Re: [ha-Safran] For synagogue librarians--amount of donations confidential?

[Barbara Leff via Hasafran]

When I was Library Director, all donations were in addition to the Library 
budget, to be spent as and when the Director deemed best. This worked very 
well.  It allowed for extra-special needs of the Library.  If donors allowed 
it, we would publish their names in Ha-Safran.

Barbara Young Leff 
Former Library Director (don’t recall dates)
West Valley Regional Library
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(Sorry - I have memory problems and don’t remember dates - after a fractured 
hip surgery, I’m living in a rehab center and no longer have my files with me.)
Current phone:
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Current address:
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> On Apr 15, 2021, at 11:06 PM, Judy Petersen via Hasafran 
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> Hi,
>  My synagogue has a new Executive Director.  She is very supportive of 
> the Library and wants to professionalize the synagogue's systems, which is 
> great, but we're butting heads on one particular issue.
>  Currently, when I receive a donation to the library, I'm told the name 
> of the person and the amount.  Since I don't have a budget, I use these 
> donations to purchase books, usually for the children's library, and I book 
> plate the books that I purchase with the name of the donor.  If I don't know 
> the amount, I don't know how many books to purchase.
>  My executive director proposes to give me a budget (YAY!) that would 
> include book purchases (YAY again!).  However, she feels the amount of any 
> donations to the Library going forward should be confidential and should be 
> used to offset my allotted budget. My feeling is that I should continue to 
> have the authority to spend any donations over and above my budget how I 
> wish, that donations directed to the Library shouldn't be used to offset the 
> budget, and that the amount (usually in the neighborhood of $18-$60) does not 
> need to be confidential. 
>  I have my monthly meeting with her next Tuesday.  It would be great if 
> some synagogue librarians could weigh and let me know how the question of 
> confidentiality of donations is handled at your synagogue.
>  Many thanks,
> 
> Judy Petersen
> Library Director
> Congregation Har Shalom
> Fort Collins, CO
> 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Fwd: [west_arch] Archivist positions at San Diego County Archives

[Barbara Leff via Hasafran]

Hi Jackie,
I’d love the job but cannot physically do it. 

I don’t know if I told you that I should be a candidate for RIGHT hip 
replacement surgery but doctors say I’m too old (87) and have too many other 
health issues that make them think that I will have poor recovery, or possibly 
no recovery from surgery!!!  AND  I’m allergic to all pain medicines, so I’m 
taking Tylenol for RIGHT hip/leg pain, which is not very strong. 

 Then to add more, I fell last week and injured my LEFT knee so I’m not walking 
too well these days. I’m allergic to all pain medicines so I’m taking Tylenol 
which is not a very strong medicine for pain. Now I’m getting Lidocaine 
injections in my right hip every few weeks for the pain. That is what I live 
with. Thus, I’m resting a lot, walking a little but gingerly, and not taking 
any project that requires continuous movement, like sitting and standing, as an 
archivist. 

Thank you very much for thinking of me. 

Hope all is ok with you. Please note my new email address - byl...@icloud.com. 

Fondly 
//Barbara 
Barbara Leff
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>> On Jul 15, 2020, at 12:20 PM, Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran 
>>  wrote:
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> I know that this isn't specifically a Judaic job, but if you need work in 
> sunny Southern California, you should apply.
> 
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> From: Worcester, Aditi 
> Date: Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 11:18 AM
> Subject: [west_arch] Archivist positions at San Diego County Archives
> To: west_arch 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> The San Diego County Archives is hiring!
> Please visit 
> https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sdcounty/jobs/2805643/county-records-manager-archivist-20300406a?page=2=jobOpportunitiesJobs
>  for a complete position description.
> Please note that while the position classification is called “County Records 
> Manager”, the position title is “Archivist” and we are looking for 
> experienced archives professionals to join our team and help grow our new 
> County Archives program (we formally opened in March 2020: 
> https://www.countynewscenter.com/new-assessor-recorder-county-clerk-office-and-first-ever-archive-celebrates-grand-opening/).
> Applications are being accepted through July 27, 2020.
> Thank you!
> Aditi
>  
> Aditi Worcester
> County Archivist
> San Diego Recorder/County Clerk
> 619-219-6434
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Re: [ha-Safran] Questions for Jewish Librarians

