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2001
AJL Annual Convention
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The Association of Jewish Libraries held its 36th annual conference
in La Jolla, California, June 24-27, 2003.
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Many papers from the convention are published in the online Proceedings.
PROGRAM
Sunday, June
24, 2001
Registration: 10am-6pm
8:00am-11:00pm Hospitality Suite
8:00am-10:00am AJL Board meeting (breakfast)
10:00am-2:00pm AJL Council meeting (box lunch)
S-1 Storytelling (Vicky Reed)
S-2 Hands-on Jewish Origami (Florence Temko)
1:00pm-6:00pm Exhibits (open to public)
2:00pm-4:00pm Public & School Librarians Program:
S-3 Should you teach "The Diary of Anne Frank"? Issues in
Holocaust Literature for Young People Hazel Rochman of ALA’s
Booklist
Open to all conference participants
2:00pm-3:30pm Optional Tour – UCSD
2:00pm-3:00pm RLG Members
Chair: Karen Smith-Yoshimura
3:00pm-4:00pm RLIN Users
Chair: Karen Smith-Yoshimura
4:00pm-5:00pm Interest Groups
- Center Librarians Barbara Sutton/Heidi Stidham
- Day School Librarians Sherry Berlin
- Synagogue Librarians Joan Tedlow
- Public Librarians Eugenia Kuttler/Norma Levy
- CARLJS meeting Zachary Baker
- R & S Cataloging Committee Heidi Lerner
5:00pm-6:00pm
- New Members Meeting Sylvia Firschein
- S-4 Jewish Book Month in the Public Library / Carolyn Hessel
- Cataloging – SSC Chair: Judith Greenblatt
6:30pm-8:45pm Dinner and Program
- Keynote speaker: Richard Elliot Friedman, professor of Hebrew
and comparative literature, director, Judaic Studies Program, and
Katzin Chair in Jewish Civilization at the University of California,
San Diego, speaking on What Should A Commentary Comment On?
- Entertainment: SHOWSTOPPERS!
9:00pm-10:30pm Committee Meetings
- Publicity Committee, Chair: Nanette Stahl
- Sydney Taylor Awards Committee, Chair: Linda Silver
- Professional Development Committee, Chair: Sara Spiegel
- Sydney Taylor Manuscript Committee, Chair: Rachel Glasser
- National Convention Committee, Chair: Suzi Dubin & Cheryl
Banks
- Accreditation Committee, Chair: Helene Tuchman
- Chapter Relations, Chair: Sybil Finemel
Monday, June
25, 2001
Registration: 7:30am-10:30am/4:30pm-6:00pm
6:00am-6:30am Early morning walk Hotel Lobby
6:30am-7:00am Early morning swim aerobics Hotel pool
6:30am-7:15am Orthodox Minyan Stanley Nachamie & Daniel
Rettberg
6:30am-7:15am Egalitarian Minyan Jean Lettofsky & Judy
Greenblatt
7:00am-8:00am Breakfast
8:00am-11:00am Exhibits
8:15am-9:15am SESSION I
I-1 Building a Sephardic Library Randall C. Belinfonte
In the Shadows of the Inquisition: The Jews of Colonial Mexico and Their
Uncertain Legacy Libby White
I-2 Survival of Ladino Al Passy
I-3 Yiddish Collection in Nidhei Yisrael, Mexico CityMaia
Wajsfeld
I-4 Shakespeare and the Jewish Connection Lynne Kositsky
Dr. Hector Nunes: Dedicated Patriot and Despised Alien Charles Meyers
I-5 Automation Panel (R & S) (ends at 9:30am)
A Live Comparison of Three Hebrew-Capable Library Systems Leah Adler,
Glenn Fernman, Kathleen Bloch, Paul Miller, Rick Burke, facilitator
