Hi all,
We had a donation of the 1906 encyclopedia from a synagogue
member. The books were not in great condition and I didn't have the
shelf space for them anyway. I wracked my brain for something to do
with them (the donor is a retired university librarian and has been a
good supporter of the synagogue's library). Ultimately, the synagogue's
Education VP (an artist) suggested using them as art. There is a ledge
in the synagogue on one wall over the sanctuary and we stacked the
books (some on their sides with the pages facing out so you could see
the gold leaf on the edges of the pages and some stacked upright with
the pages open slightly so they would stay standing) as an homage to
the "people of the book". I wrote an explanatory note regarding the
donation, framed it, and hung it on the wall beneath the ledge. I was
happy, the donor was happy (though a bit taken aback at first), and we
have a lovely conversation piece as one enters the sanctuary.
Good luck,
Judy Petersen
Library Director
Congregation Har Shalom
Fort Collins, CO
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From: Robin Raphael <[email protected]>
To: Bernice Lieberman <[email protected]>
Cc: hasafran <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 6:01 pm
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Encyclopedias
Bernice,
My synagogue is in a similar situation and we even have a set of
encyclopedias that were published on 1906. I would have kept them on
the shelf but the rabbi said take them off.
I have contacted local universities ( starting with those with Judaica
departments) to offer them first . I believe I found a professor who
will take them.
Good luck.
Robin Raphael
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On Aug 8, 2014, at 6:48 PM, Bernice Lieberman
<[email protected]> wrote:
We have a small synagogue library. We are weeding our reference
collection. Have other librarians kept older encyclopedias in their
collections? Such as Encyclopedia Judaica 1972 and yearbooks for it
1983-1992, and 1990-1991?
Unfortunately we have few people using our library, ( other than the
children's collection) so I cannot factor patron's use to help me
evaluate whether or not to keep these books. Thank you for any and
all responses. You may respond through the list-serve or to my e-mail.
Bernice Lieberman
Sinai Temple Library Champaign IL
[email protected]
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