AJL (specifically Marlene Schiffman and Leslie Monchar) just updated the book "Creating a Collection : a basic book list for Judaic Libraries" 6th ed. 2015. It is available through Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Collection-Basic-Judaic-Libraries/dp/0929262034/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1451797021&sr=8-2&keywords=creating+a+collection
There are other publications on the AJL website http://jewishlibraries.org/Print_Monographs Good luck Sheryl Sheryl Stahl AJL VP Membership Frances-Henry Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 3077 University Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-765-2127 [email protected] From: Hasafran [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barbara Mende Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 11:41 AM To: Hasafran ([email protected]) Subject: [ha-Safran] List of basic books for a synagogue library Hi Safranim - I'm looking for a bibliography of books that no synagogue library should be without. I looked at the AJL bibliography bank and nothing jumped out at me, but I'm sure I've seen things like that before. Any hints or clues would be appreciated. Thanks! Barbara J. Mende, Librarian Congregation Mishkan Tefila 300 Hammond Pond Parkway Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 617-332-7770 x3231
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