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BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005 FRESHMAN SEMINAR
ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES
A LIBRARIAN’S GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED:
DEVELOPING AN ADULT COLLECTION
INTERNET:
www.ajlsc.org --
Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California > Resources & Links
Bibliography for “Developing an Adult Collection” by Ellen Cole
www.jewishlibraries.org -- Proceedings of
the
37th Convention in 2002:
“Selection for
an Adult Jewish Collection” by Merrily F. Hart
www.amazon.com
-- Useful if you narrow search with key words as Jewish,
Israel, etc.
Reviews are
not always professional; helps with title accuracy
www.jewishreader.org
-- National Yiddish Book Center
“100 Greatest
Works of Modern Jewish Literature”
www.urj.org --
"Significant Jewish Books"
Current and
Past choices by the Union for Reform Judaism
www.jbooks.com --
a Web magazine
An
online source that does reviews and interviews about adult Jewish books
www.myjewishbooks.com -- Blog type hype on books --
includes
list of Jewish book
awards nominees and winners.
www.nextbook.com
--
A Jewish
cultural site including book reviews. Can be time consuming to use.
BOOKS to GUIDE COLLECTING:
Berman, Margot S. How to Organize a Jewish Library. NY:
AJL, 2nd ed. 1994.
Elazar, David H. and Daniel J. Elazar. A Classification
System for Libraries of Judaica. 3rd ed. Northvale, NJ:
Jason Aronson, 1997.
Frank, Ruth and William Wollheim. The Book of Jewish
Books : A Reader’s Guide to Judaism. NY: HarperCollins, 1986.
Hart, Merrily F. Creating A Collection : A Resource
Booklist for a Beginning Judaic Library. NY: AJL, 4th ed.
2000.
Holtz, Barry W, ed. The Schocken Guide to Jewish Books : Where to
Start Reading about Jewish History, Literature , Culture and Religion.
NY: Schocken, 1992.
Reisner, Rosalind. Jewish American Literature : A Guide to Reading
Interests. Westport, CT: Libraries, Unlimited, 2004.
Genreflecting Advisory Series.
Includes periodicals,
websites and publishers with their snail mail and web addresses.
Syme, Daniel and Cindy Frenkel Kanter. One Hundred Essential
Books for Jewish Readers. NY: Carol Publishers, 1998.
SOURCES FOR REVIEWS
AJL Newsletter
Published Quarterly
Yours free! If you have paid your membership
dues -- www.jewishlibraries.org
Booklist
Product of the American Library Association
Expensive, but extensive. Order through www.ala.org/booklist
Jewish Book World
Published three times a year with a fourth under
consideration for Children’s Lit only
Subscribe through Jewish Book Council, 15 East 26th
Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010-1579 -- (212) 532-4949.
Kirkus Review
Well written and critical.
A lot of secular books to plow through to find
Jewish books.
Order at www.kirkusreviews.com
Koret Foundation
Koret Jewish Book Awards
View at www.koretfoundation.org
Library Journal
Another expensive, but extensive.
Order through www.libraryjournal.com
Los Angeles Times
Daily Paper in the Calendar Section
Sunday separate section: Book Review
View at www.latimes.com
New York Times
Sunday separate section: Book Review
View all book reviews at www.nytimes.com/
Your Local Newspaper, Daily or Sunday