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Begin forwarded message: From: <i...@jewishlibraries.org<mailto:i...@jewishlibraries.org>> Date: August 29, 2014 at 11:43:48 AM CDT Subject: Library intern Reply-To: <ra...@bensalemoutreach.org<mailto:ra...@bensalemoutreach.org>> Bensalem Kollel, Synagogue, and Outreach Center 2446 Bristol Road Bensalem, P.A. 19020 Phone (215) 752-5032 * Fax (215)752-2340 www.bensalemoutreach.org<http://www.bensalemoutreach.org> b...@bensalemoutreach.org<mailto:b...@bensalemoutreach.org> ____________________________________________________________________________________________ August 29, 2014 To whom it may concern, My name is Moshe Travitsky, I have a small Congregation in Bensalem, Pa. We have over the last several years built a Synagogue, established a full time kollel where Talmudic law is studied, and have an active outreach program where many people are connected to their Jewish tradition. Starting from scratch, we have built up a library of a few thousand (English) books. Things were totally out of hand as far as having books borrowed and returned, with no good record of what was out. One lady in the community tried to make a system with cards that were in each book,... but it really did not work. This summer my mother put bar codes on most of our books. She lives in NY, but came here to volunteer for a while. At this point we are at an impasse as we try to get our library functioning again. The bar coding is still not finished for the hundreds of new books that were never entered, nor with old books as they come back. We also have not yet set up a system to actually start using the scanner that we have here. In addition my mother has told me that I must have a librarian come in once a week to simply keep the library in order. Of course, paying a librarian is something that I simply don't have funds for. I've been trying to get a local person to volunteer, but haven't succeeded yet. I know that in many fields schools encourage their students to spend some time interning, as that gives them experience. Someone suggested that I contact you, if you might be aware of or possibly be able to help me find an intern and at the same time help us get our library together? Thanks for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Rabbi Moshe Travitsky ra...@bensalemoutreach.org<mailto:ra...@bensalemoutreach.org> 267-228-8774 Submitted By: Name: Moshe Travitsky Email: ra...@bensalemoutreach.org<mailto:ra...@bensalemoutreach.org>
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