Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

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Interesting. I’m sending this off to my Rabbi. He s young and game for 
challenges and change. Our synagogue’ s library has become a dumping ground. We 
never had a librarian , nor any library programs. I always say , as Jews , we 
are people of  the book twice blessed. Let’s showcase our libraries anyway 
possible. Whether to our own congregations or to the public, for Jewish 
communities, holidays, personalities( books on Anne Frank Ruth Bader Ginsberg, 
various sports players) .)history ( the Holocaust), and books discussing 
intolerance ,immigration and of course values, mitzvot  . B Shalom Wendy a. 
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libraries in Seattle. The first cut back librarian hours to the point of 
ridiculousness back in 2017 and still has no librarian. The other had me remove 
1/3 of their collection to change the library toI have worked at two Reform 
synagogue libraries in Seattle. The first cut back librarian hours to the point 
of ridiculousness back in 2017 and still has no librarian. The other had me 
remove 1/3 of their collection to change the library to a multi-use room. All 
both needed, in my opinion, was more promotion from the clergy and staff plus 
displays in the foyer. The pandemic certainly made the situation even worse as 
people were not in the building for 2 years and even now, things are still 
hybrid.
My take on the demise of time and/or money investment in synagogues libraries 
is 1) Many do not think of checking the synagogue library collection for 
specific titles or browsing like they do the public libraries. 2)  Many people 
nowadays do not value serendipity or the library experience. They buy books 
online or visit independent bookstores. 3) synagogues themselves are changing 
and having to make tough financial choices. 4) Clergy and staff do not promote 
library usage - I cannot explain that one at all! 
This is all especially sad because our Jewish youth are not getting exposed to 
good quality Judaic literature from a curated collection. Books with Jewish 
themes or characters are buried in school and public libraries. 
Thanks to AJL, at least we have access to great recommendations to award 
winning Jewish books. We just have to do our best to promote them. Even sadder 
than the loss of these synagogue libraries is the loss of so many regional JCC 
or Jewish public libraries! 
keep up the good work, AJL!
Toby




On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 12:01 PM Michelle Sandler via Hasafran 
 wrote:

 Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, California 
is being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.   The 
Youth Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for 
the synagogueDear Judaica Librarians:
My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.  They 
need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being turned into 
a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as the Preschool has 
a waiting list.The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious 
School Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's 
office. 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in the 
new Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.  This is 
a nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my ResourceMate 
catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been the Volunteer 
Librarian there for 10 years.
Michelle Sandler MLSLibrarianBeth DavidWestminster, California__
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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Aileen Grossberg via Hasafran]

 Toby,
So beautifully put especially your point about having the clergy and staff 
promote the library.
 I feel fortunate to still have a job even though it's only 6 hours a week, 
have had the same salary for 10 years ( it's sort of a trade-off for flexible 
vacation time), the same budget of $1800, and do Hebrew School lessons weekly 
and see the preschool for storytime. No time to promote the library; no money 
to do meaningful or memorable programming. People who do use the library praise 
it. I often get new books before the public library but, as you say, people 
don't think of checking the synagogue despite telling people in real time that 
we have the books they want to read. It's easier to have the books delivered to 
their front doors or to borrow an ebook from the public library.
Our public library- a good one- didn't even promote Jewish American Heritage 
Month with a display, never mind programs that might expose patrons-or 
customers- to Jewish interest books.
Maybe we need to reinvent our selves as learning or literacy centers to appeal 
to younger families.
It seems to be an unsolvable problem, but one which AJL is doing it's best to 
help solve.
Aileen GrossbergCongregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, NJOheb Shalom 
Congregation, South Orange, NJ

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 10:53:29 PM EDT, toby Harris via Hasafran 
 wrote:  
 
