, and get their permission before sending books to them. I do this with some awareness. After the synagogue fire-bombings in Sacramento in 1999 (just before our convention in Boca), I was the advisor for their librarian, Poshi Mikalson. In the months after their library was destroyed, she received over 20,000 books. While we accepted many of them, there were lots of duplicates, and others that were more scholarly than the synagogue could use. Some of these went to other synagogues in the area, others went to the Cal State University library. In the end, it took a couple of years to work through every title and decide what was appropriate for which location. So while I know the collections will be grateful for your interest, I also am aware of the work that the process takes. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA -----Original Message----- From: Enid Sperber <[email protected]> To: Andrea Rapp <[email protected]> Cc: ha-Safran <[email protected]>; Amy Turim <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 11:51 am Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] collectible children's books Andrea's collection is magnificent and quite extensive. I have seen it. Please donate books to her. Enid On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Andrea Rapp <[email protected]> wrote: Wise Temple has such a collection--The Shavzin-Carsch Collection--which has been the subject of much discussion on Hasafran; we distributed flyers about it to all attendees at the last year's AJL convention, had an item about it in Reform Judaism Magazine, and will be doing more publicity this summer, as well as putting the final touches on an article for Judaica Librarianship. Andrea Rapp Isaac M. Wise Temple, Cincinnati, OH --- On Thu, 6/6/13, James Rosenbloom <[email protected]> wrote: From: James Rosenbloom <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] collectible children's books To: "Amy Turim" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 8:28 AM Hello. At Brandeis we are developing a research collection in Jewish children's literature. We welcome a donation of any volume that we don't currently own. Jim Rosenbloom On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Amy Turim <[email protected]> wrote: Colleagues – A bit of a dilemma: occasionally a book donation to my synagogue library includes an edition that is old and fragile enough to be unsuitable for library use, and is usually out of print. The donor doesn’t want it back, and I always wonder if there is some library or institution among us (AJL, that is) that collects such items. An example is right here: Charlotte Bronstein’s 1959 “TALES OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS As Told by the Light of the Moon.” Suggestions? 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