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Goldstein, Marianne
A Survey of Library Resources in Ju ai Studies in
the PAUL' and SUNY Center Libraries; A th
Redommendations Toward Formulating. lens for Possible
Areas of Cooperative Collection De/elopment.
iv. Libraries.
State Univ. of New York; Buffalo.
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TUDIES
In the
U S OEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
EOUCATION a WELFARE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OK
EDUCATION
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I 'Marianne Goldstein.
Lockwood Memorial, Library
April,.1976
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
the Lockwood Memorial Library Refeience Department for his advice and
encouraglement, and to Sara W. Collins, Senior Clerk, who typed the
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/ Chaipter I.
INTRODUCTION
c Studis Resources-Definitdons
eth6d ( )--Arrangements and -
d Rationalei(2)4J
Purpose
and Pei-am tern (4)--The Sury
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Procedure
(7)'-.1,
Chapter II.
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IS DRIES
RARY
Chapter III.
AND SERVICES
RESOURCE
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Chapter IV:
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DOCUMENTATION/OF RESOURCES
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Chapter V.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Colledtion 4
s for ddoperati
Resourdes
e DevelOpment o
ssignments (74) --Government -0
78)--Brbad Are s of RepoUs'iations (79)--C nclusions
;481)
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX II.
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PROJECTDES
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PROJECT 0
EENDIX V.
PROG
UNIVE
SUMMARY
PROGRAMS-SE
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OF
'TIES
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APPENDIX VI.
TY LIBRARIES
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BRARIES
T4 OTHER ACADEMIC
'APPENDIX VIII.
THE'JEWISH TUEOLOGI
MICROFILM
.
SEMINARY COLLECTIONS ON
FOOTNOTES
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TABLES
1.
Iola)
2,
114o
$:
`,...
10
even Univetsity
4 Class
4.
,SJ
19
-,
4o
rest Class\
;.
BM (aildilism)
42
:
Co gres
Class
46
\
Sh4lf-1'i t Count fi)
DS (History)
53
65
8.
1.
F,
10 4;
66
67'
n Subscription
It
4'
h.t
69
lj
I.
IfiTRODUQTION
:.
-.
.
,
,i,
, Stuciies
n
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education has seen a tremendods gt16t7th' Since World War II and in resent years
Jewish Yearbook for i975
witli the revival of ethnic stt:d:"--The'AmeriCan
,
presentsa very useful report by Dr. Charles Berlin cm "Library Resources for
'Yr
collections of Judaica.
over 10,000 volumes.
For the
pur
pas sent to uniiie kities, colleges and research institutions. 'The receipt of
the questionna
'not only of her own library's resources for Judaic Studies but also of those
in the regional consortium and within the State University Centers.
leave provided the time needed to plan and carry out the project.
A sabbatical
The project would also serve as a model for other surveys ofcolleations
The plan was further deemed useful knowing that diminishing
in specific areas.
3)
deliberate efforts to
Four of the
position in the SUNY system. ,The current-members of the FAUL consortium are
the libraries of the.State University of New York at Binghamton and at Buffalo,
1
Cornell Universit
The
consortium's purp se is
to promote and implement cooperative projects which increase the
usefulness at4i availability* library materia16, and services to
fechnologies.
With regard to the SUNY system, in\the Report of the 4dvisory Committee
on Plsdnning for the Academic Libraries of New York State, 1973, Commissioner,
:-
0
i
of Eddication Nyquist charged the committee with the responsibility of devel '
,
Guidelines fot cooperative acqui i-
the committee stated in the report and as was pointed out by.the Regents
themselves in Education Beyond High School
Librarians
By extension, it can
1
be seen that librarians by making better known the library resources of a
In May
among member libraries an collection policies and explore potential areas for
increased cooperation.
Wilden-Ha t sugg sted that "as, tap priority, we should describe.o6r special
-
f1
and potentialusers.
79
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informatio9 to present
the
ft
knowledge of, the cohtents of the 4)11e tionsp a topic which will get chore
6.
44.
support for the study in principle and to develop a'model that would provide
.
somelirograms of Judaic Studies; all of them use the New York State Interlibrary
Loanonetirk, and all have ac4es tO the 0 LC (Ohio College Library Center)
;
terminals.
.
lib
NYSII1L.
ny member of a SUNY-institution
SUNY,Library,
cations:
B - Philosophy; BM - Judaism; BS -
PJ
JewishiLitersture,
10
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1
..----
TABLE 1
154 - 159.
B755 BJ1279 - I 87
BM1 - 488,,
13
BM525 - 532
BM534 - 538
BM560 - 755
11
BMW)? - 990
Rabbinical Literature
,Jewish Law
23
>
4
55'
800
J.
Studies
III.Bibli
,BS701
,BS169
1675
,- 1830
e(
1
D101
(P lestine)..
Jesis - History
J4501
- 5110
4PJ5111 - 5192
IPJ520 - 5329
Library mate
4,
sciences or na
partial shelf \
A through Z
\are no
'4.
ocnmentaticTlof resou
inclUde
6
I
).)
thereby arrived'at;
'
a'qualitative evaluation is
iteria'have been
1\5
suggested a number o
on an informalrquestionnaire-interview
gathered' by
considLrations
3) inforMal
It should
e borne in
to be gathered by the writer; there had,been no att mpt made to get grant
"
support)
11
leave granted and clerical falilities. The investigator was alb() rogues
P
by the cooperating institutions not to utilize a questionnaire but to collect
.
data on site.
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yibtaries at SUNY Albany as well as Stony Brook and from the members of the
d Collection Development Committee of FAUL who assured me of their interest and
coopere ion.
in the
Binghamton, which have the strongest Judaica holdings, more time would have
been useful.
Cony reeks classification numbers under which serials ih the major areas of
to be checked as time4permitted.
13,
V
8
It was understood that each library would receive © of the renort
before publication.
A general evaluation
S1.
14
chapters.
programs, the student enrollments, and the library holdings is valid only for
the period ending December, 1974.
