When I was Library Director, all donations were in addition to the Library budget, to be spent as and when the Director deemed best. This worked very well. It allowed for extra-special needs of the Library. If donors allowed it, we would publish their names in Ha-Safran.
Barbara Young Leff Former Library Director (don’t recall dates) West Valley Regional Library [email protected] (NEW) (Sorry - I have memory problems and don’t remember dates - after a fractured hip surgery, I’m living in a rehab center and no longer have my files with me.) Current phone: Barbara’s cell phone: (818) 590-7440 Current address: The Jewish Home - T3—Room 703B 7150 Tampa Avenue Reseda, CA 91335 (818) 774-3256 Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 15, 2021, at 11:06 PM, Judy Petersen via Hasafran > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > My synagogue has a new Executive Director. She is very supportive of > the Library and wants to professionalize the synagogue's systems, which is > great, but we're butting heads on one particular issue. > Currently, when I receive a donation to the library, I'm told the name > of the person and the amount. Since I don't have a budget, I use these > donations to purchase books, usually for the children's library, and I book > plate the books that I purchase with the name of the donor. If I don't know > the amount, I don't know how many books to purchase. > My executive director proposes to give me a budget (YAY!) that would > include book purchases (YAY again!). However, she feels the amount of any > donations to the Library going forward should be confidential and should be > used to offset my allotted budget. My feeling is that I should continue to > have the authority to spend any donations over and above my budget how I > wish, that donations directed to the Library shouldn't be used to offset the > budget, and that the amount (usually in the neighborhood of $18-$60) does not > need to be confidential. > I have my monthly meeting with her next Tuesday. It would be great if > some synagogue librarians could weigh and let me know how the question of > confidentiality of donations is handled at your synagogue. > Many thanks, > > Judy Petersen > Library Director > Congregation Har Shalom > Fort Collins, CO > > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!llFHOIwejF5XqxZkov_F7AUHjdvCrZrDfea8ZNq70Vn1_8G9RIRJtVM3aYnkyhUWDQk$ > > Earlier Listserver: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!llFHOIwejF5XqxZkov_F7AUHjdvCrZrDfea8ZNq70Vn1_8G9RIRJtVM3aYnky246DJQ$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!llFHOIwejF5XqxZkov_F7AUHjdvCrZrDfea8ZNq70Vn1_8G9RIRJtVM3aYnkFKhaJnc$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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