[ha-Safran]: AJL's Steven Bergson Featured on ALA's ILoveLibraries.org

2008-05-08 Thread Bernstein, Steven (Library)
Steven Bergson was mentioned in the following article... Look! Up in the Sky! It's a ... Librarian? Librarians in Comic Books By Robert Hulshof-Schmidt, Program Manager, Government Research and Electronic Services, Oregon State Library. Originally published in the Oregon Library Association Qua

[ha-Safran]: Dreidels Unspun

2008-05-08 Thread Lesley Simpson
Hello All: I have a query I am hoping you can assist me with. By way of introduction I am a freelance journalist who teaches introductory reporting at Ryerson, a Canadian university in Toronto. I am the author of picture books The Hug, The Shabbat Box, and The Purim Surprise. I am now mak

[ha-Safran]: Jewish magazine online

2008-05-08 Thread Barnard, Sarah
Dear Safranim, I am wondering about the origins of the online serial called Jewish magazine, http://www.jewishmag.com. It appears to be a nice little magazine with lots of articles and cute graphics. I am wondering if it is a stealth messianic publication. I couldn't find the name of any organi

[ha-Safran]: Meet with Kar-Ben at AJL and BEA Conferences

2008-05-08 Thread Sussman, Joanna
Dear Safranim, I'll be attending the upcoming AJL Conference to celebrate with our Sydney Taylor Award-winning authors of "The Secret of Priest's Grotto," who will be giving a presentation, and I would be delighted to meet with safranim to discuss our new fall books. Kar-Ben will also be at BEA, b

[ha-Safran]: Job Announcement: Cataloger

2008-05-08 Thread Patty De Anda
LAC is seeking a Cataloger for the Library Headquarters of the Los Angeles County Public Library System in Downey, CA. This is a full time position for approximately four months. All employees must pass a fingerprint background clearance prior to beginning employment with the Library

[ha-Safran]: Opening of Learning Center

2008-05-08 Thread Jane Zande
Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, CT, is pleased to announce that the newly renovated Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Community Learning Center is now open. The Center is comprised of the Deborah Library, with a collection of over 13,000 volumes related to Judaica, making it one of the largest syn

[ha-Safran: Spectrum Users

2008-05-08 Thread rkglasser
We are currently running Spectrum on MAC computers for patron access. Does anyone else do this and how is it working out? Our work station is a PC now, and it worked for a while but the OPACs have been freezing much too often. What level of Spectrum is needed for the MACs to run well? I spoke

Re: [ha-Safran]: Judaism Wiki

2008-05-08 Thread Dina Tanners
Thanks, Heidi for telling us about this. Judaismwiki is supposed to be different from the regular Wiki in that people can share experiences, food, etc. I've checked out the website, and think it would be important, in the spirit of making this site different, to add a portal on Jewish Food a

RE: [ha-Safran]: Otzar HaHochma

2008-05-08 Thread Vanessa Freedman
Please copy me in on replies. Thanks Vanessa Freedman Hebrew & Jewish Studies Librarian UCL Library Services University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 2598 (Internal ext. 32598) Fax: +44 (0) 20 7679 7373 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expre

Re: [ha-Safran]: Otzar HaHochma

2008-05-08 Thread Yakov Shafranovich
FYI, HebrewBooks.org, which is a similar project to Otzar HaHochma is free via their website. Yakov Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran]: Syllabus for Book groups

2008-05-08 Thread Joan Tedlow
We are putting together our syllabus for our book groups for next year. Does anyone have any suggestionsÂ…any really good books that lend themselves to meaty discussions? We read both fiction and non-fiction. Thanks! Joan Tedlow Temple Solel, Cardiff, CA. Messages and opinions expressed on