[ha-Safran] Educational and Fun Resources for Purim

2024-02-26 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
Hi Everyone!   Purim, the fun-filled Jewish holiday, falls on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar. This year Purim begins Saturday night March 23, 2024. In Jerusalem it begins on Sunday night.   The following resources will help you appreciate and  enjoy the holiday.   The Jewish Trivia Quiz jewis

[ha-Safran] Save the Date - two Cataloging Forums

2024-02-26 Thread Gottschalk, Haim via Hasafran
Dear All, Save the date - two RAS Cataloging Forums have been scheduled: 1. Best Practices for Proposing a Subject Heading (Thursday, March 21 at 12:30pm EDT) This cataloging forum will guide you through the proposal process at the Library of Congress. We will cover how to create a proposa

Re: [ha-Safran] 60th anniversary of Soviet Jewry movement

2024-02-26 Thread Beth Braunstein via Hasafran
hi--assume Rabbi WEiss is aware of this group ---but just in case I wanted to share this organization and their upcoming webinar with him. Best, Beth Braunstein On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 10:40 PM Shulamith Z Berger via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > It will soon be the 60th anniversary

[ha-Safran] Checking out books

2024-02-26 Thread Roslyn Vanderbilt via Hasafran
We are in the process of putting our library online using Opals. Wondering how synagogue libraries with approx 400+ members do book check out. Can borrowers/congregants somehow just type their name on the computer screen as Opals seems to suggest or do you issue barcodes on cards or some other w

Re: [ha-Safran] Checking out books

2024-02-26 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran
Roslyn, Yes, if the you have in the computer the patron’s contact information - you can just type it in to get her/his record and check out items to this patron. AW Sent from my iPad > On Feb 26, 2024, at 7:09 PM, Roslyn Vanderbilt via Hasafran > wrote: > > We are in the process of putti

Re: [ha-Safran] Checking out books

2024-02-26 Thread Annette Goldsmith via Hasafran
Hi, Roslyn. If I haven't already created an account for the patron -- for example, I've already done that for the students in our Hebrew School classes, who are our primary users -- I will create the account the first time someone checks out a book. The only computer in the library is the one on my