Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish Food Books
Hi Lauren, Thanks for the list. Just recently I stumbled across another memoir you may want to add, STUFFED: Adventures of a Restaurant Family by Patricia Volk. Published in 2002 by Knopf , it's full of wildly funny characters and incidents as three generations of Volks and Morgens bring new innovations to all their adventures, food-centric or not. From Great-Grandfather Sussman Volk's pastrami to Uncle Albert's scallion spotted cream cheese, the author makes sure all her family's flavor is caught here for you to savor. Enjoy. Rita Berman Frischer Temple Beth Am Library Committee, Seattle WA (Former Director, Sinai Temple Library, Los Angeles) In a message dated 10/28/2014 8:28:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ljohn...@temple-israel.org writes: Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions. As promised, here is the bib of Jewish food related books I prepared for our Temple’s Sisterhood! Best, Lauren Lauren Marcus Johnson, Director Temple Israel Libraries Media Center 5725 Walnut Lake Road West Bloomfield, MI 48323 248/661-5700 (phone), 248/661-1302 (fax) ljohn...@temple-israel.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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist .html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.htm l AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Reminder: vote coming up next week
Dear AJL Members: One last reminder that on Monday, Nov. 3, you should receive an email message with a link to an online ballot. Below, I've repeated the background information you need to know. The constitution is also posted on the AJL website (www.jewishlibraries.org) with the changes marked in red. Joy Kingsolver * Upcoming Vote to Amend the AJL Constitution, Nov. 3-17, 2014 Members of AJL are asked to vote on 3 changes to our constitution. The vote will take place online; members in good standing as of Sept. 30, 2014 will receive an email message on November 3 with a link to an online ballot. If your email address has changed, please be sure to update it in your AJL profile. For assistance or questions about your membership status, please contact Sheryl Stahl at sst...@huc.edu. If you do not receive a link to the ballot on November 3, please contact Joy Kingsolver at joy.kingsol...@gmail.com. Voting will close at midnight, EST, on Nov. 17. Explanation of the Proposed Changes Our constitution was written in 1972, and we have often needed to make adjustments to bring it up to date. Once again, this year we need to amend it to reflect the way AJL carries out its mission. The changes we are proposing fall into 3 categories: 1. The AJL Board and Council have traditionally met in December or January for midwinter business meetings. These are important mid-year meetings where updates are shared, progress on tasks is checked, and decisions are made relating to the annual meeting in June. But these meetings have always required expensive travel and hotel arrangements. We would like to take advantage of technology that allows us to meet by phone or online in virtual meetings. This would free up more of our resources to spend on our core mission. This would not affect our annual conferences; we are still committed to holding an annual meeting every year. We must authorize our Board, our Council, and our committees to hold virtual meetings between annual meetings, when needed. This requires changes to the Constitution, Article V (Administration) and in the Bylaws, Article II (Committees). 2. To give our leaders more flexibility in meeting their financial commitments, we need to increase the amount that they are able to spend above their budget lines, in an emergency. This change occurs in our Bylaws, Art. V (Fiscal Policy). 3. Due to an oversight, the word “or” was omitted from Article V, Section 2 of the Constitution. Special meetings of the Board are called by the president when needed, OR by petition of its members. This the the case for special meetings of Council and of the Association as well. The omission of the word “or” happened years ago, and wasn’t spotted until recently. This change corrects the error. Joy Kingsolver AJL Parliamentarian joy.kingsol...@gmail.com __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] לכבוד שבת - רשימה קצרה מספריית הרמבם
בסד לכבוד שבת - הרשימה השבועית בבלוג עם הספר https://amhasefer.wordpress.com/ : נשיא ארץ ישראל מעט אישים דגולים זכו לתואר נשיא ארץ ישראל. אחד מהם היה הרב יעקב יהושע פלק בן צבי הירש (תמא-תקטז 1680-1765), המכונה על שם ספרו הפני יהושע https://www.google.co.il/?gws_rd=ssl#q=%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99+%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%A2 . מדוע זכה לתואר זה ? להמשך קריאת הרשימה לחץ נא כאן http://amhasefer.wordpress.com/. אם אינך מעוניין להיות מנוי נא הודע לי בדואר חוזר. מומלץ לקבל אוטומטית הודעה על רשימה חדשה באמצעות רישום בתיבת לעקוב אחרי הבלוג באימייל הנמצאת בבלוגי בצד שמאל למעלה. שבת שלום חורף טוב ! *אבישי אלבויםמנהל ספריית הרמבם (בית אריאלה)* *ספריית הרמבם מתקוונת אליך,שירות סריקה ומשלוח חומר תורני מתוך ספרים וכתבי-עת ישנים וחדשים. * *חומר המוגן בזכויות יוצרים - השימוש בהתאם לתנאי חוק זכויות יוצרים, תשסח -2007. לידיעתך, שימוש הוגן ביצירה מותר למטרות כגון לימוד, ביקורת ומחקר* __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Jewish Food Books