Appendil 5.
14
II.
LIBRARY HISTORIES
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TABLE 2
-72
a; F
aa; F
aa
a;
ba
288
131
aa
U e a: F
Est. No. of
Faculty Evaluatial
Current Serials of Resources for
Degree Program
subscribed to
1,620
620
124
ba
Est. No. of
Serial Vols.
2,685
365
192
Program Level
11,629+
10,028
2,505
999
56
Institution
B.A.
13,333+
4,138
4,455
228
A-Z - Other
L.C. not
included in
Monographs
Albany
U (Special
Certificate;
Special Minor)
7,008+
17,112
f',020
..'
In -Judaica
' (Monographs)
Binghamton
22,566+
2,955
..
Buffalo
B.A.' M.A.'; Ph.D.
4,203+
a; M
3,721 +
Cornell
Doctoral
as - above average
ba . below average
ba
ba
Rochester
89
U .. a
262
88
1,920
199
'2,865
1,770
5,047+
4,268
Abkreviarions:
Faculty Research-
average
6,237
(B.A. to be
approved)
U
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Stony Brook
Syracuse
Undergraduate
U
- --
M .- Masters
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Albany
The ColIe e )uide fo. Buffalo Jewish Youth, 1974-1975 shows a Jewish
student ehrollment of appp imately 3,500 out of a total student enrollment of 14,000 n
15
With the
exception of Cornell,where al
Albany is the only university iii the group with ankapproved Major in Jewish
!Studies in 1974 (see Program in )ppendix 4a). About .10 of Jewish students
are enrolled in Jewish Studies courses.
College.
Work on the
16
About two thirds of this collection is in the Hebrew alphabet and half
of these titles are in Yiddish.
_TA collection represents dive rse interest ranging from philology to the arts,
the physical sciences, medicine, multi-volume reference works in seve al
languages to ephemera and undergrodnd Jewish newspapers.
It is rich
ti.
and
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17.
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Hasidic rabbis), German and Eastern European folk history, memorial and
remembrance books, Holocaust titles, histories of the Jewish people by
country, and catalogs of famous/Judaica collections CsUch as in the City of
London Library, 'Trinity College, British Museum, Oeffentliche Bibliothek in
.
t. Petersburg, etc.).
17
Two, or three hundred rare books still in cartons were awaiting evaluation
at the time of the survey.
aid of the Friends of the Judaic Studies Department under the aegis of the
I
Albany Jewish Community Council" and a book plate bearing these words will
be affixed to each voluble added to the library holdings from this purchase.
According to Dr. S. Temkin:then Chairman of the Jewish Studies Department, major weaknesses exist in the area of Hebrew literature, in retrospective holdings of periodicals, and in current pefiodicals received.
With the present dollar cuts in 'the SUNY system, it is doubtful that a
on Zionfsm.
An area resource within easy driving distance is the New York State
.Library in Albany, with more than 4,000 titles in Judaica resources.
Its
18
13
small se
strong on books dealing with the Jejish Question, and Anti-semitism (DS-141),
with approximately 250 or more titl s.
outstanding.
vols. 1r166 no. 20, Nov. 21, 1879 -Sept. 14; 1956 (New York).
With the addition of the Kosover Collection, the total volume couniAor
Judaica library material at Albany will be well over 11,629 with 3,271
R
L.C.
collection.
18
Binghamton
In 1973 the total student enrollment was 8,800 of which over 4,000
students were Jewish.
19
Studies courses in,,i7tne semester and by the Fall of 1974 six students had
19
(see
14
when a full time faculty line was allocated and a director for the program
with the title "Coordinator of Judaic Studies" was appointed.
In September
1973 a permanent Judaic Studies Committee was appointed by the Dean of Harpur
Collage which began discussion of a "formal proposal for a certificate program
in Judaic Studies."
The Judaic Studies Program,ds is the case with the South West Asia
North Africa (SWANA) Program and area studies at SUNY Binghamton, can be
taken as a course of study leading to a certificate upon graduation.
)
To
The growth of
University arranged with Binghamtofi to turn over most of its titles, received
20
1.
1.5
4
on PL-480 other than those in the EngliSh language.
/accept this material.
Binghamton agreed to
ee`
another by a burst pipe in 1972, ruined close to 5,000 volumes of these
materials.
The damage caused in 1972 was less serious since most itetps had
been shelved by accession number and priorities had been culled for cataloging.
The Landau Collection (named after Dr. Naphthalie Herzl tdndau) purchased
brfore'1960 added about 1,000 titles to the collection of works in the
E-41manities and social sciences related to Jewish topics, in Hebrew and
.-c-asincentive to further
ontributions.
enriched by the library materials regularly added for the SWANA Program.
Library resources reported for thiaarea study include well over 12,000
titles in Arabic, 5,000 in Hebrew and \3,000 in Persian. .These special
It still,
21
16
o build on its strength in Hebraica; 2) there should be at least one area '
e,
resources.
Jewish people in Israel and in the Diaspora, and memorial books on Eastern
Euiopean Jewry.
Their total volume count for Judaica library materials may be,close to'
13,333 items, including 10,028 monographs, 2,685 serial volumes, and over
620 volumes,in other A-Z Library of Congress classification numbers.
Buffalo
20
Despite the size of the Jewish student body, there is no major in Judaic
Studies to date'- In 1975, for the first time, a proposal for an under.
graduate program was submitted by Dr. Michael Silverman who is the only full
time faculty appointment for Judaic Studies.
.
ment was supported by matching fads from the University and the Jewish
Federation of Buffalo.
The proposal
22
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,v
17
Special Major in this area and can be accepted according to the rules of the
/.
Studies program and the strengthening of' library resources at Buffalo seem
1) the size of the Jewish student body;
3) the fact that it already has good resources for Jewish Studies both in
Monographs anti serial holdings ?. although it does lack Hebraica.
its library resources for Jewish Studies in Engligh and European languages
are larger than at any of the university libraries.
are quite substantial.
