The post-convention press release that I posted to Hasafran the other day
is now also available on the AJL web page in RTF format, to make it easy
for you to download and edit. Go to the AJL web site and click on
Convention 2005, then click on press release.
Let us know if you get any nibbles
Heidi:This is a wonderful new begining for the new AJL Public Relations
Committee. Now that the template is up, the press release can be used
immediately after conventions and will be very timely. Thank you! Peggy
Pearlstein
Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the
Dear Safranim,
The thoughtful messages of Rose Myers and Eli Weiss, re the
unaffordibility of the annual AJL conventions to the majority
of our membership, raise an issue that has been debated several
times over the years.
The challenge has been discussed at many AJL general business meetings,
Dear safranim,
I came across the following paper at E-LIS (E-prints in Library and
Information Science, an open access archive for scientific or technical
documents, published or unpublished, on Librarianship, Information Science
and Technology, and related application disciplines):
Rochelle
I know that AJL has had these discussions many times over the years. I'm
not in a leadership position but have seen repeated discussion of convention
costs in Hasafran. Aviva's suggestions of varying the style and venue of
convention are good ones.
I would like to add a few comments to Rose,
Back when I presented my paper Beyond Maus : How to
Expand Your Collection of Holocaust Comics and Graphic
Novels at the AJL conference in Toronto, I wasn't
aware of scans of entire comic stories being made
available for free online. Unfortunately, only 2 of
the sites listed below are publisher
This excellent 4-page illustrated essay by author
Janet Berliner (The Madagascar Manifesto), which is
the introduction for Charnel Houses of Europe, may
be read for free online (Acrobat format) at
http://www.white-wolf.com/Download/Assets/Excerpts/theSHOAH.pdf
What is Charnel Houses of Europe you
When I contacted my local Jewish Journal about the post-convention press
release, they accepted it and asked for a list of summer reading books to
go along with the article. I sent them 10 titles for kids of various
ages. If you would like to copy my list, go ahead, or use it as a basis to
I've been reading with interest the discussion of the cost of the AJL
National Convention and comparing the cost with CAJE. In addition to going
to the AJL convention every year I go to CAJE every other year. Not
including airfare the price of CAJE for a commuter this year is over $600
and if
I am grateful that these sentiments are being expressed. I'm just starting
out my career in librarianship and have to pay for activities such as
conventions on my own. There are a variety of reasons why someone may not
have the funds to attend an AJL conference, and the proverbial ball field
Aviva, I think your suggestions concerning changing the venue for the
convention are wonderful! Meeting on a college campus - provided that
arrangements could be made for meals - would bring the convention to
locations which would otherwise be inaccessible to us all. The group is
not so
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