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2002
AJL Annual Convention
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The Association of Jewish Libraries held its 37th annual conference
at the Adam's Mark Hotels and Resort, Denver, Colorado, June 23-26,
2002.
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Many papers from the convention are published in the online Proceedings.
PROGRAM
Sunday, June 23,
2002
8:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. Hospitality Suite
9:00 a.m.–noon AJL Board Meeting (breakfast)
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Registration
Noon-3:00 p.m. AJL Council Meeting/working lunch (box lunch)
Noon-5:00 p.m. Booklovers Judaica Festival: A summer afternoon of Jewish
books, arts, authors, stories, and fun. Open to the public. Including
book signings, storytelling, Jewish origami, Judaic miniatures, artisans,
and exhibits by major Jewish publishers.
Featuring:
Deborah Uchill Miller,
Children’s Book Author
“How A Book Becomes A Book”
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
and Peninnah Schram and Cherie Karo Schwartz, Storytellers
“A Tapestry of Jewish Tales”
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Tolerance and Its Flip Side Adaire Klein, Sonia
Levitin, Barbara Vogel
Chair: Adaire Klein
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. RLIN Users Meeting
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. RLG Members
Chair: Karen Smith-Yoshimura
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Meetings
Newcomers Orientation Sylvia Firschein
Chapter Relations Meeting Sybil Finemel
CARLJS Meeting Zachary Baker
R&S Cataloging Committee Heidi Lerner
SSC Cataloging Committee Judy Greenblatt
5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Reception at Denver Public Library, Western History
Department Co-sponsored by the Denver Public Library
Greetings from Rick Ashton, City Librarian, and Dr. Maurice J. (Mitch)
Freedman, President, American Library Association (ALA)
Virtual exhibit from the digitized collection of the Rocky Mountain
Jewish Historical Society, narrated by Jeanne Abrams, Director of the
RMJHS and Director of the Ira M. Beck Memorial Archives, Penrose Library,
University of Denver
Music by The Klez Dispensers
7:30 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Dinner and Program
Keynote speaker: Dr. Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman, President, American
Library Association (ALA)
9:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Committee Meetings
Sydney Taylor Awards Committee, Chair: Libby White
Sydney Taylor Manuscript Committee, Chair: Rachel Glasser
National Convention Committee, Chair: Cheryl Banks
Professional Development & Continuing Ed. Committee, Chair: Sara
Spiegel
Publicity Committee, Chair: Nanette Stahl
IFLA Committee, Chair: Edith Lubetski
Accreditation Committee, Chair: Helene Tuchman
Judaica Librarianship Editorial Board, Chair: Linda Lerman
Monday, June
24, 2002
6:00 a.m.–6:30 a.m. Early morning walk – Meet in Plaza lobby at the
horse sculpture
6:30 a.m.–7:15 a.m. Orthodox Minyan, Stanley Nachamie
6:30 a.m.–7:15 a.m. Egalitarian Minyan, Jean Lettofsky and Judy Greenblatt
7:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Breakfast (including Special Interest Group tables
for Synagogues, Day Schools, Centers, Public, Special, and 5 Colleges)
7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m.–11 p.m. Hospitality Suite
8:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m. Exhibits
8:30 a.m.–noon CEU course “Unlocking the Secret: I Want to Learn Rabbinics,
But Where is the Key?” Eli Wise
Session I 8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
I-1 Freshman Seminar: An Introduction to Judaica Librarianship, Part
I: Introduction Rachel Erlich and Sara Spiegel
I-2 Literature in the Classroom: 25 Quick and Easy Lessons for Pre–K
through Grade 5 Lisa Handelman Silverman and Linda Forrest
I-3 Variant Record Structures in the Cataloging of Judaica Non-Book
Materials: Implications for the Primacy of MARC Bella Hass Weinberg
Liturgical Rites, Revisited: Implications for the Cataloging of Jewish
Liturgy, Prayer-Books, etc. Daniel Lovins
Metadata, Digitization and the Cairo Geniza: Issues in User Access
and Retrieval Heidi Lerner and Seth Jerchower, Chair: Caroline R.