If anyone is looking for older Jewish food books, a good source is Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks in NYC. If she has a copy she'll gladly mail it anywhere. Her website: http://www.bonnieslotnickcookbooks.com/ She sells out of print books related to food of all kinds. I've bought Jewish community cookbooks from her for the archives (as well as lots of books for my own collection!) Susan Woodland Senior Archivist UJA-Federation of New York Collection American Jewish Historical Society swoodl...@ajhs.orgmailto:swoodl...@ajhs.org 917 606-8259tel:917%20606-8259 15 W. 16th Street New York, NY 10011 __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] story
Dear Friends and Colleagues: I'm looking for that folktale about the family that all decides to save up for latkes or something special. They agree to put a little money in the pushkin each day or week but none of them do, figuring that everyone else is doing it. The day comes, they open it and there's no money in there! :( I know there are many versions. Ideas? Thanks! Toby Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue Catalog, hours events at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org Over 10,000 Judaic books CDs! Library Hours: Wednesdays, 10:30-1:30 Bellevue Thursdays, 2-7 PM Seattle, Sundays 9-12:30 Both __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] story
Dear Toby, This is Chelm story. Originally the husband and wife are saving not the entire family and not for latkes, but the story has been adapted and modified to fit all occasions. Here is a link for this story. http://www.uexpress.com/tell-me-a-story/2008/6/8/the-dream-cake-of-chelm-a Chaya Wiesman Chaya Wiesman Librarian Ramaz Upper School Library 60 E. 78th Street New York, NY 10075 (212)774-8000 x7329 From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Toby Harris Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 4:07 PM To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] story Dear Friends and Colleagues: I'm looking for that folktale about the family that all decides to save up for latkes or something special. They agree to put a little money in the pushkin each day or week but none of them do, figuring that everyone else is doing it. The day comes, they open it and there's no money in there! :( I know there are many versions. Ideas? Thanks! Toby Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue Catalog, hours events at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org Over 10,000 Judaic books CDs! Library Hours: Wednesdays, 10:30-1:30 Bellevue Thursdays, 2-7 PM Seattle, Sundays 9-12:30 Both __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] story
There certainly are many. I just came across one that is new to me: STRUDEL STRUDEL STRUDEL by Steve Sanfield, paintings by Emily Lisker. Orchard Books 1995. _ From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Toby Harris Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 4:07 PM To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] story Dear Friends and Colleagues: I'm looking for that folktale about the family that all decides to save up for latkes or something special. They agree to put a little money in the pushkin each day or week but none of them do, figuring that everyone else is doing it. The day comes, they open it and there's no money in there! :-( I know there are many versions. Ideas? Thanks! Toby Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue Catalog, hours events at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org Over 10,000 Judaic books CDs! Library Hours: Wednesdays, 10:30-1:30 Bellevue Thursdays, 2-7 PM Seattle, Sundays 9-12:30 Both __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] J by Howard Jacobson
I recently reviewed Howard Jacobson's (the British Philip Roth) new book, J in the Jewish Journal and it was fascinating-and would make a good book group read. It was on the short list for the Booker Prize this year (it didn't win). Quite a complex book, but I think this group should be aware of it. By the way, best not to try it as an audiobook-it doesn't work well for that format. http://www.jewishjournal.com/culture/article/a_future_without_jews_if_anti_semitism_won [cid:image003.jpg@01CFF37D.A8CFB580] Lisa Silverman Library Director, Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library 10400 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 310-481-3215 (direct) 310-481-3218 (main) library.sinaitemple.orghttp://library.sinaitemple.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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] story
Dear Toby, Kar-Ben will be publishing a wonderful new version of this story, Kopecks for Blintzes, in Spring 2016. Cordially, Joni Sussman Publisher, Kar-Ben Publishing A growing Jewish library for children [karben_logo_main] A division of Lerner Publishing Group 612-215-6229 jsuss...@karben.commailto:jsuss...@karben.com Visit www.karben.comhttp://www.karben.com/ for up-to-date details on award winning titles from Kar-Ben Publishing From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Toby Harris Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 3:07 PM To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] story Dear Friends and Colleagues: I'm looking for that folktale about the family that all decides to save up for latkes or something special. They agree to put a little money in the pushkin each day or week but none of them do, figuring that everyone else is doing it. The day comes, they open it and there's no money in there! :( I know there are many versions. Ideas? Thanks! Toby Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue Catalog, hours events at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org Over 10,000 Judaic books CDs! Library Hours: Wednesdays, 10:30-1:30 Bellevue Thursdays, 2-7 PM Seattle, Sundays 9-12:30 Both __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] story