4n the history of the Jews in the United States, in Jewish philosophy and
religion in English and European languages.
"
23
A
There are
18
and exchange
One is'the
Oral History Collection of'20th Century Jewry (Glen Rock, N.J.: Microfilming
*Corp. of America, 1974), and the other are the titles about Jews in The
Library of American Civilization '(Chicago: 1972).
only some 1,100 titles in the major areas' of Judaica, as reported by their
acquisitions librarian.
hand, has over 8,000 volumes, subscribes to ten or more Hebrew periodicals,
and reported that It was in the process of adding 1,000 Hebrew titles and has
500 Yiddish titles.
The Bureau's
community.
The Buffalo and Erie County Library is also a source of Judaica, holding
well over 3,000 .titles of non-fictionl(excluding serials) in its main library
unit
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1
19
it the "Szyk" Haggadah, the "Roth" Haggadah, the "Birdshead" Haggadah, and the
"Darmstadter" Pessach-Haggada.
and 18th century philological works, among them Johannis Buxtorfi Lexicon
hebraicum et chaldaicum...
Basilae, 1689.
Cornell
,
22
The Program of
The
s constituted at
to obtain basic
instruction and,specialization
the fields of
25
Ng.
20
graduate 1 vel."
The University\Librar
today.
Judaic
Library which provides spage for more than two million volumes as well as for
.
ft
a properly equipped Rare Book Room, and for its special collections.
Olin
Library houses the main reference collection and,the most widely used of,a
total of 20,000 periodicals.
Jewish law and law as, practiced in Israel will be found in the Law Libtary.
esources.
Hebrew instruction
had been offered more or less regularly since 1869 when it vials listed in the
Register.
Heb ews an
in
al
ppar
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26
The library
21/
Lions, enriched them and guided the growth and develops nt from the beginning
to the present day.
-
11 University, had
begun to,acquire fine scholafly collections before the University opened its
doors.
materials.
Fiske, the
a bookish man, dipped generously into his funds to support the purchase of
library collections.
Germany.
gh the,Farrnington Pla
Ford Fob
atlon grant.
poured into
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27
Studies.
27
conce
texts.
need to be supp-orted.
resources for Biblical studies alrehdy,' has a fine journal collection, and
good reference tools.
acquisition program until the 60's when a more deliberate policy began.
The
Since the
cessation of PL -480, there tits been no plan for the regular acquisition of
Hebraica.
Until just recently Modern Hebrew literature and Jewiqh Studies have
been discouraged in favor of Ancient/studies.
%.
over 4,455 serial volumes, and some 1,000 titles in other A-Z Library of
Congress classifications).
Rochester
There is
Among
the seven university Libraries surveyed it is the only music collection with
significant holdings in Jewish music.
themes on the
The students in the Jewish -Studies programs, may avail themselves of the
and historian and co-editor of Tex's and Studies dn American Jewish History.
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His collection /includes the standard reference works and emphasizes Jewish
history.
Bible, philological works and parts of the Old Testament in all languages.
Another resource for the student and researcher is the Ambrose Swasey Library
of the Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall/Crozer Theological
Seminary.
permitp students from either to take courses at the, other with approval of
faculty advisers.
the two libraries helps to avoid the duplication of major reference and
PIA
research materials.
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monographs and 1,358 serial titles, it has over 1,000 monographs alone in
Library.. Its serials and series are particularly strong in the area of
Biblical and theological studies.
Another resource, though of lesser size,
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25
Stony Brook
Of the 13,000 students enrolled in the 1973-74 academic year,
9
30
resources are located in the Melville Library, which houses the University's
general aid special collections
It has a small
The
31
26
The s
assO4ations df
selection process.
Based on shelf-lig
,
collection, .50 of the 'holdings are inJewish history, with emphasis on the
history of, German Jewry, anti-semitism, and the "Jewish Question")., Stony
a collection of newspaper, it
cations.
32
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Syracuse
The Jewish student enrollment at Syracuse University in 1974 is approximately 3,000 in a total student body of 14,000.
31
Courses in
Jewish Studies are available through the Department of Religion (see Program
Syracuse Univer-
sity has no current plans for a Bachelor program in Jewish Studies but does
offer a variety of courses for an increasing number of students.
The emphasig
tools.
Due to
attempts are being made to acquire the works of major wr#ers and philosophers
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in English.
i f!,
The Judaica resources are located in the Ernest Stevenson Bird Library
where the Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences collections are housed.
Of the special collections in the Arents Book Roam, one of the most significant is the library of the German historian, Leopold von Ranke, which accounts
for a
holdings in religion generally, larger than any of the seven libraries with
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American Studies, Soviet and East European Studies, and South Asian Studies
makes itself felt in some titles about Jews in these regions.
Syracuse had
It
Was a tecipient of the Israel PL-480 Program until 1969 then turned over
most of its received titles
The annual B. G. Rudolph lectureship in Judaic Studies brings outstanding scholars to the university to interpret Jewish thought and culture.
Bernard G. Rudolph of Syracuse gave the university $50,000.00 in 1963 to
establish this lecyrreship.
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I
III.
Selection Policies
fact that
around 1960.
The other
At the
same time, serials that have been subscribed to, continueLto come in under
the budget committed to serials and standing order.
Reprints are also acquired regularly from the presses that carry on
active advertising (such as Arno and Hermon Press) and many titles are
No one
tated selected lists and reviews (such as Hebrew Book'Review, Choice, Books
Abroad, MLA Inteknational Bibliography, and catalogs). liut-of-print titles
PL-480 Program and would seem to bt the most likely libraries to follow up
Cornell has
reordered many of the Hebrew serials which were coming in under the Israel
PL-480 Program but there are no statistics available in this report on the
proportion'of such titles actually being received.
The
a'reliance
proportion of fac4lty resporibility varies and there tends to be
on the bibliographer's.judgment.
