[ha-Safran]: Marcia Goldberg's memorial

2005-04-14 Thread Yelena Luckert
Dear everyone, this is just a reminder that a small memorial service for Marcia Goldberg will take place this Wednesday, 4/20/05, at 1:00 pm in Special Events Room, McKeldin Library, University of Maryland. For directions to campus and parking please see http://www.umd.edu/visitors/. -- Yelen

[ha-Safran]: Spectrum Web Catalog

2005-04-14 Thread Anne Dublin
Dear colleagues, If you have had experience using the above program, please share the positive and negative aspects to help me make the decision as to whether I should purchase this for my library. Please send information to me off-list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks very much for your help. Anne Dub

RE: [ha-Safran]: Users of Mandarin automation software

2005-04-14 Thread Shirley Markman
Hi Esther, Our library has been using Mandarin Automation for almost 10 years. We find it absolutely fantastic. On the rare occasion that we have had problems arise, their technical support is excellent and they have worked with us till the problems were solved. I am certainly looking into purcha

Re: [ha-Safran]: Crafts

2005-04-14 Thread Talya Pardo
Randall, These are some titles we have in our elementary school library: Crafts for Hanukkah by Kathy Ross Kids love Jewish holiday crafts by Tracy Agranoff Bible story crafts for little hands by Ruth Esrig Brinn Bible crafts Jewish holiday crafts Hanukkah crafts - all 3 by Joyce Becker The Joyce

[ha-Safran]: Users of Mandarin automation software

2005-04-14 Thread Esther Nussbaum
The Association of Independent School Librarians is meeting in New York City this week. I joined several of them for dinner last night. In a discussion of automated catalog systems, all seven at the table were highly critical of Mandarin - not that any of them were using it but apparently they have

RE: [ha-Safran]: The New AJL Bibliography Bank

2005-04-14 Thread Rachel Kamin
Thanks to Marion Stein, AJL's Bibliography Bank Coordinator, and Nancy Sack, our webmaster, the Bibliography Bank is now completely electronic and web-based! All bibliographies included in the Bank are available as PDF or HTML files from www.jewishlibraries.org - click on "Resources" and then "Bib

RE: [ha-Safran]: Yiddish in Bib. of the Hebrew Book and Otzer

2005-04-14 Thread Gutschow, M.
ha-hochma X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Spam-Score: 0 () X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Mr. Hollander, 3,800 is indeed a rather low nu

Re: [ha-Safran]: Athena

2005-04-14 Thread Esther Hexter
From: Esther Hexter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Susan Berman CC: Hasafran; Anne Biermann; Nammie Ichilov April 14, 2005 RE: Athena Susan thanks for the alert. We are using Spectrum and have been for a while. We are not able to come to AJL. We have many questions, such as on going tech support. We ar

[ha-Safran]: The New AJL Bibliography Bank

2005-04-14 Thread Marion Stein
Dear AJL The New Bibliography Bank on line is up for your bibliographical needs. Please note that ALL bibliographies that were not available on line have been eliminated. As Bib Bank coordinator, I'm in the process of compiling a list of older bibliographies that are worthy topics and ne

[ha-Safran]: Job opportunity - Serials Librarian

2005-04-14 Thread Naomi Steinberger
>Serials Librarian The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary seeks an innovative and energetic librarian to serve as the Serials Librarian for the print, electronic and microform collections. This position reports to the Administrative Librarian for Technical Services. Duties and respo

[ha-Safran]: Peter Hellman, author

2005-04-14 Thread Esther Nussbaum
Peter Hellman, author of the book about righteous gentiles is particularly interested in speaking to teachers who might be interested in using his book, When Courage Was Greater than Fear, to teach about the Holocaust and values evident in the actions of rescuers. Descriptive review of the boo

[ha-Safran]: Studies in contemporary Jewry

2005-04-14 Thread Beverly Geller
Safranim - does anyone have Studies in contemporary Jewry 15 (1999) who would be willing to fax or mail me a 5 page article? Thanks in advance B. Geller Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL

[ha-Safran]: Looking for a title of a book

2005-04-14 Thread Marion Stein
I am forwarding this query to you. Perhaps one of us knows this book. Marion Stein Does anyone know the title of this book? the story a young African-German male raised in Germany during the Nazi occupation. Tina Callender Cobble Hill School of American Studies 347 Baltic Street Brooklyn, NY

[ha-Safran]: "The Students' Guide Through The Talmud" Reissued

2005-04-14 Thread Mordechai (Morty) Schiller
"The Students' Guide Through The Talmud" by noted Talmudic scholar Rabbi Zevi Hirsch Chajes (Maharatz Chayes), translated by the late Chief Rabbi of Northern Ireland, Jacob Shachter, has been released by Yashar Books. The Guide has been out of print for 45 years. See article in today's Jewish P

[ha-Safran]: Thank You

2005-04-14 Thread Sara Levavi
Dear Archivist/Librarian, Thank you for responding to my e-mail regarding grey literature. I have found the links very helpful. Sincerely, Sara Genessa Levavi Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL ===

[ha-Safran]: Crafts

2005-04-14 Thread Randall Tenor
I am looking for currently in print titles that you would recommend that have simple crafts for children in the 4-8 year old range that relate to holidays, such as Passover crafts, etc. Thanks as usual. Randall Tenor, Temple Beth Shaom librarian, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Messages and opinions exp

[ha-Safran]: Set : 22 vols. Tur Shulchan Aruch

2005-04-14 Thread Jerusalem Books
Maybe this is of interest? We have a set that was sent to the states by mistake. It is a medium size set, hardcover. Corners are bent from improper handling and the covers do not look new, eventhough it is. This size sells retail for about $450. As we would rather avoid bringing it back to

[ha-Safran]: Patron query

2005-04-14 Thread Etta Gold
I have a patron who is doing Masters level research on incorporating Jewish literature (historical fiction especially) into elementary (upper grades) school curriculum. Does anyone know of any academic studies surrounding this teaching approach? We are looking for theory, not "how to." Thanks

[ha-Safran]: Athena

2005-04-14 Thread Susan Berman
I just received a message from my Athena list serve that Sagebrush will no longer continue to update either Athena or the Spectrum program. It appears to be a big surprise that the company is coming out with a new program called Info Center that will combine the best features of both Athena and S