Happy retirement, Elliot! I'm glad to hear that you'll still be active in AJL and ALA.
Annette On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 2:25 PM Beth Snyder via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > At the end of this calendar year, Elliot H. Gertel will retire from his > endowed position as the Irving M. Hermelin Curator of Judaica, culminating > nearly 20 years of dedicated service to the University of Michigan > Library. Elliot has worked for the Library as the Curator of Judaica and > liaison to the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, initially > as part of the library’s Near East Division in the Area Programs unit and > later, on the International Studies team. > > During his time at the University of Michigan, Elliot has worked > tirelessly to build the Judaica collections and to support faculty, > student, community, and external user research. Since 2014, Elliot has > also served as curator of the Jewish Heritage Collection in the Special > Collections Research Center. Under his stewardship, the Judaica Collections > have grown to well over 150,000 titles, with strengths in Modern Hebrew > literature, Jewish history, history of Israel, Judaism, Hebrew Bible, > Holocaust studies, and Yiddish studies. Among Elliot’s noteworthy > additions to the collections are the extensive Alterman Collection of > Passover Haggadahs, a number of art books by or about the celebrated > Polish-born Jewish American artist Arthur Szyk, a collection of Sephardi > Biblical commentaries, and numerous rare and antiquarian volumes in Hebrew, > Yiddish, Ladino, and Western languages, along with art books and portfolios > and artifacts. > > Elliot’s curatorial expertise has been in evidence in many of the > exhibitions in the Library and those the Frankel Center has featured, > including recent exhibitions on Haggadahs and pushkes (charity boxes) in > the latter location. In 2017, in conjunction with the bicentennial > celebration of the University, he curated a major exhibition in the exhibit > space of the Special Collections Library entitled "Striving to Stimulate > Serious Thought: Jewish Scholarly and Cultural Life at Michigan Across Two > Centuries." > > Elliot has made lasting contributions to Jewish studies and the community > through research, presentations, and to the profession through multiple > roles in service to the Association of Jewish Libraries, the Jewish > information Committee of the ALA Ethnic and Multicultural Information > Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) of which he has been a longtime chair, and > the ALA RUSA Sophie Brody Medal Committee. He has served in numerous > capacities in AJL including as president of the Research Libraries, > Archives, and Special Collections (RAS) Division and for a number of years > as AJL's liaison to ALA. In 1994, he devised a series of joint AJL/ALA > programs, many of these--twelve so far at AJL and ALA conferences--which he > coordinated and chaired. > > Elliot’s passion for and expertise in Yiddish have enriched the University > of Michigan. He facilitates a weekly Yiddish conversational group and has > taught Yiddish at the University of Michigan, Florida Atlantic University, > and the University of Kentucky. Jeffrey Veidlinger, Director of the > Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, notes especially that “Elliot has also > been an important member of the Yiddish community here at Michigan, > contributing to our global reputation as a leading center of Yiddish > studies.” > > While he will be retiring from UM, Elliot plans to continue to be active > in AJL and ALA and attend their meetings and conferences. > > Elliot’s last day of work will be December 21st. Please join his > colleagues in wishing him a happy retirement. > > -- > > Beth Snyder > > Head, International Studies Technical Services > > Assistant Head, International Studies > > The University of Michigan Library > > > > __ > 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 > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > -- Annette Goldsmith, PhD Co-Editor (with Theo Heras & Susan Corapi), *Reading the World's Stories: An annotated bibliography of international youth literature* (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles, CA Currently reading: *Step up to the Plate, Maria Singh *by Uma Krishnaswami (Tu Books/Lee & Low Books, 2017) "A book is like a world you can carry around with you." Liniers, *Written and Drawn by Henrietta* (TOON Books, 2015)
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