The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) will hold its Spring 2014 Conference on Wednesday, June 11th, 1-4 pm, at The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary (1st floor, Mendelson Convocation Center), 3080 Broadway (@ 122nd Street), New York 10027.
PROGRAM: 1:00-1:30 pm Registration, Light refreshments 1:30-1:45 pm Introductory remarks - Tina Weiss, President, AJL-NYMA 1:45-2:00 pm Welcome - Naomi Steinberger, Director of Library Services, Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary 2:00-4:00 pm Baghdadi Jewish Life Seen Through the Iraqi Jewish Archive - Dina Herbert, Project Librarian, Iraqi Jewish Archive, National Archives Johanna Spector's Life and Work: From Latvia to the World - Michala Biondi, Archivist/Project Manager, Johanna L. Spector Project, Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary; Processing Archivists, Shira Bistricer, Nicole Greenhouse, Cynthia Schwartz *Following the formal program, there will be optional presentations about JTS Library's archival collections by Dr. Sarah Diamant, Administrative Librarian for Special Collections, and Dr. Eliott Kahn, who will describe the JTS Music Archives. Presentations will last approximately one hour. Please indicate if you are interested in attending this segment when you RSVP. REGISTRATION: RSVP required by Sunday, June 8th: Tina Weiss, [email protected]. Payment is at the door: NYMA members, $10; non-members, $18. *Photo ID required for entrance to The Jewish Theological Seminary. DIRECTIONS: Subway: #1 to 116th Street/Columbia University Bus: M4, M104 to Broadway & 120th Street (*Stop in front of JTS closed due to construction) DINING HALL: A kosher meat or vegetarian lunch may be purchased in the dining hall of The Jewish Theological Seminary between the hours of 11 am-2 pm. Please note that no outside food may be brought into the dining hall or Mendelson Convocation Center. FURTHER INFORMATION: In June 2004, at the Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries, hosted by AJL-NYMA and held in Brooklyn, New York, Doris Hamburg and Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler of the National Archives spoke about the books, documents and scrolls pertaining to the Iraqi Jewish community that had been discovered by American soldiers in May 2003 in the flooded basement of Saddam Hussein's intelligence headquarters in Baghdad. Mss. Hamburg and Ritzenthaler described the enormous task that lay before them and others at the National Archives in the effort to preserve what came to be called the Iraqi Jewish Archive. Fast forward ten years and that effort has now come full circle. AJL-NYMA is thrilled to have Dina Herbert of the National Archives speak about her work as Project Librarian for the Iraqi Jewish Archive. Dr. Johanna Spector (1915-2008) was a professor of ethnomusicology at The Jewish Theological Seminary and a world-renowned scholar in that field, an author of books and articles, and a producer of documentary films. The team of archivists working on the Johanna Spector Archive housed at JTS Library will discuss this rich archive which includes material in the fields of ethnography, history, anthropology and music from the nearly extinct Jewish communities of India, Yemen, Azerbaijan, Egypt and Armenia, and the Samaritan people.
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