Re: [ha-Safran]: Molly and the Sabbath Queen

2007-06-22 Thread Susan Dubin
Molly and the Sabbath Queen was my favorite book as a child. I recently gave my much-loved copy to my granddaughter. That book is one of the reasons I became a Judaic librarian. Susan Dubin Off-the-Shelf Library Services

[ha-Safran]: Scottsdale- Thank you!

2007-06-22 Thread Miller, Philip
My warmest congratulations and thanks to one and all who put together such a wonderful (and for me especially, a most memorable) convention! For those who heard the Feinstein Lecture I presented Monday afternoon, let me say that I had a most interesting reference experience with an agent of the

[ha-Safran]: Congratulations on a great convention

2007-06-22 Thread shoshanah (rose) seidman
To all the organizers and presenters: Thank you for a great convention. I think everything was very good - the sessions, the atmosphere, the food and the hotel. To all the participants - Thank you for making AJL conventions so informative, friendly and pleasant. I enjoyed myself and realized

RE: [ha-Safran]: Blogs

2007-06-22 Thread Ulric, Karen
Convention Blog comments do not require logging in - Name and web page are optional fields. If you do not have a Blogger account, just choose Other if you wish to leave your name, or Anonymous if you don't. Comments WILL NOT show up immediately because Sherry set the comments to moderated to

[ha-Safran]: 2007 Convention Photos

2007-06-22 Thread Ulric, Karen
Safranim - Thanks for a wonderful convention. It was a joy and a pleasure to see so many of you, the sessions were great, and I learned so much as always. I am collecting Convention photos to post for our enjoyment. So a couple of requests. I have created a Flickr Group called Association of

Re: [ha-Safran]: Molly and the Sabbath Queen

2007-06-22 Thread Kathe Pinchuck
Behrman House holds the rights to this book. Is it already on the Reprint Wish List, or should it be? KSP Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran]: Convention blog 2007

2007-06-22 Thread Bill Merrily Hart
Colleagues, I hated to miss convention but a bat mitzvah in the family took precendence. So I checked the blog in the morning and in the evening and listened to the podcast daily. Sheryl, Heidi et. al. did a wonderful job of summarizing sessions, describing author events and conveying the flavor

[ha-Safran]: AJL Convention 2007

2007-06-22 Thread Wolfson, Laurel
Congratulations to everyone who worked together to make this a terrific convention! From personal experience and the comments, everything from programming to meals to rooms (well OK, we could have used a little less heat) was superb. Looking forward to next year in Cleveland. Laurel Laurel S.

A Reference Desk Experience in Phoenix International Airport

2007-06-22 Thread Miller, Philip
This is a copy of my most recent posting to the HUC Librarians' Blog, Needle in the Bookstacks... A Reference Desk Experience in Phoenix International Airport The subject of the Eleventh Rosalind and Meyer Feinstein Lecture I delivered on June 18, 2007 at the Forty-Second Convention of the

[ha-Safran]: Convention minyanim

2007-06-22 Thread Daniel A. Scheide
First, I'd like to thank everyone involved in putting together this year's convention. It was a tremendous amount of work and a great success. There was one small matter that I think could be improved upon in future conventions and I wanted to get some feedback from everyone else while the