Aloha, AJL members,
This is a reminder, in case you needed one, that the convention and
the silent auction are only a little more than three weeks away!
Donations to the silent auction are still coming in. Yay! Some of
you, however, are still holding out. Please try not to procrastinate
any
And if getting a full passport is a bit pricey, there is also the
less-expensive passcard, meant for U.S. citizens who travel around
the Americas (including Caribbean and Canada), but don't plan on
further overseas travel.
See this page:
http://www.uspasscard.com/
Best,
Kimberley Shaw,
who
Please be advised that you will need an up-to-date passport to enter
Canada. Currency can be exchanged at the airport at the daily rate,
or if you happen to have some handy from your last visit to
Vancouver, Toronto, Winnipeg or Nunavut, bring it along. If there
are other questions, please
I am looking for a female, non-smoker for a roommate for the
convention - Sunday -Wednesday.
Elana Gensler
egens...@aol.com
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I'd like to add my appreciation for a well-planned and well executed
convention. The sessions offered valuable information and the
interchange with colleagues was a pleasure as always.
Pearl
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Pearl Berger Phone:
Looking for Convention Roommate (Female)
I've reserved a room Sunday, July 4th through Wednesday, July 7th. I
have a roommate for Sunday and Monday nights but need a roommate for
Tuesday night. If you're looking for a room to share for the last
night of the convention, please contact me
I am looking for a female room mate for Convention hotel. I already
have a reservation, but it can be cancelled without penalty if you
already have a room.
Please call (505-836-1638) if you are looking to share.
Thank you
Irene Seff
AJL Chapter Relations co-chair
Contact Information:
3805
We are now in Week 2 of our Convention Countdown! Every week from now
until convention we will feature an exciting interview on the AJL
blog, People of the Books, athttp://jewishlibraries.org/blog. Last
week we had an interview with convention co-chair Toby Harris. This
week we feature our
If you were at the AJL convention in Chicago and if you took digital
photos, it would be great if you could upload them to flickr or some
other photo sharing site. It would also be great if you could tag
them AJL09 when you do so. Please let us know on Hasafran if you
upload photos and tell us
The blog of the 2009 AJL Convention is now available at
http://ajl09.posterous.com/. Whether you'll be attending the
convention or not, the blog is a great place to see what's going on,
learn from the event, and share thoughts. Many members of AJL's
Council and Committees will be posting to
Dear Safranim,
Will anyone be travelling from the eastern suburbs (Skokie) to the
convention? I am looking for a ride or a travelling partner.
Ilka Gordon
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I apologize for sending some incorrect information about Convention
refunds. Although we do not wish to encourage refunds, in cases where
a refund is necessary, here is the correct information:
Refund requests must be submitted in a signed letter prior to June 1, 2009,
and are subject to a $50
A refund can be made for registration if requested a certain amount
of time before the convention. I believe a $25 amount is withheld.
After a certain date we have to make guarantees to the hotel, so full
refunds are difficult.
Susan Dubin
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What is the policy on refunds for convention fee already paid?
Andrea Rapp
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Is anyone driving or taking the train from Skokie to the convention
each day?. I will be staying in Skokie during the convention and woul
like to travel with someone.
Ilka Gordon
elkapes...@gmail.com
216-464-5600
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Dear AJL Members,
We have allocated $30,000 towards Convention subsidies this year.
Please submit a subsidy request ASAP if you need help with funding!
The applications are on the AJL web site at www.jewishlibraries.org
Susan Dubin, President
Association of Jewish Libraries
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I hope everybody took lots of fun photos at the convention in
Cleveland! I'd like to suggest that we share our photos by uploading
them to Flickr (or whichever photo service you usually use -
Shutterfly, Picasa, whatever). I'd further like to suggest that you
add a tag or label of
Colleagues,
I add my accolades to the Cleveland chapter for the superior
convention planning and program, and a special to thank-you to Rachel
Kamin for the fabulous job she did arranging the children's author
visits/programs.
You are all a very impressive group of professionals.
Andrea Rapp
Hello longtime friends and associates,
Have a wonderful time at Convention. I miss going and miss you
guys. Conventions were some of the best times of my life. I wish I
could be there with you. All the best,
Ilene Wieselthier
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Calling All Presenters at this Convention:
Thank you for presenting at the AJL Convention in Cleveland. We are
looking forward to hearing your presentation. I am collecting the
handouts from the presentations to make a CD for the Avi Chai
Bookshelf librarians. If you have handouts that you are
The most current - and perhaps the final - convention program has been
posted on the AJL website by our webmaster extraordinaire, Nancy Sack.