9:15am-9:30am Coffee break
9:30am-10:30am SESSION II
II-1 Latin American Jewry Websites David Hirsch; Elliot Gertel,
facilitator
II-2 Judeo-Spanish Music
II-3 Ancient to Modern Classification Systems: An Overview: from
the Beit HaMikdash Archive to H.A. Wolfson, Abraham Freidus, G. Scholem,
D. Elazar, Leikind, Weine, & the Library of Congress David Levy
II-4 Life on the Edge: Early Jewish Pioneers of San Diego Laurel
and Stan Schwartz; Susan Greening, facilitator
II-5 Librarian as Teacher: Lessons to Use in Your Classroom Rachel
Glasser, facilitator
10:40 meet in the Hotel Lobby with your identification (U.S. citizens:
driver’s license; non-citizens: passport with valid U.S. visa,
or green card)
10:45am-12:00 Bus to Tijuana
12:00pm-1:45pm Lunch in Tijuana
Hosted by the Centro Social Israelita
T-1 Speakers on the History of the Tijuana Jewish Community Chaya
Saad, Sophia Segal
2pm-3pm Tour 1: Self-guided tour of Avenida Revolucion
Tour 2: The Tijuana Cultural Center
3pm-4:30pm Return bus trip to San Diego
4:30pm-5:30pm Poster sessions
P-1. First Aid for Books Norma Levy
P-2. Adults with Special Needs as Library AidesLori Kauffman
Faison & Christopher Hill
P-3. San Diego Jewish Book Fair Jackie Gmach
P-4. Just A Mouse Click Away Vicky Reed
P-5. Developing Values Lessons from Picture Books Toby Rossner
P-6. Books, Books, Books: A Simple Interactive Bulletin Board
Heidi Stidham
P-7. Barcoding the Library Rebecca Landau
P-8. There’s A Lot Going On In the Library! Rachel Erlich
4:30pm-6pm CEU Course
Reference Service: Concepts, Structure and Application in the Internet
Era
Instructor: Sarah Spiegel
Location: Astor Judaica Library, Lawrence Family JCC
4:30pm-5:30pm
M-1 Holocaust Videos for Childre n: A Brief Survey Cheryl
Banks
4:30pm-5:30pm Five Jewish Colleges
4:30pm-8:30pm Exhibits
5:30pm-6:30pm Special Interest Groups (optional meeting)
7pm-11pm Optional Tour – Gaslamp and Seaport Village
9:00pm-11:30pm Video Screenings
9:00pm-12:00am Hospitality Suite
Tuesday, June
26, 2001
Registration: 7:30am-4:00pm
6am-6:30am Early morning walk Hotel Lobby
6:30am-7am Early morning swim aerobics Hotel pool
6:30am-7am Orthodox Minyan Stanley Nachamie & Daniel Rettberg
6:30am-7am Egalitarian Minyan Jean Lettofsky & Judy Greenblatt
7am-8am Breakfast
8:30am-6pm Exhibits
8:30am-9:30am SESSION III
III-1 Bringing Diversity to Your Collection Adaire Klein;
Norma Levy; Michelle Ohnstad
III-2 How to Design a Library Media Center Marsha Korobkin
III-3 Children’s Hebrew Books: What's Available, Where to
Find Them, How to catalog them Janice Levine
III-4 An Author’s Perspective on What Makes an Outstanding
Librarian Leonard Felder
III-5 The Nine Commandments David Noel Freedman
9:30am-9:45am coffee break
9:45am-10:45am SESSION IV
IV-1 From Memorials to Invaluable Historical Documentation: Using
Yiskor Books as Resources for Studying a Vanished World Michlean
Amir
Collecting Contemporary East European Judaica: Harvard’s Experience
Elizabeth Vernon
David Hirsch, facilitator
IV-2 Jerusalem in Early Maps Eliezer Chammou
IV-3 Planning to Automate Your School, Synagogue or Center Library?
