Interesting. I’m sending this off to my Rabbi. He s young and game for
challenges and change. Our synagogue’ s library has become a dumping ground. We
never had a librarian , nor any library programs. I always say , as Jews , we
are people of the book twice blessed. Let’s showcase our
Toby,
So beautifully put especially your point about having the clergy and staff
promote the library.
I feel fortunate to still have a job even though it's only 6 hours a week,
have had the same salary for 10 years ( it's sort of a trade-off for flexible
vacation time), the same budget of
Circulation numbers are quite fungible, as we all know. A significant
amount of current circ in public libraries is now online. So the numbers
there are up, but the physical objects aren't there.
This leads to the broader topic of digitization. We've been dealing with it
for the past 40 years
I have worked at two Reform synagogue libraries in Seattle. The first cut
back librarian hours to the point of ridiculousness back in 2017 and still
has no librarian. The other had me remove 1/3 of their collection to change
the library to a multi-use room. All both needed, in my opinion, was more
Dan Cohen, Vice Provost for Information Collaboration, Dean of the Libraries,
at Northeastern University, who was the keynote speaker at the AJL Conference
in Boston in 2018, wrote an article in the Atlantic in 2019 that got a lot of
attention, "The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into
Except wisdom.
The demand for books is diminished. "everything is online. " On 07/12/2023 10:
40 AM EDT Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran wrote:
AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is
extremely
The demand for books is diminished. "everything is
The demand for books is diminished. "everything is online."
> On 07/12/2023 10:40 AM EDT Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran
> wrote:
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> AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is
> extremely difficult. Amalia W. Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2023, at 8: 01
Michelle,
I don't know the ReSourceMate catalog program. Is there a way you can remove
the catalog records of the books you are not keeping in a batch process, and
not have to do so one by one? Are there barcodes on the books that you can scan
into a file and then upload them to the library
If our library is any indication, lack of use would be the main reason.
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 8:03 AM Andrea Rapp via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for
> synagogue libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by
I've been lucky; though my budget is miniscule compared to some, I've worked to
get the library integrated into the religious school curriculum and it gets
great traffic during the school year. And because we are a small shul in a
small community, the library is considered a major asset, an
AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is extremely difficult. Amalia W. Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2023, at 8: 01 AM, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran wrote: Any theories on why
AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but,
Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue
libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it also.
Andrea
> On Jul 11, 2023, at 10:07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran
> wrote:
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> This is happening to my temple library too. We have
This is happening to my temple library too. We have sold our current building
and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library
filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the
time of the sale. The books are all packed in boxes and
Forgive me for my humor --- I think you should ask that your salary be
doubled for all the pain and *tsorot* of decision making.
I purged many of the books from the Temple Sholom collection and replaced
them with electronic books. We now have more than free 405 e-books. This
Michelle,
This is so upsetting. It happens to many librarians, but, it doesn’t solve the
problem.
I’ll be surprised if anyone has a simple solution.
Amalia W
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 11, 2023, at 3:00 PM, Michelle Sandler via Hasafran
> wrote:
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> Dear Judaica Librarians:
>
> My
Dear Judaica Librarians:
My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.
They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge. The Youth Lounge is being
turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as
the Preschool has a waiting list.
The 1,100
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