Re: [ha-Safran]: Copy cataloging and copyrights
Works produced by U.S. government agencies is not copyrighted. Bibliographic information is not copyrightable. Titles of books are not copyrightable. They may be registered trademarks. Library of Congress has information about copyrights on their web site. The results of collecting information for a data base such as OCLC is protected by copyright. You may not copy an entire catalog without permission. Copying of individual records is a normal activity within libraries. This is one of the ways libraries share resources. Putting material on a webpage is protected by copyright. The owner does even have to claim copyright. This has nothing to do with cataloging. My December Librarian's Lobby dealt with some of the issues of trademark and copyright. Daniel Stuhlman Chicago, IL 60645 ddstuhlman @ earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/liblob.htm === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Recruiting Judaica Librarians
A number of years ago AJL had a committee to produce just such a brochure. Does anyone remember what happened to it? Outreach is a definite item on my agenda. We are trying to make a dent, but maybe it is time to make a concerted effort to reach library students. Susan Dubin Off-the-Shelf Library Services === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Recruiting Judaica Librarians
Might reference to salary averages listed through ALA or SLA be of help? Would SJL want to do a program at ALA on the joys of Judaica librarianship? Also, there is a New Member Round Table of ALA and a nmrt listserv, as well as one for library school students. You never know who among these people might be a candidate for Judaic librarianship, but not seriously considered it before. Ellen Zyroff === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Copy cataloging and copyrights
Hi, Can anyone provide me with information on the following issue. A little while ago a co-librarian of mine noticed that I was entering all the data into our cataloge from scratch. He asked me why don't I just copy cataloge. In another words find the similiar book on another libraries webpage and cut and paste the information into our cataloge. I mentioned this to another Librarian who questioned its legality. The first librarian told me that the other libraries webpage is public and they can't copyright the title or author of a book. And since it's being copied into our cataloge we aren't taking anything from the first library other then the title and author etc. Who is correct and where can I find out more about this issue in general Thanks Elie Ginsparg SSML === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: non-English language editions of Holocaust literature
Greetings fellow safranim, at the Shoah Foundation we are ramping up to begin indexing and cataloguing our collection of non-English language testimonies. Much of this collection is in Hebrew and Russian, along with Polish, Spanish, Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Romanian & French. Given that a significant number of our trainees are native speakers of these languages it would be terrific to have translations of the most essential and popular resources on the Holocaust in our library, for their benefit. Toward that end I'm wondering if there are any among you who might have access on where to find donated or purchasable copies of the following. It is a tall order, but anything listed below, particularly in Hebrew and/or Russian would be indispensable: Bauer, Yehuda. A History of the Holocaust. New York: Franklin Watts, 1982. Bauer, Yehuda, Rethinking the Holocaust. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2000 Bergen, Doris L. War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003. Berenbaum, Michael, ed. The Holocaust and History: The Known, the Unknown, the Disputed, and the Reexamined. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1998. Braham, Randolf. The Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994 Dwork, Deborah and Robert Jan van Pelt. Holocaust: A history. New York: W.W. Norton, 2002. Gilbert, Martin. The Holocaust: A History of the Jews in Europe during the Second World War. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985. Gutman, Israel, editor in chief. The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. New York: Macmillan, 1990. Gutman, Israel, and Chaim Shatzker. The Holocaust and Its Significance. Jerusalem: The Zalman Shazar Center, 1984. Hilberg, Raul. The Destruction of the European Jews. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1961 (definitive edition, New York: Holmes and Meier, 1985). Hellig, Jocelyn. The Holocaust and Antisemitism: A Short History. Oxford: Oneworld, 2003. Knopp, Guido, Hitler's Holocaust. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton, 2001. Laqueur, Walter ed., The Holocaust Encyclopedia. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2001 MacKale, Donald M. Hitler's Shadow War: The Holocaust and World War II. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2002. Marrus, Michael. The Holocaust In History. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1987. Niewyk, Donald L., The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000 Poliakov, Leon. Harvest of Hate. London: Best Seller Library, 1960 (French edition, copyright 1954). Reitlinger, Gerald. The Final Solution. New York: Beechurst Press, 1953 (second revised and augmented edition, London: Vallentine-Mitchell, 1968). Rozett, Robert and Shmuel Spector eds., Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. New York: Facts on File, 2000 Spector, Shmuel ed., The Encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust. New York: New York University Press, 2001 Wistrich, Robert S. Hitler and the Holocaust, New York: The Modern Library, 2001 Yahil, Leni. The Holocaust: The Fate of European Jewry. New York: Oxford Press, 1990. Thanks so much for your assistance. B'Shalom, -Chaim Chaim Singer-Frankes Cataloguing Content Manager Survivors of The Shoah Visual History Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (818)777-1512 === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Colonial Bibliographies celebrating 350 years
READ THIS BROADSIDE FROM AJLSC about COLONIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOR YOU Now you can turn to the AJLSC Website for Ellen Cole's three bibliographies about Jews in the Colonial Era. Two lists suggest materials for adults and children, the third offers a webography. Take note all YE Librarians! The 350th ANNIVERSARY of Jewish Settlement in the United States is fast approaching. Prepare your selves, your shelves, and your students with the history of Colonial Jews in New Amsterdam and the 13 colonies. AJLSC's bibliographies will help get you started. http://www.ajlsc.org Barbara Y. Leff Chair, Website Committee Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.ajlsc.org === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Recruiting Judaica Librarians
