[ha-Safran] estimating value of a library for insurance

2013-08-22 Thread Goldman, Deborah Rood
We received an inquiry from a congregation that, for insurance purposes, is looking to estimate the value of their library-without cataloging every book and looking up their value. Does anyone have any suggestions? Deborah Rood Goldman Librarian Marketing and Communications Union for Reform

[ha-Safran] JEDLAB, a Jewish education forum on Facebook

2013-08-22 Thread Heidi Estrin
If you are a Facebook user and if you are involved in Jewish education, I urge you to check out JEDLAB, a network of Jewish education people passionate about redesigning the Jewish ed ecosystem. It's an open group on Facebook that anyone can join. I think it would be wonderful to have AJL

Re: [ha-Safran] estimating value of a library for insurance

2013-08-22 Thread Ted Koppel
I’m familiar with various book price indexes – here’s an example of one from baker and taylor. http://www.ybp.com/title_reports.html However, you have to factor in several things: 1) the Baker and Taylor one shown is primarily for scholarly/academic level books and NOT childrens or fiction or

[ha-Safran] joint program with ALA?

2013-08-22 Thread Stanley Nachamie
I saw this in email from ALA: 2014 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26–July 1. How are things going with the possibility of a joint session of AJL and ALA? Best wishes to everybody for a good new year. -Stanley Nachamie__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the

[ha-Safran] FW: Talmud Bavli

2013-08-22 Thread Etta Gold
Does anyone have a complete Talmud Bavli for a reasonable price? Please see the request below from Rabbi Judith Siegal ~ [Description: Description: Description: TBA_logo_BLK] Etta Gold Library Director The Richard and Janet Yulman Campus 5950 N. Kendall Drive, Pinecrest, FL 33156