Yes, public libraries are doing great! I hate to be Debbie Downer but that article just depressed me. Sound effect: wonk, wonk. I suppose I’m just jealous…
Synagogues and day schools still seem to be suffering financially, and while I often feel the nostalgia and even enthusiasm for our synagogue libraries from members and nonmembers - the financial, time and professional investment does not necessarily follow. To truly utilize and transform our beautiful spaces and incredible collections requires that same infusion of money and innovation that the public libraries are getting. How can we translate those public library user needs into programs that our 21st century synagogue members and unaffiliated community need and want, are not getting elsewhere and are willing to support? How can we generate that kind of enthusiasm in a private, religious community? Will public libraries collaborate with us in developing programs of Judaic interest? Toby Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 206-693-3379 Seattle 425-559-2578 Bellevue http://lib.tdhs-nw.org<http://lib.tdhs-nw.org/> for library hours, programs and CATALOG From: Hasafran [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrea Rapp Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 12:55 AM To: Heidi Rabinowitz Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] supportive library article Amazing article, but it kept referring to "library workers," not librarians. Is this going to be our new moniker, the way doctors have become "health care providers?" Andrea Rapp Sent from my iPad On Jul 5, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Heidi Rabinowitz <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Here is a wonderfully upbeat article about the power of libraries and the love people have for them. It’s about public libraries in New York City, and even though it doesn’t exactly apply to my synagogue library, it’s still very uplifting, and probably worth sharing with your boss and your library’s stakeholders. Thanks for Pnina Moed Kass for sharing it with me. – Heidi Rabinowitz http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/nyregion/resurgent-new-york-city-libraries.html?emc=eta1&_r=0 =============================== Listen to THE BOOK OF LIFE Podcast! Hosted by Heidi Rabinowitz www.bookoflifepodcast.com<http://www.bookoflifepodcast.com> __ 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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