I know this as as the third part of Shlemiel the Businessman, a Chelm story in IBSinger's Stories for Children. Shlemiel and his wife sell brandy in the marketplace, they keep buying a sip themselves and use the same coin back and forth to pay for it, then don't understand why, at the end of the day, they've sold the brandy but have just one coin to show for it. Andrea From: Toby Harris thar...@tdhs-nw.org To: Hasafran hasafran@lists.osu.edu Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 4:06 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] story Dear Friends and Colleagues: I’m looking for that folktale about the family that all decides to save up for latkes or something special. They agree to put a little money in the pushkin each day or week but none of them do, figuring that everyone else is doing it. The day comes, they open it and there’s no money in there! L I know there are many versions. Ideas? Thanks! Toby Toby Harris,Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue Catalog, hours events at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org Over 10,000 Judaic books CDs! Library Hours: Wednesdays, 10:30-1:30 Bellevue Thursdays, 2-7 PM Seattle, Sundays 9-12:30 Both __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran__ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] story
This also sounds like the Shavuot picture book A Mountain of Blintzes by Barbara Diamond Goldin, illustrated by Anik McGrory. Rachel Kamin, Director The Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural Learning Center North Suburban Synagogue Beth El 847/432-8900 x242 or rka...@nssbethel.org blocked::mailto:rka...@nssbethel.org Hours: Monday 9am-5pm; Tuesday 9am-1:30pm; Wednesday 4-6:30pm (when school is in session); Thursday Friday 9am-1:30pm; and Sunday 8:30-11:30am (when school is in session) From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+rkamin=nssbethel@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Andrea Rapp Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 3:59 PM To: Toby Harris; Hasafran Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] story I know this as as the third part of Shlemiel the Businessman, a Chelm story in IBSinger's Stories for Children. Shlemiel and his wife sell brandy in the marketplace, they keep buying a sip themselves and use the same coin back and forth to pay for it, then don't understand why, at the end of the day, they've sold the brandy but have just one coin to show for it. Andrea _ From: Toby Harris thar...@tdhs-nw.org To: Hasafran hasafran@lists.osu.edu Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 4:06 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] story Dear Friends and Colleagues: I’m looking for that folktale about the family that all decides to save up for latkes or something special. They agree to put a little money in the pushkin each day or week but none of them do, figuring that everyone else is doing it. The day comes, they open it and there’s no money in there! L I know there are many versions. Ideas? Thanks! Toby Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue Catalog, hours events at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org Over 10,000 Judaic books CDs! Library Hours: Wednesdays, 10:30-1:30 Bellevue Thursdays, 2-7 PM Seattle, Sundays 9-12:30 Both __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] OPALS and / or Library World
I am a member of the Library Committee of Temple Beth El in Providence, Rhode Island. We're a general collections and browsing library of around 10 -15 thousand volumes. Our library consist of children's books, young adult fiction and non fiction, and adult fiction and non fiction. We're a Reform synagogue and most of our collection is in English. Some of our material has been cataloged using the Winnebago cataloging module. We never migrated to Follett, although our former librarian continued to create cataloging records and spine labels using Winnebago. The Committee is looking into OPALS web-based system for our online public catalog and for cataloging, maintaining local holding records, and circulation. The other system that we are considering is Library World. We would appreciate any input and suggestions you may have on these two systems: Ease of implementation and usage. Is there a heavy learning curve for one or the other system? What is the level of technical expertise and skills needed for initial implementation? Once implemented, is ongoing maintenance a smooth process, with few glitches? Users reactions to the OPACs. Any suggestions of online features and design that users found most useful. Useful links? Cost. A tricky question. Any ball park estimations of implementation cost and ongoing maintenance? The test database. What features need to be especially tested and / or questions that are most useful when planning for a test database. What are the key questions we should be asking to the vendor or issues to look into? Vendor support. Is vendor support easily available through e-mail, chats, or phone? How helpful are onsite vendors? And in summation: Once again, we'd appreciate all your suggestions and thoughts of which system to choose … or can some one suggest another system? Is there a AJL Committee or source of consultation for these questions? I'd welcome all comments. I am the contact or point person for implementing the system and along with Hasafran I can be reached at j...@cox.net. Thank you and hope to hear from many of you Joanna Katsune __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] OPALS and / or Library World
