As a non-librarian, I've been reluctant to jump into this discussion but now finally I must. We must redefine ourselves – – and mean it – – as *Jewish information management specialists.* *Any fool can Google a term. *Figuring out what is an appropriate search strategy to solve an issue requires a high level of expertise which I think is shared by most members of this group.
One of the most important people in both my PhD work in my wife's PhD work was a woman at the Michigan State University library named Martha Meaders, now listed on the Michigan State University website as simply "retired faculty." With luck one could schedule appointment with Martha and sit down and describe the problems that one was trying to solve, and she would help lay out an entire search strategy of the relevant literature so one did not stumble around from source to source or card file to card file and so on. "Judaica" is an enormous topic, of which the books we have in our particular libraries are one small sampling. We need people people who can help children and adults find relevant books, websites and magazine articles that speak to topics of interest. *___________________________________________* *Dr. Don Weinshank Prof. Emeritus Comp. Sci. & Eng.1520 Sherwood Ave., East Lansing MI 48823-1885Ph. 517.337.1545 FAX [email protected] <[email protected]>* [prof] / *[email protected] <[email protected]>* [personal] *http://www.cse.msu.edu/~weinshan <http://www.cse.msu.edu/%7Eweinshan>*
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