Shalom Everyone,
Since I posted the query last week, I have received many many
suggestions and advice, which I thank from the bottom of my heart.
Librarians are the best. They are willing to share successful and
not too successful experience. They even sent me the forms they
designed for the
I just saw a mention in the latest Reform Judaism about a temple that
has a Havdalah observance followed by a movie every Saturday
evening. If your temple or organization doesn't already so something
at that time, maybe that would be a good initiative for the
library. Getting people into the
To my mind, the best way to dramatically raise the synagogue library usage
is to bring your library's books to your congregants homes and places of
work rather than expect them to schlep to you. Thank G-d today, in the 21st
century, those synagogue libraries that are serious about increasing their
Brenda,
If your Jewish Community Center has a nursery school and/or other
youth program, you could suggest establishing regularly scheduled
class library visits. I recommend reading aloud age appropriate
books to illustrate short provocative lessons. Each of your lessons
would revolve around
Shalom Brenda,
Before I share with you ideas for promoting reading let me give you
one more advice.
Please explain to the people who think that your library is underused
that they have nothing to compare it to.
It is not like the public library that serves all types of users. It
is also not like
At 01:08 AM 08/17/2010, Brenda Yi wrote:
Shalom Everyone,
Hello from the East, it is Brenda who hasn't posted anything for a
long time, but I am reading the HaSafran everyday. Again, I would
like to solicit your professional advice and guidelines.
I have been dedicating my blog Kol Safran to is
Shalom Everyone,
Hello from the East, it is Brenda who hasn't posted anything for a
long time, but I am reading the HaSafran everyday. Again, I would
like to solicit your professional advice and guidelines.
To some people my library is underused, so I need to organize some
projects to draw peo
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