Hi Rachel,
Two things that might work are a bingo game and a scavenger hunt.
With the bingo game, you can ask the students to find certain kinds
of books with certain information.
With the scavenger hunt, your clues would be directing them to the
books or items, so you could tell them to look
They're not yet available for purchase. But for preorder you can get
them at the shalom sesame site:
http://store.sesamestreet.org/Dept.aspx?cp=21415_21456_21463_40996
-- They also plan on releasing over 150+ clips for free on the web,
along with curricular materials -- and rumor has it
Dear list members
I would like to bring to your attention the following new publication:
Rifat N. Bali, L'Affaire Impôt Sur la Fortune (Varl k Vergisi), Libra
Kitap, Istanbul, 2010, 403 p., ISBN: 978-605-4326-31-0
US$ 30.00
http://www.librakitap.com.tr/content/view/320/219/
The book studies
Hi Everyone!
I uploaded a new learn Hebrew video to the Internet.
The topic of the new video is: Handheld Items.
The 28 words in the learn Hebrew video include:
binoculars, brush, calculator, camera, cellular phone, comb,
corkscrew, flashlight, hammer, hanger, key, key chain,
knitting needles,
Recently Madeleine Oakley asked for sample acquisition/collection
development policies for synagogue libraries. I directed her to the
AJL Wiki where there's some helpful information, but no sample
policies. It would be wonderful if, in addition to answering her
directly, folks would post their
I don't know if you have access to any library school in your area,
but here local libraries are taking advantage of the 'capstone
projects' or other class projects that the local library school
students need to perform during their studies. At least for the
research part - I think it could be
If you use ResourceMate please send me your contact information. I
would like to ask you some questions.
My library is a non-circulating Holocaust collection that will not
exceed 2000 items.
Thanks in advance,
Joan Gremont
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The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office
announced three new traveling exhibits focusing on Jewish artists who
have contributed to the culture of America and the world through
their lives and work. Public, academic and special libraries,
including museum libraries, and
The following announcement came to me by email and I thought the rest
of you might be interested Heidi Estrin
The ALA Public Programs Office is pleased to announce three new
traveling exhibits focusing on Jewish artists who have contributed to
the culture of America and the world through
Santa Rosa, CA
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about this, and I emailed him
Hello,
I am sending the information request below to HaSafran on behalf of
the Rabbi of our synagogue. If you can provide any assistance,
please reply directly to him.
Thank you.
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eBook Release: 36 Candles: Chassidic Tales for Chanukah
By Libi Astaire
Contact: Libi Astaire
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www.libiastaire.weebly.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Baal Shem Tov and Others Meet the eBook in
36 Candles: Chassidic Tales for Chanukah
Jerusalem, Israel (November
Thanks so much to my friends who responded to my request for SAT
practice programs. I'm posting their suggestions:
Joyce Levine's (North Shore) contribution was the free program My
College Quickstart. It's put out by the College Board and is accessed at
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Shalom Catalogers,
When transliterating Hebrew into Latin characters in OCLC, how do you
treat k. mo. ha-R.
Would you transliterate each character in
or would you
or how libraries are re-inventing themselves, as video game arcades...
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/11/11/5133357.htm
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Good people: I seek information and/or advice on the following: Have
any of you had experience with ethical and/or privacy issues
involving streaming video? Our rabbi and cantor would like to stream
live video of our Friday night services to our website. It is not a
secured site, so anyone can
Shalom Safranim,
The unique challenges of contemporary Israel are beautifully brought
to life in the thoughtful documentary HOTHOUSE - A FAMILY IN DISENGAGEMENT.
The disengagement of Israel from Gaza in 2005 is the background for
this poignant story of one women's determination in the face
The family of the late Prof. Mordechai Margalioth, scholar
of geonic and midrashic literature, would like to donate his
library to an institution of higher education in Israel.
The collection comprises about 1000 books, mostly in Hebrew,
from the 18th to the 20th cent.
Persons who could recommend
I just finished the second article on copyright and posted it to my
blog. http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-is-copyright-part-2.html
Daniel Stuhlman
Chicago, IL
ddstuhlman at earthlink.net
Blog: http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/ Latest entry Nov. 2
Podcast:
ANNOUNCEMENT
Please Post
THE MANFRED R. LEHMANN MEMORIAL MASTER WORKSHOP IN
THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH BOOK
The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, in
conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and the
Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at
Hello. You have already heard from me, as well as from others, about
opportunities for members to participate in AJL activities. I would
like to remind you of these opportunities, to emphasize their
importance and to encourage you to participate.
There is still time to submit a proposal to
Rachel,
In reply to your follow up question.
Here is a list of stories that are published in different
versions. Divide the students into 2 or 3 groups. Ask each to read a
version tell the story to the other groups and compare the versions.
I have not been working for almost two years so I
Author Rosally Saltsman requested that the following be posted on ha-Safran:
The tuition crisis facing our schools, the number of home
foreclosures in our communities and unrelenting unemployment all
underscore a challenge every Jewish educator must deal with today:
instilling in our children
Safranim,
In case you're interested, ALA is offering the following webinar
(free) about helping your patrons navigate government resources online.
Best,
Marie Cloutier
AJL Administrative Consultant
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