Jewish Theological Seminary Of America

UNMET NEEDS RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

CATALOGING, PRESERVING AND DIGITIZING AT-RISK BROADSIDES, EPHEMERA AND PRINTS: DEPICTING THREE CENTURIES OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE FROM PERSECUTION AND MIGRATION TO SETTLEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES [THE LIBRARY OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY HOLDS A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF EPHEMERAL FLAT MATERIALS THAT ARE RARE, OFTEN UNIQUE, AND AT RISK OF DETERIORATION, AND ARE THEREFORE INACCESSIBLE FOR RESEARCH OR EDUCATIONAL USE. THE 7,000 DOCUMENTS PRIORITIZED FOR THIS GRANT, CREATED IN A SPAN BETWEEN THE 17TH CENTURY AND MID-20TH CENTURY, REPRESENT A RICH TROVE OF MATERIAL FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ABOUT AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY AND LIFE, THE EXPERIENCE AND PERSISTENCE OF ANTISEMITISM, AND STORIES OF MIGRATION OF JEWS TO THE UNITED STATES FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND THEIR MOVEMENT WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.]

FUNDS FOR “RECIPIENT’S INSTITUTIONAL COSTS TO COVER ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS. "

STUDENT EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS TO HELP COVER EXPENSES RELATED TO THE DISRUPTION OF CAMPUS OPERATIONS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.

THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA WILL PARTNER WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES TO OFFER A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN JUDAICA AND HEBRAICA LIBRARIANSHIP TO PREPARE 30+ SPECIALISTS TO HELP FILL A DOCUMENTED WORKFORCE NEED FOR JUDAICA AND HEBRAICA COLLECTION SPECIALISTS. THE CERTIFICATE IS A NEW 12-MONTH SERIES OF EIGHT ONLINE MODULES REPEATED IN THREE CYCLES, OFFERED FREE TO QUALIFIED AND HIGHLY MOTIVATED APPLICANTS WHO ARE COMPLETING MLS OR PH.D. DEGREES OR WORKING IN JEWISH ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES. CERTIFICATE GRADUATES WILL LEARN FROM EXPERT LIBRARIANS TO DEVELOP AND CURATE COLLECTIONS OF JUDAICA AND HEBRAICA AS WELL AS LEARN STATE-OF-THE-ART REFERENCE, CATALOGING, AND ARCHIVAL PROCESSING SKILLS. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A COURSE SYLLABUS, PRESENTATION SLIDES, AND A WHITE PAPER DOCUMENTING THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS THREE-YEAR PROJECT TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER AREA STUDIES SPECIALTIES IN LIBRARIANSHIP THAT FACE SIMILAR WORKFORCE NEEDS AND COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS KIND OF TRAINING PROGRAM.

CONSERVATION AND DIGITIZATION OF THE CAIRO GENIZAH

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CONSERVATION AND DIGITIZATION OF THE CAIRO GENIZAH