I didn't speak out when the Atlanta Jewish Community, now the 10th largest Jewish community, closed its community library (part of Center for Jewish Education and Experiences) last year. Now Yeshiva Atlanta decided to downsize their professional librarian position and after 9 years there I have moved on to teach computer classes at another local Jewish high school.
At the least, members of HaSafran and especially AJL leadership should contact the Whippany community Federation to protest the closure of the library and try to educate the "powers that be", a.k.a. as the Allocation committee, about the importance of a Jewish library and one staffed by a professional. How many times have you heard a school official tell a visiting family, "And here is our library. It is the heart of the school?" However, when it comes to funding the facility and the professional, there's no money in the budget. I do not plan to go back to Jewish librarianship. Evi Reznick Atlanta, GA <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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
