[ha-Safran] RAS Division Meeting Agenda for Tuesday, June 19, 2018

2018-06-12 Thread Jefferson, Rebecca 

Dear all, please find the agenda for the upcoming RAS Division meeting:


Association of Jewish Libraries Conference - RAS Division Meeting
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Temple Israel, Boston, MA
Agenda

1. Welcome & Call to Order – Rebecca Jefferson
2. Approval of the June 2017 RAS Division Meeting Minutes (copied below)
3. RAS President’s Report
4. Notes from the Board & Council Meetings
5. Committee Reports

 *   RAS Cataloging Committee – Jerry Anne Dickel
 *   Judaica Librarianship – Rachel Leket-Mor
 *   RAS Bibliography and Reference Awards – Rachel Simon
 *   AJL International Liaison Update - Rebecca Jefferson
6. Old Business: Rebecca Jefferson

 *   Funding for international participants
 *   Out with the old and in with the new: Introducing new RAS President, 
Michelle Chesner
7. New Business: Michelle Chesner

 *   Introduction to the new RAS VP: Amalia S. Levi
 *   Call for a new RAS Secretary
 *   Call for a new International Liaison
 *   New RAS Cataloging Chair: Heidi Lerner
 *   Discussion of new initiatives/foci for the coming term

*   Formal AJS panel (for 2019?)
 *   Other?
8. Close meeting

This meeting is followed by the General Membership Meeting and Installation of 
the Board
11.30-12.15 (Chapel).


RAS Minutes: June 20, 2017

  1.  Call to order; approval of minutes
 *   Called to order at 11:16
 *   Michelle moved to approve the minutes, Shmuel seconded, passed
  2.  RAS President’s report – Rebecca Jefferson
 *   Littauer Foundation funding
*   This year we were awarded $6000, but also told that this is the 
last year of funding. So we need to look into new options for international 
stipends
   *   Question of whether the Rothschild Foundation would fund 
Europeans to come to the conference; perhaps we can focus on a training 
program, or AJL chapters in Europe
   *   Daniel recommended moving the bank account to Europe
*   Rebecca asked for members to join a new committee to focus on 
finding new funding. Please be in touch with her to join this committee
 *   RAS Bibliography and Reference Award funding
*   Both awards increased to $1500.  Thanks to Dr. Greta Silver and 
Eric Chaim Kline
 *   World Congress of Jewish Studies Conference
*   We received proposals, but none that came together for a common 
theme for a session, so we opted not to send in a proposal.  We need to start 
the process earlier and focus more on that.
*   David Hirsch, new International liaison noted that the European 
Congress of Jewish Studies is meeting next July (?) in Krakow. Rachel Simon 
said that the deadline for applications may have already passed.  We should 
look into other conferences as well.
 *   Notes relevant to RAS from Board and Council meetings
*   Fundraising - we mutually terminated our contract with the previous 
fundraising company (Elevate); are now looking into a new person - we will try 
to work with this person for 3 months (July-September) to see if it’s worth 
continuing to hire a professional fundraiser.
*   Strategic Plan - 3 (?) year plan came to an end this year, a new 
committee is in place to begin some of the work on the recommendation - looking 
for new members, especially to create a new vision. Reach out to Jackie 
Benefraim if you’re interested in joining the planning group.
   *   Importance of promoting AJL at other conferences as well; papers 
relating to AJL, possibly a booth if relevant.
*   AJL Affiliation - Jackie said that a final policy has been drafted, 
many organizations identified.
 *   Webinars - we are doing them in conjunction with ALA - there are lots 
of potential topics.  We need presenters!  The goal is to reach librarians who 
work with Judaica (non-specialists)
*   Rebecca J. - Collection Development
*   Sheryl S. - Two sessions on cataloging
 *   Next conference in Boston (2018); Jim asked for locations for 2019.  
Boston will probably be a similar situation to NYC.

  1.  Committee Reports
 *   RAS Cataloging Committee  – Jerry Anne Dickel
*   Romanization FAQ page on the wiki (Jasmin)
*   Romanization vote of Hebrew words with Greek/Latin roots - new 
policy (deramah is now dramah).  List of words will be maintained on the wiki.
*   Continued work on editing Hebraica Cataloging for RDA manual.  
Going on hold for a bit while major changes to RDA go through.  Linked on the 
wiki (Jerry Anne is hoping to convert the manual to html so it can reside on 
the wiki)
 *   Judaica Librarianship  – Rachel Leket-Mor
*   Racheli demonstrated ajlpublishing.org - how you can see the number 
of downloads; importance of sending links rather than PDFs so we can track the 
download count.  Can search the journal, go to specific volumes.  Past issues → 
volume 8 are now up.  It is a

[ha-Safran] ] Ride Sharing to Boston Conference

2018-06-12 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot 

Shalom to all the conference attendees 
I will be arriving Saturday, June 16th, at Boston airport via American Airlines 
 flight 1902 from Charlotte  at 1:50 p.m.

If anyone would like to share a ride to the Holiday Inn with me, please let me 
know and we’ll exchange cell numbers.

Lyft is available from that airport.

Thank you,

Amalia Warshenbrot
President, Association of Jewish Libraries

 
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2018-06-12 Thread Yael Klein 
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