[Barbara Leff]

I had a similar idea about creating a database of Jewish resources way back in 
1980, when I was AJL President.  I invited colleagues from academic/archival 
libraries, synagogue/school/center libraries, Bureau of Jewish Education 
directors, Jewish publishers, and others.  We called the committee, “Creation 
of National Jewish Bibliographic Data Base.”   We discussed it for quite awhile 
via the U.S. mail.  (We didn’t have the luxury of the Internet or emails 
then!).  We met at national conventions and once even in my Library in Los 
Angeles.  It was of great interest.  I remember that we reached the point of 
discussing potential funding sources!

BUT, then, the 1982 Lebanon War occurred, and all funding priorities were for 
Israel's defenses, of course, and none for future resources.  I think I may 
still have the correspondence hard copies - but doubt that it would be of much 
use from 34 years ago.

I don’t recall hearing anything more about this idea, but I’m long retired from 
the AJL Board.  

I like to keep current - thus my joining this ha-Safran discussion.  I still 
think it's a very very worthwhile project and, with today’s technology, it 
seems very doable. 

Best of luck to you.
B’Shalom,
Barbara

Barbara Y. Leff, M.S.L.S.
President, Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL), 1980-1982
Library Director, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles, 1969-1996.
Founder/Chair of national committee, "Creation of National Jewish Bibliographic 
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On Jan 5, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Toby Harris  wrote:

Dear Martha:
 
I don’t know of one – other than Worldcat, which smaller Jewish libraries and 
maybe some academics aren’t members of.  Sounds like a great idea! 
 
Toby Harris, Librarian
Temple De Hirsch Sinai
206-693-3379  Seattle
425-559-2578   Bellevue
http://lib.tdhs-nw.org  for library hours, programs 
and CATALOG 

 
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] On Behalf Of Martha McMahon
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 11:00 AM
To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 

Cc: en...@aol.com 
Subject: [ha-Safran] Questions for Jewish Librarians
 
A member of the board of the Jewish Virtual Library posed these questions if 
anyone can share their thoughts:
 
I wanted to know if
 
1. there is a website which combines all digital catalogues from Jewish 
libraries around the world, which would allow complex searches, such as "show 
me all books on Theodore Herzl's childhood within a 50 mile radius of Los 
Angeles" 
 
2. Would Jewish librarians want such a site constructed if not available?
 

 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Recording of Biblio Tech discussion

[Barbara Leff]

Dear Heidi. 

I'm so glad you recorded the book discussion at our AJL Conference. Thank you 
very much. 

I enjoyed hearing it. Makes me want to re-read the book.  I especially thought 
that you did a beautiful job of leading the discussion. You encouraged 
participation and folks expressing their thoughts and ideas. I learned from 
that. Though I am long retired, I still find the library field fascinating. 

I have downloaded Expect More and am looking forward to reading that too. 

Thanks again. 

B'Shalom
Barbara Y. Leff
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> On Jul 1, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Heidi Rabinowitz  
> wrote:
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> During the AJL conference in Charleston, I recorded our discussion of Biblio 
> Tech, Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google by John 
> Palfrey. You can listen to the recording here: 
> http://databases.jewishlibraries.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/bibliotech%20discussion%20fin.mp3
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> 
> FYI, AJL did not officially record the conference sessions for podcasting. I 
> just recorded this session with my handheld recorder because I knew there was 
> interest from people who could not be here.
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> 
> Enjoy!
> 
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Re: [ha-Safran] book discussion at AJL conference: Biblio Tech

[Barbara Leff]

Or better for those of us unavailable at that time, why not record and post to 
the conference proceedings?

Thank you!!

Barbara Y Leff
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> On May 5, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Nomi Fuhrman  wrote:
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> Skype would be great for all of us who cannot be at the conference.
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>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 12:22 PM, ALBA TOSCANO  wrote:
>> Heidi and Debbie
>>> Biblio Tech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google by 
>>> John Palfrey conference   session 4B on Monday June 20 at 2pm.
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>> Can we do this one by SKYPE? When it's 2p.m. there, it will be 8p.m. here in 
>> e-spain. I will be awake!
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Re: [ha-Safran] Judaica Librarians Bible Textbook

[Barbara Leff]

Hello Michelle,

No - there were no textbooks attached to Dorothy Schroeder’s Judaica 
Librarianship classes long ago.  She gave us handouts as needed and we used 
original sources when available.  Those classes were sponsored by Hebrew Union 
College-JIR for many years, but were discontinued some years back because our 
students excelled, local Judaica libraries flourished, and beginning 
librarianship classes were no longer needed.