Collection Level
Based on the categories establiEthed for the "Columbia survey,"
32
the
level of collection building for all &dlections at the end of 1974 wasat
the level' of "working collection," with the exception of Cornell which
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31
In
most instances the collect'ion level is somewhat closer to the category three
than two and the projected level for Albany, Binghamton and Cornell and,
perhaps even for Rochester, in the near future might be closer to category
In the Columbia Survey, the five categories for levels of collection
four.
are:
l/
and 5. an
exhaustive collection.
Acquisition of Hebraica.
80 Program.
The Food for Peace Program (Public Law 480) established in 1954 made it
ti
One of
these.projects was the PL-480 book program which helped American libraries
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33
32
34
Hebtaica is
acquired at present on a very limited basis, title by, itle and 'usually.as
a result of a faculty request.
/-\
were coming in during the program, Cornell has submitted subscriptions, and
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Rochester has had some gifts (amounts not known) and now looks forward to
considerable support as a result of a heavy endowment supporting the newly
established Bernstein Chair in Jewish Studies.
Personnel
Both Jewish and Christian librarians take the responsibility for the
selection and organization of Judaica materials.
At Binghamton', selection
At Binghamton,
was made to share the skills of this cataloger by ar1angement between the
two libraries.
Binghamton, sometimes with additional information added by an Israeli parttime student (frOm the Libra'ry School at Albany).
This long-distance
Interestingly
(
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34
ski:11s, particularly in
studepts, librarians, faculty members with language
the'processing of
Hebrew and Yiddish, are called on to provide assistance in
8
WAY
ton.
Judaica collections are not housed separately '11t are part of the
At Binghamton, the special provision of a will
regular Collections.
of the
provides that the Holocaust collection be located in the Library
College-it-the-Woods.
facilities for
acquisition and processing of library materials. ,Print-out
serials and/or peiiodicals exist at Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and
Rochester.
separate catalog.
cataloging copy
it is not yet possible to retrieve subject print-outs or get
for Hebrew or Yiddish books.
1
it within convenient
I.
In terms
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resource for many of the needs of the other six libraries, particularly for
periodical' literature that is not available t rough the New York State Inter-
library Loan, Network (NYSTLL). Its serial col ection is quite strong, ass
demonstrated in the statistics accompanying the Selected Serials of. Judaic,
while New York State Library at Albany and other libraries outside of New
York City are quite weak in this respect wiA the exception of some seminary
For research purposes, Albany faculty use the libraries of the
libraries:
Jewish Theological Seminary, Columbia University and New York Public Library.
The same libraries are also used by faculty and students at Binghamton and
Stony Brocilk except that Binghamton is also within driving distance to
Cornell.
the monogt.ph and periodical collections at the Ambrose Swasey Library of the
.
Additional
...."
tion.
Albany, Buffa Pend Rochester have on if- or more Temple libraries and/or
Bureau of Jewish E ucation libraries with 5,000 or more volumes.
temples report that they circulate books to students in the area.
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'A.,
These
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36
A
4
Israeli
with CRL.
Judaica needs until serials go on-line, until Hebrew titles are added to
MARC tapes, and until library holdings can be retrieved by subject approach
'
at the terminals.
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IV.
DOCUMENTATION OF RESOURCES
4
few cards were present 1.n the classification number(s) and more often by
A'
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awn.36
edules
4 'through 8).
coltfmns could be
'-
The adOntage,
.
,
amination
of titles an
Similar-
-_,...
Basic titles
;
.
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available.
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he major reference
in lists of
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shelf-list counts for specific subject areas and evaluations follow each table.
It ls readily noted that Cornell has the largest title counts in practically
every classification.
out the library whose holdings (no matter how sm411 the actual title count)
are second to COrnell's,and larger by at least ten titles than the other
five 1
note the library whose title count has this "second" rank or that has
unusual strength.
,,
.
,
An (individual
library may find them usefUl for. evalUation purposes and to deterpine rate
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of growth.
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Classification
Numbor
t----1-..!!1%
Binghamto
TABLE 3
1
'
Buffalo.
- .03
./
,762
2,355
1,425
- .24 , 2,876
Titles - %
90
71-2_ -
- .42
- .10
14,281
///
Rochester
Titles - %
- .17
- .10
- .20
525
60
448
- ,48
- .21
- .02
- .18
- .33
1,180
- .10
250
2,463
- .20
Cornell
Titles - %
729a- .24
1,168' -
..
98 - .03
Subject
B,BJ,BM
Rabbinical Literature
1,687 - 20
BM-.09
1,455
765
2,525 - .30
3,449
375
495 - .16
1,489 - ,48
290 - .0
21212
8,157
easurements of 1"
100 cards
Stony Brook
Titles - %
1 ---_449 -".19
353 = .15
82
475
- .37
- .02
- .13
262
3,557
'
- .07
1;300
I Syracuse
Titles - %
A'
1,237 - .51-7-1,418
290 - .12
2,388
14,260
6,00013
_survey, see Appendix 7.academic libraries that were not include& in t
J 3,101
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Kosover Collection
Jewish Literature
BS
Jewish History
TOTALS
DS
PJ
Note
Classification
Number
Subject
JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
B154-158
B159
B155-159
General Works
JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS
B755
B757
,,
w*Imenia.eq:
B759
Individual Philosophers
Abraham ben David;
Ibn Cabirel,
JEWISH ETHICS
BJ1279-1286
Table 4
Syracuse
Rochester
Stony Brook
Cornell
-Ea
'5
09
13
Buffalo
11
20
15
--
25
56
22
""
University Libraries
Binghamton
Albany
*
11
13
25
3,7
4
5
11
15
4..
41
Cornell
Ethical Philosophers:
Cornell.
Binghamton.
Cornell.
