The AJL Convention Committee would like to remind everyone that the deadline for submission of papers is October 24th. The following is info from the AJL website:
AJL 2004 Annual Convention Brooklyn, New York The Jewish American Experience: 350 Years The Association of Jewish Libraries will be holding its 39th annual conference in New York, on June 20-23, 2004. Scholars from numerous disciplines will meet to share their interests in Judaica librarianship and related areas. The AJL is soliciting papers dealing with any aspect of Judaica librarianship as it pertains to the libraries, archives and museums of schools, universities, synagogues, and other institutions. In the past this has included descriptions of special collections, reports on developments in technical services, resources for dealing with particular issues or subjects, writing collection development policies, problems in cataloging Jewish materials and literature collections. Papers on the subject of Jewish American history will receive special consideration. Those wishing to present a poster session are also invited to submit proposals. Prospective presenters should send an abstract by October 24, 2003. Abstracts should include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, institution, the title of your presentation, a 25-word bio and a one-paragraph summary. If your presentation would require audio-visual equipment, please indicate what type of equipment would be needed. Abstracts should be sent to : Rita Lifton, Chair of the AJL Convention 2004 Programming Committee; fax : 212 678-8998 Mailing address : Ms. Rita Lifton, Library, Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Joyce Levine, Library Director North Shore Hebrew Academy H.S. 175 Community Drive Great Neck, NY 11021 Tel: (516) 487-2424 Ext. 35 Fax: (516) 487-6663 ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