Miller
I-4 Comic Books with Rabbis: How to Find, Select, Purchase, and Provide
Access to a Focused Comic Book Collection Steve Bergson
The “Fictional” American Rabbi Rabbi David Zucker
I-5 Designing a Library Newsletter Glenn Ferdman
Beyond Faye Kellerman: Popular Jewish Fiction in Your Library Rosalind
Reisner
Techniques for Evaluating the Small Library Print Collection Susan
Freiband
10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Coffee break
Session II
10:30 a.m.–noon
II-1 Freshman Seminar: An Introduction to Judaica Librarianship, Part
II: Classification, Cataloging & Automation Joel Tuchman, Rachel
Glasser, Sue Greening
II-2 Ketubah: Text and Illumination Nanette Stahl
Art in the Hebrew Alphabet Martin Mendelsberg and David Sanders
II-3 Colorado Jewish History: Blazing the Tuberculosis Trail in Colorado
Jeanne Abrams
The Leadville Cemetery Stan Oliner
Colorful Characters in Colorado Jewish History Chris Leppek
II-4 Opening Worlds of Words: Stories and Storytelling in Your Library
Cherie Karo Schwartz and Peninnah Schram
II-5 Historical Fiction for Young People: An Author and a Librarian
Talk About the Process and the Product Anne Dublin and Linda Silver
Bringing Jewish Children’s Books to China Lois Ruby
12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m. AJL Awards Luncheon
Life Member Award; Fanny Goldstein Award; Library Accreditation Merrily
Hart and Helene Tuchman
Session III
1:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
III-1 Freshman Seminar: An Introduction to Judaica Librarianship, Part
III: Collection Development Linda Silver, Merrily Hart, and Etta
Gold
III-2 Potpourri:
Dealing With Your Board Abigail Yasgur
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Hasafran Yossi Galron
Putting on a Book Fair Rachel Erlich
Oy! My Aching Back! Tips for Sitting Comfortably as a Librarian Mara
Sokolsky
III-3 The Price They Paid: A Bibliographical Survey of the Memoirs
of the Jews in the Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy in South
Africa Veronica Belling
Soviet Jewry Archives in the Collection of the University of Colorado
Bruce P. Montgomery
III-4 Moving From Web Surfing to Information Literacy: Strategies for
Information Literacy Training in a Jewish Academic Library Paul Miller
and Sheryl Stahl
III-5 Choosing Books to Read to Children Under Seven: What Works and
What Doesn’t Helen Singer
Is the Rainbow Fish Jewish? Secular Picture Books That Reinforce Jewish
Concepts and Values Heidi Estrin
3:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
Session IV
3:45 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (1 hour)
IV-1 Freshman Seminar: An Introduction to Judaica Librarianship, Part
IV: Library Administration Fred Isaac, Bracha Weisbarth and Rita
Frischer
IV-2 The Four Things About Judaism Every Jewish Librarian Should Know
and the Books to Help You Share This Knowledge Lori Palatnik
IV-3 Evaluating Electronic Resources George Machovec
IV-4 Jewish Images in the Christian Church: Art as the Mirror of Jewish-Christian
Conflict 200-1250 C.E. Henry Claman
IV-5 The Sephardic Legacy in New Mexico: A History of the Crypto-Jews
Stanley Hordes
5:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m Feinstein Lecture, Chair: Zachary Baker
6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Optional Denver City Tour
Tuesday, June
25, 2002
6:00 a.m.–6:30 a.m. Early morning walk – Meet in Plaza lobby at the
horse sculpture
6:30 a.m.–7:15 a.m. Orthodox Minyan Stanley Nachamie
6:30 a.m.–7:15 a.m. Egalitarian Minyan Jean Lettofsky and Judy
Greenblatt
7:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Breakfast (including Special Interest Group
tables for Synagogues, Day Schools, Centers, Public, Special, and 5
Colleges)
8:00 a.m.–noon Registration
8:00 a.m.–11 p.m. Hospitality Suite
8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Exhibits
Session V
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
V-1 Jewish Children’s Literature: What’s Hot and What’s Not? The Sydney
Taylor Awards (Part I) Libby White and Committee
V-2 LC Cataloging Update Joan Biella and Lenore Bell
V-3 “What do you recommend?” The Librarian’s Dilemma in Understanding
Where the Author Is Coming From Martin Sicker