14
47
ebrew
Classification
Number
BM JUDAISM
1-449
Subject
Table 5
Cornell
(Judaism)
Buffalo
1025
Rochester
150
tong Brook
212
Syracuse
175
37
5a
30
25
55
30
_
175
45
37
230
900
42
12
196
775
10
10
25
150
178
..-
__,
46
70
50
- - 9 ---
150
12
12
20
11
68
30
21
47
37
62
50
11
37
'80
*
200
30
11
-61,------
13
18
55
137
18
75
-...
23
45
25
13
52
-....,_
200
21
..--'
2,
University Libraries
Binghamton
Albany
+ E'
H
275
50
62
511
649
495-519
Talmudic Literature
13
48C -488
497-509
Midrash
400
510-518
18
60
75
-9------80---14._
14
520-22-23
Tradition
Cabala
529
525-26
530 -532
534-538
Relation of Judaism to
special subject fields
100
*
50
83
._
50
50
25
3R
545-582
23
590-591
Dogmatic Judaism
11
585
600-645
45
f
11
Apologetics
648
646
s-,
....7
650-747
Classification
Number
Practical Judaism
Suble2t
The Sabbath
6(/0-679
685
690-695
700-720
730-747
Sermons.
Preaching.
723-729
735-747,
Biography
',
Cornell '
Cornell
E
729
Buffalo
H +
81
75
25
597
University Libraries
Binghamton
Albany
125
25
237
4
11
.1
Rochester
30
-
Stony Brook
Syracuse
70
10
50
- --6
2
13/
1.5
17
N,
5
130
'3
50
80
29 1
13
12
130 ---
51
,22
24
87
31
18
48
38
21
287
11
48
130
21
7
51.
50
135
31
12
( H + E) .
40
19
25
Hymns
:
-
Spiritual
Homiletic
.
Religion.'
750455
Samdtitans
-Addresses, ftc.
r
900-990
Weakness
'Buffalo.
Binghamton.
Albany.
nt available) .
Binghamton
Cornell.
Binghamton
Buffalo.
Buffalo.
BA.pghamton.
Corn
philosophy).
Buffalo.
Syracuse.
50;
Hebrew: Binghamton.
Buffalo.
Albany.
BM750-755 Biography
Hebrew:
Come 1.
Binghamton.
Syracuse.
Buffalo. ;
COMPARATIVE TILDINGS
University Libraries
'Cornell
Brandeis
Buffalo
Binghamton
E
+
BM180-190 Judaism in
BM198.
Medievalt
498+a,
190
46
Hasidism
356+
130
19
82
18
.
130
400
22
130
18
48
135
51.:
BM750-755 Biography
287
700
)
51
41.
Subject
Quotations.
Selections..
Classification
Number
BS
701-1013
'1091-1099
1110-1199
1121-1128
Introductory works
Concordances
General
1130-1141
Commentaries
-1110-1128
1143-1158.
Addreesses, essays,lectures
1192
1160-1191
Auxiliary topics
1192.5
1193 -1195
1197-1198
-Table 6
(Bible)
Buffalo
'80*
1-
Stony Brook
Syracuse
13
Rochester
15
25
37
162
18
125
1
1
100/,
125
610
12
37
35
50
25
18
18
18
37
275
100
260
50'
100
13
350
75.
150
62
1/2
qr
200*
./
12
'
5'
/'
3
7
25
Cornell
+
30
125
API
75
2
25
University Libraries
Binghamton
Albany
25
4
..
38
00
25
12
162
70
30
172
25
50
:5.......o.,/
12
75
30
15
25
25
12
18
562
650
1735'
75(
50
12
14
25
...--12
25
4
1
23
22
12
150
130
,430*
282
62
187
--___2.5__---_60
225
10
100
1200-1830
Historical books
100
1199
1201-1375.5
Poetical books
287
1401-1490
C2
1.0
Subject
Prophetic books.
Prophets
Classification
.
Number
1501- (1686)
The
PS60 -(1686)-
--
12
25
tiniversitiLibrarie
_ -Tingh
Albany
62
8
/ 18
1
ton
80
Buffalo
25
50
50
18
-..
90
337
Cornell
160
i----_-,/-
25
542
Rochster
33,
25
75
Syracuse
25
Stony Brook
48
Rare an
Cornell.
Binghamton.,
fracuse.
Bu falo.\ Rochester
ooks:
Weakness
eie
1Buffalc;
'54
ch
..7
4.
111 -113
T10-110.7
109-109.9
103-108.9
101-102.9
Arabs in Israel
Jerusalem
Description_And travel-
--
Classification
Nudbor
......S44ritrEl
DEC ISRAEL (PALESTINE). T1% JEWS.
113.7
or History of
His ory
Jerusalem, see DS109)
114-126:5
Egypt. ,Maccabsees.
Jews in
'
114-120
Farliest to 63 B.C.
foreign relolinas.,-etc.-
By period.
121-121.8
122-122.9
70 A.D. -
123-126.5
123.5
modern to-'18100
124
125-126.5
"IP
Alb
Table 7
...,,,,
SH F-LIST COUNT FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - CLASS DS
(Jewish History)
.....
Rochester
Stony Brook
38
62
28
153
42
iiytacuse
208
Cornell
ika
76
BuffNto
___11---*
51
rsity Libraries
Binghamton
y-
23
_25
60
25'
50
40
18
30
218
25
86
22
37
150.
256
50
90
50
87
48
102
70
2,70
224
344
113
84
392
155
ski .12
89
1240
148
12
15
510
35
25
110
75
25
142
492
56
204
10
30
599
12
520*
31
181
30
256
256
11
12
101
4 1
1.8
120
12
45
*
174
12
216
524
18 -
142
163
Q5
474
37
30
197
12
176
75
29
---
82
Classification
Number
126-126.4_
126.3
Subject
Biography
+
Ea
*
Buffalo
73
--)
Cornell
172
Rochester
72
Al
1187
188
Syracuse
. _
21
50
31:).#:---
10
50
305
181
237
100
175
85
---;---3015---
100
167
62
131
76
10
82
25
237
.../."-......."----.7.-
Stony Brook
45
100
70
17
45
224
12
-------7-.
