Judy, It is nice to see your name on Hasafran. How are you and the family? Amalia Warshenbrot
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 7, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Judy Greenblatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fascinating idea. Can't help at the moment, but would love to know what's > happening. > > Judy Greenblatt > >> On Sep 3, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Annette Goldsmith <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Lee, I agree that this is a great idea and I'd like to be kept in the loop, >> please. I'm particularly interested in the sharing of Sephardic resources. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Annette >> >> -- >> Annette Goldsmith, PhD >> Los Angeles, CA >> Lecturer, University of Washington Information School >> Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel >> >> >>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Lee Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I've had very positive responses to my proposal that we explore creating a >>> set of online resource guides (see below). I think there is enough >>> interest and energy behind this idea to make it worth exploring further. >>> After this note, I will move the discussion offline to those who have >>> expressed interest in working on this, so let me know if you want to be >>> part of this discussion going forward. >>> >>> I wanted to mention a couple of important points raised by those who have >>> responded so far. >>> >>> One noted discussions already underway through AJL about the Jewish Digital >>> Commons. I did a little poking around in Google and found some sites with >>> similar names - one sponsored by the Center for Jewish History - but it >>> wasn't clear to me how this would apply to the case I've raised. If you >>> are one of those who is working on an AJL instance of the Jewish Digital >>> Commons, I'd like to hear more about what this is and how this might be >>> implemented. >>> >>> Another respondent mentioned a revamping of the AJL website and the >>> possibility of supporting resource guides within that platform. Again, if >>> you are one of those who is working on this project and could provide more >>> information, esp. related to the possibility of supporting the proposed >>> guides, I'd like to be in touch. >>> >>> Quite a few members gave a thumbs-up to LibGuides as a potential platform, >>> working with it within their library systems. I used it when I worked at >>> UC Santa Cruz and thought it would be a good platform for supporting this >>> work. However, as far as I understand this, order for all of us - across a >>> wide assortment of institutions - to collaborate on a set of guides, I >>> think we'd need to be enrolled under the auspices of a single organization. >>> I've started to explore that with SpringShare, the host of LibGuides. >>> >>> One person mentioned a blog as a potential platform. I'm blog-blind, so >>> this was a useful reminder of other approaches. I don't know how a blog >>> would support this sort of work - they seem episodic and not easily >>> organized - but I'm willing to learn whether there is application. Perhaps >>> we could use a blog as a means of communicating about new resources and >>> organizational issues among those managing the guides. I'm happy to hear >>> other ideas. >>> >>> As mentioned, if you have an interest in participating or being kept in the >>> loop, please let me know. I don't want to burden the whole list with this >>> discussion as it gets more detailed but I will post updates when I think >>> they'd be of interest to the whole list. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Lee Jaffe >>> Temple Beth El, Aptos >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Lee Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I wanted to see if there was interest in this group in developing a shared >>>> collection of online resources for Jewish research and reading. I know >>>> AJL maintains the Bibliography Bank and some other sites, but none of >>>> these meet the need I'd like to address. I'm thinking of subject guides >>>> to online resources - primarily free and available to all users - that we >>>> all could use to assist our communities. >>>> >>>> As an example, look at the guides I've started to create for my Temple >>>> library at https://sites.google.com/site/tbeaptoslib/guides. >>>> >>>> In the midst of doing this work, it occurred to me that I was probably >>>> reinventing the wheel and this would be done better through a cooperative >>>> effort. My idea is to organize a series of generic subject guides that >>>> would be relevant and useful to anyone anywhere. Instead of dozens of us >>>> researching, building and maintaining our own guides, there'd be one >>>> centralized set of guides we'd build and maintain collectively. >>>> >>>> I can think of a couple of ways to approach this. This could happen under >>>> the auspices of AJL - and perhaps "branded" as an AJL resource - or >>>> privately by a group interested individuals. From the technical side, it >>>> could be as simple as setting up a generic website, with shared ownership >>>> and permissions, that will allow us to create and edit the guides >>>> collaboratively. A more sophisticated arrangement - such as LibGuides - >>>> would let us share components within a customized framework. >>>> >>>> I'd be glad to discuss and explore this idea with AJL as a whole or >>>> individually with anyone interested in taking this further, >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Lee Jaffe >>>> Temple Beth El, Aptos >>> >>> >>> __ >>> 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 >> >> >> >> __ >> 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 > __ > 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.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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