  I have worked at two Reform synagogue libraries in Seattle. The first cut 
back librarian hours to the point of ridiculousness back in 2017 and still has 
no librarian. The other had me remove 1/3 of their collection to change the 
library toI have worked at two Reform synagogue libraries in Seattle. The first 
cut back librarian hours to the point of ridiculousness back in 2017 and still 
has no librarian. The other had me remove 1/3 of their collection to change the 
library to a multi-use room. All both needed, in my opinion, was more promotion 
from the clergy and staff plus displays in the foyer. The pandemic certainly 
made the situation even worse as people were not in the building for 2 years 
and even now, things are still hybrid.
My take on the demise of time and/or money investment in synagogues libraries 
is 1) Many do not think of checking the synagogue library collection for 
specific titles or browsing like they do the public libraries. 2)  Many people 
nowadays do not value serendipity or the library experience. They buy books 
online or visit independent bookstores. 3) synagogues themselves are changing 
and having to make tough financial choices. 4) Clergy and staff do not promote 
library usage - I cannot explain that one at all! 
This is all especially sad because our Jewish youth are not getting exposed to 
good quality Judaic literature from a curated collection. Books with Jewish 
themes or characters are buried in school and public libraries. 
Thanks to AJL, at least we have access to great recommendations to award 
winning Jewish books. We just have to do our best to promote them. Even sadder 
than the loss of these synagogue libraries is the loss of so many regional JCC 
or Jewish public libraries! 
keep up the good work, AJL!
Toby




On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 12:01 PM Michelle Sandler via Hasafran 
 wrote:

 Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, California 
is being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.   The 
Youth Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for 
the synagogueDear Judaica Librarians:
My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.  They 
need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being turned into 
a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as the Preschool has 
a waiting list.The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious 
School Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's 
office. 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in the 
new Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.  This is 
a nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my ResourceMate 
catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been the Volunteer 
Librarian there for 10 years.
Michelle Sandler MLSLibrarianBeth DavidWestminster, California__
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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Fred Isaac via Hasafran]

Circulation numbers are quite fungible, as we all know. A significant
amount of current circ in public libraries is now online. So the numbers
there are up, but the physical objects aren't there.

This leads to the broader topic of digitization. We've been dealing with it
for the past 40 years (first with periodicals), but haven't faced it quite
so directly till now. We now have to ask a somewhat different set of
questions, at all levels.

Fred Isaac

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 2:19 PM Sukenic, Harvey via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Dan Cohen, Vice Provost for Information Collaboration, Dean of the
> Libraries, at Northeastern University, who was the keynote speaker at the
> AJL Conference in Boston in 2018, wrote an article in the Atlantic in 2019
> that got a lot of attention,
> Dan Cohen, Vice Provost for Information Collaboration, Dean of the
> *Libraries*, at Northeastern University, who was the keynote speaker at
> the AJL Conference in Boston in 2018, wrote an article in the Atlantic in
> 2019 that got a lot of attention, "The Books of College Libraries Are
> Turning Into Wallpaper". He argued that print circulation in academic
> libraries throughout the country was crashing.
> I don't know if that is the same for synagogue and temple libraries.
> I know that is the case for the Hebrew College Library. We went from
> circulating about 15,000 books a year in Brookline in the 1980's down to
> about 600 print books circulated this past fiscal year.
> It was hard justifying keeping the print collection that we had when it
> was not being used.
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> Harvey
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> *Subject:* Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster
> California is Being cut in half.
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> The demand for books is diminished. "everything is online. " On 07/12/2023
> 10: 40 AM EDT Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran 
> wrote: AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members,
> but, it is extremely
> The demand for books is diminished. "everything is online."
>
> On 07/12/2023 10:40 AM EDT Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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>
> AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it
> is extremely difficult. Amalia W. Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2023, at 8:
> 01 AM, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran  wrote: Any
> theories on why
>
> AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it
> is extremely difficult.
> Amalia W.
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jul 12, 2023, at 8:01 AM, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
> Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for
> synagogue libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no?
> I see it also. Andrea On Jul 11, 2023, at 10: 07 PM, Carol Janoff via
> Hasafran 
>
>
> Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for
> synagogue libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no?
> I see it also.
>   Andrea
>
> On Jul 11, 2023, at 10:07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
> This is happening to 

Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[toby Harris via Hasafran]

I have worked at two Reform synagogue libraries in Seattle. The first cut
back librarian hours to the point of ridiculousness back in 2017 and still
has no librarian. The other had me remove 1/3 of their collection to change
the library to a multi-use room. All both needed, in my opinion, was more
promotion from the clergy and staff plus displays in the foyer. The
pandemic certainly made the situation even worse as people were not in the
building for 2 years and even now, things are still hybrid.