56
60
University Libraries
Binghamton
'Albany
79
/
62
13
50
25
.../
.
12
.-----
65
30,
18
12
37
...---
12
9
..
18
'
462
}22437-
-];;Z-- "-
-1290 ,
50
50
----"""----
82
30
280
275
113
18
292
307
300
75
345
120
84
125
18
103
18
130
25
142
460
.0"
1224
12
IF
18
340
337
97
3
32 *-
Pi"
154
126.6
__-Ropttirlic, 1948-
126.8
126.5
126.9
Israel-Arab War
Special Topics
Samaritans
-------t:
127
129
131
132-135
By country, A-2c
Restoration.
Zionism.
Judenstaat
135
140 -140.5
.141-148
149-151
'151
LCD
h to + E)
Af i
Germany.
5'7
52
\7
DS)
\,
Strength
Buffalo.
Buffalo.
Binghamton.
Bingh
ton.: RoChester.
DS126.5
Republic, 1944-
DS126,6
Biography:
Albany.
Buffalo.'
Binghamton.
DS114-14.5 History:
ton.
Binghamton.
Rochester.
Syracuse.
1
DS132-135
DS141-148
Jewish quety.on;
DS149-151
Zionism:
Bvffalo.
\
Alauy4
/
,/
Bin
aMton.
"--
0MARATIVE HOLDINGS
Comparison wit
University Libniaries
Brandeisa
Cornell
Binghamtonb Albany
Stony Broo
1187
300 +
275
337c
300
292
18 +
a20
154
167
by count4
IDS1417148 Jewish Question;
anti-semiism, etc.
550+
(DS141-145
only)
Hebrew + English
58
Ld
en
Classif cation
Number
-4937
PJ4501-5061
'''.1-111"54-5-01
5001-5047
Subject
'
Medieval to 1700
5049
5050
1701 - 1820
5051
1821 - 1885
--
5052
1945 -
1886 - 1945
5050-5054
----
5033
5054
5057-5058
Judeo-Arabic
Yiddishb
--_--Collections of translations
from Hebrew into foreign
5071-5079
Judeo-Persian
5059-5060
5081-5089
(iudeo-German)
----languages
5111-5192
Table
__-(LAagaageli-Literature)
190
450
1,935
62
130
Rochester
55
150
Stony Brook
Cornell
80
<
-134.11gliamtotta 1 o
Universitv Libraries
Albany
H
160
1,889
200
162
62
10
31
23
10
20
--
19
3
280
15
6
12
------"B"
1
25
12
on
25
.t
38
2
',.._
29
30
--ir---------780
90
112
*
700
155
175
3
37
1
la
12
12
760
72
12
300
325
1E'
\------ 37
N,
----
,_
10
3
15
13
10
125
Syracuse
10
50
43)
Classification
Number
Aramaic
Rablect
--
18
12,
Buffalo
80
Cornell
12
'Rochester
11
18
Syracuse
12
13
Stony Brook
PJ5201-5329
Judeo-Italian
8=
University Libraries
Binghamton
Albany
PC1784
Judeo-Spanish
------
4813
Judeo-Portuguese
Karaitic (Turko-Tataric)
5423
PL65.K3
Usually in tranalatida
r--
'CD
55
Stren&th
PJ4501-5061
Buffalo.
Binghamton
Stony /Brook
PJ4501-4937
Buffalo.
Binghal*tonl
PJ5001-5047
English:
Binghamton.
Albany
Individual Authors:
PJ5050-5054
Cornell.
Stony Brook.
Buffalo.
/\
Weakness
Cornell.
Binghamton.
Buffalo
/
COMPARATIVE HOLDINGS
\ 200+
Cornell
50
Binghamton
34
61
56
collections are
-list.and scannin
titles.
of the non-Hebrew titles that are most likely to be held also by Albany,
Rochester, Syracus
Buffalo's title
more holdings in a particular subject Area (consult Table 4-8 for title
counts
in subject area).
graphic checking.
I
.
r
The qualative evaluations are therefore based on 1) the experience
62
37
Assumptions based
R ferece Materials
Bibliogsraphy, checked:
Select List."
Entries:
157 approx.
Buffalo:
113 approx'.
Comment:
71%
for the study of Jewish history and for the study of Jewish literature
(excepting Hebrew letters) as well as. those English reference tools associated
rabbinical literature are not available except for some English introductions, translations and anthologies (e.g. Danby, H. The Mishnah, N.Y.,
1950; Montefiore, ClaudeG., A Rabbinic Anthology, Philadelphia, 1960;
t
German dictionaries and grammars for the study ok Bible and dictionaries for
the study of Talmud are also usually available in original or in reprint.
63
Albany
Book Catalogs
Binghamton
Bidfalo
Cotne41
Roch- 'Stony
ester Brook
Syracuse
yes --
no
yes
yes
* yes
---yegr -yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
no
General Judaica
Bibliographies checked in:
139
Buffalo:
86
Comment:
No count available
Comment:
The libraries'
Migraot Gedolot; Albeck's Shisha Sidre Mishna, 6 v. (Dvir, 1952-56); Blackmann's Mishnayoth, 6 v. (New York, 1965); The Tosefta, ed. and commentary by
Saul Lieberman is not usually available in the libraries:
in English is generally available but not the Tarthud Bavli or the Talmud
/d4
59
Yerushalmi.
(Jerusalem,.1969-. )
Buffalo has acquired the Talmud Bavli (Vilna: Romm,,in reprint) and also the
volumes'to date of the Tosefta by S. Lieberman.
The
following table gives the shelf-list count by title for holdings in Talmudic
literature (BM497 -519);
Albany
Binghamton
Buffalo
Cornell
62
700.
70
900
Rochester
Stony Brook
)4'5
55
Syracuse
50
From the above chart it can readily be seen that Cornell and Binghamton have
considerable strength in Rabbinical literature (Mainly in Hebrew), due to the
PL-480 Program. /
Frank Talmadge, "Judaism on Christianity: Christianity og Judaism,"
pp. 106-112.
