At my former medium-sized Conservative shul, there was a index card box with cards for every member family. When checking out books on Shabbat, you would take your family's card and clip it to the book cards. After Shabbat the librarian would ender the check-outs into the computer system.
Larry Yudelson Editorial Director Ben Yehuda Press http://www.BenYehudaPress.com On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Joshua Jasper <jjas...@teprov.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > My synagogue library is open on Shabbat, but it is not staffed by a > librarian on the weekends. We're a medium-sized library in a large > Conservative synagogue. I was just hired a month ago, and the interim > librarian began this experiment about a month before I began. It is very > much still a work-in-progress. > > The library gets heavy traffic during the weekend, since the library is > open (either officially or unofficially) whenever someone is in the > building and the weekend is when most congregants are around (especially in > the summer). We do not have any public computers, our catalog is online, > and we use the old card-in-book method for check-outs. Books, especially > fiction and children's, were already getting heavy usage within the room on > Shabbat and so my predecessor thought that a Shabbat check-out system would > be very popular. > > We already have a sign explaining how to do a weekday check-out. Now we > have a similar sign to put out explaining the special process for Shabbat. > The patron is supposed to take the card out and leave it in the usual place > (within a small box), but not write on it. There is a special "check-out > card" to put inside the book. The card says "Please call or e-mail the > library after Shabbat with the name of your book and your name, so that we > can fill out the card and keep track of our books." > > This experiment has had mixed success and it is a work-in-progress. Many > more books are now being checked out of the library, but no one is taking > the special Shabbat cards or contacting the library after Shabbat. I am > hesitantly hopeful that we can get the kinks fixed in this plan before > holiday season begins in October, but I would love to hear suggestions from > the group with ideas to improve the process. > > > Best, > > Joshua Jasper > Librarian > Rosen Library > Temple Emanu-el > Providence, RI > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Emily Bergman <emilyanneberg...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> We're open on Shabbat, but we're Reform. I just figure I have to catch >> people when they're around, which is Shabbat and Sunday school. I know >> other congregations have dealt with the writing/computer issues in >> creative, simple ways. If people want to use the library I don't think we >> should say no. >> >> Emily Bergman >> Temple Sinai >> Glendale, CA >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 18, 2016, at 12:58 PM, Kaiya Goldhammer < >> kgoldham...@nevehshalom.org> wrote: >> >> 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 (kgoldham...@nevehshalom.org). >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> *Kaiya Goldhammer* >> >> Librarian, Feldstein Library >> >> Congregation Neveh Shalom >> >> 503.293.7311 ext. 118 >> >> library.nevehshalom.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __ >> 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: >> hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu >> 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: galro...@osu.edu >> 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 >> <http://www.jewishlibraries.org> >> -- >> Hasafran mailing list >> Hasafran@lists.osu.edu >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> >> >> __ >> 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: >> hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu >> 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: galro...@osu.edu >> 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 >> Hasafran@lists.osu.edu >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> >> > > __ > 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: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > 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: galro...@osu.edu > 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 > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > -- Larry Yudelson Editorial Director Ben Yehuda Press http://www.BenYehudaPress.com
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