My take on the demise of time and/or money investment in synagogues
libraries is 1) Many do not think of checking the synagogue library
collection for specific titles or browsing like they do the public
libraries. 2)  Many people nowadays do not value serendipity or the library
experience. They buy books online or visit independent bookstores. 3)
synagogues themselves are changing and having to make tough financial
choices. 4) Clergy and staff do not promote library usage - I cannot
explain that one at all!

This is all especially sad because our Jewish youth are not getting exposed
to good quality Judaic literature from a curated collection. Books with
Jewish themes or characters are buried in school and public libraries.

Thanks to AJL, at least we have access to great recommendations to award
winning Jewish books. We just have to do our best to promote them. Even
sadder than the loss of these synagogue libraries is the loss of so many
regional JCC or Jewish public libraries!

keep up the good work, AJL!

Toby





On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 12:01 PM Michelle Sandler via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster,
> California is being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth
> Lounge.   The Youth Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to
> make more money for the synagogue
> Dear Judaica Librarians:
>
> My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.
> They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being
> turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as
> the Preschool has a waiting list.
> The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School
> Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's
> office. 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in
> the new Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.
> This is a nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my
> ResourceMate catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been
> the Volunteer Librarian there for 10 years.
>
> Michelle Sandler MLS
> Librarian
> Beth David
> Westminster, California
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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Sukenic, Harvey via Hasafran]

Dan Cohen, Vice Provost for Information Collaboration, Dean of the Libraries, 
at Northeastern University, who was the keynote speaker at the AJL Conference 
in Boston in 2018, wrote an article in the Atlantic in 2019 that got a lot of 
attention, "The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into Wallpaper". He 
argued that print circulation in academic libraries throughout the country was 
crashing.
I don't know if that is the same for synagogue and temple libraries.
I know that is the case for the Hebrew College Library. We went from 
circulating about 15,000 books a year in Brookline in the 1980's down to about 
600 print books circulated this past fiscal year.
It was hard justifying keeping the print collection that we had when it was not 
being used.

Harvey




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From: Hasafran  on behalf of RONALD SCHWARTZ 
via Hasafran 
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 2:53 PM
To: Amalia Warshenbrot ; Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran 
; Andrea Rapp 
Cc: Michelle Sandler 
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California 
is Being cut in half.


CAUTION: This email originated from outside the organization.

The demand for books is diminished. "everything is online. " On 07/12/2023 10: 
40 AM EDT Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran  wrote: 
AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is 
extremely
The demand for books is diminished. "everything is online."
On 07/12/2023 10:40 AM EDT Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran 
 wrote:


AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is 
extremely difficult. Amalia W. Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2023, at 8: 01 AM, 
Andrea Rapp via Hasafran  wrote: Any theories on why

AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is 
extremely difficult.
Amalia W.

Sent from my iPad

On Jul 12, 2023, at 8:01 AM, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran  
wrote:

Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue 
libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it also. 
Andrea On Jul 11, 2023, at 10: 07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran 


Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue 
libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it also.
  Andrea

On Jul 11, 2023, at 10:07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran 
 wrote:

This is happening to my temple library too. We have sold our current building 
and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library 
filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the 
time of


This is happening to my temple library too.  We have sold our current building 
and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library 
filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the 
time of the sale.  The books are all packed in boxes and stored in the attic of 
the sanctuary.  The new building will almost certainly not have a room (or 
rooms) dedicated solely to the library but will most likely have a conference 
room or some such with shelves around the perimeter.  Obviously most of the 
books will not fit and I just don’t even know what we can do with so many 
discarded books.  It breaks my heart because I started this library and have 
added to it and run it for over 25 years and I think it is a fine collection.  
I am a 

Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Henry Hollander via Hasafran]

Except wisdom.
 


The demand for books is diminished. "everything is online. " On 07/12/2023 10: 
40 AM EDT Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran  wrote: 
AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is 
extremely

The demand for books is diminished. "everything is online."
On 07/12/2023 10:40 AM EDT Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran 
 wrote:
 
 
AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is 
extremely difficult. Amalia W. Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2023, at 8: 01 AM, 
Andrea Rapp via Hasafran  wrote: Any theories on why
 AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is 
extremely difficult.
Amalia W. 