Of course, AJL has many very helpful resources on its website that you can 
download and print - http://jewishlibraries.org/index.php 
http://jewishlibraries.org/index.php   

ALSO - check the website of our local AJL of Southern California — 
http://www.ajlsc.org/home.php http://www.ajlsc.org/home.php  —  
Look at these AJLSC menu items - they might be helpful and I try to keep them 
current...:
— Education (mostly online courses)
— Resources and Links
— and occasionally Homepage, Calendar and Events (including some archives), 
News, and Archives-Previous AJLSC Events

If anyone finds a college or institution that teaches Judaica Librarianship 
today, I too would be interested in knowing about it.   
  
B’Shalom,
Barbara

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On Apr 25, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Michelle Sandler michellegailsand...@gmail.com 
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Is there a textbook on the bible for Judaica Librarians?  In the late 1990's 
there was a class on the bible for Judaica Librarians in Los Angeles CA.  I 
live an hour away in Orange County so I did not attend.  Was there a textbook 
attached to that class?  Are there colleges that teach classes in Judaica 
Librarianship in the U.S.?  I would like to buy some textbooks.

Michelle Sandler MLS
Volunteer Librarian
Temple Beth David 
Westminster CA
Volunteer Librarian
Temple Bat Yahm
Newport Beach CA
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Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish Book Awards

[Barbara Leff]

Shalom Rae Shagalov,

I can answer part of your question.  We maintain a list of the current national 
Jewish book awards on our website home page, along with links to the 
publishers' websites, which will give you the honor books, runner-ups, and past 
awards as well.  Publishers of national Jewish book awards include Association 
of Jewish Libraries, American Library Association, and the Jewish Book Council.

Here is our website:  Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California - 
http://www.ajlsc.org .  The book awards are listed at the bottom of our home 
page.

Barbara

Barbara Y. Leff
Chair, AJLSC Website
Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California
webch...@ajlsc.org
818.981.6920
http://www.ajlsc.org




On Apr 23, 2014, at 10:23 PM, Rae Shagalov [Holy Sparks] i...@holysparks.org 
wrote:

BSD

Can you please tell me if there is a list of Jewish book awards and reviewers 
of Jewish non-fiction and art books? Thank you so much.
-- 
May you be blessed with success  only good things!
Rae Shagalov
Author of: What's a Soul Like You Doing in a World Like This?
and The Secret Art of Talking to G-d.
Holy Sparks Press
http://holysparks.org/books

Connect with me!
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Re: [ha-Safran] Children's Illustrated Passover Books

[Barbara Leff]

Dear Anna,

What a great list - and thanks for the extra time it took to create the 
Pinterest page.  Your page is beautiful!

I've added it to our AJLSC Home Page (http://ajlsc.org/home.php), along with 
these few other Pinterest pages of interest, that I happened upon:

-- Children's Illustrated Passover Books

-- Jewish Holidays

-- Library Cartoons and Posters 

-- 15 Fabulous Bookish Pinterest Boards  (source: American Libraries Direct, 
8/28/13)


Barbara 

Barbara Y. Leff
Chair, AJLSC Website
Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California
webch...@ajlsc.org   
818.981.6920byl...@socal.rr.com
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On Apr 8, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Anna Olswanger anna.olswan...@verizon.net wrote:

 Rachel Kamin, Director of the Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural  Learning Center, 
 shared with me her updated list of children's Passover books. Based on what I 
 saw in Rachel's list, I decided to expand my Pinterest page to include 
 illustrated middle grade fiction and nonfiction, while maintaining the focus 
 on books that are in print and are available from publishers' websites. So, 
 the Pinterest link has changed:
 
 http://www.pinterest.com/olswanger/childrens-illustrated-passover-books/
 
 I hope you will discover a few new books there.
 
 Happy Passover to all.
 
