Yashar Books is a new small publisher whose mission is to disseminate ideas. In that spirit, we have decided to supplement -- and circumvent -- conventional marketing methods to give open access to Torah scholarship in new, exciting ways for librarians.
At the Open Access Project page: <http://www.yasharbooks.com/Open>, librarians can download free articles, essays, dissertations and, eventually, entire books online. They can also join a discussion forum and post their own reviews and critiques. The concept is to make quality source material available in a collaborative virtual study hall and stimulate a give and take of ideas. The Open Access Project is modeled after the community involvement in the Open Source software movement, which mobilized thousands of users of Mozilla Organization's Firefox Internet browser to spread the word. Yashar's Open Access calls on AJL librarians to join as "Idea Ambassadors" and spread the word about The Open Access Project to friends and colleagues. For more information contact: Yashar Books www.YasharBooks.com/Open 1548 E. 33rd St. Brooklyn, NY 11234 Phone: (800) 799-0815, (718) 951-1254 Fax: (718) 228-5150, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Order line: (800) 877-2693, ext. 2 -- Mordechai (Morty) Schiller, Marketing & Publicity, Yashar Books http://www.yasharbooks.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 1-718-435-5058 * Fax: 1-718-228-7828 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