Entries:
Buffalo:
33 -
Comment;
41%
137 and presumably would have most of the titles in this bibliography.
Fritz Rothschild and Seymour Siege
Entries:
Monographs:
Buffalo:
307
128 "(Monographs)
65
427.
60
Comment:
Buffalo:
Comment:
67%
The libraries with the exception of Cornell have comparable English and
European language holdings.
of Zionism (DS149); the "Jewish Question" (DS141) and Anti-semitism (DS -45)
are well-represented by titles at Stony Brook.
Buffalo:
72
Comment:
60%
Histories of European Jewry and Holocaust materials maybe found not only
the DS125-150 classification, but in Library of Congress schedules not
66
61
38
brance books of East European Jewish and German communities, some in Hebrew,
but more often in Yiddish, supplied in the PL-480 Program.
Other bibliographies phecked:
Biblical Studies B
John Bright.
1-1830
72
Buffalo:
42
Comment:
58%
Comment:
Entries:
81
Cornell:
60
75%
Buffalo:
.30
37%
Note that
Cornell's holdings were checked and the result (.75) suggests that its
refetence sources for Bible research need to be enriched.
67
62
SECTIONS:
Average: 6 out
of 12 titles.
33
Titres checked:
Stony Brook:
30
Current Imprints:
"Works in .1'u aica 1970I-72: A S'amplini;7173ailIcso.,,Jewish Yearbook (1973)
pp. 259-263.
Albany:
18 titles listed
59 titles checked
Stony Brook:
44 titles listed
Comment:
81%
76%
The results
11
Periodical Evaluation
In an effort to make some evaluation of the serials held at the seven
university libraries, a Ch cklist of serials was compiled based on titles
68
in English ac
corded in
P
Dept., 1975).
Yiddish
itles.
title seleCtio
under Table 1
and 12.
4,
Based on
Most titi.11eld:
Cornell (241)
Buffalo
(161)
Binghamton
(151)
"IC
Cornell
(148)
Buffalo
(119)
Binghamton
.(106)
(r.
2.
Cornell
Binghamton
Buffalo
(112)
Buffalo
(39)
(33)
(81)
Binghamton 160).
.
69
64
2.
Hebrew Language
(54)
Binghamton
Most current suhscriptions:
(25)
Cornell
(38)
Binghamtbn
3.
(20)
yAddistetafiguage
(5)
i (4)
Comment:
Ain
benefited from the Israel PL480 Program which supplied many Hebrew serials.
At least some of these serials are now being subscribed to on a title by
subscriptions.
1
Rochester has the smallest serial collection but does not plan to
PartialRuns- no cur
subscriptions
subscriptions
Buffalo
Buffalo
39
81
Comment:
'Binghaliton 39
Binghamton
60
'Stony Brook 36
Stony Brook
61
70
ness:
65
Table 9
..
Rochester
Stony
Brook
Syracuse
NL
NL
NZ
NL
NL
NL
NL
P'
NL
NL
Tarbiz (Tarbits
NL
Nl.
NL
NL
Zion (Tsiyon)
NL
NL
NL
NL
Comment:
P = Partial
C = Complete
R = Recent
NL = Not Listed
71
kz66
Table 10
Alhtr
Buffalo
'
.13
ester
Stony
Brook
Syracuse
NL
Cor- Rochnell
alm ost
C
Conservative Jjkidaism
NL
NL
NL
.P
alCm ost
Annual
NL
NL
'
Jr
al4ost
Judaism
44
Tradition
almost
NL
.1..
NL
Abbreviations:
C =
R =
R =
Nt'.
almost
NL
Complete
Partial
Recent
Not Listed
holdings: 1) the gaps, 2) the strangths,and 3) the partial runs which could
possibly be merged.
72
161
241
Buffalo
Cornell
118
Syracuse
Syracuse
Sony
Brook
28
68.
39
39
20
36
...
4,
25
Col'hell
Rochester
..6
COMPLETE
AND CEASED
Buffalo
Binghamton
Albany
INSTITUTION
.39
125
Stony Brook
TITLES
PARTIAL
ONLY
- .41
- TITLES
.22
68
Rochester
.79
.53
.49
151
Binghamton
.
.31
PERCENTAGE
OF TITLES
IN LIST
94
--
TOTAL
TITLES
HELD
-.
36
17
15
112
33
39
13
TITLES
COMPLETE
AND CURRENT
87
86
55
148
119
106
68
TOTAL
TITLES
CURRENT
SUBSCRIPTION
46
61
"26
19
81
60
41_
TITLES.
PARTIAL
AND CURRENT
7 .
2-
:3
RANK
14
17
14
a,
RANK: PARTIAL
SETS WITH
CURRENT
SUBSCRIPTION
,1
TITLES
CURRENT:
1973/74
RECORD ONLY
RANK: COMPLETE
SETS WITH
CURRENT
SUBSCRIPTION
Statistics based on 306 titles in a list of mostly English and European language titles
INSTITUTION
Albany
Table 11
SERIAL HOLDINGS PIN SEVEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
.4_
67
REIC,
Freps-h-
German
English
Yiddish
Hebrew
34
62
192
'
129
71
Italian
Dutch
191
38
124
148
CORNELL
119
Si" BUFFALO
,
RI
55
55
STER
ALL LANGUAGES
. Russian
Polish
4
Yugoslavian
Arabic
Czech
-
26-
106
BINGHAMTON
68
AJ.BANY
Spanish
MIIIM
TOTALS
LANGUAGE
able 11 (continued)
88
86
STONY BROOK
4.
