Monday, April 2, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Review of Yoel Finkelman, Strictly Kosher Reading
Yoel Finkelman. Strictly Kosher Reading: Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy. Boston Academic Studies Press, 2011.
Reviewed by Moshe Sherman (Touro College) Published on H-Judaic (March, 2012)
see: URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=3D34095
Reviewed by Moshe Sherman (Touro College) Published on H-Judaic (March, 2012)
see: URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=3D34095
New Website Roundup
Jewish Heritage Europe web site: http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu
Sephardi Mizrahi Studies: http://sephardimizrahistudies.org/
JDC Archives: http://archives.jdc.org
"Zucker Holy Land Travel Manuscript" at Penn Libraries:
http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/zucker/index.cfm .
Sephardi Mizrahi Studies: http://sephardimizrahistudies.org/
JDC Archives: http://archives.jdc.org
"Zucker Holy Land Travel Manuscript" at Penn Libraries:
http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/zucker/index.cfm .
March 26: Workshop in NYC: Rare Books and Archival Collections in the Digital Age
from H-Judaic:
From: Jay Rovner
The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) invites you to attend a regional workshop devoted to the topic of "Rare Books and Archival Collections in the Digital Age: The Impact, the Direction and the Conversation". The workshop will be held on Monday, March 26th, 2012, 1-4:30 pm, at The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Mendelson Convocation Center (1st floor of the Library), 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 (corner of 122nd Street and Broadway).
PROGRAM:
1-1:30 pm Registration/Coffee/Light refreshments
1:30-4 pm
Special Collecting in the University Research Library: The View from Stanford - Zachary M. Baker, Assistant University Librarian for Collection Development-Humanities and Social Sciences; Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections - "What position does special collecting currently occupy in large university research libraries? How does the widespread availability of online resources affect collection development decisions in the special collections arena? What are the limitations of online access to rare books and archival content?
Meditations on Digitization: An Archival Perspective - Shulamith Z. Berger, Curator of Special Collections, Mendel Gottesman Library, Yeshiva University - "This presentation will discuss digitization of archival materials from a philosophical rather than a technical approach. How to set priorities in digitization? How does digitization affect usage of archives and the expectations of the user community? = Will digitization impact collection development as well as the processing and housing of collections?"
Seeing is Believing: Graphics Collections Online - Sharon Liberman Mintz, Curator of Jewish Art, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary - "An approach to creating access to visual materials."
Wonders of the World: The Taj Mahal and Rare Books - Dr. Peggy K. Pearlstein, Head, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, = Library of Congress - "An overview of acquiring, preserving and making = available rare Hebrew books at the Library of Congress."
Parchment, Paper and Pixels: Collectors' Attitudes to Digitization of Rare Books and Manuscripts - David Wachtel, Senior Consultant for Judaica, Books & Manuscripts Department, Sotheby's, New York; Senior Consultant, Special Collections, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
4:15-5 pm
Optional tour of the Rare Book Collection of The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
REGISTRATION:
RSVP by March 20th ; Rita Lifton,
rilifton [at] jtsa [edu] (212) 280-6020 or Sara Spiegel, saspiegel [at] jtsa [edu]
(212) 678-8093. Registration fee, $10; payment is at the door. *A valid photo ID is required for entrance.* *The JTS dining hall serves a kosher, dairy lunch from 11 am to 2 pm.
This workshop is co-sponsored by the New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) in partnership with the Long Island Chapter (LIAJL), the New England Chapter (NEAJL) and the Washington, DC Capital Area Chapter (AJL-CAC). The workshop is underwritten by the Association of Jewish Libraries.
From: Jay Rovner
The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) invites you to attend a regional workshop devoted to the topic of "Rare Books and Archival Collections in the Digital Age: The Impact, the Direction and the Conversation". The workshop will be held on Monday, March 26th, 2012, 1-4:30 pm, at The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Mendelson Convocation Center (1st floor of the Library), 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 (corner of 122nd Street and Broadway).
PROGRAM:
1-1:30 pm Registration/Coffee/Light refreshments
1:30-4 pm
Special Collecting in the University Research Library: The View from Stanford - Zachary M. Baker, Assistant University Librarian for Collection Development-Humanities and Social Sciences; Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections - "What position does special collecting currently occupy in large university research libraries? How does the widespread availability of online resources affect collection development decisions in the special collections arena? What are the limitations of online access to rare books and archival content?
