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PAGE 26 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE July 18, 1986 M M mnnm TSuper Saturday 10-2 all you can play [ptSHTir“IPOOmT*/ Golf and Video games @@(U? &@flGai§ / plus Hot Dog and Coke $3 95 3382 Shallowford Rd. Chamblee 458*0888 Librarians meet in Canada for 21 st annual convention i I cur* (zcc/cumect / , yeaJ&af/-. 'A/cu4#tuit T Vy r/nafifie*/ Excellent Food, Great Price, Formal Service 2100 Cheshire Bridge 634-8947 Reservations accepted The Jewish National Fund, Southern Region proudly announces its first annual FABULOUS LABOR DAY WEEK END For Singles and Couples/August 29-September 1 at CAMP BLUE STAR (Hendersonville, North Carolina) Your cost tor a "wonderful return to the past" or a fabulous new experience at the South's premiere private camp is: $300 per person ($200 is tax deductible) or $500 per couple ($300 is tax deductible). A rare opportunity for both singles and couples to meet people from all over the Southeast. Saturday night social highlights a Fabulous Fifties Band. "All you can eat" Jewish cuisine (strictly Kosher) features a delectible Sunday brunch. Complete water, tennis, and land sports facilities, plus optional Excursion trip to the Nantahala Outdoor Center for white-water rafting ($30 surcharge). Limited enroliment/Deadline August 19. □ Please find my check for S for enrollment of I understand that a complete instruction packet will follow Name(s) Be sure to include wife's first name Address □ Please send me additional information City State. Zip Phone ( Mail to Jewish National Fund 1644 Tullie Circle, #118, Atlanta, GA 30329 (404 ) 633-1132 by Shloime Perel A planned new cataloging ser vice for synagogue, school and community center Judaica librar ies in Southern California was re vealed at the 21st annual conven tion of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL), held in Montreal. One hundred and fifty delegates from across the United States and Canada attended. The announcement, made in a session on “Computer Networking in Small Libraries: Is it Feasible, Reasonable or Practical—An Ex ploratory Session,” reflects the trend—very visible at the conven tion—to upgrade Jewish library work at all levels. Additionally, in what was clearly a major concern, the convention decided to press for the separate category for Holocaust denial lit erature and for its distinct separa tion from the subject heading “Holocaust.” “The whole organization is dy namic and we’re moving forward in many, many areas,” Bella Hass Weinberg, co-editor of the AJL’s “Judaica Librarianship,”said. “The whole profession is becoming more competent. There are big issues. In all the major areas—cataloging, rare books, acquisitions, preserva tions—we’re more active.” The convention bustled with en thusiasm, friendship and discussion. “We are keepers of the heritage, to keep it and spread it, to train others to do this,” said outgoing president Hazel Karp, head librarian of the Hebrew Academy of Atlanta. “We function through the annual con vention and keep taking on more and more.” The AJL convention provides the only occasion for Jewish librar ians from North American to come together. “It breaks down isola tion,” said president-elect Edith Lubetsky of Yeshiva University. “Here we have the opportunity of sharing new ideas. Just finding out that your problems aren’t only your own is a help. A lot of people here are sharing ideas and concerns. The convention has a lot of rele vance for my own library work, said Lubetsky. “We learn about new trends and set new trends. We’re a voluntary organization, and we’re building. Some of the things that people have dreamt about for a long time are coming about now.” The AJL was founded in 1965 through the merger of two organi zations: The Jewish Librarians Association founded in 1946 for academic and archival institutions and the Jewish Library Associa tion, founded in 1962 for Jewish communal libraries of all types. The AJL currently has 690 mem bers, with 47 outside the U.S. The association sees itself as having a distinct mission in the Jewish world and perhaps in the world in general. “Why would you join the lowest paying profession in the U.S. if you didn’t believe in it?” asked Hazel Karp. “It’s a cal ling, really. There’s a sense of total dedication. There are people here who are volunteers or who work for minimal salaries. Today, the librarians are the keepers of the culture. Everyone wants a library. It’s a dream come true. King Springs Village Luxury Retirement Community 404 King Springs Village Pkwy. Smyrna. 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No Entrance — No Endowment Fee Required ZXK— doc— x>c >tc 3UC XKC DOC DOC DOC Owned By Henry ® Barbara Grossber# Israel & Yelra Goldberg Kosher Meals Available Upon Request We see ourselves as the people who preserve Jewish books.” “We have these workshop ses sions,” said Mrs. Karp, “because we’re concerned with things other people aren’t concerned about. We have Jewish archivists who are maintaining the history of the Jews in America. YIVO has played a great role. We are people based in time, not in space. That’s why records are so important. From the tiniest library on, we’re all involved in the same kind of thing.” The convention-held sessions included computer networking; values in Jewish children’s litera ture; issues in cataloging; the trans mission of Jewish culture and values through arts and crafts; archival organization; controversial mate rials in Jewish collections; “Read ers Theater,” or interpretive dram atization while reading from a text. Issues regarding cataloging formed an important part of the convention. Working for changes in the cataloging of Judaica and related materials constitutes a primary area of AJL influence on the organization of knowledge. It is also a highly contentious area relating to philosophical, ethical and political issues. Hazel Karp emphasizes that “cataloging has to do with ways of seeing the world, with how we categorize the world. The way sub ject headings are phrased is very important. “‘Holocaust’ was not a subject heading 10 years ago,” she said. “It was previously placed under‘World War II.’ In the Library of Congress (L.C.) system, now, ‘Holocaust’ refers only to Jews. This is an example of how we can have an impact.” Cataloging issues were also ex tensively discussed in a session on Continued next page. New Name Brand Clothes Arrive Twice Each Week) Toco HIM Shopping Center by Drug Emporium