Sent from my iPad

On Jul 12, 2023, at 8:01 AM, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran  
wrote: 



Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue 
libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it also. 
Andrea On Jul 11, 2023, at 10: 07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran 
 

 
Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue 
libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it also. 
  Andrea

On Jul 11, 2023, at 10:07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran 
 wrote: 



This is happening to my temple library too. We have sold our current building 
and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library 
filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the 
time of
 

This is happening to my temple library too.  We have sold our current building 
and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library 
filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the 
time of the sale.  The books are all packed in boxes and stored in the attic of 
the sanctuary.  The new building will almost certainly not have a room (or 
rooms) dedicated solely to the library but will most likely have a conference 
room or some such with shelves around the perimeter.  Obviously most of the 
books will not fit and I just don’t even know what we can do with so many 
discarded books.  It breaks my heart because I started this library and have 
added to it and run it for over 25 years and I think it is a fine collection.  
I am a volunteer (with a library science degree from 1973) and I don’t really 
want to even deal with this situation. I am dreading the day when the 
administrator asks me to do it.  But if I say NO as this point I have no idea 
who would do it.
 
Carol Janoff
Temple Chai
Phoenix, AZ
 
 

From: Hasafran  On Behalf 
Of Michelle Sandler via Hasafran
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 11:27 AM
To: Hasafran 
Subject: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is 
Being cut in half.
 

Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is 
being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.   The Youth 
Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the 
synagogue 

Dear Judaica Librarians:

 

My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.  They 
need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being turned into 
a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as the Preschool has 
a waiting list.

The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School 
Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's office. 
400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in the new 
Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.  This is a 
nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my ResourceMate 
catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been the Volunteer 
Librarian there for 10 years.

 

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Librarian

Beth David

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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[RONALD SCHWARTZ via Hasafran]

The demand for books is diminished. "everything is online."

> On 07/12/2023 10:40 AM EDT Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran 
>  wrote:
>  
>  
> AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is 
> extremely difficult. Amalia W. Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2023, at 8: 01 
> AM, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran  wrote: Any theories 
> on why
>  
> AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is 
> extremely difficult.
> Amalia W.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> 
> > On Jul 12, 2023, at 8:01 AM, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran 
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > 
> 
> > Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue 
> > libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it 
> > also. Andrea On Jul 11, 2023, at 10: 07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran 
> > 
> >  
> >  
> > Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue 
> > libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it 
> > also. 
> >   Andrea
> > 
> > 
> > > On Jul 11, 2023, at 10:07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran 
> > >  wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > This is happening to my temple library too. We have sold our current 
> > > building and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building 
> > > where the library filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been 
> > > unavailable to us from the time of
> > >  
> > > 
> > > This is happening to my temple library too.  We have sold our current 
> > > building and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building 
> > > where the library filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been 
> > > unavailable to us from the time of the sale.  The books are all packed in 
> > > boxes and stored in the attic of the sanctuary.  The new building will 
> > > almost certainly not have a room (or rooms) dedicated solely to the 
> > > library but will most likely have a conference room or some such with 
> > > shelves around the perimeter.  Obviously most of the books will not fit 
> > > and I just don’t even know what we can do with so many discarded books.  
> > > It breaks my heart because I started this library and have added to it 
> > > and run it for over 25 years and I think it is a fine collection.  I am a 
> > > volunteer (with a library science degree from 1973) and I don’t really 
> > > want to even deal with this situation. I am dreading the day when the 
> > > administrator asks me to do it.  But if I say NO as this point I have no 
> > > idea who would do it.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Carol Janoff
> > > 
> > > Temple Chai
> > > 
> > > Phoenix, AZ
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > From: Hasafran  On 
> > > Behalf Of Michelle Sandler via Hasafran
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 11:27 AM
> > > To: Hasafran 
> > > Subject: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster 
> > > California is Being cut in half.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, 
> > > California is being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth 
> > > Lounge.   The Youth Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to 
> > > make more money for the synagogue
> > > 
> > > Dear Judaica Librarians:
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half. 
> > >  They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being 
> > > turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as 
> > > the Preschool has a waiting list.
> > > 
> > > The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School 
> > > Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's 
> > > office. 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying 
> > > in the new Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going 
> > > away.  This is a nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away 
> > > from my ResourceMate catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I 
> > > have been the Volunteer Librarian there for 10 years.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Michelle Sandler MLS
> > > 
> > > Librarian
> > > 
> > > Beth David
> > > 
> > > Westminster, California
> > > 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Sukenic, Harvey via Hasafran]

