[ha-Safran]: Librarything
We are a small synagogue library with 1000 books and growing. We are presently using Librarything, but many of the books do not come through with subjects. Are others having this problem? Does anyone have a suggestion for a better program? With thanks Gail Glanzberg Israel Congregation Manchester Vermont gow...@comcast.net --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: A Note from the AJL President
Hello. I last sent a note on Hasafran to AJL members soon after our Seattle convention. One would expect that the summer would have been a quiet time for our organization. On the contrary -- The Board and Council have been actively discussing a number of important issues of great interest to our members. I would like to fill you in on our recent activities. We, like other nonprofit organizations, are reviewing our budget and finances very carefully. We want to make sure that our financial resources will continue to support our activities for many years to come. We must make sure that our income equals or exceeds our expenses. We are currently reviewing all of our expenses to see where we can save money. Our largest non-convention related expense is the printing and mailing of the AJL Newsletter and Judaica Librarianship. Our Newsletter editor Uri Kolodney and his newsletter staff, along with the Council, have been investigating ways to save money. At this point, our focus is on a switch to electronic publication. This has a lot of advantages, such as long term electronic access to this publication. There are a lot of technical and other concerns about this, and all these questions are now under discussion or study by Council members. I believe that a decision about whether to switch to electronic publication of the newsletter is likely to be made within a month. The Council will be discussing other cost cutting actions in the coming months. Among the items to be evaluated is switching Judaica Librarianship to electronic format only. The largest cost for AJL is the annual convention. As we make decisions about food and other matters for the Montreal convention, we will be looking for ways to trim costs. It is too early at this point to have anything concrete to report to you. Let's look at the other side of the equation -- income. Most of our regular income comes from dues. Unlike many organizations, we have kept dues at a low rate for many years. We are currently evaluating our dues structure in light of the wide variety of our members, from part time volunteer librarians, to full time librarians, to institutions. We want to come up with a dues structure that will not burden those with limited incomes, but that will increase our income and bring in needed dollars. The discussions on this are still in a very early stage, and I will update you on this in the future. The second source of income comes from what we charge for the conventions, along with revenue from advertisements and vendors, and from donations by non-AJL individuals, organizations and companies. We need to make sure that our convention income covers our expenses. In addition to cutting expenses and increasing regular income, we also intend to actively pursue increased fund raising. This is in the early discussion stage, and more information will follow in the future. I've gone on at some length about the finances, because it is very important that we guarantee the future means to meet all of our ambitious goals. Among these goals are: outreach to others interested in Judaica librarianship; increasing the awareness in the general Jewish professional, clerical and educational community of the importance of Judaica librarians and libraries; successful annual conventions; outreach to the majority of our membership who do not attend conventions, via the funding of regional and other activities; ongoing communication on developments in general and Jewish librarianship, via the Newsletter, web site, blog, and other ways that we can not yet even imagine. The company that we hired to revise our web site is currently actively working on this project. Council members are working on many issues associated with this, such as online payment capabilities, layout and design, and revised language. Other current projects include rewriting of the public relations material that we need to have available for potential and new members, for presentations about AJL at other organizations' conventions, and for potential donors. These ongoing projects will continue throughout the year. I hope that you are all enjoying this holiday season and the start of the new school year. Jim Rosenbloom -- James P. Rosenbloom Judaica Librarian, Brandeis University President, Association of Jewish Libraries James P Rosenbloom Library and Technology Services Mailstop 045 Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA 02454 9110 781-736-4688 rosenbl...@brandeis.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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu
RE: [ha-Safran]: AJLN Index
I'm happy to report that Sara Marcus is in the home stretch on completing this yeoman project. She hopes to complete it within the year. She knows that there is much anticipation for this product. Debbie Stern, AJL Publications VP Mordecai M. Kaplan Library Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 1299 Church Road Wyncote, PA 19095 dst...@rrc.edu phone: 215-576-0800 ext. 234 fax: 215 576-6143 --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
Re: [ha-Safran]: AJLN Index
Unfortunately some family and personal issues took over, but I am back on track and am working on it again. The materials are generally filled with all the information, but there are times I'm having to look for missing bibliographic information; and the sheer number of reviews per issue is overwhelming. I have copies of all issues in my ownership right now, and I am entering the data. Then I need to check for duplicates because I've entered some twice, and then do some proofreading. Sara --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Two new films about Jewish Diversity
JEWS CAN BE FROM ALL OVER Two New Films from Ruth Diskin Films illuminate the diversity of the Jewish experience Dear Librarians/professors, When considering your purchases for the coming year, please consider two wonderful new films that depict the richness of Jewish life. In both JUBANOS-THE JEWS OF CUBA and NEW HOMES we learn about two unique Jewish communities. In NEW HOMES http://www.ruthfilms.com/new-homes.html , we are introduced to a lovely and strangely-familiar Jewish community outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The film lovingly tells the history of Nilopolis which serves as a window into many contemporary Jewish towns and their experiences. One of the oldest and least known Jewish communities in the New World is explored in JUBANOS-THE JEWS OF CUBA http://www.ruthfilms.com/jubanos-the-jews-of-cuba.html. Although Cuba is not known for its religious practice, 1500 Jews remain in the country and are working hard to allow for continuity. Both films would be wonderful additions to your library collection. The purchase price foruniversity libraries is $300 each and $115 for public libraries with a 10% discount on the purchase of both titles. With any questions or queries please contact us at r...@ruthfilms.com Best regards, Ruth --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
Re: [ha-Safran]: Copyright query
Thank you to all who responded to my question. Here is the answer: Lescher & Lescher Ltd are agents for the I B Singer estate. Inquiries should be addressed to: Mr. Robert Lescher Lescher & Lescher, Ltd. 346 E. 86th Street New York, NY 10028-4814 Tel: 212-396-1999 Sincerely, Shane Baker Executive Director Congress for Jewish Culture and CYCO 1133 Broadway, Suite 1019 New York, NY 10010 212-505-8040 --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
Re: [ha-Safran]: Union Catalogs
OCLC / WorldCat participation is pretty expensive, and is not an option for smaller institutions, although WorldCat does has a Gateway option which is free for importing online resources. --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Boston area home for old Encyclopedia Judaica?
We have a set of the 1970s Encyclopedia Judaica that can be yours if you'll come to Newton and carry it away. Thanks! Barbara Mende Librarian Congregation Mishkan Tefila 300 Hammond Pond Parkway Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 (617) 332-7770 x3231 --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