Please check it out at www.jewishlibraries.org and remember, when you
actually get to the convention, to consult your program book for any last
minute
Dear Safranim,
For the upcoming Convention, I would like to coordinate a taxi pool between
Cleveland Hopkins Airport and the Marriott East.
Sharing a ride is economical, environmentally friendly, and a good way to
meet other Convention attendees.
If you are interested in participating, please
Aloha, safraniyot,
I'm looking for a non-smoking female roommate (or even two) for the
Cleveland convention, from Saturday night until Wednesday afternoon
(4 nights). Please let me know if you have a bed or rollaway to spare.
Thanks.
Nancy Sack
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Yes, Cleveland does have a rapid transit system, but unfortunately it
does not go out to where the hotel is located. There is also a bus
system. One could take the rapid to the end of the Blue Line (Van
Aken) and then transfer to a bus that goes to Tri-C East (Cuyahoga
Community College)
My seats have been claimed! That was quick!
Karen Ulric
Library Media Specialist
Bernard J. Meislin Memorial Library
Solomon Schehcter Day School of Essex Union, Upper School
1418 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052
973-602-3653
973-669-0521 (fax)
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Cleveland Hopkins airport is closer. The hotel does not have a
shuttle, but if you share a van with others it will cost less than a
cab ride. Contact Shima Limo for more information: (440) 918-6400.
Wendy Wasman
216-235-5893 (cell)
216-378-3303 (home)
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Cleveland apparently has a rapid transit rail system that serves the
airport, though I'm not clear how close it gets to the hotel. Neither
the hotel website nor the AJL program gives directions by public
transit (unless it is well hidden).--Aaron Kuperman
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I will be arriving at Cleveland airport at 11:20am - barring
complications - ;) on Sunday, June 22. I am renting a car. If there
is anyone who wants a ride from the airport who is arriving at about
the same time, please let me know. It's a small car - so the first 3
who claim a ride get
Hi.
Which airport it closer to the Marriott Cleveland East?
Is there any shuttle?
Transportation is expansive.
Amalia
Amalia Warshenbrot, Director
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library Resource Center
5007 Providence Rd. Suite 107
Charlotte NC 28226
Phone 704-944-6763
Fax 704-362-4171
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Convention Travel Stipends
REMINDER for AJL Members:
April 1st is the deadline for Travel Subsidies.
Please go onto the website if you are planning to apply.
Hit the scholarship button and then AJL Travel Grant to get the application.
The address and information as to where to send your
--- Linda Silver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For the latest version
(which could also change
before the convention but not substantially), see
the Convention 2008 page
on the AJL website, www.jewishlibraries.org.
I will also add that if you skip to the last page,
you'll find the Last
Please note that if your high school library is one of the Bookshelf
libraries sponsored by the Avi Chai Foundation, you should not make
your reservation through the AJL site but rather, wait until you
receive your special Avi Chai registration packet.
Joyce Levine, Librarian
North Shore
You can now make your hotel reservations for the 2008 convention online. Go
to the Convention 2008 page at www.jewishlibraries.org and at the bottom of
the page you will find a link to reservations at the Cleveland Marriott
East.
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
c/o 3729
An updated convention program is now posted on the AJL website:
www.jewishlibraries.org.
Linda R. Silver
Program Coordinator
2008 AJL Convention
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Did anyone happen to taken videos of the banquet especially the Sydney Taylor
Manuscript winner, Yael Mermelstein?
I told her I'd inquire. She'd love to show her kids.
Yael's email is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks in advance.
Aileen Grossberg
Chairperson,
Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee
Hi everyone,
Please be aware that the convention blog has not completely closed up
shop just because the convention is over. For a while we will continue
to post some follow up information, and I am also hoping for a few
more phonecast calls from folks who did not get a chance to do it
during
Colleagues,
I hated to miss convention but a bat mitzvah in the family took
precendence. So I checked the blog in the morning and in the evening
and listened to the podcast daily. Sheryl, Heidi et. al. did a
wonderful job of summarizing sessions, describing author events and
conveying the flavor
First, I'd like to thank everyone involved in putting together this
year's convention. It was a tremendous amount of work and a great
success. There was one small matter that I think could be improved
upon in future conventions and I wanted to get some feedback from
everyone else while the
The Convention session for First-Timers will be on Sunday at 4-5
p.m. If you are a Committee Chair and would like to promote your
program with newcomers please let me know and I will schedule you to
say a few words to the group. See you in Phoenix.
