[ha-Safran] Reminder: April 27 event: "Distant Reading in the Hebrew Novel"

Please join us on Thursday, April 27, at 12:00 pm EST / 6 pm CET / 7 pm time in Israel for our next DH Clinic event. Dr. Yael Dekel, Research Fellow in the Literary Lab at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, will present on "The Hebrew Novel Project." *“Roman Mafte’ach**: Distant Reading in the

[ha-Safran] April 27 DH Clinic: The Hebrew Novel Project: Problems and Methods

Please join us on Thursday, April 27, at 12:00 pm EST / 6 pm CET / 7 pm time in Israel for our next DH Clinic event. Dr. Yael Dekel, research fellow in the Literary Lab at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, will present on "The Hebrew Novel Project." *“Roman Mafte’ach**: Distant Reading in the

[ha-Safran] AJL Members abroad

Thanks, Jean-Claude, for starting this conversation! We're planning several networking events specifically for international members. We've already had a mapathon in February and a showcase for Serbian collections this past week, and we're open to ideas for events you'd like to see, so please feel

[ha-Safran] This Thursday: Serbian Jewish collections showcase event (March 23)

AJL is delighted to host an event showcasing Jewish collections from Serbian libraries, archives, and museums this Thursday, March 23 ( 9:00 am PT / noon ET / 6:00 pm CET / 7:00 pm Israel Time). Please join us to meet our Serbian colleagues and hear them discuss their collections and programs!

[ha-Safran] March 23 Event: Serbian Jewish Collections Showcase

AJL is delighted to host an event showcasing Jewish collections from Serbian libraries, archives, and museums on Thursday, March 23 ( 9:00 am PT / noon ET / 6:00 pm CET / 7:00 pm Israel Time). Please join us to meet our Serbian colleagues and hear them discuss their collections and programs!

[ha-Safran] Feb 5 event: Put Your Collection on the Map!

Please join us on Sunday, February 5, 2023, for an international mapathon event! Time: 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET / 4:00 pm GMT / 6:00 pm Israel AJL’s Jewish Collection Directory

[ha-Safran] Reminder: DH Clinic event, April 28

Please join us this Thursday, April 28, at 9:30 am PT/12:30 pm ET/7:30 pm Israel time for *DH Clinic #5—**Creating New Resources for the Jewish History of the Tower of London* We will host Rory MacLellan (Historic Royal Palaces), who will discuss his work on the Tower’s medieval Jewish history,

[ha-Safran] Reminder: "A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture" Roundtable with Dr. Jason Lustig

Please join us for the upcoming AJL Roundtable: *"A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture"* Thursday, March 24, 2022 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET / 6:30PM Israel Time Dr. Jason Lustig, Lecturer and Israel Institute Teaching Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin’s

[ha-Safran] March RAS events

Dear all, March is here and AJL has put together a series of great events (check your emails for your AJL Invite!). Among others, I'd like to point you to two exciting events organized by the RAS Division: *Thursday, March 3, 2022, 4:00 pm PT/7:00 pm EST: AJL Presents: Celebrating Women’s

[ha-Safran] Reminder: Feb 16 event, "Big Data Tools in Jewish Texts Analysis"

Please join us this Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 12:30 pm EST/7:30 pm Israel time for our DH Clinic #4 event: *Implementation of Big Data Tools in Jewish Texts Analysis* *Dr. Isaac Hershkowitz & Dr. Leore Sachs Shmueli, Jewish Philosophy Department, Bar Ilan University will present on* new

[ha-Safran] Reminder: January 12, AJL Presents: You Don’t Have To Speak Yiddish To …

You still have time to register for our upcoming event this Wednesday, January 12, at 7 pm ET! *AJL Presents: You Don’t Have To Speak Yiddish To …* Join Chana Pollack, archivist of the *Forward*, as we unfurl the latest adventure in seeking relatives who appeared in the paper, most notably,

[ha-Safran] Upcoming RAS events (January-March)

Dear all, As we start 2022, I'd like to bring to your attention the exciting line-up of events that the RAS Division has put together, alongside all the other great AJL events. In January, we are hosting the *Forward's* archivist Chana Pollack who will discuss the historic newspaper's archives

[ha-Safran] Roundtable: Archival Collections Showcase (December 9)

Please join us for *RAS Roundtable: Archival Collections Showcase*Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET / 7:30PM Israel Time Come listen to ‘pecha-kucha’ presentations and talk with the archivists! Learn about Upper Midwest Jewish Archives; Dallas' history through the Temple

[ha-Safran] RAS Roundtable: Digital Humanities Clinic #3 (this Thursday)

