Within the last year I've catalogued about 4500 books and used LibraryWorld to automate our collection. By far the most useful resource has been the online catalog of Sinai Temple, which I accessed through the AJL website. Since that library has such a broad and deep collection, about 85% of the books that passed through my hands are in their catalog, so I could harvest their call numbers if they seemed suitable to me. As a trained librarian, I can't say I agreed with all of them, and there's wiggle room on lots of subjects, but the Sinai catalog made my life so much easier. And incidentally, I don't know how we're going to be able to fork over $425 each year for LibraryWorld. Hmm. We shall see... Lois Ruby Congregation Albert Albuquerque, NM www.loisruby.com Author of ... Steal Away Home The Secret of Laurel Oaks Strike! Mother Jones and the Colorado Coal Field War Rebel Spirits (now in Scholastic Bookfairs!) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @ LoisRubyWriter ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BettyLene Franzus" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 6:28:13 PM > Subject: [ha-Safran] Funding et.al. Reform cong. library > When I consider how to answer this type of query, the first item on my > programming agenda has to be "who will take over this position later?" > If your pool of candidates includes "Judaica" librarians your choices > of cataloging systems is expanded. If not, then the Dewey (DDC) is the > most common, the most used and the most accessible via Internet along > with the LOC comparison chart and it is also the system most used in > public schools libraries. I chose the latter to catalog my library > which is, like the one from California, small and limited in > budget.and was not cataloged via any system. I used the CROSS system > which is a church related cataloging system that does not necessitate > the use of church related terms. You can purchase this system through > that web-site for about $100.00. > Not all books will have a DDC number given and using a LOC comparison > chart may help give a general location for a book without a > specifically accurate one being available. Still, assigning a catalog > number, in any system, is very time consuming and requires ultimately > deciding how the book's in and out of the library will be followed. > Will you use a card catalog? I do because we can't afford a full time > librarian to maintain a database and check out uses a donor honor > system with the datacard going into a file box. This means you have > had to create labels for pockets, data cards to go into the pockets > and spine labels to enable the patron to browse the shelves. Once > created, adding to it from donations and purchases is not difficult. > Generally our library is very sparsely used by patrons and by students > when they need reference material for regular and religious class-room > activities. We have at present 14 students from Kindergarten to > Bar/Bat Mitzvah ages. > I hope this gives you all a sense of how a small, rurally located > community is able to support a reference works Judaica library . > Fiction books are simply located by author. I am trying to set up a > color coded section for Biography and Historical Fiction, Cookbooks > and a special area for Talmud, Kabala and other philosophical > approaches. > Any advice or suggestions are greeted with joy at the communication. > Bettylene W. Franzus, Librarian, > B'nai Sholom Congregation, Bristol, Tennessee > " This above all, to thine own self be true. And it shall follow, as > the night follows day, thou canst not then be false to any man." > __ > 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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