 Anna Olswanger
 
 Anna Olswanger | Senior Literary Agent, Liza Dawson Associates
 350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2003 | New York, NY 10001-1930
 t: 201-791-4699 | w: www.olswanger.com | twitter: @AnnaOlswanger
 
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Re: [ha-Safran] AJLSC Sports Bibliography

[Barbara Leff]

Thanks for your note, Amalia. 

 I already sent the AJLSC Sports Bibliography to the AJL Bibliography Bank, as 
I wrote in my Ha-Safran posting.  I agree - the Bank is an important resource 
for SSC librarians. As I mentioned to Francine in my cover letter, I wish we 
had the Bank when I was AJL President (1980-82). 

Regards,
Barbara
Barbara Y. Leff
Retired Library Director, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles (1969-1996). 
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 On Apr 2, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Amalia Warshenbrot amalia...@att.net wrote:
 
 Barbara,
 Please send the list to the AJL Bibliography Bank. Mail to fmen...@jccdet.org
 The bibliography Bank can be found on AJL website  
 http://www.JewishLibraries.org
 There are good list that are helpful to synagogue and school librarians.
 Amalia Warshenbrot
 From: Barbara Leff
 Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 1:19 AM
 To: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
 Subject: [ha-Safran] AJLSC Sports Bibliography
 To our AJL members,
  
 March Madness is over, but many other sports are now at your fingertips.  
 Here is the long awaited update of the
  
 Bibliography of Jews in Sports:  Books!  Articles!  Videos!  for Adults, 
 Children, and Teens,  by AJLSC  (12 pp.)
 
 Please read it - to find reading you will enjoy. 
  
 -- Ellen Cole.
  
  
 Ellen Cole, our AJLSC President (presid...@ajlsc.org), designed and edited 
 this update of the 2003 edition.  Ellen is an AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award 
 recipient, and Librarian, Eugene B. Levine Memorial Library, Temple Isaiah, 
 Los Angeles.
  
  
 A .pdf copy is attached.  This bibliography has been submitted to the AJL 
 Bibliography Bank, and to the AJL News. 
  
 It is also available on the AJLSC website  - access links via our home page 
 (www.ajlsc.org) and Resources  Links page (http://ajlsc.org/links.php) . 
  
  
 Submitted by
  
 Barbara Y. Leff
 Chair, AJLSC Website  webch...@ajlsc.org
 Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California (AJLSC)
 http://www.ajlsc.org
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 To our AJL members,
 
 March Madness is over, but many other sports are now at your fingertips.  
 Here is the long awaited update of the
 
 Bibliography of Jews in Sports:  Books!  Articles!  Videos!  for Adults, 
 Children, and Teens,  by AJLSC  (12 pp.)
 
 Please read it - to find reading you will enjoy.  
 
 -- Ellen Cole.
 
 
 Ellen Cole, our AJLSC President (presid...@ajlsc.org), designed and edited 
 this update of the 2003 edition.  Ellen is an AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award 
 recipient, and Librarian, Eugene B. Levine Memorial Library, Temple Isaiah, 
 Los Angeles.
 
 
 A .pdf copy is attached.  This bibliography has been submitted to the AJL 
 Bibliography Bank, and to the AJL News.  
 
 It is also available on the AJLSC website  - access links via our home page 
 (www.ajlsc.org) and Resources  Links page (http://ajlsc.org/links.php) .  
 
 
 Submitted by 
 
 Barbara Y. Leff
 Chair, AJLSC Website  webch...@ajlsc.org
 Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California (AJLSC)
 http://www.ajlsc.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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[ha-Safran] Fwd: A general question

[Barbara Leff]

Shalom--

I've been hearing similar comments for many many years on this question.  It is 
troublesome to read and hear but librarianship has been adapting and I think 
our colleagues have given honest evaluations and some excellent advice.   

Here's something that may be encouraging - another positive well-respected Pew 
Report.  I think that some of what is apropos for public libraries may apply to 
our libraries of Judaica too. We can continue to adapt our programs to serve 
our audiences' needs.


I read a short summary of this first in the Los Angeles Times (print edition) 
on December 12.  (The online edition here is more detailed.)  

