Shari > What books in the areas of (1) Jewish history to the present, (2) Land > ofIsrael/Zionism, and (3) Holocaust studies are "must haves"...
Did anyone mention or do you already know about two AJL publications that might be what you're looking for? 1) Developing a Judaic Children's Collection: Recommended Books and Videos, by Linda Silver, november 2001. ISBN 0-929262-56-5 2) Creating a Collection: A Resourece Booklist for a Begining Judaic Library, 4th revised edition, compiled by Merrily F Hart (I love her name). ISBN 0-929262-56-5 Interesting how both of these have the same ISBN numbers; I've always wondered about that. I haven't lost much sleep over it granted, but it comes to mind from time to time We got these two publications in the An Introduction to Judaica Librarianship Session III: Collection Development at the AJL Denver Colorado Convention 2002. I have used these two publications to orient and re-orient my brain. They're great for me. They might be great for you. Having a Hot Hot summer Besos de Valencia Alba Toscano Sinagoga conservador/masorti "La Javura" Valencia (Spain) http://www.uscj.org/world/valencia Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org