Perhaps the question is what does the membership of synagogues want in the way
of staff with the money they are willing to give?
Cantor
Choir Director
Librarian
Maintenance Workers
Office Staff
Program Director
Rabbi
Religious School Director
If members don't want to spend money on a librarian, they don't perceive it to
be important. How can one change the attitude?
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: Amalia Warshenbrot
To: Emily Bergman
Cc: Jay Jarvis, Beth El Media Center ; hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
; Heidi Estrin
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] synagogue library budget question
So here is the question. If the synagogue will not find a professional
knowledgeable volunteers will they hire a librarian ?
Are the volunteers taking jobs away from skilled knowledgeable people ?
Amalia
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 11, 2013, at 12:31 AM, Emily Bergman <emilyanneberg...@gmail.com>
wrote:
We also have no budget and are staffed by volunteers, including a librarian
(me). I do get donations, which is all the funding I have. I am on an ALA
book award committee, so in exchange for reading about 60 books a year for this
committee, I get about 150 books for the temple library. It's very time
consuming work in exchange for a good adult book collection.
On the other hand, your salary is simply too little; that's less than I've
paid college students to work in the library when I've had them. What are
teachers paid? You should make at least as much as a teacher. I am willing to
do this for free as my donation to the temple, but I have a good-paying
academic library job. If this is your professional work, you need to be paid
accordingly.
Emily Bergman
Library Committee Chair
Temple Sinai
Glendale, CA
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Jay Jarvis, Beth El Media Center
<libr...@bethelhebrew.org> wrote:
We are trying to get enough funds, and then approval for our first part
time library staff person. All of our funds are from donations with nothing
coming from the general fund. We have 10 library volunteers including our
librarian. I think the hard thing for all of us to take, is that Libraries are
just not considered that important any more. At Beth El we are working on
programming to increase use of our very good Media Center (library), as we feel
this will get us the support we need and deserve.
We have about 600 members, not that far off from 500. Frankly, I am
envious that Lynn has a temple budget for a library staff person.
Jay
E.J.Jarvis II, cochair
Library/ Lifelong Learning Center Committee
Beth El Hebrew Congregation
3830 Seminary Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
libr...@bethelhebrew.org
www.bethelhewbrew.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Heidi Estrin
To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 10:02 AM
Subject: [ha-Safran] synagogue library budget question
I am posting this question on behalf of Lynn Waghalter, librarian at
Congregation Agudas Achim in San Antonio, TX. She would like to know what is an
average synagogue library budget, for materials and for librarian salary.
Please respond to the list with any info about the size and budget of your own
synagogue library so Lynn can get an idea of what’s “normal.” Her original
message to me is below. Thanks! Heidi Estrin, AJL President
“Hi, I am an AJL member. I am a synagogue librarian—I service the
religious school, a pre-school, as well as the synagogue membership. We have a
BEAUTIFUL library. The synagogue I work in has approx. 500 member families. My
problem is that the synagogue board only has dollar signs in their eyes. They
want the library budget to be $2,500 per year! My salary is $10.40 per hour. I
work 3 days a week there. I would like to know what is the average synagogue
library budget for other synagogues of comparable size? Can you help me? Thank
you, Lynn Waghalter”
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