Hello all, At the midwinter meeting of 2011, a new AJL task force was formed to assess the possibilities for creating an education program for Judaica librarians (both SSC and RAS). We assessed the following:
1) Basic pre-requisite skills necessary for the field 2) Suggested curriculum for a program in Judaica Librarianship 3) Potential faculty 4) Potential schools through which we could give accredited courses 5) Costs We are now actively pursing potential courses (and faculty to teach them), as well as institutions through which we will be able to offer credits for these courses. We will be looking into online platforms for the courses, so that we can allow the most access to the people who need them. Our goal is to have the first course(s) ready for the 2014-15 school year. Another important aspect that we are trying to address is outreach and support to newcomers (and not-so-newcomers) to the field. Please feel free to be in touch with me with questions, suggestions, or other information. Thanks! Michelle Chesner RAS Secretary Chair, Library Education Committee, AJL --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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