Meditations on Digitization: An Archival Perspective - Shulamith Z. Berger, Curator of Special Collections, Mendel Gottesman Library, Yeshiva University - "This presentation will discuss digitization of archival materials from a philosophical rather than a technical approach. How to set priorities in digitization? How does digitization affect usage of archives and the expectations of the user community? = Will digitization impact collection development as well as the processing and housing of collections?"
Seeing is Believing: Graphics Collections Online - Sharon Liberman Mintz, Curator of Jewish Art, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary - "An approach to creating access to visual materials."
Wonders of the World: The Taj Mahal and Rare Books - Dr. Peggy K. Pearlstein, Head, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, = Library of Congress - "An overview of acquiring, preserving and making = available rare Hebrew books at the Library of Congress."
Parchment, Paper and Pixels: Collectors' Attitudes to Digitization of Rare Books and Manuscripts - David Wachtel, Senior Consultant for Judaica, Books & Manuscripts Department, Sotheby's, New York; Senior Consultant, Special Collections, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
4:15-5 pm
Optional tour of the Rare Book Collection of The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
REGISTRATION:
RSVP by March 20th ; Rita Lifton,
rilifton [at] jtsa [edu] (212) 280-6020 or Sara Spiegel, saspiegel [at] jtsa [edu]
(212) 678-8093. Registration fee, $10; payment is at the door. *A valid photo ID is required for entrance.* *The JTS dining hall serves a kosher, dairy lunch from 11 am to 2 pm.
This workshop is co-sponsored by the New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) in partnership with the Long Island Chapter (LIAJL), the New England Chapter (NEAJL) and the Washington, DC Capital Area Chapter (AJL-CAC). The workshop is underwritten by the Association of Jewish Libraries.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Project Muse Expansion
Update from Project Muse:
MUSE Launches New Platform and Adds Book Content
On January 1 MUSE launched its new integrated books and journals platform. The new platform combines nearly 14,000 book titles with content from the 500+ journals in MUSE. The new site offers users the flexibility to search just the book and journal content to which their institution subscribes or to expand their search to all content in MUSE. New hierarchical subject categories can help broaden or narrow a search to the most relevant content.
Try a search with the new post-search filtering. Use the search facets and the Modify Search (Boolean structure) boxes to limit results. All the power of the previous MUSE search function is present in the new search & facets functionality. We welcome your feedback on the new site - look for the orange Feedback button on the top right corner of the pages and let us know your thoughts.
When to Browse; When to Search
The new MUSE interface includes an expanded Browse and an enhanced Search process. There are key differences in the content displayed in each.
Browse
Browse is designed to allow everyone to peruse all book and journal titles and tables of contents in MUSE for content that is of interest. Access to full text, however, is dependent upon whether your institution subscribes to specific book or journal content. Access icons indicate which full text is available to the individual.
Search
A search box on every page initiates a search of whichever content the user wants to search: books only, journals only, or books and journals simultaneously. The search results default to only content to which your institution subscribes. Facets (or limiters) on the results page help to refine results. The Modify Search box on the results page also allows you to refine results by constructing a boolean search.
If a user desires to see all MUSE results relevant to the search, they can select the option to show all content, meaning that search results will include content to which their institution does not have full text access and will be noted as such by an icon.
Welcome!
MUSE extends a hearty welcome to the over 70 institutions, North American and international, that have purchased one or more of the UPCC Book Collections on Project MUSE. Thank you for your support.
________________________________________
MUSE Launches New Platform and Adds Book Content
On January 1 MUSE launched its new integrated books and journals platform. The new platform combines nearly 14,000 book titles with content from the 500+ journals in MUSE. The new site offers users the flexibility to search just the book and journal content to which their institution subscribes or to expand their search to all content in MUSE. New hierarchical subject categories can help broaden or narrow a search to the most relevant content.
Try a search with the new post-search filtering. Use the search facets and the Modify Search (Boolean structure) boxes to limit results. All the power of the previous MUSE search function is present in the new search & facets functionality. We welcome your feedback on the new site - look for the orange Feedback button on the top right corner of the pages and let us know your thoughts.
When to Browse; When to Search
The new MUSE interface includes an expanded Browse and an enhanced Search process. There are key differences in the content displayed in each.
Browse
Browse is designed to allow everyone to peruse all book and journal titles and tables of contents in MUSE for content that is of interest. Access to full text, however, is dependent upon whether your institution subscribes to specific book or journal content. Access icons indicate which full text is available to the individual.
