v AJLSC Members who are featured in the "news"  v

"Adaire J. Klein: Keeper of Memories, Nurturer of Souls" in the Dec. 28, 2007 - Jan. 3, 2008, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles cover story titled, "Mensches: Our Third Annual Salute to Big-Hearted Angelenos."   Adaire is Director of the Library and Archival Services at the Simon Wiesenthal Center-Museum of Tolerance.

Bonnie Stark, Judaica Librarian (retired), County of Los Angeles Public Library, Culver City branch, featured in January 20, 2006, Jewish Journal article, "Library Collection of Judaica Stands Out."

v AJLSC Members who won AJL awards v

Ellen G. Cole, Librarian at the Eugene Levine Memorial Library, Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, CA won the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award for 2007, at the AJL Convention in Phoenix, AZ, in June 2007.  The Fanny Goldstein Merit Award, named for the librarian, social activist, and founder of National Jewish Book Month, is bestowed in recognition of loyal and ongoing contributions to the Association and to the profession of Jewish librarianship.  See Ellen's heartfelt Acceptance Speech.

Other AJLSC members to win the Fanny Coldstein Merit Award are:  Susan Dubin (2001), Adaire J. Klein (1994), and Barbara Y. Leff (1992).
   
Winners of the AJL Life Membership Award are:  Rita C. Frischer (2000) and Barbara Y. Leff (1994). 

v AJLSC Members who are authors v

Ben Zvi, Hava. The Bride Who Argued With God: Tales From The Treasury of Jewish Folklore.

Leff, Barbara.  Co-author with Susan Freiband:  Collection Development in Smaller Judaica Libraries: Resource Guide; and collaborator with Susan Freiband:  Collection Development in Smaller Judaica Libraries: An Introduction and Guide.  AJL, 2006.  (AJL Publications)

Rochlin, Harriet.  Pioneer Jews:  A New Life in the Far West - Revised 2000.  The Desert Dwellers Trilogy.  (See website for more books)

Rocklin, Joanne.  Strudel Stories.  Delacorte, 1999.  (award-winner) (See website for more books)

Silverman, Erica.  Sholom's Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer.  Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005.  (See website for author bio.)

Silverman, Lisa.  "Bearing Witness Through Picture Books" in School Library Journal, March 1, 2007.

v AJLSC Members who serve on AJL Council, 2006-2008 v

Susan Dubin - AJL Vice President / President-Elect
    Off-The-Shelf Library Services; Library Consultant for Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue, Sheila Sporn Library, Encino, CA 
Rachel Glasser - AJL Corresponding Secretary
    Librarian, Yavneh Academy, Paramus, NJ 
Rick Burke - Co-Chair, AJL National Convention Committee
    Executive Director, Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC.com), Los Angeles, CA
Abigail Yasgur - Co-Chair, AJL Public Relations Committee  
    Library Director, Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, CA
Sue Greening - Chair, Library Accreditation Committtee
        Austin, TX
Ronda Rose - AJL Immediate Past-President
    Library Director, Temple Emanuel Kosofsky Library, Beverly Hills, CA

v  Local AJLSC Libraries awarded AJL Accreditation Certificates v   [see photos]

    Advanced Level Judaica Library Accreditation:

2007 -- Weber Library, Adat Ari El, Valley Village, CA -- Lesley Alexander-Roxas, Day School Librarian; and Grace Friedman, Religious School Librarian.

2006 -- Corwin Library, Temple Israel of Hollywood, Hollywood, CA -- Enid Sperber, Library Director

2006 (renewed) -- Dr. Eugene B. Levine Memorial Library, Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, CA -- Ellen Cole, Librarian

v AJLSC Members who serve in related library fields v    

Rick Burke - Executive Director, Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC).

Susan Dubin - Member, Board of Directors, Children's Literature Council.

Grace Friedman - President, Friends of the Fairfax Branch, Los Angeles Public Library.

Judy Katz - President, American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees, Retired, of Southern California  (AFSCME).

Barbara Leff - President, Friends of the Encino-Tarzana Branch, Los Angeles Public Library.

Michael Masliah - Panel member of 2007 Anthony Boucher Memorial Mystery Convention in Anchorage, Alaska; and will be "Fan Guest of Honor" at the March 6-9, 2008 Left Coast Crime Murder Convention in Denver.

Lisa Silverman, Children's Editor, Jewish Book World, of the Jewish Book Council.

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