Re: [ha-Safran] the librarian's dilemma
Amy, I think that a Jewish library of a synagogue or JCC should have a few of the Jewish classics like Sholom Aleichem, Bernard Malamud, Shalom Ash, Franz Kafka Etc. Mine, also, have never been borrowed. As you wrote we have the responsibility to keep the names alive. I bought them for a dollar in the discarded book sale of the local public library. They did not have the same responsibility that we have. I hope that this helps, Amalia Warshenbrot AJL Immediate past president From: Amy Turim via Hasafran Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 1:16 PM To: HASAFRAN Subject: [ha-Safran] the librarian's dilemma Dear colleagues. My problem is not unique, but I’m stumped and am reaching out for your assistance for any who can help. My library has good coverage of Sholom Aleichem: a few different “Best ofs” , a Treasury, and many story collections. MOST have never been borrowed, and I see that the most recently checked out book was in 2007! I serve a Reform Temple community, including a religious school, and a pre-school. We are not an archive – and I am generally clear-eyed about pulling books that are past their prime in terms of interest. Clearly, it’s time to significantly cut back, but WHICH ARE WORTH KEEPING? I am no Aleichem aficionado, but I do feel a responsibility to keep his name alive in the library by having one or two of his works on the shelf. Thank you for your help; I welcome any suggestions! Amy Turim Temple Emanuel Kensington, MD libr...@templeemanuelmd.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 __ 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] Fwd: Books to donate
Shalom, Here is another book give away. I've already informed Karen that any prayer books that do not find another home need to be sent to a genizah. -- Forwarded message - From: Karen Karlin Date: Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:01 AM Subject: Books to donate To: i...@jewishlibraries.org Hello – I am looking for a place to donate a wide variety of books—from prayer books in Hebrew to novels by authors such as Chaim Potok and Philip Roth. Some of the books are rather old and likely out of print. I am located in Bergen County and would be happy to drop them off in this vicinity. Do you know of any libraries or organizations that accept donations of used books? Thank you for your assistance – Karen Karlin __ 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] The Library as a Space for Data
Shalom, We received the following request from the Romanian Library Association. Please show your support by filling out the brief survey at the second link below: Comment: Dear librarian, kind receiver I'm Nicolaie, a researcher for the LIS community of kosson.ro and Romanian Library Association. I take a deep interest to what is the place of date in the library's daily activities with an acute accent on what training and qualification should be. At the beginning of the year, I wrote a brief study about where is the place of data in training the librarians as this new set of needed qualifications entered libraries also - http://www.rrbsi.ro/index.php/rrbsi/article/view/73. It is time to extend my research beyond what search engines/databases are able to reveal. I need to get grass-roots answers from the global scope, and this is the reason I ask for a bit of help in completing my research. For speeding up the process, I designed a form that can be completed in a few minutes. The form is accessible here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMZfhjRsN1eiIv21V_jptwVfnzs9H3rqNZ-7xuzEdeFhrJJg/viewform Please, make this form known high and low to all those interested in the new possible roles of the future librarian. Thank you very much for your time. Constantinescu Nicolaie Information Architect http://www.kosson.ro Acces Deschis România http://www.acces-deschis.ro You find me here: https://www.facebook.com/kosson And the professional side: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kosson/ On LinkedIn: https://ro.linkedin.com/in/kosson -- Jackie Ben-Efraim *"Although the books had changed, I the reader had not." **Micha Yosef Berdichevsky 1865-1921* Special Collections Librarian Ostrow Library American Jewish University 15600 Mulholland Drive Los Angeles, CA 90077 __ 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
