Dear Elliot, Thank you so much for your kind words. Indeed we both had our beginnings with AJL the same convention. It seems and is so long ago. I have always enjoyed and learned from our professonal and personal friendships.
Your commitment to AJL has always been a source and inspiration. My warmest and best wishes. Sincerely, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Metadata Dept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail: [email protected] ________________________________ From: Elliot H. Gertel <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 3:05 PM To: Heidi G Lerner <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] upcoming retirement Dear Heidi, Mazel-tov on your upcoming retirement. You have been such a strong and very active member and supporter of AJL for over three decades. Your contributions, especially in your realms of expertise, notably cataloging and metadata, have been too numerous to begin to list. You have also been very helpful in AJL, at Stanford, and way beyond in providing answers outside of your "niche" as well by presenting timely and useful information on research, humanities, and social sciences reference inquiries among others. You were one of the first people I met at my very first AJL Conference (née Convention) back in 1991 in Miami Beach, and it was always a pleasure to see you each year at subsequent annual gatherings at which I always learned something unique and valuable from your presentations and just from casual conversations. I hope that you will stay active in AJL where your many contributions have always benefited your colleagues and the Association immeasurably. I greatly appreciate having had the opportunity to work with you over the years and value your friendship as well as your collegiality. I wish you great success upon whatever roads you take going forward. All the very best, Elliot ==================================================== Elliot H. Gertel עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica Member, ALA EMIERT Jewish Information Committee, 2020-22 The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 6:20 PM Heidi G Lerner via Hasafran <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear safranim, I want to let you know that I will retire from my position as the Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica at Stanford University Libraries during the mid- to late Spring, 2021. The past thirty-one years of the sharing of learning, knowledge and professional practices among our community have been extraordinary. I am not sure if such collegiality and synergies exist among other library communities. So many of the professional relationships that I developed over this period have crossed over into personal friendships that will continue to last long after I officially leave. My warmest wishes, appreciation and thanks to the entire Association of Jewish Libraries for being a foundation of my professional growth and life. Sincerely, Heidi Lerner Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Metadata Dept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> __ 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: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!l7CzLrmju_nObwGtU-tBJrNYE5IX3utIQjpZUqdk59Rtyoz491TmXmOUHOYphJEmmlM$ Earlier Listserver: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!l7CzLrmju_nObwGtU-tBJrNYE5IX3utIQjpZUqdk59Rtyoz491TmXmOUHOYpHvQMTng$ AJL HomePage https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!l7CzLrmju_nObwGtU-tBJrNYE5IX3utIQjpZUqdk59Rtyoz491TmXmOUHOYp7wxAQ1g$ -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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