Weekly Review #11...and more
New Semester – New Weekly Reviews (#11) and News in general
(How many times can I say “New” in one sitting?)
So the good news is that since September of last year, I reviewed (well, described) over sixty (60) journals and magazines that we subscribe to at the Frances-Henry Library in Los Angeles. The better news is that I have in front of me a pile of fifteen journals, only four of which have not yet been reviewed. This means that we are very close to completing half the yearly cycle of periodic literature that is available for your research and knowledge seeking. It also means that from now on I will offer the reviews more sporadically, and focus on special issues and topics, rather than on the order in which these publications come. In short – linear approaches are out, complexities are in…
This fits into the general theme of the life of a librarian nowadays.
What does it mean, exactly, you ask?
Well, for example, we need to find creative solutions to the challenge of non-existing space for growth in the stacks. An immediate solution – a deliberate weeding process that is taking place with the help of faculty members, who are responding to our suggestion that they “own” their areas of teaching and scholarly pursuits. With their help, we have begun a process of moving dated, lesser used items to our storage area, to make room for newer, more useful items. We’ve also asked for their recommendations for new acquisitions, and we invite students to do the same through the “purchase recommendations” slips available at the circulation desk.
This, as I said, is just one example, and I would be delighted to share more in the future, and to hear your concerns and suggestions regarding this, as well as other issues, about access to needed materials.
And no, I did not forget the weekly review, so here it is:
Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches. Vol. XIV, No. 5, 2006.
English & French. Of interest to students of Hebrew Scripture: Transcending the boundary of death: Ecclesiastes through a Nabokovian lens, by Michael Carasik, and Narrative surprise in Biblical parallels, by Baruch Alster.
Conservative Judaism. Vol. 58:4. Summer 2006.
Offering a special section on medical ethics; an article by Aryeh Cohen on Renewing the old and sanctifying the new, and book reviews.
The Israel Philatelist. Vol. LVII, No. 6, December 2006.
For stamp, coin and note collectors, a colorful magazine providing information on values, prices and general descriptions of philatelic delights.
Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Vol. 25:1. Fall 2006.
A special issue entitled: Beyond Klezmer: the Legacy of Eastern European Jewry, and a review essay by Ann Astell on New perspectives on Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.
We’ll talk again next week.
Yaffa
(How many times can I say “New” in one sitting?)
So the good news is that since September of last year, I reviewed (well, described) over sixty (60) journals and magazines that we subscribe to at the Frances-Henry Library in Los Angeles. The better news is that I have in front of me a pile of fifteen journals, only four of which have not yet been reviewed. This means that we are very close to completing half the yearly cycle of periodic literature that is available for your research and knowledge seeking. It also means that from now on I will offer the reviews more sporadically, and focus on special issues and topics, rather than on the order in which these publications come. In short – linear approaches are out, complexities are in…
This fits into the general theme of the life of a librarian nowadays.
What does it mean, exactly, you ask?
Well, for example, we need to find creative solutions to the challenge of non-existing space for growth in the stacks. An immediate solution – a deliberate weeding process that is taking place with the help of faculty members, who are responding to our suggestion that they “own” their areas of teaching and scholarly pursuits. With their help, we have begun a process of moving dated, lesser used items to our storage area, to make room for newer, more useful items. We’ve also asked for their recommendations for new acquisitions, and we invite students to do the same through the “purchase recommendations” slips available at the circulation desk.
This, as I said, is just one example, and I would be delighted to share more in the future, and to hear your concerns and suggestions regarding this, as well as other issues, about access to needed materials.
And no, I did not forget the weekly review, so here it is:
Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches. Vol. XIV, No. 5, 2006.
English & French. Of interest to students of Hebrew Scripture: Transcending the boundary of death: Ecclesiastes through a Nabokovian lens, by Michael Carasik, and Narrative surprise in Biblical parallels, by Baruch Alster.
Conservative Judaism. Vol. 58:4. Summer 2006.
Offering a special section on medical ethics; an article by Aryeh Cohen on Renewing the old and sanctifying the new, and book reviews.
The Israel Philatelist. Vol. LVII, No. 6, December 2006.
For stamp, coin and note collectors, a colorful magazine providing information on values, prices and general descriptions of philatelic delights.
Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Vol. 25:1. Fall 2006.
A special issue entitled: Beyond Klezmer: the Legacy of Eastern European Jewry, and a review essay by Ann Astell on New perspectives on Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.
We’ll talk again next week.
Yaffa
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