Source:  LOS ANGELES TIMES
Dated:  December 11, 2013
95% OF AMERICANS FIND LIBRARIES 'IMPORTANT,' PEW REPORTS

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-95-percent-of-americans-find-libraries-important-pew-reports-20131211,0,4835449.story#axzz2nQPxZsRg

===

Here is the original article:

Source:  PEW INTERNET  AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT
Released:  December 11, 2013
HOW AMERICANS VALUE PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/12/11/libraries-in-communities/


Barbara

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Re: [ha-Safran] AJL History

[Barbara Leff]

To:  Dr. Yaffa Weisman

Dear Yaffa,

I do recall that brief history of AJL - but have no idea where to find it.  
Sorry.

The best I can do is point you in the direction of several other resources 
about AJL history:  
 
1)  Institutional Sketch.  in A Finding Aid to the Association of Jewish 
Libraries Records, 1950-1996.  Manuscript Collection No. 115.  Repository in 
the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives. 
http://americanjewisharchives.org/collections/ms0115/
This is a short history - 4 paragraphs - that may serve your 
purpose.

2)  Marcia Posner.  The Association of Jewish Libraries: A Chronicle.  In A 
Celebration of the Association of Jewish Libraries, 1965-1990, edited by Bella 
Hass Weinberg.  Judaica Librarianship, Vol. 5, No. 2, Spring 1990-Winter 1991  
5751 (ISSN 0739-5086)  110-150.  
Perhaps you can get a copy of this excellent detailed history 
from our AJL Archives.

3)  The ALA Yearbook: a review of library events 1979.  Volume 5 (1980).  
Chicago, IL: American Library Assn, 1980.  55-57.  
I am sending you a photocopy of these few pages - perhaps they 
may be helpful.
[FYI:  When I discovered that the American Library Association 
Yearbooks had annual reports of many other library associations, except AJL, I 
contacted ALA.  They invited us to write an article.  AJL President Harvey 
Horowitz requested that I, as AJL Vice President/President-Elect, write the 
first ALA Yearbook article about AJL history and progress; I enlisted the 
assistance of Rita Frischer, SSC President.  Our article was published and, 
thereafter, AJL was represented in ALA Yearbooks; annual articles were written 
by our AJL Board Members.]


If you want more details, perhaps Joy Kingsolver, AJL Parliamentarian, may be 
able to assist you in finding what you want from among our AJL Archives.   

Good luck!

Barbara

Barbara Y. Leff, MLS
AJL President 1980-1982
4949 Genesta Ave., #302
Encino, CA 91316
818.981.6920
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On Oct 24, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Weisman, Yaffa wrote:

 Dear Safranim  Safraniyot,
 Once upon a time there existed a link from the AJL web site to “a brief 
 history of AJL”.  This link, alas, is a dead end now. Does anyone have the 
 original text of this article, or any other version of a brief history of AJL?
 If you do, please send it to me.
 Thanks
 yaffa
  
 Dr. Yaffa Weisman, Director
 The Frances-Henry Library
 Adjunct Associate Professor
 HUC-JIR
 Jack H. Skirball Los Angeles Campus
 www.huc.edu/libraries/la
  
 213-765-2170
  
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[ha-Safran] Fwd: Honors for our own David Hirsch!

[Barbara Leff]

David Hirsch has done his job quietly and with dedication for so many years.  
He's traveled the world making contacts and looking for unique materials for 
his UCLA collection.  Browsing his collection is a real treat!  He's our 
favorite AJLSC speaker - sharing his knowledge and experiences.  

As Lisa wrote, AJLSC members are proud to honor David Hirsch with the Dorothy 
Schroeder Memorial Award on May 20, 2013.  Dorothy was one of our founding 
members and our teacher/mentor for many years; it is the highest honor we can 
bestow upon one of our members.

Correction of typo:  Our webpage for information regarding donations in David's 
honor, and about Dorothy, can be found here:
http://ajlsc.org/dschroeder.html

Also, we're so proud that David is being honored by the Librarians Association 
of the University of California, Los Angeles.  That is very special - to be 
recognized and honored by his peers in the academic world.  

Mazel Tov, David!!