Recent Israeli Literature in Translation Michlean Amir
V-4 Academic Guide to Jewish History: Major Print and Electronic Resources
Jenny Mendelsohn
The Making of the Encyclopedia Judaica and the Jewish Encyclopedia
David Levy
V-5 Yiddish on Demand: The Debut of the Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish
Library Fay Zipkowitz
The Yiddish Book in the Twenty-First Century Zachary Baker
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
Session VI
10:30 a.m.–noon
VI-1 Jewish Children’s Literature: What’s Hot and What’s Not? The Sydney
Taylor Awards (Part II) Libby White and Committee
VI-2 Approaches for Bringing Judaica Databases to Academic Users Pearl
Berger and panel
VI-3 Poster Sessions:
Programming Your Community Abigail Yasgur
Judaica Miniatures Marilyn Lande
AJL Accreditation Helene Tuchman
Yiddish History of Denver Diane Rabson
Synagogue Library Influence on Spanish Tourism Materials Alba Toscano
The Jewish National and University Library: Treasure House of the Jewish
People Marina Goldsmith
VI-4 A Match Made in Heaven … or in New York City: The Virtual Merger
of Five Libraries at the Center for Jewish History Aviva Astrinsky
Scholarly Contributions in the Field of Sephardic Research at Congregation
Shearith Israel, New York Randy Belinfante
VI-5 Tour of the Western History Photodigitization Program (at the
Denver Public Library, 5th floor) Bruce Hanson
12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Lunch
“Women of Valor: Portraits of Jewish American Heroines” Featuring Vered
Hankin, co-sponsored by The Jewish Women’s Archive
Session VII
1:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
VII-1 Biographical Storytelling: Putting It Together Vered Hankin
Jewish Women’s Archive Jenny Sartori
Enrichment Activities Using the Jewish Women’s Archive Posters Toby
Rossner
VII-2 The Internet and Me: Cataloging Without Tears Sue Greening
and panel
VII-3 Desperate Straits: Managing the Jewish Academic Library in Conditions
of Financial Restraint Hayim Sheynin
Friday, the Head Librarian Retired: Re-Envisioning a Jewish Academic
Library Yaffa Weisman
VII-4 The Boulder Connection: Meditation and Mysticism Rabbi Nadia
Gross
Jewish Renewal and its Literature Rabbi Victor Gross
VII-5 Evaluating the Jewish Heritage Video Collection Kathryn Bernheimer
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
Session VIII
3:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
VIII-1 Book Repair for Circulating Collections Karen Jones
VIII-2 The Internet and Me: How to Search for Answers in Cyberspace
Steve Bergson, Joy Kingsolver, Barbara Leff
VIII-3 The Digitization of Talmudic Manuscripts Project Elhanan
Adler
The Louis Lewin Manuscript Collection Shulamith Berger
VIII-4 A Mixed Chorus: Jewish Women of the American West, 1849-1920
Harriet Rochlin
VIII-5 Library of Congress’ Holocaust-Era Judaic Heritage Library Michael
Grunberger
Making Connections: Materials Available in American and German Archives
and Libraries Emily Rose
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. CEU course “Unlocking the Secret: I Want to Learn
Rabbinics, But Where is the Key?” Eli Wise
5:30 p.m.–6:15 p.m. Automation User Groups (Athena, Winnebago, CASPR,
Follett, Surpass, Alexandria, SirsMandarin)
7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Awards Banquet and Dancing
10:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Optional Additional Committee Meetings, as needed.
Wednesday, June
26, 2002
6:00 a.m.–6:30 a.m. Early morning walk – Meet in Plaza lobby at the
horse sculpture 6:30 a.m.–7:15 a.m. Orthodox Minyan Stanley Nachamie
6:30 a.m.–7:15 a.m. Egalitarian Minyan Jean Lettofsky and Judy Greenblatt
7:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Meetings
SSC Division meeting
R & S Division meeting
10:15 a.m.–noon Installation of Officers and General Membership Meeting
President: Pearl Berger
Noon–1:00 p.m. Box lunch pickup
Noon–1:15 p.m. Council Meeting
1:15 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Convention Wrap-Up Meeting
2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Optional Georgetown Mountain Tour
The AJL annual convention is held
in a different location each year.
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