RE: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Ted Koppel]

There's also the Index to Jewish Periodicals, which has book reviews 
from *lots* of other journals as well.   If you use the IJP online 
through Ebsco, or on the CD-ROM, you can limit retrieval to only 
those reviews published in a particular periodical (in this case, the 
AJL Newsletter).

On the other hand, the electronic versions of the Index to Jewish 
Periodicals only date back to 1988, so a researcher wanting to do an 
efficient  and  complete historical scan of book reviews would need 
to use both paper and an online source.


Ted Koppel
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[ha-Safran]: Seeing a List of Past Book Reviews

[Deborah Stern]

Steve Bergson mentioned The Book Review Index to the AJL Bulletin and 
Newsletter 1978-1990by Judy Carsh. AJL also published the AJL 
Newsletter Book Review Index 1991-1995 by Marion Stein. Both of these 
are out-of-print. While we await an updated and expanded index to the 
Newsletter reviews, is there interest in having these resources 
reprinted by AJL and available for sale? Please reply to me directly 
and if there is enough interest I will look into the mechanics. The 
stock of AJL publications doesn't include copies of these titles, so 
if anyone has a copy and is willing to send one to me, let me know 
that as well.



Debbie Stern, AJL VP for Publications

Mordecai M. Kaplan Library

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

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Wyncote, PA 19095

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RE: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Jeff Corbett]

BS"D



According to WorldCat, this publication is avaliable in three libraries:



Hewbrew Union College, Harvard University - Harvard College Library 
and British Library Reference Collections.



http://www.worldcat.org/title/book-review-index-to-the-ajl-bulletin-and-ajl-newsletter-1978-1990/oclc/80292198&referer=brief_results



I am suprised that it's in the Brishish Library!!!



WorldCat has 134 hits for author, "Association of Jewish Libraries"

http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AAssociation+of+Jewish+Libraries&qt=advanced&dblist=638



And 56 hits for the title, "Association of Jewish Libraries"

http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AAssociation+of+Jewish+Libraries&qt=advanced&dblist=638



And 38 hits for the subject, "Association of Jewish Libraries."

http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3AAssociation+of+Jewish+Libraries&qt=advanced&dblist=638



Be well,



Gedaliah Yitzchak Corbett

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RE: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Rofofsky Marcus, Sara M.]

There's one from 1978 to 1990, and another from 1990 to 1995.  There 
is a cumulative one in progress, that should be submitted to AJL by September.

Sara

Sara Rofofsky Marcus
Assistant Professor
Electronic Resource / Web Librarian
Queensborough Community College
222-05 56th Avenue
Bayside, NY 11364
Phone #718-281-5795

RE: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Steven M. Bergson]

I came across the following citation today.

Title : Book review index to the AJL bulletin and AJL newsletter, 1978-1990
Authors : Judith S. Carsch, Association of Jewish Libraries
Publisher : AJL, 1992
ISBN : 0929262301, 9780929262307
Length : 40 pages

I don't know if the title is in print or out-of-print, but it sounds 
like an excellent resource.

Incidentally, I found the listing while doing a "Google Books" 
search. In addition to that title, they also have copies of the AJL 
Newsletter indexed with "snippet views" allowed.

Steven M. Bergson

Jewish comics blog
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RE: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Linda Silver]

