Fascinating idea. Can't help at the moment, but would love to know what's happening.
Judy Greenblatt > On Sep 3, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Annette Goldsmith <agoldsmith....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Lee, I agree that this is a great idea and I'd like to be kept in the loop, > please. I'm particularly interested in the sharing of Sephardic resources. > > Thanks! > > Annette > > -- > Annette Goldsmith, PhD > Los Angeles, CA > Lecturer, University of Washington Information School > Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel > > >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Lee Jaffe <leejaff...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've had very positive responses to my proposal that we explore creating a >> set of online resource guides (see below). I think there is enough interest >> and energy behind this idea to make it worth exploring further. After this >> note, I will move the discussion offline to those who have expressed >> interest in working on this, so let me know if you want to be part of this >> discussion going forward. >> >> I wanted to mention a couple of important points raised by those who have >> responded so far. >> >> One noted discussions already underway through AJL about the Jewish Digital >> Commons. I did a little poking around in Google and found some sites with >> similar names - one sponsored by the Center for Jewish History - but it >> wasn't clear to me how this would apply to the case I've raised. If you are >> one of those who is working on an AJL instance of the Jewish Digital >> Commons, I'd like to hear more about what this is and how this might be >> implemented. >> >> Another respondent mentioned a revamping of the AJL website and the >> possibility of supporting resource guides within that platform. Again, if >> you are one of those who is working on this project and could provide more >> information, esp. related to the possibility of supporting the proposed >> guides, I'd like to be in touch. >> >> Quite a few members gave a thumbs-up to LibGuides as a potential platform, >> working with it within their library systems. I used it when I worked at UC >> Santa Cruz and thought it would be a good platform for supporting this work. >> However, as far as I understand this, order for all of us - across a wide >> assortment of institutions - to collaborate on a set of guides, I think we'd >> need to be enrolled under the auspices of a single organization. I've >> started to explore that with SpringShare, the host of LibGuides. >> >> One person mentioned a blog as a potential platform. I'm blog-blind, so >> this was a useful reminder of other approaches. I don't know how a blog >> would support this sort of work - they seem episodic and not easily >> organized - but I'm willing to learn whether there is application. Perhaps >> we could use a blog as a means of communicating about new resources and >> organizational issues among those managing the guides. I'm happy to hear >> other ideas. >> >> As mentioned, if you have an interest in participating or being kept in the >> loop, please let me know. I don't want to burden the whole list with this >> discussion as it gets more detailed but I will post updates when I think >> they'd be of interest to the whole list. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Lee Jaffe >> Temple Beth El, Aptos >> >> >> >>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Lee Jaffe <leejaff...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I wanted to see if there was interest in this group in developing a shared >>> collection of online resources for Jewish research and reading. I know AJL >>> maintains the Bibliography Bank and some other sites, but none of these >>> meet the need I'd like to address. I'm thinking of subject guides to >>> online resources - primarily free and available to all users - that we all >>> could use to assist our communities. >>> >>> As an example, look at the guides I've started to create for my Temple >>> library at https://sites.google.com/site/tbeaptoslib/guides. >>> >>> In the midst of doing this work, it occurred to me that I was probably >>> reinventing the wheel and this would be done better through a cooperative >>> effort. My idea is to organize a series of generic subject guides that >>> would be relevant and useful to anyone anywhere. Instead of dozens of us >>> researching, building and maintaining our own guides, there'd be one >>> centralized set of guides we'd build and maintain collectively. >>> >>> I can think of a couple of ways to approach this. This could happen under >>> the auspices of AJL - and perhaps "branded" as an AJL resource - or >>> privately by a group interested individuals. From the technical side, it >>> could be as simple as setting up a generic website, with shared ownership >>> and permissions, that will allow us to create and edit the guides >>> collaboratively. A more sophisticated arrangement - such as LibGuides - >>> would let us share components within a customized framework. >>> >>> I'd be glad to discuss and explore this idea with AJL as a whole or >>> individually with anyone interested in taking this further, >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Lee Jaffe >>> Temple Beth El, Aptos >> >> >> __ >> 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu >> To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: >> https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu >> Ha-Safran Archives: >> Current: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> Earlier Listserver: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org >> -- >> Hasafran mailing list >> hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu >> https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > > __ > 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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