Re: [ha-Safran]: SSC Librarians in particular: Really old books
Ann, A couple of years ago, there was a hasafran message about sending Jewish materials to prisons for Jewish prisoners. That's where I've been sending my books (though I have to say I've never heard back from them that they received the boxes). http://www.jewishprisonerservices.org/dormantjudaica.htm. I also recently read a post about sending them to China, but I haven't followed up on that yet. In both cases, you have to pay postange. My paid job is in an academic library (I run my congregational library as a volunteer), and we just sent almost 1,000 boxes to Better World Books. They certainly don't want that many, and it was a special case on our part, but they do have minimum. The plan is that they sell the books, you get 15% of the sale, and 5% goes to a predetermined literacy program (I chose Room to Read). They will send the boxes, and they pay shipping. Emily --- Emily Bergman Head of Collections and Technical Services Occidental College Library 1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041 323-259-2935 berg...@oxy.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 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]: SSC Librarians in particular: Really old books
I've sold some to interested Judaic booksellers, had book sales, but given most of them to Jewish Prisoners International: www.jewishprisonerservices.org However, when I say most, I really haven't made a dent in my deselection and we desperately need space on our shelves for newer books. I also am keeping any that I deem essential and/or reserving some for an internal historical collection. Toby Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai (206)315-7398 Seattle (206)323-8486, Ext. 7481 --- 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]: SSC Librarians in particular: Really old books
Do reply to the list on this so we can all get ideas. Thanks! Barbara On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:05 AM, Ann Abrams wrote: Dear safranim, For those of you in synagogue and center libraries, what do you do with really old books? I don't mean items that might be determined to be rare books; I mean, books on Jewish subjects that were written in the mid-late 1800's and early 1900's, that could be purchased online for $5-$25, and that, when searched on Worldcat., are in most university and Jewish research libraries. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks, and Shabbat Shalom, Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel 477 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02215 617-566-3960 x116 aabr...@tisrael.org www.tisrael.org Check out our new online catalog! http://library.tisrael.org --- 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]: SSC Librarians in particular: Really old books
Dear safranim, For those of you in synagogue and center libraries, what do you do with really old books? I don't mean items that might be determined to be rare books; I mean, books on Jewish subjects that were written in the mid-late 1800's and early 1900's, that could be purchased online for $5-$25, and that, when searched on Worldcat., are in most university and Jewish research libraries. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks, and Shabbat Shalom, Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel 477 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02215 617-566-3960 x116 aabr...@tisrael.org www.tisrael.org Check out our new online catalog! http://library.tisrael.org --- 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