Sylvia Firschein, Librarian
Temple Beth
Convention is in less than 3 weeks! This year we have an amazing
array of authors in addition to sessions by scholars, librarians, and
researchers.. Not only are the Sydney Taylor winners and honorees
coming, but we also have sessions by:
Lois Ruby
Shefa Gold
Pari Taichert
Edith Tarbescu
Steve
You will need to register in advance for the CEU class. There will be a
form for registration on the AJL convention website as soon as we have
confirmation of the CEU credits to be given- hopefully, within the next
week or two. Please keep checking the AJL convention website for
details, and
Here is my story: When called them my rate was $136! These people
are not together.
Enid Sperber
Temple Israel of Hollywood
Los Angeles, California
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The hotel manager has said that we will have double beds unless we
request otherwise. Please contact me if you are told something
different! I spoke to him personally and he said he told his
reservations staff. If you are making reservations via the internet,
I don't know if you may be getting
Can someone on the convention committee look into the problem of the
beds at the Hilton. We want to share a room, not a bed! Thanks in advance.
Noreen Wachs
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At the Council meeting last Monday the Convention costs were
discussed. Here they are -- Appropriate drum-roll, Maestro, please..
Registration:
Until March 30, 07 $460 for Members $515 for Non-members
April 1 - April 30$515 for members $565
Here are some articles written in the North Shore of Boston, and
Western Mass. Jewish press about our recent convention.
Ann Abrams, Librarian
Temple Israel
477 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
617-566-3960 x116
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To AJL Members
From: Penny Schwartz, 2006 convention publicity committee
Many conference participants have asked us to post the press release
for conference participants to submit to their local papers. It's
been forwarded to the AJL website and should be posted soon.
This is a generic
Aloha, convention attendees,
The generic convention press release, issued by the convention
committee and adaptable to your local needs, is now available as an
rtf file on the AJL website. It's the first link in the news
announcements box on the home page and there's also a link to it from
Thanks, Sheryl Heidi, for your lively descriptions and many photos
of sessions, people and events at convention. I hated to miss the
convention -- only the second time in 25 years that I didn't attend
-- so I was especially appreciative of every word. We just need more
people to post news --
This year's convention was AWESOME! I went home and wrote up an
article about it for my local Jewish Journal. They are pleased to
have the local angle on a national event, plus a picture of a local
person (me) participating in said national event.
In my role as AJL's new PR co-chair, I urge
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Kudos to the New England Chapter for putting on a great convention.
See you all in Phoenix and remember to drink lots of water
Great thanks to Ann Abrams, Zelllie Kaplan, and all of the
Boston convention planners for one of the best conventions ever! You
made it all look so easy, relaxed, and absolutely cordial!
You set a model for other conventions to follow and all of the
many people who worked on this
Aloha, AJLers,
I'm looking for a non-smoking female roommate for one night only:
Saturday night, June 17. (I already have a roomie for the following
three nights.) I'd be willing to sleep on a cot or on the floor if
anyone is willing to triple for that night. Please let me know asap
if you
I'm looking for a female, non-smoking roommate for the nights of June
18, 19, and 20 at the convention. I've already reserved a room at
the hotel. Anyone interested in sharing? Please write to my home
e-mail address, below.
Susan Berson
Librarian
Congregation Emanuel
Denver, Colorado
home:
Good Morning,
The Hyatt Regency (Cambridge, MA) room rate for AJL June 2006 is $195 for
single, double and triple occupancy. And $270 for quadruple occupancy. The
special convention rate will be in effect until the guest room block has
been filled.
Thank you for asking for this clarification.
I went to the convention website today.
Is there a way to find out the price of hotel
reservations before starting the reservation process?
(I guess one can always proceed as far as seeing the
price, and then cancel.)
Is there a deadline after which the hotel will not
continue to have a special
Dear all,
I'm not a librarian and unless the convention comes to Israel, probably
will never attend one, but I've been following this conversation for the
past couple of years - so here's my 2 cents!
There are many universities in major cities - this may answer a number of
the problems
The discussion about convention costs has brought up several very good
ideas that should be investigated. I wonder whether, with our membership
renewal forms, we could poll the membership about convention attendance.