Search
A search box on every page initiates a search of whichever content the user wants to search: books only, journals only, or books and journals simultaneously. The search results default to only content to which your institution subscribes. Facets (or limiters) on the results page help to refine results. The Modify Search box on the results page also allows you to refine results by constructing a boolean search.
If a user desires to see all MUSE results relevant to the search, they can select the option to show all content, meaning that search results will include content to which their institution does not have full text access and will be noted as such by an icon.
Welcome!
MUSE extends a hearty welcome to the over 70 institutions, North American and international, that have purchased one or more of the UPCC Book Collections on Project MUSE. Thank you for your support.
________________________________________
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
New On-line
Cairo Genizah material from the Bodleian:
genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
The Soncino English translation of the Talmud: http://halakhah.com/indexrst.html
Colette Sirat's website:
www.colette-sirat.com
genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
The Soncino English translation of the Talmud: http://halakhah.com/indexrst.html
Colette Sirat's website:
www.colette-sirat.com
Friday, January 27, 2012
CFP: German-Jewish Reading Practices
FROM H-JUDAIC:
From: Nick Block
Sent: Thu 1/26/2012 8:46 AM
Subject: CFP: Cultural Perspectives on German-Jewish Reading Practices, = GSA, Deadline: Feb. 5
=20
CFP: Cultural Perspectives on German-Jewish Reading Practices=20 36th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association (GSA),=20 Milwaukee, WI; October 4-7, 2012=20
Walter Benjamin unpacks his library. _The Star of Redemption_, with the magen David emblazoned on the cover, sits ostentatiously under Gershom Scholem's arm in the streets of Berlin. A Viennese caf. Reading = practices inform much of culture. In turn, "readings" inform much of scholarship.
Reading can shape imagined communities but can also be symptomatic of disengaging from community. In what ways do German Jews perform reading?
How does the book play into notions of identity? Can the affixing of a Jewish-themed bookplate be seen as an intervention by the reader, a = modern take on the affixing of a mezuzah? This panel at the GSA seeks presentations which engage with reading practices in the German-Jewish sphere from any vantage point. Papers in dialogue with Jewish studies, gender studies, visual culture, and critical theory are especially welcome.
Possible topics include:=20
-subcultures and reading=20
-material culture: the comic book, the bookplate, book collecting=20 -reading aloud and the aural reading experience=20 -sites of reading: the park bench, the Strassenbahn, the desk=20
Please submit abstracts (max. 250 words) to Nick Block =
(nblock [at] umich.edu)
by Sunday, Feb. 5th.=20
Presenters must be or become members of the German Studies Association = by Feb. 15th. Information on membership is available on the GSA website (www.thegsa.org).
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From: Nick Block
Sent: Thu 1/26/2012 8:46 AM
Subject: CFP: Cultural Perspectives on German-Jewish Reading Practices, = GSA, Deadline: Feb. 5
=20
CFP: Cultural Perspectives on German-Jewish Reading Practices=20 36th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association (GSA),=20 Milwaukee, WI; October 4-7, 2012=20
Walter Benjamin unpacks his library. _The Star of Redemption_, with the magen David emblazoned on the cover, sits ostentatiously under Gershom Scholem's arm in the streets of Berlin. A Viennese caf. Reading = practices inform much of culture. In turn, "readings" inform much of scholarship.
Reading can shape imagined communities but can also be symptomatic of disengaging from community. In what ways do German Jews perform reading?
How does the book play into notions of identity? Can the affixing of a Jewish-themed bookplate be seen as an intervention by the reader, a = modern take on the affixing of a mezuzah? This panel at the GSA seeks presentations which engage with reading practices in the German-Jewish sphere from any vantage point. Papers in dialogue with Jewish studies, gender studies, visual culture, and critical theory are especially welcome.
Possible topics include:=20
-subcultures and reading=20
-material culture: the comic book, the bookplate, book collecting=20 -reading aloud and the aural reading experience=20 -sites of reading: the park bench, the Strassenbahn, the desk=20
Please submit abstracts (max. 250 words) to Nick Block =
(nblock [at] umich.edu)
by Sunday, Feb. 5th.=20
Presenters must be or become members of the German Studies Association = by Feb. 15th. Information on membership is available on the GSA website (www.thegsa.org).
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