Dear Cheryl, In the course of planning the convention we have worked with Nextbook and have been very pleased with our relationship with the organization. They have donated their bookmarks, reading lists and booklets for our Registration bags. Nextbook will also present at Yerid HaSafran, the poster session.
Julie Sandorf , the director, explained to me that Nextbook's mission is to reach people who would not usually come across Jewish literature and books and to make sure books of Jewish interest are in every locale possible. It's an outreach organization and fairly innovative. It also doesn't duplicate the efforts of organizations such as AJL and the Jewish Book Council whose work is directed more closely to Jewish readers and scholars. In the course of my conversations with Julie I also pointed out that AJL should be one of their main sources of expertise. I gave her Linda Silver's name and address as a resource in Jewish children's literature who should be contacted when they begin their work on placing Jewish children's books. Rather than being a source of grants for us, the relationship we are more likely to have with Nextbook is a partnership of expertise. Of course, that is frustrating because it seems the AJL is always giving its expertise most generously without an equitable return. However, we do the satisfaction of fulfiling our mission statement's goals, while remaining poor! Liza Stabler Elizabeth F. Stabler, Librarian Congregation Emanu-El 1 East 65th Street New York, NY 10021 212 744-1400 Fax: 212 570 0826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you Yahoo!? <http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/hotjobs/hotjobs_mail_signature_footer_textlink/evt=23983/*http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover>Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
