Hello, Kimberley and Michelle, This book is an excellent resource! And I agree that it is much easier to do a hands-on search with a paper book rather than online in many cases. We keep this at our reference desk and I have used it to find information about landsmanshaftn as well as congregations and other communal organizations. Another option, in addition to the online version, is ordering a reprint from the Yiddish Book Center. Sincerely, Amanda
-- Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librarian Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Reference Desk: 212-930-0601 Fax: 212-642-0141 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/jewish-division Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DorotJewishDivisionNewYorkPublicLibrary Message: 4 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:36:29 -0500 From: Kimberley A Shaw <[email protected]> To: Michelle Sandler <[email protected]>, Hasafran <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Crumbling Yiddish Book from 1938 What to do With it? Message-ID: <CAP+y7ZFSN+sd=vBaFzk0skfMkAvK=e+qtwzo7dvsjesuofu...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hello Michelle: Even though this title has been fully digitized at the Yiddish Book Center (see http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/books/search), there are times, as an author, when I prefer to do my research with hands-on paper sources. And so, my inclination would be to construct this kind of enclosure for keeping the book in one piece while on the shelf and to limit further physical damage: https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/preservation-leaflets/4.-storage-and-handling/4.5-protecting-books-with-custom-fitted-boxes . Quick fix, not too pricey. Quite a few of the older & more beat-up books at my workplace have this kind of enclosure around them. NEDCC also conducts "Preservation 101" workshops for those interested in learning how to care for fragile, damaged, or endangered books, files, and photos. Best of luck, Kimberley Shaw Wellesley College Library On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Michelle Sandler < [email protected]> wrote: > A Yiddish Book was donated to the Orange County Jewish Genealogy > Society. The book is old and falling apart. The title is > Jewish Landsmanshaften of New York (in Yiddish) by Yiddish Writers > Group of the Federal Writers Project published in New York by I.L. > Peretz Yiddish Writers Union 1938. > > Our societies Library has 138 Jewish Genealogy books and Avotaynu > magazine. What should I do with this book? Should I try to find an > outfit to repair it and who, or throw it away? Does it need to be > buried? > > I am a currently a volunteer Librarian at two Reform Synagogues in > Orange County California. I retired from a career college one person > library three years ago with a back disability. > > Sincerely > Michelle Sandler MLS > Westminster, California > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL)
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