[ha-Safran] New Jewish Counterculture archival collection at the Penn Libraries

[Kiron, Arthur]

Dear Safranim,

I would like to call to your attention the completion of the processing of the 
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld personal papers collection by archivist John Anderies 
at the Kislak Special Collections Processing Center at the Penn Libraries.  For 
those interested in reading about the collection and Rabbi Strassfeld's life 
and career in the Jewish Counterculture movement, please see John's amazing 
blog post:

https://pennrare.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/the-jewish-counterculture-in-the-michael-strassfeld-papers/

To go directly to the Finding Aid, see:

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/ead/detail.html?id=EAD_upenn_rbml_MsColl1218

  With great thanks to John for his exceptional work on this vital new addition 
to Penn's Judaica collections.

  Best wishes,

  Arthur
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Arthur Kiron, Ph.D.
Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
T. (215) 573-7431
F. (215) 898-0559
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/judaica/

Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
T. (215) 238-1290 ext 202
F. (215) 238-1540
Wednesday and Friday
http://www.library.upenn.edu/cajs/

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Re: [ha-Safran] Online Catalogs

[Lee Jaffe]

From: Stephanie Krasner 
To: "hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" 
Cc:
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 22:05:07 -0500
Subject: [ha-Safran] Online Catalogs
I have been trying to find a good low cost way to put my collection online.
If anyone is using Librarything please send me your comments. Do you think
an online catalog would increase library usage? Does anyone know how to
export data from my current Surpass system to an online application?

I've written to this list a couple of times about our experience using
LIBIB to host our temple library's online catalog.  If you have the
resources to consider a higher-end system, such as Surpass, I probably
wouldn't recommend LIBIB, which has a much smaller feature set.  But if you
are thinking of librarything as your system, I think you should give LIBIB
a look.  It's easy enough to get a free account to give it a try to see if
it has the features you need and get a realistic sense of how it is to work
with before committing to it.  We loaded 500 records via a CSV spreadsheet
and then invited a sample of congregants to test it as users and comment on
their experience.

We selected LIBIB after comparing it to several other options, including
librarything, and we've been happy with that choice.  A basic, paid account
will cost $60 year, and adding accounts will bump it up in small
increments.  We have 3 additional editors and pay about $100 year.   To be
clear, we didn't have high expectations or requirements when we made that
choice. I want to make sure others are realistic about this point if they
follow up my recommendation. I'm available for follow up questions.

Lee Jaffe
Temple Beth El, Aptos
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Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish Children's books in Spanish??

[Sussman, Joanna]

Dear Cheryl,

We do not publish Kar-Ben books in Spanish because there is not a big enough 
Spanish-speaking market in the U.S. to support Spanish editions. However, we 
have translated some titles into Spanish for the PJ Library’s program in Mexico 
and South America. These books are not commercially available, but I could 
provide you with a sample or two to take with you. If you’d like to do that, 
please e-mail me your mailing address.

Cordially,
Joni

Joni Sussman
Publisher, Kar-Ben Publishing
A growing Jewish library for children

[karben_logo_main]
A division of Lerner Publishing Group
612-215-6229
jsuss...@karben.com

Visit www.karben.com for up-to-date details on award 
winning titles from Kar-Ben Publishing

From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Cheryl Banks
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 11:01 AM
To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
Subject: [ha-Safran] Jewish Children's books in Spanish??

Hello all:

I am going to Cuba in a few weeks, and I would like to bring some Spanish 
Jewish children's books to the Jewish community there.  Does anyone know of a 
good vendor for such books, preferably in the U.S.? I know that Alba will have 
some in Espania, but I was hoping for some a little closer.  For example, do 
Kar-Ben books get translated?

Thanks!  You can write me off list, to not clutter inboxes.

Cheryl Banks
Director "Emeritus"
Gray Cultural and Learning Center
 North Suburban Synagogue Beth El
Highland Park, IL
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[ha-Safran] Sign up for the LLAMA Mentoring Program

[Guajardo, Richard R]

The LLAMA Mentoring Committee is recruiting for both mentors and mentees for 
our July 2017-June 2018 year. The LLAMA Mentoring Program, 
http://www.ala.org/llama/llama-mentoring-program, pairs librarians who are 
currently in leadership positions with librarians who are interested in 
becoming leaders.



For mentors, it is a chance to pass on your experience and knowledge by working 
one-on-one with an enthusiastic colleague who is ready to learn and benefit 
from your experience.



For mentees, it is a great opportunity to learn from an accomplished leader how 
to:
Explore your leadership potential;
Demonstrate leadership in your current position;
Acquire the skills, attitudes, and relationships that you will need to move 
into leadership roles.



Participants must be ALA and LLAMA members at the start of the program, and 
must either attend the Mentor/Mentee orientation at ALA Annual or be able to 
participate in a virtual orientation at a time to be determined.



The deadline to apply to become a mentor or a mentee is February 10, 2017.



To apply to become a mentor, go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F7Y67WS
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For more information about the LLAMA Mentoring program, contact Mentoring 
Committee co-chairs  Melissa Ellen Bruecks at 
mbrue...@mcpl.info; or  Julene Jones at 
julene.jo...@uky.edu.



Thank you!



Catherine Soehner
Sharon Epps
Richard Guajardo
LLAMA Mentoring Committee members


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[ha-Safran] Jewish Children's books in Spanish??