Michelle,

I don't know the ReSourceMate catalog program. Is there a way you can remove 
the catalog records of the books you are not keeping in a batch process, and 
not have to do so one by one? Are there barcodes on the books that you can scan 
into a file and then upload them to the library system to delete those records?

Hebrew College moved to a new campus in January, a smaller campus. We went from 
what had been a few years ago a 90,000-volume library down to about 14,000 
volumes. Preparing for the move we had selected the books we are keeping by 
putting colored stickers on the books.
I hired some teenagers scan the barcodes for those books we had selected to 
keep into a number of files, and I changed the holding records for the books we 
are keeping to a new collection in the library system using a batch program. I 
was then going to delete all of the remaining records in the old collection 
with another batch program.
During the move we were told by the movers that we had packed more books than 
we had room for. I knew that beforehand but was told we could bring them over 
to the new building and deal with weeding more out later. We had no space in 
the new building to store the books so the last two days of the move we were 
told we had to pull out an additional 4-5000 books. Those included books that 
had the holding records already changed to the new collection.
I am now in the processing of scanning again all of the barcodes of the books 
that we kept for the library and again changing the holding records to our new 
collection. I will then use a batch process to remove the 50-60,000 records 
from catalog that are in the old collection that are no longer here. By the end 
of the summer, I should be finished.

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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Maxine Wolfson via Hasafran]

If our library is any indication, lack of use would be the main reason.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 8:03 AM Andrea Rapp via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

>  Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for
> synagogue libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no?
> I see it also. Andrea On Jul 11, 2023, at 10: 07 PM, Carol Janoff via
> Hasafran 
> 
> Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for
> synagogue libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no?
> I see it also.
>   Andrea
>
>
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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[rhaus_com--- via Hasafran]

I've been lucky; though my budget is miniscule compared to some, I've worked to 
get the library integrated into the religious school curriculum and it gets 
great traffic during the school year. And because we are a small shul in a 
small community, the library is considered a major asset, an attraction for 
members and Jewish professionals. 
But I have weathered my share of short-sighted brutal budget cuts and board 
members greedily eyeing the space for other purposes. It could happen to any of 
us.
Rachel HausLibrary DirectorCongregation of Moses Fisher LibraryKalamazoo MI 

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 08:00:57 AM EDT, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran 
 wrote:  
 
   Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue 
libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it also. 
Andrea On Jul 11, 2023, at 10: 07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support 
for synagogue libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? 
I see it also.   Andrea

On Jul 11, 2023, at 10:07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran 
 wrote:



 This is happening to my temple library too. We have sold our current building 
and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library 
filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the 
time of 
This is happening to my temple library too.  We have sold our current building 
and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library 
filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the 
time of the sale.  The books are all packed in boxes and stored in the attic of 
the sanctuary.  The new building will almost certainly not have a room (or 
rooms) dedicated solely to the library but will most likely have a conference 
room or some such with shelves around the perimeter.  Obviously most of the 
books will not fit and I just don’t even know what we can do with so many 
discarded books.  It breaks my heart because I started this library and have 
added to it and run it for over 25 years and I think it is a fine collection.  
I am a volunteer (with a library science degree from 1973) and I don’t really 
want to even deal with this situation. I am dreading the day when the 
administrator asks me to do it.  But if I say NO as this point I have no idea 
who would do it.
 
  
 
Carol Janoff
 
Temple Chai
 
Phoenix, AZ
 
  
 
  
 
From: Hasafran On Behalf Of 
Michelle Sandler via Hasafran
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 11:27 AM
To: Hasafran 
Subject: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is 
Being cut in half.
 
