Every year or so a congregant or service attendee requests that the library have Shabbat hours. Things worth note: we are a Conservative shul, synagogue expectations on technology use and writing on Shabbat are clear, the library has never been open on Shabbat, there are computers in the library, we have a larger collection, and a good-sized membership, our catalog is online and checkouts done on computer. I am concerned about unsupervised kids, writing, computer use, books walking away, etc. The two people who recently brought it up mentioned group Torah study, personal library use, and book checkouts. Our education director leads a Women's Torah Study group in the Beit Midrash (part of the library) monthly, but no other educator, Rabbi, or layperson organizes Shabbat study.
What policies do you have in place for Shabbat? How do you convince your Board, Director, Rabbi one way or the other? Please reply on or off-list ([email protected]). Thank you, Kaiya Goldhammer Librarian, Feldstein Library Congregation Neveh Shalom 503.293.7311 ext. 118 library.nevehshalom.org<http://library.nevehshalom.org/>
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