Barbara Leff
IV-4 Teaching Electronic Resources for Research in Jewish Studies:
A Workshop for Use in the Academic Library Heidi Lerner
IV-5 Starting and running Book Discussion Groups Joan Tedlow
& Liza Stabler
IV-6 Migrations of a Tale: Gershon’s Monster Eric Kimmel,
author; Jon J Muth, illustrator
10:45am-11am coffee break
11am-12pm SESSION V
V-1 Pictures of the Past – Where to Find Them and What They
Teach Us About Jewish Customs and Styles Esther Nussbaum
V-2 Gifts, Deaccession& Appraisals Eric Kline
V-3 Books for Genealogists Roberta Berman
V-4 Library of California: An Electronic Network of California
Libraries Kevin Starr, California State Librarian
V-5 Creating a Chapter Newsletter with Content, Bite, and Heartwarming
Chatter Ellen Cole, Enid Sperber, Anne Dublin
V-6 Library of Congress Cataloging Update Joan Biella &
Lenore Bell
12pm-1:30pm AJL Awards Luncheon
Presentations: Special Recognition; Life Member; Fanny Goldstein
Award; Library Accreditation, AJL Scholarship
Kevin Starr, presenter
Chairs: Merrily Hart & Helene Tuchman
Entertainment: AJLSC Chapter Song
1:45pm-3:15pm SESSION VI
VI-1 Sydney Taylor Book Awards Panel: (1:45-4:00) Jewish Children’s
Books in the New Century
Kathleen Clotfelter, Etta Gold, Fred Isaac, Naomi Morse, Libby White;
Chair: Linda Silver
VI-2 Panel on Cataloging Issues Dedicated to Rosalie Katchen,
zal
Cataloging Archival Materials for the History of the Jews in Europe:
The Louis Lewin Collection at Yeshiva University Marlene Schiffman,
Caroline R. Miller
Authority Work in Ruritania Joan Biella
Heidi Lerner, facilitator
VI-3 When Disaster Strikes: First Steps in Disaster Preparedness
Julie Page
Thank You, But What Do I Do With It? Archival Material in a Library
Setting Joy Kingsolver
VI-4 Save the Music Project Daniel Ajzen
VI-5 Holocaust Revisionism & Hate Crimes Panel Ellen Zyroff,
Morris Casuto, Rick Eaton, Adaire Klein, facilitator
3:15pm-4:00pm coffee break
4pm-5:15pm SESSION VII
VII-1 "Ve-Ahavt": Creating New and Alternative Liturgies for
New & Alternative Awareness in Judaism Yaffa Weisman
VII-2 Accreditation: A Blueprint for Your Library’s Future
Helene Tuchman, Etta Gold, Rita Frischer, Anne Dublin
VII-3 The Digitization Project o f the Jewish National and University
Library: Progress Report Elhanan Adler
InfoMine and the Cataloging of Judaic Web Resources Julie Mason,
Rick Burke-facilitator
VII-4 PR Speakeasy-Interactive Exchange of Ideas Jackie Gmach
VII-5 The Jewish Child in Picture Books? June Cummins
5:30pm-6:30pm: Feinstein Lecture Aryeh Gold
Introductory remarks: Zachary Baker and Jerome Chanes
5pm-7pm Hospitality Suite
7pm-10pm Banquet
Presentation of Sydney Taylor and R & S Awards
Entertainment: Israeli dancing
10pm-11pm Committee meetings
- National Convention Committee
- Professional Development Committee
- Publicity Committee
10pm-12am Hospitality Suite
Wednesday, June 27, 2001
6am-6:30am Early morning walk Hotel Lobby
6:30am-7am Early morning swim aerobics Hotel pool
6:30am-7am Orthodox Minyan Stanley Nachamie & Daniel Rettberg
6:30am-7am Egalitarian Minyan Jean Lettofsky & Judy Greenblatt
7am-8am Breakfast
8:30am-10am Meetings
- SSC Division meeting: President, Michlean Amir
- R & S Division meeting: President, David Hirsch
10am-10:30am Coffee break
10:30am-12pm General Membership Meeting
President, Toby Rossner
12pm-1pm Box lunch pickup
1pm-3pm National Convention Committee
1pm-4:30pm CEU Course
Reference Service: Concepts, Structure and Application in the Internet
Era
Instructor: Sarah Spiegel
Location: Astor Judaica Library, Lawrence Family JCC
1:30pm-4pm Optional Tour – Old Town
Ongoing Exhibit: Latin American Jewish Artists o n display in the
Gotthelf Art Gallery, San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, Lawrence
Family JCC JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla
The AJL annual convention is held
in a different location each year.
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