  
 
Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is 
being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.   The Youth 
Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the 
synagogue 
 
Dear Judaica Librarians:
 
  
 
My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.  They 
need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being turned into 
a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as the Preschool has 
a waiting list.
 
The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School 
Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's office. 
400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in the new 
Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.  This is a 
nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my ResourceMate 
catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been the Volunteer 
Librarian there for 10 years.
 
  
 
Michelle Sandler MLS
 
Librarian
 
Beth David
 
Westminster, California
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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran]

 AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is extremely difficult. Amalia W. Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2023, at 8: 01 AM, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran  wrote:   Any theories on why








AJL was planning advocacy for our library members and non-members, but, it is extremely difficult.Amalia W.Sent from my iPadOn Jul 12, 2023, at 8:01 AM, Andrea Rapp via Hasafran  wrote:


  Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it also. Andrea On Jul 11, 2023, at 10: 07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran 












Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it also.   AndreaOn Jul 11, 2023, at 10:07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran  wrote:


 This is happening to my temple library too. We have sold our current building and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the time of




















This is happening to my temple library too.  We have sold our current building and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library filled two rooms with
 over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the time of the sale.  The books are all packed in boxes and stored in the attic of the sanctuary.  The new building will almost certainly not have a room (or rooms) dedicated solely to the library but will
 most likely have a conference room or some such with shelves around the perimeter.  Obviously most of the books will not fit and I just don’t even know what we can do with so many discarded books.  It breaks my heart because I started this library and have
 added to it and run it for over 25 years and I think it is a fine collection.  I am a volunteer (with a library science degree from 1973) and I don’t really want to even deal with this situation. I am dreading the day when the administrator asks me to do it. 
 But if I say NO as this point I have no idea who would do it.
 
Carol Janoff
Temple Chai
Phoenix, AZ
 
 

From: Hasafran 
On Behalf Of Michelle Sandler via Hasafran
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 11:27 AM
To: Hasafran 
Subject: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

 

Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.   The Youth Lounge
 is being turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue 



Dear Judaica Librarians:

 


My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.  They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as the Preschool
 has a waiting list.


The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's office. 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in the new Youth Lounge. 
 The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.  This is a nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my ResourceMate catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been the Volunteer Librarian there for 10 years.


 


Michelle Sandler MLS


Librarian


Beth David


Westminster, California





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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Andrea Rapp via Hasafran]


Any theories on why this is happening, I,e. dwindling support for synagogue 
libraries? Circulation must have been dropping off by a lot, no? I see it also. 
  Andrea

> On Jul 11, 2023, at 10:07 PM, Carol Janoff via Hasafran 
>  wrote:
> 
> This is happening to my temple library too.  We have sold our current 
> building and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where 
> the library filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to 
> us from the time of the sale.  The books are all packed in boxes and stored 
> in the attic of the sanctuary.  The new building will almost certainly not 
> have a room (or rooms) dedicated solely to the library but will most likely 
> have a conference room or some such with shelves around the perimeter.  
> Obviously most of the books will not fit and I just don’t even know what we 
> can do with so many discarded books.  It breaks my heart because I started 
> this library and have added to it and run it for over 25 years and I think it 
> is a fine collection.  I am a volunteer (with a library science degree from 
> 1973) and I don’t really want to even deal with this situation. I am dreading 
> the day when the administrator asks me to do it.  But if I say NO as this 
> point I have no idea who would do it.
>  
> Carol Janoff
> Temple Chai
> Phoenix, AZ
>  
>  
> From: Hasafran  On Behalf 
> Of Michelle Sandler via Hasafran
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 11:27 AM
> To: Hasafran 
> Subject: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is 
> Being cut in half.
>  
> Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, California 
> is being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.   The 
> Youth Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to make more money 
> for the synagogue
> Dear Judaica Librarians:
>  
> My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.  
> They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being 
> turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as the 
> Preschool has a waiting list.
> The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School 
> Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's office. 
> 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in the new 
> Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.  This is a 
> nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my ResourceMate 
> catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been the Volunteer 
> Librarian there for 10 years.
>  
> Michelle Sandler MLS
> Librarian
> Beth David
> Westminster, California
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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Carol Janoff via Hasafran]

