Oh, what an excellent choice! Kol ha-kavod, Zachary!! Annette
On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 8:19 PM Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Dear Friends and Colleagues, > > We have the distinct honor and pleasure of announcing that the 2020 > recipient of the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award is Zachary M. Baker. > > Zachary Baker provided over four decades of dedicated and scholarly > service to the field of Judaica librarianship and the Association of Jewish > Libraries beginning in 1976 at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in > New York City as a cataloger of Yiddish books until 1981 as well as a > genealogical reference librarian beginning around 1978. From 1981 to 1987, > he worked at the Montreal Jewish Public Library and was appointed as its head > of technical services circa 1983. From 1987-1999, Zachary returned to > YIVO as Head Librarian. Most recently, he served as Reinhard Family > Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections in the Stanford University > Libraries from 1999-2018, a position from which he retired in January > 2018. In addition, from 2010 until his retirement, he was the Stanford > Libraries’ Assistant University Librarian for Collection Development for > the Humanities and Social Sciences. He has published numerous articles > and bibliographies relating to Yiddish and other areas of Jewish studies. > > Zachary has been a very active member of AJL for as long as any of us can > remember--he attended his first AJL conference in 1976. Among his many > positions in AJL, he was president of the association from 1994-1996. He > was a leading member of the local AJL Annual Convention organizing > committee before, during, and following this event in 2005 when it took > place in Oakland, California. He was also a longtime contributing editor > and editor-in-chief of Judaica Librarianship. Zachary received an AJL > Judaica Reference honorable mention in 2018 for “Resources in Yiddish > Studies <https://ingeveb.org/tags/Resources%20in%20Yiddish%20Studies>” > published in: In Geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies. > > Zachary is not only the consummate Judaica librarian but a leading scholar > of all things Judaic and is especially well-versed in Yiddish studies. His > contributions to AJL and the field are so abundant, it would be difficult > to even begin to take stock of them. He presented numerous papers at AJL > Conferences over the years, virtually annually, before his retirement. > > On October 9. 2018, “Zachary M. Baker Presented with the Albert Nelson > Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who > <https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/457218/zachary-m-baker-presented-with-the-albert-nelson-marquis-lifetime-achievement-award-by-marquis-whos-who> > . He has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in the field of > library science.” *Mazel-tov, yasher-koyekh, kol ha-kavod, and > congratulations* to Zachary who is a most worthy recipient of the Fanny > Goldstein Merit Award. > > Jacqueline Ben-Efraim > Susan Dubin > Elana Gensler > Elliot H. Gertel, Chair > Daniel Scheide > 2020 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee > > ****************** ********* ****************** ********* > *The Fanny Goldstein Merit Award, named for the librarian, social > activist, and founder of National Jewish Book Month, is bestowed in > recognition of loyal and ongoing contributions to the Association of Jewish > Libraries and to the profession of Jewish librarianship.* > > *Born on May 15, 1895 [some sources say 1888], Fanny Goldstein devoted her > life to books and community. She was the first female Judaica librarian and > the first woman to direct a branch library in Massachusetts, where she was > head of Boston's West End Branch for many years. A prominent figure in the > Boston Jewish community, she is best known as the founder of Jewish Book > Week, which began when Goldstein organized a display of Jewish books at the > Boston Public Library in 1925.* > > ============================================= > Elliot H. Gertel אליהו־צבי גרטל / עלע־הערש גערטל > AJL-ALA Liaison > Chair, 2020 AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee > Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica > The University of Michigan > Ann Arbor, Michigan > eger...@umich.edu > __ > 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 Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles, CA Chair, Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) 2020 Translated YA Book Prize Committee Currently reading: *The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero* by Amalia Hoffman; illus. by Chiara Fedele (Capstone, 2019) "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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