/Barbara
Barbara Y. Leff, MLS
AJL President (1980-82)
AJLSC Secretary and Website Chair - http://www.ajlsc.org
Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California
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 From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 
 [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa 
 Silverman
 Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 1:41 PM
 To: hasaf...@lists.osu.edu
 Cc: arig...@library.ucla.edu
 Subject: [ha-Safran] Honors for our own David Hirsch!
  
 I am passing along two announcements of interest—both about David:
  
 1.  David Hirsch, librarian at UCLA and member of AJLSC, is doubly 
 honored this year. On May 20, our AJLSC chapter is presenting him with the 
 Dorothy Schroeder Award, which is given for tireless and outstanding 
 dedication to Judaica Librarianship and the education of Judaica Librarians 
 . We are all looking forward to the gala event!
  
 Information regarding donations in his honor can be found here at our 
 website: http://ajlsc.org/dschroeder.htm
  
 2.The second announcement is copied and pasted below:
  
 __
  
 It is my pleasure to announce that David Hirsch, a librarian in UCLA’s 
 Charles E. Young Research Library Collections, Research and Instructional 
 Services, has been chosen by the Librarians Association of the University of 
 California, Los Angeles, as the 2013 Librarian of the Year. This award 
 recognizes excellence in librarianship over the last twelve to eighteen 
 months, particularly as it furthers the teaching and research mission of 
 UCLA, and meets the intellectual, informational, and cultural needs of the 
 university community.
  
 The award, conferred during the Association’s spring meeting on April 24, 
 2013, recognizes David’s continual efforts to enhance the Library’s Middle 
 East collections, helping to make the UCLA Library the premier West Coast 
 destination for Middle East scholars and researchers. David also worked on 
 three exhibits, on Afghan history, Armenian printing history, and Islamic 
 superhero comic books (which included a Library-sponsored event and film 
 screening). During the last year, David provided invaluable assistance in 
 finding a permanent home for the Tahrir Documents Archive in UCLA Library 
 Special Collections. In his unrelenting efforts to enhance collections, share 
 research, and partner with libraries in the Middle East, David’s bravery was 
 exemplified by a recent two week workshop at the University in Basra and 
 through his contributions to the development of Iraq’s libraries, despite the 
 obvious danger posed to an American traveling in that country.
  
 The Librarians Association of the University of California is the system’s 
 primary organization for professional librarian and governance affairs.
  
 Congratulations to David Hirsch, the LAUC-LA 2013 Librarian of the Year!
  
 Sincerely,
 
 Angela Riggio
 On behalf of the LAUC-LA Librarian of the Year Award Committee, 2013
  
 Iman Dagher
 June Kim
 Prof. Andrew Leuchter, Immediate Past Chair of the UCLA Academic Senate
  
  
  
  
  Lisa Silverman
 Library Director
 Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library
 10400 Wilshire Blvd.
 Los Angeles, CA 90024
 310-481-3215
  
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[ha-Safran] Bookless vs. Pew Report

[Barbara Leff]

I urge all of us not to focus on the Texas bookless library but, instead, 
read carefully this article posted by our AJL Mentor Chair, Stephanie Gross 
(see below), which I've copied to our AJL-Southern California website - 
www.ajlsc.org/news.html.

The original article, released 1/22/2013, is titled:
Library Services in the Digital Age
Patrons embrace new technologies – and would welcome more.
But many still want printed books to hold their central place
by Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie and Kristen Purcell.
I think there is much in the article you'll want to quote to your 
powers-that-be who make library decisions in your institution. This is 
published by the respected Pew Research Center, a nonprofit 'fact tank' that 
provides information on the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping America and 
the world, and is partially funded by the Bill  Melinda Gates Foundation.   
Read the entire Summary, then read the links to the many parts of the Report on 
Stephen's Lighthouse, a blog by Stephen Abram, illuminating library industry 
trends, innovation and information.

I was very pleased to see that the Los Angeles Times considered this important: 
 Front page - Not Dead Yet: Libraries Still Vital, Pew Report Finds, by David 
L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic, January 22, 2013. 
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-pews-report-on-libraries-is-upbeat-20130119,0,1014616.story

AND, if you google Library Services in the Digital Age, you'll find many more 
articles happily reporting this.

Thank you, Stephanie, for alerting us to this, and for your many posts of great 
interest on Hasafran.