My computer died and this is the first time I've been reading or
writing email messages in quite a while.  I'm not sure of the origins of the
discussion about access to AJL Newsletter book reviews that was summarized
by Suzi Dublin in her HaSafran message of April 21, but I want to chime in
and say how important I think it is for there to be online access to AJL
Newsletter reviews.  My concern for years has been that our reviews reach a
very limited audience and not the wider world of book selectors who could
certainly use a Jewish perspective on Jewish books. For example, the large
public library database that I use most frequently (Clevnet) has a feature
in its catalog called Online Extras.  It consists of published reviews from
SLJ, Booklist, etc.  As we know, those are not always the best sources of
reviews of Jewish children's books and they are sometimes misleading.  Each
time I read one, I wish that the AJL Newsletter review was also available.
In researching books of Jewish content, I often use Novelist, one of
hundreds of databases available through Clevnet.  Again, reviews from
secular media are in it but never reviews from the Jewish media.  Moreover,
some important Jewish books are not included and other rather poor ones are.
This, I'm pretty sure, is a result of the available reviews.  If AJL
Newsletter reviews were available online, they would be accessible to
database searchers and could be more easily included in some of the big,
popular databases like Novelist.  It is worth noting that AJL Newsletter
reviews of books for children and teens are included in the Children's
Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) and have been for about five years.
CLCD is a subscription service so its contents are limited to those who pay
the yearly fee or, like some AJL members, have it waived.
Recently, I suggested to the Newsletter editors that they look into
posting Newsletter reviews on Amazon.  This seems like a good way to make
them available to the wider public but someone in AJL would have to be
responsible for finding out if and how it could be accomplished.
Regarding the questions in Suzi's messages from AJL Council:
1) Which reviews do we make public?  Why not all of them?  How else would
one choose?  Certainly not just the reviews that are positive.  Negative
reviews are very important as well.
2)  How far back do we go?  Start with the current and work backwards as
time allows.
3)  Password protection for current reviews:  Not necessary IMHO.  How many
people join AJL just for access to Newsletter reviews?
To add one more thought to the mix, why not consider publishing the
entire Newsletter online?  Do we really need to have it in print anymore?
This seems like something that the Newsletter editors and AJL's Publications
VP among others should be involved in researching and presenting as a
recommendation to Council.

Linda Silver
Co-Editor, Reviews of Books for Children and Teens
AJL Newsletter


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Re: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Andrea Rapp]

There is a print index to AJLNewsletter reviews 1978-1990.

One of my predecessors here at Wise Temple, Judy Carsch, compiled it 
and AJL published it.  It's an alphabetical list by title.  Of 
course, you need to have kept the back issues on hand.
Would there be an interest in compiling 1990-present?

Andrea Rapp
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Marion Stein]

Dear Susie,
Thank you for letting me know about the book reviews.
A teacher came to me and asked about using Questia. Do you (or  does 
anyone else in Hasafran) have experience using their judaica 
resources?  I'd like to know if you think it's worthwhile.  Thank you,  Marion




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Re: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Susan Dubin]

Here is the copy of that discussion:
It seems to be the consensus of the Council that we are interested in 
providing Newsletter reviews in an online searchable database. 
However, there are several details that need to be decided:

  a.. Which reviews do we make public?
  b.. How far back do we go?
  c.. Should more recent reviews be available in a password protected 
members only section?

Nancy Sack will return from vacation in early August, and as 
Webmaster, she should be consulted about her thoughts on this matter. 
She did email that she has many of the articles in pdf format so no 
digitization would be necessary for those reviews.

There was also a note from Ted Koppel:
I don't think that AJL has ever digitized the full text of all the
reviews, but the Index to Jewish Periodicals has *citations* to all
of the AJL Newsletter book reviews - and tens of thousands of other
book reviews. (Reviews 1988-present online)  Online availability
through Ebsco by subscription.

Who would like to work on this issue, gather the necessary 
information and get back to us with a proposal?

Suzi Dubin

I have not had any new information. If this is still of interest, 
would you be available to get the details on what it would take and 
get back to me?
Susan Dubin
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Marion Stein]

Thank you for that information, Rita.  Is there a copy of all the 
Newsletters in the archives?  Then if someone wanted a particular 
review, it could be scanned.  Pesach Kasher v'Sameach to you too.  Marion



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RE: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Rita Lifton]

I asked the very same question back in July and was informed that 
citations (but not full text) for all AJL Newsletter book reviews can 
be accessed through the online version of the Index to Jewish 
Periodicals. Apparently, the full text of the book reviews has never 
been digitized. There was some talk at the time of taking on such a 
project but I don't know what came of it.

Hag Pesah Sameah,

Rita Lifton
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[ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

[Marion Stein]

Does anyone know if one may access book reviews from past issues of 
the AJL Newsletter?
I'm looking for some historical fiction titles that might be 
appropriate for HS (No YA titles).   Marion


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