[ha-Safran]: Quote for the Library

2011-02-14 Thread Fred Lerner
Louise Leonard wrote: I'm looking for a quote (In Hebrew and English) to post on a large upper wall in my library. Any suggestions? Here's one I'm fond of: My pen is my lyre and my harp; my library is my garden and my orchard. It's by the medieval poet Judah Halevy. Fred Lerner

RE: [ha-Safran]: Old Encyclopedia Judaica and Jewish Encyclopedias

2011-01-13 Thread Fred Lerner
Does the 1902 edition of the Jewish Encyclopedia have any value for genealogical research? In the past I have found that old atlases and similar works are helpful to people who know the names of places in their ancestors' time but not their present names. Fred Lerner --- Messages

Re: [ha-Safran]: Future of AJL Newsletter and e-books

2010-10-05 Thread Fred Lerner
community has already anticipated this problem and begun to deal with it; but if that's not the case, isn't it time to start thinking about this? Fred Lerner --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association

[ha-Safran]: New edition of The Story of Libraries

2010-02-02 Thread Fred Lerner
OF WRITING TO THE COMPUTER AGE. The ISBN is 9780826429902 and the list price is $27.95. Some excerpts from their press release: In this fully updated edition, Fred Lerner continues to explore the ways in which men and women collect and organize the records of human experience. Updated to include our

[ha-Safran]: Life in Constantinople

2009-11-09 Thread Fred Lerner
A friend asks, I'm looking for a book or books that describe what life was like in Constantinople in the decades after the expulsion from Spain, when Jews poured into the city and were welcomed by the reigning Ottomans. Any suggestions? Fred Lerner Koreman Library Roth Center for Jewish Life

[ha-Safran]: NoveList coverage of Jewish fiction

2009-05-10 Thread Fred Lerner
. (Please do so before noon on Friday, as I'll be away from this computer for a couple of weeks after that.) This seems to me a good response, one that should help to solve some of the problems that Safranim have noted about NoveList's coverage of Jewish books. Fred Lerner, D.L.S. Hon. Librarian

[ha-Safran]: NoveList coverage of Jewish fiction

2009-05-10 Thread Fred Lerner
. This seems to me a good response, one that should help to solve some of the problems that Safranim have noted about NoveList's coverage of Jewish books. Fred Lerner, D.L.S. Hon. Librarian, Koreman Library Roth Center for Jewish Life Hanover, New Hampshire fred.ler...@dartmouth.edu --- Messages

[ha-Safran]: Subject Headings

2004-11-01 Thread Fred Lerner
AJL. I expect to use it as a guide to modifying the LC headings that are included in the cataloging recoreds I've downloaded from LC and other libraries. Many thanks to my fellow Safranim for their advice. Fred Lerner 81 Worcester Avenue White River Junction, Vermont 05001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] home

[ha-Safran]: An Eyewitness Account of World War II in Occupied

2004-07-28 Thread Fred Lerner
and a neighbor of author Betty Lauer, I thought that my fellow Safranim might be interested to learn of her newly-published memoir. Fred Lerner FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MORE INFORMATION: July 28, 2004 Marisa Kraus Hanover, NH USA 603-643-6431 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [ha-Safran]: Elazar vs LC

2004-07-22 Thread Fred Lerner
practical approach. In most other situations, it would probably be preferable to use Elazar. Fred Lerner Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL

Re: [Ha-Safran] Working in Public Libraries

2003-10-21 Thread Fred Lerner
Jewish staff on Sundays. Fred Lerner == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions

Re: [ha-Safran]: Short stories

2003-07-28 Thread Fred Lerner
slight Jewish element to the story, but not enough to justify regarding it as a Jewish story.) The story is Rosetta Stone. It appeared in the Spring 2000 issue of Artemis magazine, and in Year's Best SF 5 (ed. David G. Hartwell; New York: EOS, 2000; ISBN 0-06-102054-0). Fred Lerner 81 Worcester