[Cheryl Banks]

Hello all:

I am going to Cuba in a few weeks, and I would like to bring some Spanish
Jewish children's books to the Jewish community there.  Does anyone know of
a good vendor for such books, preferably in the U.S.? I know that Alba will
have some in Espania, but I was hoping for some a little closer.  For
example, do Kar-Ben books get translated?

Thanks!  You can write me off list, to not clutter inboxes.

Cheryl Banks
Director "Emeritus"
Gray Cultural and Learning Center
 North Suburban Synagogue Beth El
Highland Park, IL
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[ha-Safran] 2017 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winners

[Taub, Aaron]

Dear Colleagues,

Please see the press release below and please join us in congratulating our 
winners.

With very best wishes,
Aaron T.
Chairperson, Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee
Etta Gold, Member
Heidi Lerner, Member
Joyce Levine, Member

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For Immediate Release


Aviva Astrinsky and David Gilner Named Co-Recipients of AJL's 2017 Fanny 
Goldstein Merit Award


Aviva Astrinsky and David Gilner have been named co-Winners of the Association 
of Jewish Libraries (AJL) 2017 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award. The Fanny Goldstein 
Merit Award, named for the librarian, social activist and founder of National 
Jewish Book Month, is bestowed in recognition of a lifetime of loyal and 
ongoing contributions to the Association and to the profession of Jewish 
librarianship.

The texts of the letter of nomination received on behalf of each of them are as 
follows:


We are delighted to name Aviva Astrinsky as a co-recipient of the Fanny 
Goldstein Merit Award. Her many decades of achievements in, and contributions, 
to the field of Judaica librarianship make her a truly worthy and exemplary 
candidate.

Aviva has been active in the field of Judaica Librarianship for more than 40 
years, working as a librarian and Library Director at several major Jewish 
institutions. In her positions she pioneered the introduction of digital 
technologies, and modernized Judaica libraries; she has served as an officer in 
various professional associations and committees including our own AJL; she 
played a leadership role in organizing the 1998 AJL Annual Meeting 
Philadelphia; she is an author and editor of books and articles in the area of 
Judaica librarianship and bibliography.

Aviva received her BA degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her 
MLS from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Before coming to the United 
States she worked as a Librarian at the Cape Provincial Library Services, Cape 
Town, and as a corporate librarian at American-Israel Electronic Industries.

She came to The United State in 1978, where her first position was as a catalog 
Librarian at the Library of the Union Theological Seminary, followed by 
assuming the position of Head of Technical Services at the Library of the 
Jewish Theological Seminary.

In 1988 she was named Library Director at the Annenberg Research Institute in 
Philadelphia (formerly Dropsie College), which later merged with University of 
Pennsylvania to become the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 
at the University of Pennsylvania. In the summer of 1999 Aviva became the Head 
Librarian of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research where she served for 12 
years.

In all these three Jewish Aviva set herself a goal to improve and increasing 
access to the collections first by computerized cataloging and later by 
digitzing several Yiddish & Hebrew books and periodicals, including very rare 
Yiddish children's books published in the USSR in the 1930's.

Since 1984 Aviva became very active within AJL, holding several local and 
national positions.  In 1984, she co-founded the New York chapter of AJL (NYMA) 
and served as its Secretary, President, and Past President from 1984-1987.  In 
Philadelphia she helped rejuvenate the Philadelphia chapter of AJL and was its 
first president.  Concurrently she served for four years as the AJL 
Vice-President for Membership and later as President and Vice-President of the 
Research, Archives, and Special, Libraries (RAS) Division.  She chaired the RAS 
Bibliography and Reference Book Award Committee and several other nominating 
committees.  Until her retirement, Aviva was an active member of the 
Association of Jewish Libraries.

Among Aviva's publications include  "A bibliography of South African English 
novels 1930-1960" (Cape Town, 1965), "Nazi propaganda literature in the Library 
of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research: source materials on modern Jewish 
anti-Semitism, National Socialism and the Holocaust" (Leiden, 1998), Mattityahu 
Strashun, 1817-1885, Scholar, Leader and Book Collector (New York, 2001), for 
which she was also exhibit curator, and Library of the YIVO Institute for 
Jewish Research : history and highlights, with text and captions provided by 
Lyudmila Sholokhova and Aviva Astrinsky (New York, 2012).

We could expand much more on how crucial and important Aviva's role has been in 
making Judaic resources available and accessible to the much wider world of 
scholarship, teaching and research.  We believe that celebrating her many 
achievements and contributions on the East Coast and especially her tenures at 
JTSA and YIVO at this year's AJL conference in New York City has special 
meaning and relevance. We hope that Aviva's family and her New York Judaica 
library colleagues and friends will have the opportunity to join us in honoring 
Aviva at the conference.


Nomination Statement sub

Re: [ha-Safran] Online Catalogs

[Anahé Morales]

Hello Ms. Stephanie

You could use open source library software like KOHA
https://koha-community.org/, you can find it online and customized as you
wish, if you are already using a library software you have to make sure
this software exports your database into excel lists so you can upload it
to Koha and put your catalog online.
Hope this helps.


Mgter. Anahé Morales Touron
Biblioteca Teofilo y Margot Hafeitz
INSTITUTO ALBERTO EINSTEIN
Telf.: 2702266 ext.: 180

2017-01-16 22:05 GMT-05:00 Stephanie Krasner :

> I have been trying to find a good low cost way to put my collection
> online. If anyone is using Librarything please send me your comments. Do
> you think an online catalog would increase library usage? Does anyone know
> how to export data from my current Surpass system to an online application?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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