Patricia,
The bottom line question is this: do you want your books to be used?
Or do you want them in some locked up collection, protected from all
but the most persistent user? Are you a library or a museum?
Unless there is some intrinsic value to that signed items ( and from
what you
All,
I think it is timely that this issue arises - it shows up like
clockwork about once a year and it's good to discuss it gain.
A couple of observations:
1) Librarians talking to librarians is not likely to produce
sustainable funding for synagogue libraries
2) Librarians talking to
Keep speaking, a film is good, spread the word, etc. but from my
perspective nothing beats just being out there (if you've got the
personality for it, to push the Library agenda) it means networking
and collaborating and building relationships with many other
institutions so they notice when
Hebrew Fiction
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We, AJL, should consider working with a strategic thinker/planner on
Jewish communal organizations, to develop a plan for positioning.
I think there is much to learn from nextbook, jewish book council,
let's speak with the christian org. and the catholic libraries, and others.
Abigail Yasgur
At 10:48 PM 11/11/2007, you wrote:
A patron brought in a beautiful 1902 prayer book with a
mother-of-pearl cover in need of repair as a few pages are loose. I
would be most appreciative it if you could give me names of reliable
and reasonable antique book restorers. He is in California, but could
They may not be rare now, but what will be their status in fifty
years? It's always a balancing act for libraries comparing the needs
of today versus the needs of tomorrow. My inclination would be to put
these in Special Collections and to buy additional copies for the
circulating shelves.
Cherille, I would appreciate it if you would post to ha-Safran a list
of the publishers
you hear about.
Joy Rich
Brooklyn, NY
Editor, Dorot: The Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Society (New York)
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Aloha, AJLers,
I've been informed that many of the links to member catalogs (on the
AJL website at
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/resources/catlinks.htm) are
broken. Please check your library link and if it's broken, notify me
of the correct URL so I can fix it.
Thanks.
Nancy Sack
Hi,
A teacher asked me about a self-study curriculum to be implemented in
a wide range of Jewish schools throughout the Chicago area. The range
includes Orthodox schools through Reform schools, along with Hebrew
schools (children who have a limited Jewish background).
He wanted the program to
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