About OPALS, which we've used for two years: see comments below. we used Winnebago Spectrum before that. On Oct 29, 2014, at 6:57 PM, Joanna Katsune j...@cox.net wrote: I am a member of the Library Committee of Temple Beth El in Providence, Rhode Island. We're a general collections and browsing library of around 10 -15 thousand volumes. Our library consist of children's books, young adult fiction and non fiction, and adult fiction and non fiction. We're a Reform synagogue and most of our collection is in English. Some of our material has been cataloged using the Winnebago cataloging module. We never migrated to Follett, although our former librarian continued to create cataloging records and spine labels using Winnebago. The Committee is looking into OPALS web-based system for our online public catalog and for cataloging, maintaining local holding records, and circulation. The other system that we are considering is Library World. We would appreciate any input and suggestions you may have on these two systems: Ease of implementation and usage. Is there a heavy learning curve for one or the other system? What is the level of technical expertise and skills needed for initial implementation? Once implemented, is ongoing maintenance a smooth process, with few glitches? We had no trouble learning OPALS. The only thing that was less satisfactory than Spectrum was that they make you select MARC records from the libraries they list. Not a big deal because it includes LC, but once in a while when I couldn't find something in LC I could find it in my local library catalog, and OPALS doesn't pick those up. Also you can't make your labels in any font you want, and there's a limited selection of spine labels that work. They're very easy to select and print. Users reactions to the OPACs. Any suggestions of online features and design that users found most useful. Useful links? Having the catalog online. Also, nice features like showing pictures of new arrival books on start screen. Cost. A tricky question. Any ball park estimations of implementation cost and ongoing maintenance? We pay $500 a year maintenance plus $250 a year hosting. Forget what startup was (not in the office) but not much. The test database. What features need to be especially tested and / or questions that are most useful when planning for a test database. What are the key questions we should be asking to the vendor or issues to look into? Testing is a great feature. Only problem is that we couldn't migrate our circulation records. They are geared to people who return books promptly, where we have members who keep them out for years. So we manually transcribed some of those but finally gave u on them. Vendor support. Is vendor support easily available through e-mail, chats, or phone? How helpful are onsite vendors? Email and phone, and it's very prompt. Barbara Mende Congregation Mishkan Tefila Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 And in summation: Once again, we'd appreciate all your suggestions and thoughts of which system to choose … or can some one suggest another system? Is there a AJL Committee or source of consultation for these questions? I'd welcome all comments. I am the contact or point person for implementing the system and along with Hasafran I can be reached at j...@cox.net. Thank you and hope to hear from many of you Joanna Katsune __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here:
Re: [ha-Safran] story
Plus one more - The Purim Trunk in Nina Jaffe's collection of holiday tales, *The Uninvited Guest*, where a husband and wife in Chelm are saving up for hamantaschen. Best, Sharon Elswit On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Toby Harris thar...@tdhs-nw.org wrote: Dear Friends and Colleagues: I’m looking for that folktale about the family that all decides to save up for latkes or something special. They agree to put a little money in the pushkin each day or week but none of them do, figuring that everyone else is doing it. The day comes, they open it and there’s no money in there! L I know there are many versions. Ideas? Thanks! Toby *Toby Harris,* Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue *Catalog, hours events at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org http://lib.tdhs-nw.org* *Over 10,000 Judaic books CDs! * *Library Hours: Wednesdays, 10:30-1:30 Bellevue Thursdays, 2-7 PM Seattle, Sundays 9-12:30 Both* __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] : Membership Dues
To what address should national membership dues go? Heather Lenson __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
