[ha-Safran]: Jewish Educational Leadership winter 2011 issue published

2011-04-08 Thread Alissa Burstein
The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education's professional journal Jewish Educational Leadership winter 2011 issue (http://www.lookstein.org/journal.htm) focuses on Teaching for Commitment. What is commitment? How do we engender commitment? Subscriptions are via membership (http://www.lookstein.

RE: [ha-Safran]: Jewish library online catalogs

2011-04-08 Thread Deborah Stern
Hi Buzz. On the AJL website, there is a page here http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/resources/catlinks.htm listing online catalogs of member libraries, indicating what classification systems they use. And the AJL Wiki also has a link here http://ajlwiki.pbworks.com/w/page/1636986/Cataloging-fo

Re: [ha-Safran]: Requesting suggestions for titles on medical ethics

2011-04-08 Thread Melinda Herman
I just bought for our synagogue library Midrash and Medicine: Healing Body and Soul in the Jewish Interpretive Tradition, edited by William Cutter. Regards, Melinda Herman --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the

Re: [ha-Safran]: Book recommendations needed

2011-04-08 Thread Liz Edelglass
For baby books, I recommend you check out the book list used by the PJ Library at www.pjlibrary.org. And why not try to get this new baby enrolled in The PJ Library -- for free, if it's available in your area, or a subscription can also be purchased? The PJ Library is a great way to introduce

Re: [ha-Safran]: Book recommendations needed

2011-04-08 Thread Melinda Herman
Hi, I'd be interested to know what others recommend. Here are my suggestions: For the adult: Milton Steinberg's Basic Judaism Rabbi Joseph Telushkin's Jewish Literacy Colorful board books for mother and baby to share: Rabbi Andrew Goldstein's My Jewish Home Miriam Sagasti's Let's Have a Seder! Mi

[ha-Safran]: Small library automation question

2011-04-08 Thread Rachel Haus
Dear Hasafranim, I am forwarding the following question from a librarian in California. First Name: Rochelle Last Name: Rosen Telephone: 209 577 3699 Email: rrosete...@aol.com The subject is: the Library The message is: I am in the process of putting our library on a computer. What program do

[ha-Safran]: AJL Podcast: How Jews Got Their Last Names in Europe

2011-04-08 Thread Heidi Estrin
Convention Countdown! It's almost convention season again! While you're packing your bags for Montreal, enjoy this podcast from last year's convention in Seattle! "How Jews Got Their Last Names in Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries" presented by Marlene Schiffman, at http://jewishlibraries

[ha-Safran]: Requests for tech gurus

2011-04-08 Thread Stephanie L Gross
I often land queries concerning various aspects of emerging technology and librarianship, e.g. RFID tags, e-books and licenses. Although we do have information on automation systems, etc., we need to increase our knowledge-base on such 21st Century topics. Would those of you with pertinent ex

[ha-Safran]: The Journey that Saved Curious George

2011-04-08 Thread Rachel Kamin
I am planning a program for Kindergarten-2nd Graders based on the book "The Journey that Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margaret & H.A. Rey" by Louise Borden. I found helpful information on Houghton Mifflin's website but welcome suggestions from anyone who has done a program,

[ha-Safran]: Available: Hagadot, rare, unusual, out of

2011-04-08 Thread Dan Wyman
print. New Catalog X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=aqMe+0lCtaYvy4h0jyaoPGyq+DPF+P6rPG2xbekoY9Q= c=1 sm=0 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=ugFvkfIBRL/WdPz6TiXDkA==:17 a=If7nLj9e:8 a=Vt2AcnKq:8 a=pSZzf3RB:8 a=C9x3a_w6lDdaFxTZKV4A:9 a=Pn3fQQEaShfQMPj6O

[ha-Safran]: Convention Roommate

2011-04-08 Thread egensler
I am looking for a female, non-smoker for a roommate for the convention - Sunday -Wednesday. Elana Gensler egens...@aol.com --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ===

Re: [ha-Safran]: Jewish library online catalogs

2011-04-08 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
Debbie, Thanks for posting the list of libraries, indicating what classification systems they use. I hope that the list will grow thanks to your posting. The list does not reflact all the librareis that are AJL members. It only reflect those that asked to be listed. Shabbat shalom Amalia Amal