Would those who haven't attended in the past attend if the cost were
Perhaps what is needed is an alternative for those who can't stay at
hotels, eg. home hospitality, or a Y. The airfare is always a big one, but
JetBlue is quite a deal. Last year, we in New York hosted the
convention. I offered my apt. in Brooklyn, but got no takers. Needless to
say, I was
I agree with Naomi. I've attended conferences on college campuses and
they are very successful. Realistically, people do not have time to
tour the city in which the conference is held and do justice to the many
sessions offered at the conference. So why not be at a location without
Another vote in support of the college campus idea.
While a fancy venue may lend a certain polish to an event, I believe
that the quality of the presentations and the participation is a more
important value than linen napkins and silver samovars, especially if I
know that among the participants
I agree with Phil Miller. I did my time in dorms, etc. in my younger
years. Very few of us are in our early 20s anymore. So let's get real
about conference accomodations. Part of what is wonderful about going to
the AJL conferences is the fact that we get to stay in grown-up
accommodations
Dear Colleagues:
Even with easy access to an airport and an Amtrak train station, abundant
kosher
food,
quality hotels at a good rate, and excellent programming resources, a
convention needs many helping hands in order to be successful--both
before AND during the convention.
This often means
Someone pointed out that if we were to stay on a college campus that others
could stay at hotels close by if they wanted more comfortable hotel-like
accommodations. You do lose some of the informal chat time that takes place
in the evenings if people are staying in more than one location but every
Dear Safranim,
Many of you don't know me because we cannot send multiple people to
participate in the annual AJL Convention. Given the high registration fees,
the high hotel costs and then the travel to the location, a very limited
representation comes from the Library of the Jewish
Now that the convention has passed, it seems like a good time to discuss
costs and direction.
What is the goal of the AJL Convention? Isn't it to bring Judaica
librarians together to share professional knowledge and trends? The costs
to go to these annual meetings are incredibly high.
I did not
Murray and I enjoyed every moment of the Oakland convention. We
particularly enjoyed all the little changes derived from lessons learned at
earlier conferences and the innovative programming that was added. The
members of the committee were wonderful hosts and we have learned much from
them.
To the convention organizers and workers - todah rabah! You all worked very
hard and it was a wonderful convention in all ways. Looking forward to
seeing everyone in Cambridge, MA next year.
Debbie Stern
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hello friends- in tribute to the AJL- The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life,
Before and During the Holocaust, 3 volume super set, {Best Reference
Resource,2001-
Assoc. of Jewish Libraries]. originally pub. at 325.00. Now $65.00, fresh in
the box ! thx sal
Sal Kluger
Simcha Sales Inc.
11 Imbrook Lane
I may need to arrive in Oakland on Saturday and leave on Thursday or
Friday. If you would like to share a room for either of these times please
contact me at my email address.
Thanks. Sylvia Firschein mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I too would like to add my congratualations to the New York Convention
Committee for putting together a fabulous convention under what must have
been the very trying conditions of Brooklyn. Thank you for all your
dedicated work.
Regards,
Randy Belinfante
Randall C. Belinfante M.A.,M.S.,MLS.
Many thanks to this year's convention committee for their extraordinary
accomplishment. A family wedding on the 20th made us arrive late and I
missed much of what everyone says was great programming. However, what I
was able to attend was terrific and well worth the trip. Congratulations
on
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to thank Liza and Elana for all the help I received from
them with the various glitches of the entertainment program at a time
when they themselves were inundated with everything else. I also wish
to thank Joyce Levine for her incredible patience with all the
Congratulations to the New York Convention Committee for putting on an
OUTSTANDING program. It was wonderful.
Suzi Dubin
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Looking for a ride to AJL Convention from Washington area. Willing to
pay gas and expenses. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ellen Share, Librarian, Washington Hebrew Congregation
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For those seeking less expensive lodging at conventions (both ours and
others you may attend), I would like to recommend against it.
Our hotel contracts, and those of all conventions and conferences, contain
a baseline number of rooms we need to occupy. This may be figured
I am interested in attending the Jewish Librarians Convention in
Brooklyn. Can you help me locate a less expensive accommodation
arrangement, or do you know of someone who's looking to share
accommodation? Please let me know.
Yours truly,
Naomi Miller-Tureck
Toronto Ontario
Canada
(416)
The Proceedings of the 38th Annual AJL Convention held in Toronto are now
online. To access them, you must be a member of National AJL. They can be
found
on the AJL web site: www.jewishlibraries.org
Papers will be added as they are received. Please check back often.
Elana Gensler
AJL Vice
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