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AJL Classroom: Introduction to Library Management April 16, 20, 23 3:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm ET Does your library have a collection development plan? Do you know how to create a library procedure manual? How to assign work for volunteers? Through discussions, examples from instructors' libraries, and homework, this highly interactive class will delve into these topics and more, allowing you to create plans and policies that will help you manage your library’s day-to-day operations. Instructors: Sean Boyle and Aviva Rosenberg AJL Roundtable/DH Clinic: The Hebrew Novel Project: Problems and Methods Thursday, April 27 9:00 am PT / noon ET / 7:00 pm Israrel “Roman Mafte’ach: Distant Reading in the Hebrew Novel” constitutes applied research in Hebrew literature and digital humanities, resulting in the creation of a comprehensive, up-to-date database of the Hebrew novel. The aim of the project is to collect data on every novel originally published in Hebrew spanning from Avraham Mapu’s ‘Ahavat Zion’ (1853) which is considered the first Hebrew novel, and including the latest Hebrew novels published today, in Israel and elsewhere. Yael Dekel (PhD. New York University) is a research fellow in the literary lab at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, where she leads the Hebrew Novel project. This session is sponsored by AJL’s RAS Division and is open to members only. All members are welcome. AJL Classroom: Introduction to Synagogue Archives May 4, 11, 17 3:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm ET This class will introduce participants to the key concepts of archival principles, methods, and practices for application in a synagogue setting. Through interactive discussions and assignments, participants will learn the fundamentals required to create a sustainable synagogue archive. Instructor: Hannah Srour-Zackon Provenance in Rare Judaica Cataloging (MARC 561) Thursday, May 18, 2023 9:30 am PT / 12:30 pm ET In cataloging rare Hebraica, there are times when the cataloger will find evidence of previous ownership. This session, led by expert special collections cataloger Louis Meiselman of the University of Pennsylvania, will show participants where to find this information in the resource and how to record it in the bibliographic record. CALA/AJL Webinar: Bernardine's Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China Tuesday, May 23 noon PT / 3:00 pm ET Join author Susan Blumberg-Kason, who will talk about her book Bernardine's Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China (forthcoming, Post Hill Press, November 2023). This biography of Bernardine Szold Fritz traces her experiences moving to and living in Shanghai in 1929 and her perspective as a Jewish salon host who engaged with Chinese and expats "around the arts as the civil war erupted and World War II loomed on the horizon." Co-Presented by the Chinese American Librarians Association and the Association of Jewish Libraries in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month in the United States and Asian Heritage Month and Canadian Jewish Heritage Month in Canada in May. Open to members and nonmembers.
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