This is happening to my temple library too.  We have sold our current building 
and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library 
filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the 
time of the sale.  The books are all packed in boxes and stored in the attic of 
the sanctuary.  The new building will almost certainly not have a room (or 
rooms) dedicated solely to the library but will most likely have a conference 
room or some such with shelves around the perimeter.  Obviously most of the 
books will not fit and I just don’t even know what we can do with so many 
discarded books.  It breaks my heart because I started this library and have 
added to it and run it for over 25 years and I think it is a fine collection.  
I am a volunteer (with a library science degree from 1973) and I don’t really 
want to even deal with this situation. I am dreading the day when the 
administrator asks me to do it.  But if I say NO as this point I have no idea 
who would do it.

Carol Janoff
Temple Chai
Phoenix, AZ


From: Hasafran  On Behalf 
Of Michelle Sandler via Hasafran
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 11:27 AM
To: Hasafran 
Subject: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is 
Being cut in half.

Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is 
being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.   The Youth 
Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the 
synagogue
Dear Judaica Librarians:

My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.  They 
need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being turned into 
a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as the Preschool has 
a waiting list.
The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School 
Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's office. 
400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in the new 
Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.  This is a 
nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my ResourceMate 
catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been the Volunteer 
Librarian there for 10 years.

Michelle Sandler MLS
Librarian
Beth David
Westminster, California
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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Daniel Stuhlman via Hasafran]

Forgive me for my humor --- I think you should ask that your salary be
doubled for all the pain and *tsorot* of decision making.


I purged many of the books from the Temple Sholom collection and replaced
them with electronic books. We now have more than free 405 e-books.  This
only works for some older books and books that publishers let us have free
access to.  Most of our older books are in a closed stack area.  The
library room is used for meetings and classes and few books get checked
out.  We also have books in the Beit Midrash.

DS

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 4:06 PM Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Michelle, This is so upsetting. It happens to many librarians, but, it
> doesn’t solve the problem. I’ll be surprised if anyone has a simple
> solution. Amalia W Sent from my iPad On Jul 11, 2023, at 3: 00 PM, Michelle
> Sandler via Hasafran 
> Michelle,
>  This is so upsetting. It happens to many librarians, but, it doesn’t
> solve the problem.
> I’ll be surprised if anyone has a simple solution.
> Amalia W
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 11, 2023, at 3:00 PM, Michelle Sandler via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
> 
> Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster,
> California is being cut in half.   They need the classroom for the Youth
> Lounge.   The Youth Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to
> make more money for the synagogue
> Dear Judaica Librarians:
>
> My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.
> They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being
> turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as
> the Preschool has a waiting list.
> The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School
> Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's
> office. 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in
> the new Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.
> This is a nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my
> ResourceMate catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been
> the Volunteer Librarian there for 10 years.
>
> Michelle Sandler MLS
> Librarian
> Beth David
> Westminster, California
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Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran]

Michelle,
 This is so upsetting. It happens to many librarians, but, it doesn’t solve the 
problem.
I’ll be surprised if anyone has a simple solution.
Amalia W

Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 11, 2023, at 3:00 PM, Michelle Sandler via Hasafran 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear Judaica Librarians:
> 
> My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.  
> They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being 
> turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as the 
> Preschool has a waiting list.
> The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School 
> Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's office. 
> 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in the new 
> Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.  This is a 
> nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my ResourceMate 
> catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been the Volunteer 
> Librarian there for 10 years.
> 
> Michelle Sandler MLS
> Librarian
> Beth David
> Westminster, California
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[ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

[Michelle Sandler via Hasafran]

Dear Judaica Librarians:

My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half.
They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge.  The Youth Lounge is being
turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as
the Preschool has a waiting list.
The 1,100 childrens and teen books are going into the Religious School
Directors office. The 100 reference books are going into the Rabbi's
office. 400 of the 1800 adult fiction and non-fiction books are staying in
the new Youth Lounge.  The remaining 1,400 or 1,500 books are going away.
This is a nightmare to eliminate the books that are going away from my
ResourceMate catalog.  Has anyone else had to deal with this?  I have been
the Volunteer Librarian there for 10 years.

Michelle Sandler MLS
Librarian
Beth David
Westminster, California
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