[ha-Safran]: Digitizing Jewish photographs

I'm forwarding this on behalf of a colleague at the library of the Univ of Illinois, Marek Sroka. Please respond directly to him (msr...@illinois.edu). Thanks. Stephen D. Corrsin, Ph.D. Curator, Dorot Jewish Division New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 476 Fifth Ave., Rm.

[ha-Safran]: Copyright Laws

The Slavic studies librarians have done a lot of work in the copyright area with particular application to non-US materials. Best people to contact would be Janice Pilch of the Univ of Illinois and ALA, and Michael Brewer of Arizona State. Anyone who wants can get in touch with me off-list for

Re: [ha-Safran]: Cataloguing Judaeo-German

All I was thinking of was German in Hebrew script = Judeo-German, which is well attested, though rather limited in time and place. Obviously I should have paid closer attention. Stephen D. Corrsin Assistant Director for Acquisitions New York Public Library 917 229-9508 718 472-4605 fax

Re: [ha-Safran]: Cataloguing Judaeo-German

Sorry, I haven't been paying close attention, but did someone on this list actually argue that Yiddish is merely a form of German? Hard to believe that anyone here would say that. German in Hebrew script is, however, well-attested, included in the first Jewish-interest Warsaw periodicals in the

Re: [ha-Safran]: Cataloguing Judaeo-German - 2

Once upon a time (in a galaxy far, far away) I tried to track down the saying about a language is a dialect with an army and a navy (or whatever, approx like that). I found Weinreich referring to a night school class he taught in the Bronx, in Yivo Bleter, ca.1945. That is, he said that it was

[ha-Safran]: Polish hagadot

Does anyone have information about Polish-language, or bilingual Polish-Hebrew, hagaddot? (Maxwellski Dom, where are you when we need you?) Any vintage would be of interest. Thanks. (ps Personal not library request.) Stephen D. Corrsin Assistant Director for Acquisitions New York Public Library

[ha-Safran]: Donation question

A question from a colleague. The book in question is presumably pretty normal late-1980s Novosti/ Soviet material. Please contact Patricia directly at the email address below. thanks Steve Corrsin Stephen D. Corrsin Chief of Acquisitions The New York Public Library, The Research Libraries 5th