[ha-Safran]: Social network venues for AJL

2008-06-03 Thread Lee Jaffe
I've become more interested in the past year or so in social networking tools online and have been trying to learn how to apply them to my work. In line with this (and perhaps indirectly in response to some of the discussion about what kind of group this mailing list represents), I wanted to

[ha-Safran]: Cataloging non-fiction for lower and upper

2008-06-03 Thread Anne Biermann
grades; Judaic fiction and other X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.30 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www .

[ha-Safran]: Preserving the American Historical Record Act

2008-06-03 Thread Joy Rich
The Society of American Archivists has issued an Action Alert about a bill entitled Preserving the American Historical Record Act. The bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 14th and has been referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Please

Re: [ha-Safran]: The Hasafran mailing list

2008-06-03 Thread Brenda Yi
I guess most people who want to comment on this topic have done so. I have read them all. Actually most of what I want to say has been said. But I still want to say something from a non-Jewish, Chinese librarian in a one-person Judaica Library from the other side of the world. I have joined

[ha-Safran]: Possible online resources

2008-06-03 Thread Halber, Michelle
I'm playing with the idea of adding online resources (especially subscription-based) to our website. Can anyone provide me with some ideas to research -- especially in the area of Jewish education? Something we could get a general license for and allow the general public to use. Also, if you

[ha-Safran]: New Books in Jewish Studies

2008-06-03 Thread Oren Mass
Rubin Mass Publishers Booksellers Dear Bookfriends, We are happy to offer you essential new books in Jewish Studies (in English) at a 40% discount: Study and Knowledge in Jewish Thought This volume consists of seventeen articles written by prominent Judaica scholars, presenting a

[ha-Safran]: Durban Diaries (free download)

2008-06-03 Thread David Elazar
Safranim shalom, For those interested in knowing what happened in Durban South Africa at the 2001 NGO Conference against racism this pamphlet might be of interest. Subject: anti-Semitism; anti-Zionism; anti-Israel

[ha-Safran]: re: New Title / Manushkin Berry

2008-06-03 Thread Chana Adar
re: A new title, Rosh Chodesh, Blintzes, Shavuoth, Butter/Maslyanitsa Yossi, I though this might be of some interest? Awhile ago I read of the new title (2008) How Mama Brought the Spring by Fran Manushkin and Holly Berry on the HaSafran list. Today, on the 1 st of Sivan, I am

[ha-Safran]: Pictures of the Jerusalem and New York Parades

2008-06-03 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! Today (June 3) I took pictures of the Regional Councils Salute to Jerusalem Parade. The 256 pictures were taken on Agron Street where the parade started. I posted the pictures at: http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/israel/jerusalem/2008/jer151.htm On Jerusalem Day (June 2) I took

Re: [ha-Safran]: cataloging non-fiction for lower and upper grades

2008-06-03 Thread Liz Edelglass
Our library is located in a JCC. Our picture book collection is entirely catalogued by Weine number, without separation of fiction from non-fiction. My experience is that teachers and parents come asking for picture books on Shabbat or Pesach, and I want the Sammy Spider and other fiction

Re: The Avi Chai Bookshelf Union Catalog

2008-06-03 Thread books2gogh
Kol Hakavod! This is a major breakthrough for Jewish librarians everywhere, who have to do original cataloging. May I suggest you offer a workshop and/or online PowerPoint on using the z39.50 capture tool. I think there are still many librarians out there who are not comfortable with