As a recent MLS graduate (Sept '03 - QC), I believe this may be in fact a great step towards outreach to potential Judaica librarians. Nowadays, students are looking for internships as a means to "bridge the gap" and to gain hands-on experience in the field, which is certainly beneficial to the students and libraries. Students can get a feel for different libraries and departments within. The truth is, ALA has student chapters, SAA does too-- I would have been interested in a student AJL chapter if it were available. Perhaps links between non-student chapters and established ones as a mentor-mentee project would be beneficial. As a graduate of an MLS program with a significant Jewish population this may have been interesting. Additionally, wearing another hat, as the former president of the Queens College Graduate School of Library Science Club, I had the opportunity to schedule library tours and site visits for a limited number of students (i.e. about 20) per trip and a bus to go to ALA Midwinter. It may be wise to get email addresses of Library Schools nationwide and have them send out emails regarding AJL and especially the upcoming conference-- just about every library school has a listserv. Library schools often like outside lecturers to come in to speak about the "library world," this may be a suitable forum to discuss AJL, your individual library, and the field of Judaica librarianship. Best, Tina Weiss -- === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
Re: [ha-Safran]: Recruiting Judaica Librarians
I support Eli's comments in many ways. It sometimes feels that librarianship has been sinking in status since I was in school (1970-71), and that it probably has never had much status. The ubiquity of web'based services and online searching from home has certainly not enhanced our community's identity. I would not be quite as harsh on the AJL as he is, though. We have recruited students in various schools (even as the number of LS's has shrunk) over the past years, and have encouraged attendance at the Conventions through our subsidies and the scholarships. It isn't much, but it isn't nothing, either. It is also instructive that the ATLA is also trying to recruit. From my own travels, discussions with minister-friends, and peeks into church libraries, they are frequently more dismal than ours. I see it as a comment on the importance we (as Jews and as librarians) place on the need for access at the local level. The fact that our members are not paid (there is another posting today about that issue) is regrettable, but true. In the end, I am not entirely happy with our situation, Eli. There is indeed more we can do. There are ways to act that we need to move toward increasing our numbers, our significance, and our involvement. But I would not say we are either without resources, either. Fred Isaac Oakland, CA === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Recruiting Judaica Librarians
I am a new (and volunteer) librarian for a Reform temple in West Central Florida. Before I joined AJL and ha-Safran, I was under the impression that synagogue librarians are largely volunteers. Are there any statistics for me to see regarding how many are paid and how many are not? And if there are no statistics, are you willing to give us a show of hands one way or the other? Thanks, Linda Wexler Ariel Goldman Memorial Library Temple Ahavat Shalom Palm Harbor, FL == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[ha-Safran]: Out of Print Book
A colleague would like to purchase a copy of Raoul Wallenberg: Hero of the Holocaust by Thelma I. Pangburn, Samhar Press, 1987. Does anyone have a used copy they are willing to part with/sell? Irene Lustgarten Director of Westchester Services Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York Westchester Center 701 Westchester Avenue, Suite 2A2 White Plains, NY 10604 Phone: 914-328-8090 ext. 202 Fax: 914-328-8093 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the WJC/BJE Adult Education Internet Directory at www.bjeny.org/adulted == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[ha-Safran]: Recruiting Judaica Librarians
The great sage Hillel taught, " if I am not for myself, who will be for me" (Avos 1:13) I have brought up the issue of the future of Judaica Librarianship. Many responses range from complete resignation to the dreary outlook to total apathy. This listserve is sometimes more preoccupied with politics and political agenda than with the future of our collections. I recently received a pamphlet from the American Theological Library Association. It was about recruitment to the specialty of theological librarianship. The graphics were very impressive and the titles of the sections were as follows: LIBRARIANS TEACH, LIBRARIANS STAY CURRENT IN THEIR FIELD, LIBRARIANS PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF THEIR FIELD. They put in a plug for student membership to ATLA. Why don't we do such outreach? I know that people will respond to this by focusing on the low salaries. This is true and it is also an area that AJL needs to address and perhaps issue a report and then go public with the findings as well a some lobbying efforts. At any rate if we focus this way then we certainly will have no one within a decade. The brochure seems to be aimed at library school students. Last year the President of Gratz College, the head of Judaica studies at Drexel University and myself met with the Dean of the Library school at Drexel. We were lobbying for course that would address Judaica issues. The Dean responded that the interest for these courses is unknown. Wouldn't an AJL brochure for recruitment also serve as a barometer for interest of library school students. While we recruit we need to make a unified effort for salary standards. In Pennsylvania there is currently a severe crisis of funding for public libraries. I had a letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer addressing that issue. The Newspaper had an article about this desperate situation with no comment from any professional organization. Protest is not credible if the professionals do not have a public involvement. If we do not do our own outreach and do not try to deal with the salary situation then we become part of the problem. I urge the organization to do more for our present (salaries) and our future (recruitment) Eliezer M. Wise Library Director Tuttleman Library of Gratz College 7605 Old York Road Melrose Park, Pa. 19027 215-635-7300 extension 159 == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[ha-Safran]: Complete Guide to the Temple Mount Excavations
Shalom, shalom, We've just come across this English translation (2002) of a title we carried (and still do) in Hebrew (2000). This is a soft cover text, 120 pages with extensive sketchs and full-color photographs. It includes history, a bibliography and a pull-out map. This is a worthy addition to any library collection or educational institution. If you're interested, let me know. cat.# 49508 - $24.00 Shabbat Shalom, wendy Wendy Weiss Simon Jerusalem Books, ltd. POB 26190 Jerusalem, 91261 972-2-643-3580 (tel/fax) == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