Barbara

Barbara Y. Leff, M.L.S.
AJL President (1980-1982)
(Retired) Director, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles (1969-1996)
Website Chair, AJL of Southern California
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 From: Stephanie L Gross gr...@yu.edu
 Subject: [ha-Safran] Major NEW and Must-Read Pew Report on Libraries
 Date: January 22, 2013 9:57:57 AM PST
 To: Hasafran (hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu) 
 hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu

 [From Stephen Abram's Lighthouse blog]
 
 Link: 
 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2013/01/22/major-new-and-must-read-pew-report-on-libraries/
 
 Major NEW and Must-Read Pew Report on Libraries
 
 This is an important report for any library that serves users (grin).  It is 
 from the respected Pew Internet  American Life Project.  This is part of the 
 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant and it's important because it surveys 
 a wide swath of US citizens - not just one age group, not just one local 
 population, not just one language group or just people who already use 
 libraries.  It's good stuff!
 
 In this post is the summary data and the links to the rest of the report.  

 Stephanie (Sara Leah) Gross
 MSLIS, MATESOL
 Chair, AJL Mentoring
 Member,  AJL Librarianship and Education Committee
 Pollack Library
 Yeshiva University
 500 West 185th Street
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[ha-Safran] Fwd: Jews in Sports - Bibliography

[Barbara Leff]

To:  Hasfran

When Ellen Cole was our AJLSC President in 2003, she compiled A Bibliography of 
Jews in Sports.  Here is the citation on the Resources and Links page of our 
AJLSC website:

 AJLSC:  A Bibliography of Jews in Sports:  Books! Articles! Videos! for 
 Adults and Children.  Designed by Ellen Cole.  Arranged by Joel Tuchman.  
 April 2003.  24pp.  Three sections:  Books for Adults; Books for Children; 
 and Videos, Periodicals, and CD-Roms.  Table of Contents, Key to [14 Local] 
 Institutions Holding Titles, and Index of 22 different sports careers.  
 Professionally bound.  Free to AJLSC members.


There are 64 titles for adults and 36 titles for children, many from the Sinai 
Temple Blumenthal Library (Lisa Silverman, Library Director; Joel Tuchman, 
Cataloger), and 29 bibliographies of Videos, Periodicals, and CD-ROMs from 14 
local library institutions.  There is also a 2-page Index arranged 
alphabetically by sport.

Our current AJLSC President, Judy Cohn, thought this might be useful, even 
though it is somewhat old by now.  I finally reached Ellen Cole for comments 
(she's in the power-outage area of the east coast).  Ellen says she has updates 
to this list, especially on women and runners, and will add them when she gets 
home and back to work in August.

If anyone should go to our AJLSC website (http://www.ajlsc.org), please know 
that we're in the process of updating our website, including repairing some 
links, reorganizing, adding photos, and putting many older items in our 
archives.  

Barbara

Barbara Y. Leff, M.L.S.
Chair, AJLSC Website Committee
Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California
webch...@ajlsc.org
http://www.ajlsc.org




 From: Librarian
 Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 4:04 PM
 To: Hasafran
 Subject: [ha-Safran] Jews in sports

 We're looking into doing Jews in Sports for next year's theme instead of 
 One-Synagogue-One-Book.
  
 We're looking for books and other materials for young and old that aren't 
 about Hank Greenberg or Sandy Koufax or Lipman Pike. In fact, we'd like to 
 go outside baseball, and maybe even find some women if there are any. 
 Fiction would be good too, but can't think of anything between The Natural 
 and The Art of Fielding, and the only thing Jewish about those is their 
 authors. We need to broaden our horizons! Please shower ideas on us!
  
 Thanks!
  
 Barbara Mende
 Librarian
 Congregation Mishkan Tefila
 300 Hammond Pond Parkway
 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
 (617) 332-7770
 Fax: (617) 332-2871
 
 

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[ha-Safran] more on e-books

[Barbara Leff]

Worth reading pros and cons on libraries acquiring e-books...

E-book library borrowing rate is low, Pew survey finds
by Associated Press
June 22, 2012

Source:  Los Angeles Times -
 
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-library-ebooks-20120622,0,3228515.story



Barbara Y. Leff
byl...@socal.rr.com

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