[ha-Safran] Relaunch of the Jewish Guide to the Internet website
I'm very happy to announce the relaunch of my site, The Jewish Guide to the Internet, at https://www.jewishinternetguide.com/ Please note the minor change in the URL. The site, which is based on my book of the same title, contains an annotated collection of more than 2500 resources in 100 categories. All of the entries have been updated. As I noted in an earlier posting on HaSafran, I also have a collection of Judaica sources and secular sources for high school students in yeshivas and Jewish day schools located on the same site. I hope you find the material useful and share it with others. Diane Romm__ 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] Younger Borrowers
What Rachel said. We do exactly the same. Children are entered into our system along w their parents names and contact info, and that’s all we need if a book is long past due. Grades 1-6 come to library time with their class and of course we encourage them to check out books. There are reading incentive programs for each grade. That’s how to get circulation in religious school. I probably got some of these program ideas from a Rachel, have been doing them for years. Andrea Rapp, Wise Temple, Cincinnati. Sent from my iPad > On Oct 21, 2018, at 1:47 PM, Rachel Kamin via Hasafran > wrote: > > I’m struggling to fathom why any school, synagogue or community center > library that maintains a circulating children’s collection would create > obstacles that would prevent children from checking out books. Why do you > need an OK from a responsible adult? My children check out library books > from their public school library and I have never been asked to provide > consent. It is part of the curriculum. I would doubt that day school > librarians require parental consent to use the school library. I’m not sure > why a supplemental Hebrew School ay a synagogue (or JCC) should be viewed any > differently. > > As I wrote to Lee privately, children at our synagogue begin checking out > books from the Library starting with the 3-year-old preschool classes and > continuing with all of the religious school classes PK-7th grade. At the > beginning of the school year we enter all of the students into our system. We > also send home a letter to the parents, letting them know their children will > be checking out books, explaining the library program, and inviting them to > visit with their children to check out even more books. During the 2017-2018 > school year, religious school students checked out 540 items and our > preschool students checked out 911 items. Over 98% were returned before the > summer. Close to 1500 hundred Jewish books went into Jewish homes – this is > what we are all about. I consider the loss of a couple dozen books each year > the cost of doing business. Moreover, most of the missing books are > eventually found or returned. (I also look at it as natural weeding!). > > I really discourage you from creating lots of rules and policies. It will > just make more work for you and make the library less inviting, less > accessible, and less used! > > Feel free to contact me if anyone has any questions or wants to discuss > further. I am also happy to share our circulation policies. > > Rachel Kamin, Director > The Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural & Learning Center > North Suburban Synagogue Beth El > 847/926-7902 or rka...@nssbethel.org > > Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am-2pm and Wednesday 4-6 pm > & Sunday 9am-12pm (when school is in session) > > From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+rkamin=nssbethel@lists.osu.edu] > On Behalf Of Lee Jaffe via Hasafran > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 6:56 PM > To: > > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Younger Borrowers > > Per my earlier note to this list (copied below) I promised to summarize > responses I received. I heard from three colleagues, reporting their > experience and opinions about adding younger borrowers to our temple > library's lending service. > > The responses were unanimous that we needed the ok of a responsible adult for > accountability. > > Regarding a cut-off age for lending, their as a wide range of opinion. One > library allows children as young as preschoolers to borrow books, while the > others suggested 13 as the minimum age. In retrospect, I can see how > libraries might differ on such points depending on their circumstances. Since > our library is unstaffed most hours and we use a self-check system, we cannot > expect younger children to manage the process on their own. > > Next, I plan to bring our proposal to the Temple school staff to initiate the > process. > > Thanks for the help. > > Lee > > On Oct 11, 2018 1:00 PM, "Lee Jaffe" wrote: > I'm seeking the "wisdom of crowds" in order to plan how to expand lending > privileges to young adults in our congregation. Currently only adult members > are enrolled in our online borrowing system but we've reached a point that we > feel we can expand the borrower base to include young adults. I have no > experience with school or children's libraries and am hoping members of the > list can answer some questions and/or share insights about points I've missed. > > - Do we need adult sign-on a) for permission to add minors to the lending > system and/or > b) to establish responsibility > for items borrowed? > > - How do you determine eligibility? Hebrew high students? Post-B'nai > Mitzvah? Anyone over 13? > > Any other considerations? > > I should mention here that our lending system uses email address as the key >
Re: [ha-Safran] Younger Borrowers
Well said, Rachel.
I do basically the same with a letter home, but I do make it clear that the
parent is responsible for lost items. The Library can bill the parents as part
of the regular billing procedure.
Because the library is not staffed a good part of the time, the preschool is
the only part of the school that has regular check-out time. Everyone else is
on the honor system.
I must say that the little kids -and their parents- are much more responsible
about returning items than the grown-ups are.
Aileen GrossbergLampert LibraryCongregation Shomrei EmunahMontclair, NJ
-Original Message-
From: Rachel Kamin via Hasafran
To: Lee Jaffe ;
Sent: Sun, Oct 21, 2018 2:19 pm
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Younger Borrowers
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any school, synagogue or community center library that maintains a circulating
children’s collection would create obstacles that would prevent children from
checking out books. Why do you need an OK from a responsible adult? My
children check out library books from their public school library and I have
never been asked to provide consent. It is part of the curriculum. I would
doubt that day school librarians require parental consent to use the school
library. I’m not sure why a supplemental Hebrew School ay a synagogue (or JCC)
should be viewed any differently. As I wrote to Lee privately, children at
our synagogue begin checking out books from the Library starting with the
3-year-old preschool classes and continuing with all of the religious school
classes PK-7th grade. At the beginning of the school year we enter all of the
students into our system. We also send home a letter to the parents, letting
them know their children will be checking out books, explaining the library
program, and inviting them to visit with their children to check out even more
books. During the 2017-2018 school year, religious school students checked out
540 items and our preschool students checked out 911 items. Over 98% were
returned before the summer. Close to 1500 hundred Jewish books went into
Jewish homes – this is what we are all about. I consider the loss of a couple
dozen books each year the cost of doing business. Moreover, most of the
missing books are eventually found or returned. (I also look at it as natural
weeding!). I really discourage you from creating lots of rules and
policies. It will just make more work for you and make the library less
inviting, less accessible, and less used! Feel free to contact me if anyone
has any questions or wants to discuss further. I am also happy to share our
circulation policies. Rachel Kamin, Director The Joseph and Mae Gray
Cultural & Learning Center North Suburban Synagogue Beth El 847/926-7902
orrka...@nssbethel.org Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
9am-2pm and Wednesday 4-6 pm & Sunday 9am-12pm (when school is in session)
From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+rkamin=nssbethel@lists.osu.edu]On
Behalf Of Lee Jaffe via Hasafran
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 6:56 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Younger Borrowers Per my earlier note to this list
(copied below) I promised to summarize responses I received. I heard from
three colleagues, reporting their experience and opinions about adding younger
borrowers to our temple library's lending service. The responses were
unanimous that we needed the ok of a responsible adult for accountability.
Regarding a cut-off age for lending, their as a wide range of opinion. One
library allows children as young as preschoolers to borrow books, while the
others suggested 13 as the minimum age. In retrospect, I can see how libraries
might differ on such points depending on their circumstances. Since our library
is unstaffed most hours and we use a self-check system, we cannot expect
younger children
