Hear, hear!!! On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 9:36 AM Annette Goldsmith via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ingeveb.org_tags_Resources-2520in-2520Yiddish-2520Studies&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=5kkUoQrubt3AFpZu9FOFbwD5QOSLl4x2RoweuGch-Lo&m=oTrP_OtdtXeiRbK0y4Rj-5_OI74FfNmndjfgWA4cT4k&s=0OchZ3ifkG10ylNzAIJ6NforIDROcI_lR1aTvc4U5xw&e=> >> ” 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.24-2D7pressrelease.com_press-2Drelease_457218_zachary-2Dm-2Dbaker-2Dpresented-2Dwith-2Dthe-2Dalbert-2Dnelson-2Dmarquis-2Dlifetime-2Dachievement-2Daward-2Dby-2Dmarquis-2Dwhos-2Dwho&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=5kkUoQrubt3AFpZu9FOFbwD5QOSLl4x2RoweuGch-Lo&m=oTrP_OtdtXeiRbK0y4Rj-5_OI74FfNmndjfgWA4cT4k&s=HzrfQfiwCckepmBJGQ2l8x3BksWVOU38UCYtGefpujI&e=> >> . 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. 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