Please join us for the *RAS Roundtable: Digital Humanities Clinic #3*, this Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET / 7:30PM Israel. During this workshop, AJL’s Michelle Margolis Chesner will discuss the project “Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place,” a database to track

[ha-Safran] Reminder: Russian-speaking librarian's roundtable (November 3)

Please join us for this upcoming roundtable on Wednesday, November 3, at 10 am PT; 1 pm ET; 7 pm in Israel; 8 pm in Moscow. *The event is open to AJL members and non-members*. Following the German-speaking librarians' roundtable this past May, AJL is pleased to offer a roundtable for

[ha-Safran] RAS events in November and December

Dear listserv members, I'd like to point you to upcoming RAS events by the end of the year. Please register to attend and we hope to see as many of you there. To register, please visit the AJL Events Calendar

[ha-Safran] Proposals for Archives Month event due this Monday, October 18

Don't forget to send us your short proposal by 5 pm EST, this Monday, October 18! To celebrate Archives Month in October, we are planning a "pecha kucha" event on Thursday, October 28, 12:30 pm EST and are calling all our members who hold, curate, or process archival collections to sign up! You

[ha-Safran] Call for submissions for event to celebrate American Archives Month (October 28)

Dear AJL members, To celebrate American Archives Month in October , we are planning a "pecha

[ha-Safran] RAS Roundtable: Bias in Cataloging (Monday, September 13)

Please join us *this Monday*, September 13, 2021, for the roundtable *Bias in Cataloging*Time: 9:30 am PT / 12:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm Israel Time Through a series of questions, this roundtable will discuss various aspects of bias and how it relates to cataloging. This event is sponsored by

[ha-Safran] Today: AJL Presents, Map-a-thon event

*AJL Presents: Map-a-thon* Thursday, July 22, 2021 9:30 am PT / 12:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm Israel Time Join us TODAY for this community workshop for crowdsourcing the AJL map-based directory of institutions with Jewish collections. The AJL Directory committee has presented the first visualization of

[ha-Safran] AJL Presents: Map-a-thon - crowdsourcing event (July 22)

*AJL Presents: Map-a-thon* Thursday, July 22, 2021 9:30 am PT / 12:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm Israel Time Join us for this community workshop for crowdsourcing the AJL map-based directory of institutions with Jewish collections. The AJL Directory committee has presented the first visualization of the

[ha-Safran] Wikidata Beginners' Workshop (Wednesday, May 26)

Please join us next Wednesday, May 26, between 12:30-2:00 pm EST (9:30-11:00 AM PT or 7:30-9:00 pm in Israel) for the *Wikidata Beginners' Workshop.* The workshop will be led by Neil Manel Frau-Cortes, chair of the AJL Cataloging Committee and Assistant Head, Cataloging and Metadata Services at

[ha-Safran] May 13 roundtable: "Digitization basics for small synagogue and community archives"

Please join us on *Thursday, May 13, 2021, 12:30 pm EST/5:30 pm London/7:30 pm Israel*, for the roundtable: *Digitization basics for small synagogue and community archives* Moderator:* Amalia S. Levi, RAS Division President* Would you like to digitize your collections to provide online access,

[ha-Safran] Upcoming DH Clinic #2: "Visualizing Networks in Archival Documents" (April 28)

Please join us next week for the second in our DH Clinic series with the title: *Holocaust Studies and Digital Humanities: Visualizing Networks in Archival Documents* Wednesday, April 28, 2021 9:30PM PT / 12:30PM ET / 7:30PM Israel Time *Presenting: Dr. Abby Gondek, Morgenthau

[ha-Safran] Holocaust-related micro-archives

The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure has issued a call inviting smaller organizations or private initiatives to

[ha-Safran] April 12, AJL Presents 'Books about Books': Joshua Teplitsky, "Prince of the Press"

Dear list members, Please join us for the upcoming event in the series "AJL Presents: Books about Books" to hear Dr. Joshua Teplitsky discuss his book Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History's Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library

[ha-Safran] Today: Demystifying cataloguing roundtable

Dear list members, Join us today at 12:30 pm EDT for Cataloguing de-mystified, a joint AJL-AJS members-only roundtable. *Please note the daylight saving time in the US. The event will take place 16:30 pm UK time and 18:30 pm in Israel.* Our very own Haim Gottschalk, Jasmin Shinohara and Neil

[ha-Safran] March 10 roundtable, and upcoming RAS events

Dear list members, Please join us on March 10 at 7:00 pm EST for the RAS and SSCPL joint roundtable: *Preparing high school students for college* Moderating: Sarah Feldman and Tina Weiss In this joint RAS and SSCPL roundtable, academic librarians will share and advise about 1) what skills

