Library Management Resources

General Resources

OCLC Web Junction – https://www.webjunction.org/home.html

The Jewish Guide to the Internet – https://www.jewishinternetguide.com/

Collection Maintenance

Book Care and Preservation

Care, Handling and Storage of Books – Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/books.html

Caring for Books and Paper – ALA: http://www.ala.org/alcts/preservationweek/howto/books_paper

Northeast Document Conservation Center – FAQs: https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/ask-nedcc/faqs

First Aid for Books – Poster Session at 2001 AJL Conference: https://databases.jewishlibraries.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/proceedings2001/levyposter.pdf

Book & Document Preservation Brochure from Jefferson County Public Library – presented at 2002 AJL Conference: https://databases.jewishlibraries.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/proceedings2002/preservation.pdf

Book Care and Storage – Preservation Equipment Ltd. (UK): https://www.preservationequipment.com/Blog/Blog-Posts/Volumes-of-issues-in-book-care

Archival Storage of Old Photographs: https://www.archivalmethods.com/downloadfiles/Archival%20Storage%20Photographs.pdf

Archival Methods Blog: https://www.archivalmethods.com/blog/

Caring for Books – Webinar: https://www.connectingtocollections.org/caring-for-books/

Disaster Preparedness

HURRICANES, EARTHQUAKES AND FLOODS, OH MY: Protecting Library and Archive Collections by Making a Preparedness and Response Plan– Presentation by Jackie Ben-Efraim at the 2013 AJL Conference: https://databases.jewishlibraries.org/node/49213

Supplies and Tools for Library Disaster Response – Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois: https://www.carli.illinois.edu/products-services/collections-management/supplies-tools

Emergency Management – Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/emergprep/index.html

Disaster Preparedness – AASL: http://www.ala.org/aasl/awards/beyond-words/preparedness

Disaster Plan Template – Amigos Library Services: https://www.amigos.org/sites/default/files/disasterplan_template.pdf

Disasters, Damage, Insects and Mold: https://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/building.html#disaster

Weeding and Discarding Unwanted Materials

Weeding – from Managing and Analyzing Your Collection: A Practical Guide for Small Libraries and School Media Centers by Carol A. Doll and Pamela Petrick Barron. ©2002 by the American Library Association. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for nonprofit, educational purposes: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/publishing/editions/samplers/doll_mayc.pdf

Collection Maintenance and Weeding – ALA: http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/selectionpolicytoolkit/weeding

CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries – Texas State Library and Archives Commission: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/sites/default/files/public/tslac/ld/ld/pubs/crew/crewmethod12.pdf

Weeding Guidelines – NYC School Library System: https://nycdoe.libguides.com/librarianguidebook/weeding

Strategies for Weeding the Small Library Collection – Presentation by Susan Freiband at the 2016 AJL Conference: https://databases.jewishlibraries.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/proceedings2016/FreibandText2016.pdf

Copyright

Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Best Practices for Attribution: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_attribution

Permissions – Washington State University: https://printing.wsu.edu/getting-permission-where-how/

Electronic Books

Ebooks and Kindles – a simple introduction: https://www.explainthatstuff.com/ebooks.html

E-books versus Print Books: What’s the Difference?: https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0812/e-books-vs.-print-books.aspx

COVID-19 Recovery

ALA: http://www.ala.org/tools/covid-19-recovery

Libraries and the Corona Virus: https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/libraries-and-the-coronavirus.html

Risk assessment for primary school library: pdf

Management and Personnel

Library Policy Development – ALA: https://libguides.ala.org/librarypolicy

Library Media Center Management: https://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/manage.html#top

Sample Library Policies: https://www.owlsweb.org/l4l/sample-library-policies-small-public-library

Guide to Developing Library Policies and Procedure: https://guides.library.illinois.edu/writing-library-policies

Top Ten Library Policies: Top 10 Library Policies Every Small Community Library Should Have.pdf

Public Relations

Promotion and Publicity

Marketing Your School Library: https://btsb.com/libcorner/tmyk/marketingyourlibrary.php

Promoting School Library Resources: https://www.ebsco.com/blogs/ebscopost/promoting-school-library-resources-and-services-todays-digital-tools

Programming Librarian: https://programminglibrarian.org/

Library Promotion Practices: file:///C:/Users/mrsfr/Downloads/Library_Promotion_Practices_and_Marketing_of_Libra.pdf

Basic Promotion Guide – ALA: http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/adams/adamsssn15

Library Promotion: https://www.pinterest.com/wynnscoggins/library-promotion/?autologin=true

Marketing the Library in a Digital World: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03615261003625729

Mastering Marketing/Library Promotion: https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=mastering-marketing-library-promotion

Information Sources

Blogs for and about Jewish Libraries

People of the BooksAJL’s official blog, maintained by Heidi Estrin

The Book of Lifepodcast — supported in part by AJL

AJL’s Sydney Taylor Book Award blog–

AJL Chapter Blogs

AJL NYMA, the New York Metropolitan Chapter, whose site contains recordings of many of the presentations made at their fall and spring conferences — ajlnyma.org

Cleveland– http://classicjewishchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/

Sunshine State Safranim– http://www.sfajl.blogspot.com/

Southern California Chapter– http://ajlsc.org/home.html

University blogs

Mekorot–Blog of the Librarians of the Jewish Theological Seminary features “reviews and discussion of new and classic sources in Jewish Studies, bibliographical notes, and edifying tidbits.” – https://jtslibrary.wordpress.com/

The Jewish Theological Seminary Library also has a site called Takeawaywhere they share questions submitted to the reference staff and the answers they’ve provided – http://jtslibrarytakeaway.blogspot.com/

Yeshiva University Librariesmaintains a blog. – http://blogs.yu.edu/library/

Hebrew-language blogs:
Judaica Librarians’ Group in Israel http://safranim.wordpress.com/

University of Haifa–Iris Igra http://liblog.haifa.ac.il/

Blogs about Jewish Books

AJL member Daniel D. Stuhlman maintains a blog called Kol Safran –

Steve Bergson on Jewish comics — http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com

Jewish Books for Kids with Barbara Bietz features interviews with authors who write Jewish books for children.

Hebrewbooks.org, the Society for the Preservation of Hebrew Books, that scans Torah sefarim —http://blog.hebrewbooks.org/

The Jewish Book Council’s blog, exploring the world of Jewish literature, the Prosen People – https://jewishbooks.wordpress.com/

Paper Brigade Daily – https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily

Jewish Book Carnival, sponsored by Association of Jewish Libraries, is a monthly roundup of Jewish literary blogs. – THIS LINKS TO THE HOME PAGE WITH THE INFORMATION – BLOG ROTATES EVERY MONTH