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Proceedings of the 39th Annual Convention
of the Association of Jewish Libraries


Brooklyn, New York, June 20-23, 2004
Compiled by Joan Biella and Elana Gensler

© 2004 by the Association of Jewish Libraries
ISSN: 1525-4496

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Table of Contents

Title page and verso (.pdf)

AJL Life Membership Award
     Gilner, David. Presentation of Award (.pdf)

American Jewish Bibliographers
     Wachtel, David. Alexander Marx (.pdf)

Building the Global Jewish Digital Library
     Adler, Elhanan. Towards an Israeli National Digital Library (.pps)
     (Note: this is a 2.3 MB file and may take about 10 minutes to download with a dial-up connection)
     Abstract and biography (.pdf)
     Pearlstein, Peggy K. From Published Book to Digital Resource: Revisiting American Women (.pdf)
     (Note: this is a 1.5 MB file and may take more than 5 minutes to download with a dial-up connection)
     Abstract and biography (.pdf)

Changing Landscape of Reference Work
     Beck, Sheila and Sara Rofofsky Marcus. Reaching Out: Library Reference Services for Students at Home (.pdf)

Coming to America: A Living History (.pdf)

Electronic Journals
     Berger, Pearl. Electronic Journals for Jewish Studies (.pdf)
     Spiegel, Sara. E-Journals for Free (.pps)
          Abstract and biography (.pdf)

Fiction Bonanza: New Adult Jewish Fiction 2003-2004 (.pdf)

Freshman Seminar: An Introduction to Judaica Librarianship
     Part I: Wasserman, Sherry. Organizing Your Library (.pdf), Kamin, Rachel. Organizing, Classifying & Cataloging Your Library (.pdf)
     Part II: Kamin, Rachel. Building, Developing & Growing Your Library (.pdf)

Implementing New Developments in Library Systems
     Adler, Leah. Moving to a Unicode Based Library System: The Yeshiva University Library Experience (.pdf)

In Search of the Jewish Performing Arts
     Belling, Veronica. From the Bowery to Brakpan: A Bibliographic Guide to Researching Yiddish Theater Worldwide (.pdf)

Issues in Library Administration
     Ferdman, Glenn. The Ins and Outs of Performance Evaluations (pdf.)

Jewish American History for Young Readers
     Finkelstein, Norman H. Writing Us In: Jewish American History for Young Readers (.pdf)
     Koven, Julie. 350 Years of Jewish Settlement in America: Educational Resources
          PowerPoint slide show (.pps) ; text of presentation (.pdf); bibliography (.pdf)

Jewish Children's Literature: What's Hot and What's Not? The Sydney Taylor Book Awards
     Kamin, Rachel. Early Childhood List (.pdf)

Keeping Great Collections Great
     Gilner, David. Collecting Rare Books in a "Five Law" Library (.pdf)

Keeping Track of Jewish Life
     Elstein, Rochelle Berger. Not Set in Stone: Finding Information About American Synagogues (.pdf)

Lost and Found: Recovering and Discovering Medieval Texts
     Easton, Roger L. Digital Restoration of Erased and Damaged Manuscripts (.pdf)

Meyer and Rosaline Feinstein Lecture
     Gilner, David. Introduction (.pdf)

New Paths to Old Questions and Older Texts: Rabbinic Reference Panel
     Stern, Debbie. Reconstructionist Movement Liturgy and Literature (.pdf)
     Rabenstein, Bernard. Trends in Rabbinical Reference Source Materials – Their Changing Nature (.pdf)

Organizing Unique Collections: Implications for Historical Research
     Harroch, Meira. The Ephemera Collection at the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem (.pdf)
     Koren, Dr. Tzvia. Indexing and Cataloging the Frankfurt a.M. Memorbuch (.pdf)

Quest for the Best: Setting Standards and Criteria for Jewish Children's Literature; the New Jewish Valuesfinder
     Cheryl Banks, Linda R. Silver (both .pdf)

R & S Cataloging Panel
     Biella, Joan. The Philosophy of Romanization     
     Adler, Elhanan. Implications of LC Guidelines for the Non-Sorting Control Character Technique for Hebraica Headings (.pps)
     Abstract and biography (.pdf)

R & S One-Time Body-of-Work Award
     Pearlstein, Peggy. Presentation of Award (.pdf)

Read Me A Story/Tell Me A Story: So What's The Difference? (.pdf)
     Schram, Peninnah

Sacred Sources: Religious Publishing in the 21st Century
     Aronson, Ya’akov. Mikraot Gedolot haKeter—Biblia Rabbinica: Behind the Scenes with the Project Team (.pdf)
     Meyerowitz, Yisrael. Hasidic Primary Works in English Translation (.pdf)

Serving Our Diverse Community
     Golin, Paul. Every Jewish Professional is an Outreach Worker: Resources for Engaging Intermarried and Unaffiliated Jews (.pdf)
     Stahl, Sheryl F. Sorting the Alphabet Soup of Sexual Orientation and Identity: A Guide to LGBT Sources (.pdf)

Sydney Taylor Award for Older Readers
     Patz, Nancy. Acceptance Speech (.pdf)

Sydney Taylor Award for Younger Readers
     Davis, Aubrey. Acceptance Speech (.pdf)

Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award
     Glasser, Rachel. Presentation of Award (.pdf)
     Ferber, Brenda. Acceptance Speech (.pdf)

 

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