[ha-Safran] Reminder: RAS roundtable: DH Clinic (Thurs 1/28)

Join us for the first "AJL Digital Humanities Clinic" that will take place this Thursday, January 28, 2021, at 9:30 am PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 GMT / 19:30 Israel time. Do you want to learn more about applying digital tools in Jewish Studies scholarship? Do you want to start your own DH project or

[ha-Safran] AJL PRESENTS "Books About Books" series: Sefer Tagin Fragments from the Cairo Genizah

Don't forget to sign up for the upcoming lecture about the new book *Sefer Tagin* Fragments from the Cairo *Genizah* , during which Torah scribe Marc

[ha-Safran] November 4 RAS roundtable: Funding Challenges

Please join us tomorrow (November 4) for this month's RAS roundtable. *Topic: Funding Challenges* *Time: 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET / 7:30pm Israel Time* Libraries and archives face increased challenges not only due to budgetary cuts, but also because COVID has meant loss of income, user

[ha-Safran] Reminder: RAS Roundtable on Digital Resources (Tuesday, October 6)

Thanks to all those who have already registered for tomorrow's members-only roundtable. You still have time to register to join the discussion tomorrow, Tuesday, October 6. Times: 9:30 am PST; 12:30 pm EST; 5:30 pm BST; 7:30 pm Israel. The roundtable will be moderated by Haim Gottschalk (Library

[ha-Safran] RAS roundtable tomorrow: "International Collection Development"

Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, September 9, for this month's RAS roundtable. To accommodate our international members, the roundtable takes place at 12:30 pm EST. The topic will be international collection development. Restrictions and difficulties of collecting from international locations,

[ha-Safran] Archivists at local Jewish historical societies

Hi Racheli, This email raises an important point: engaging archivists from small(er), local Jewish historical societies. It's a great topic, and I'd like to remind AJL members that the December RAS roundtable (scheduled for December 2, 7:30 pm) is dedicated to the topic of "Archival Material in

[ha-Safran] Statement on Equity and Access in Higher Education and Academic Libraries Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.

AJL has joined several area studies associations in support of a common statement on Equity and Access in Higher Education and Academic Libraries Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic . It aims to draw attention to issues of access and equity for research in fields

[ha-Safran] Congratulations to everyone involved in the AJL conference

I would like to add my gratitude and congratulations to all those who worked tirelessly to make the AJL 2020 a success: the conference organizing and program committees, the AV club, the AJL leadership, our sponsors, and of course all the presenters who shared their work. It was great to see that

[ha-Safran] Resources shared during the AJL Archives Roundtable

Thank you to those that participated during the Archives roundtable on April 23. Here is a google doc with resources about caring for staff and collections during epidemics, documenting community perceptions and experiences in such situations, bibliographies and guides, and tools for engaging our

[ha-Safran] Suggestions for the Reference and Bibliography awards

Dear AJL members and friends, The AJL Reference and Bibliography awards committee is in the process of finalizing the list of candidate works for the 2020 awards. The committee considers works published in 2019. We welcome suggestions by AJL members for further works that you would like us to

[ha-Safran] Thank you, LA team!

Dear Jackie and Lisa, I would also like to add my thanks to those who congratulated you on the fabulous job you did organizing the conference. Great program, lots of interesting presentations to choose from, and awesome keynotes. Many thanks also to all the wonderful volunteers, as well as to all

[ha-Safran] Announcing AJL's Spanish page

Dear all, Thanks to Rita Saccal's gracious assistance, and Sheryl's efforts, AJL has now a Spanish page under the "About" section. The page is meant to give Spanish-speaking colleagues an overview of AJL's mission and activities, and right now is static.

[ha-Safran] Brenda S. Banks Travel Award of the Society of American Archivists (SAA)

Dear HaSafran listmembers, Please see below an invitation for a travel award to attend the SAA conference. *From:* Vargas-Betancourt,Margarita *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2019 8:51 AM *To:* 'i...@jewishlibraries.org' *Subject:* Brenda S. Banks Travel Award of the Society of American

[ha-Safran] AJL Reference and Bibliography Awards Committee updates

Dear Hasafran list members, We will be finalizing our list of candidate works for the award by the end of December. If you would like to see the works we have included in our list currently, please see the link below. The link is open for edits, so you can add other works for consideration:

[ha-Safran] Suggestions for AJL's Reference and Bibliography awards

Dear Hasafran list members, Do you know of an outstanding Judaica reference and bibliography work (or works)? AJL's Reference and Bibliography Awards Committee is welcoming suggestions for candidate works published in 2018. Please send your suggestions to amalia[at]gmail.com or any of the other