[ha-Safran]: Old children's books
Some time ago I remember reading that someone was developing a collection of old childrens' books. I have several that I would like to add to this collection. Please let me know who is involved in this project. Thank you. Rita Allen --- 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]: old children's books
Re U of AZ at Tempe: When we were preparing to move from Trenton NJ to Pennington NJ & had, literally, a closet full of books we didn't want to keep, I put out some feelers for this. Boxes went to Harvard, San Diego State, & U of AZ at Tempe. This man Zipperstein left them something like 10,000 books, & I sent them some more. Later I was in Phoenix for an Elderhostel program & walked over to the U & met Rachel leKet Mor (I think I got her name right). Beyond fascinating. Cataloging & classifying these books will occupy this lady for the rest of her life. Seems like an unusual place for a collection of Judaica, but there it is. Rita Allen Librarian, Har Sinai Temple, Pennington, NJ --- 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]: Old children's books
> there are synagogues and schools elsewhere that don't have any > books..., these include institutions in the FSU and Eastern Europe... ...and we mustn't forget Spain. Anyone who has baby, infant or youngster books in spanish or hebrew (with the dots and dashes) is welcome to send them across to overly sunny Valencia any time the thought occurs. A very happy productive and sweet new year to everyone. A little early, but time flies and suddenly... oops! Besos de Valencia Alba Toscano Sinagoga conservador/masorti La Javura calle Uruguay 59, pta 13 46007 Valencia Spain Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Old children's books
Safranim -- I want to weigh on this before it gets by. Those who want to clear their overloaded shelves of books that are no longer used, have old-style illustrations, and outdated information should certainly feel free to do so. I highly recommend that criteria and policies be established to explain the reasons for this move by the Librarian. In addition, there are synagogues and schools elsewhere that don't have any books, and whose staffs would love to have them. These include institutions in the FSU and Eastern Europe, where Jewish culture is still in the early stages of revival and development. As the consultant for the regeneration of Bnai Israel in Sacramento after its fire in 1999, Poshi Mikalson and I went through (literally) hundreds of boxes of books that were no longer needed or wanted by wonderful AJL member libraries. While we did not accept all of these donations, many of them had been in the old library. We accepted a large number of them gratefully. So while you may think a book has outlived its useful life, take another look. No, don't worry about tossing books that are in tatters, or have ugly, brown pages. But many of them can serve a second, very useful life if we take some time and effort. Fred Isaac Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