88
87
SYRACUSE
69
Table 12
Institution
Titles
Complete
& Ceased
Titles
Partial
Only
Titles
Complete
& Currents
Titles
Partial
& Current
Albany
Binghamton
Buffalo
Cornell
15
Titles Total,
Current Titles
Only
Held
Rank
10
14
25
15
13
10
54
Rochester
Stony Brook
Syracuse
INSTITUTION
Albany
4 (fn Kosover
Binghamton
Buffalo
Cornell
Rochester
Stony Brook
Syracuse
Collect*
VI
INSTITUTION
Albany
Binghamton
YIDDIS
'HEBREW
r),/
Buffalo
Cornell
.1
.,
Rochester
Stony Brook
racuse
Sy\k
Note:
'
not inclrded.
70
try to carry its own 1 ad and make.use of interlibrary loan whenever the need
arises.
However, the
2.
run (over 1
3.
Completion of holdingd
5.
71
V
'RECOMMENDATIONS
On the New York State_leuel, for the University of the State of New
"40
Among the
"41
is of particular interest
(in-pe son borrowing privileges) for members of the SUNY institutions in New
to each other for borrowing with the exception of Cornell whiqh-is approached
via NYSILL; 3) the fact that the FAUL consortium is set up for the purpose of
promoting cooperative projects, including the sharing of resources.
Aao, the
ree
It woul
"A Library lim ted by its resources cannot meet unqualified client
expectations.
ough coopera
on is limited, libratianS
e better advised
72
"42
'
"43
the Division of Budget and SUNY Central Administration in Albany, and relate
to a Division of the Budget study of university library resources, Eldred SM th,
0
"it was
44
'1..
\.
45
Similar kinds of
73
pencil budgeteers from the State capital, and may or may not be related to
the academic need. "46
For this
.47
If, on the
48
1.
79
.*1
74
/
Specific Subject Area Assignments
The assignments are merely suggestions and are based on the findings of
this survey.
1
Albany.
1.
2.
3.
1.
3.
Binghamton.
1.
1.
A.
blanket order would assure the receipt of,it least the most significant
current Israeli and Hebrew publications, would strengthen and continue
an established collection, and would provide the.regional resource for
s0
75
3.
Theological Seminary collection of "Poetry and Belles-Lettres" 'n microfilm when available (see Appendix 8).
Buffalo.
1.
\7.,
1-77.
Sfr. 992
Or.?972
3.
1.
With the exception of Cornell; has the str ngest collection of serialq in
English and Earbpean languages,
archa blogy,
1
/
81
.,
46%
76
Alb
2.
3.
especially of the
interest is high for worlds literature in tra'nsiation,
twentieth century.
Cornell.
1.
film.
0-
Rationale
ti
1.
Rochester.
weaknesses at the
The acquisition of library materials might take into account
other six libraries and strengths in.its own locality.
il. 'Develop a colle;tion of Yiddish literatute..
2.
pevelop a collec
48no
uot41K
ical Mara
).
See,Jewish Theological
Seminary-Collections! AipenS'dc
1
1,.,
0 40
.
V
1
1-
'
1
77
4.
0
Rationale
f4
1.
21
bo
4
sw
/44
.,'manuscripts." ";ilhei,libraryat Eastman School of Music is the onl
esource
Stony 8n:wk.'
v.
4 '6 *
Acquiaiion, of Geraiin'Judaica including Germah-Jewish Periodicals.: Might
1.
0,
, k ..
century
;Z:
The microfilm,
1
the publica#tion and the status of the collectioni range
depending,
4f/
price fro
IP
'
4.
Holocaust literaturc;
\\.\,..
-
4,
4ewAh tommunity.
..9.
I
scientifilpns from Israel.
,
3.
..
Ratio)ii
A :1
li
1.
ri.
German Judaica holdings ale relapively:strong Cor the size of the Judaica
r
..
ft
'
4
.
44
been. acquired:
; '
P
:
i...,
..
2.
Stbny
...\
r t
_.,..
4.
t
83
....
78
1,
Syracuse.
3.
Rationale
1.
3.
For Israel Government publications and newspapers, the libra iep lel%
depend primarily on the Center for Research Libraries.
among themselves, which libraries ,ePresumably Cornel
They m
also decide
r BingJarAton, would
84
WO"
79
i
Broad Areas of Respons bilities
Hebrew Acq isitions:
Rabbinics.
Buffalo
CoineW Syracuse
.
'Other Considerations
.1
collections available from private sources. :It would also seem that notice of
t
se.
.
85
54.
80
49
He 'outlines a number of
F
5) guiding publishers in the matter of reprints and priorfties inmicrofilming,
preparation of bibliographic tools.
50
It could be a real clearing house for library relurces in the Ilnited States
and abroad.
p4per would hopefully provide some input and should furtherpoint out the
to
.
---.,_
resources has been taken by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Grants
ate being awarded to members of the Committee for Archives and Research
Libraries--i-R. Jewish Studies for the purpose of making possible better access
future researcher
51
86
I
..
81
CONCLUSI
resulting from the survey provide a model for the prOcesses that need to be
carried out to bring about cooperative collection development in a given
subject area in a consortium or indeed any group of libraries.
It is recog-
avaitfe
may attract a scholar to a campus and win certainly influence the continuing
support of a program.
tn; on a medlOcrelevel
in all libraries.
egt
i
ti
82
This study has confined itself to the 4urvey of a quite narrow subject
field in terms of the
must support.
academi\
libraries considere
and
programs they
are rather limited and with some noted exceptions, rather similar in content.
The particular exceptions noted were in Binghamton's strength in Hebrew
language titles and Albany's enriched resources,as a r
acquisition of a private collection.
A survey
AO.
of the library resources for the classic disciplines would probably reveal
more specialized collections, interests, and locations of "rare" library
materials.
The model presented here invites reactions from library colleagues and
better known and establishing
If the description of
our library resources and the transmission of this informatiOn. is the key to
rr.
Ei
88
83
APPENDIX 1
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Project Director:'M'arian e Goldstein, Associate Librarian, SUNY/AB.
Project title:
r
with recommendations
Indeed, in the
iflit
implemeRted that can lead to cooperation among libraries and book selectors
in 0 given subject area.
89
O
<lb
84
The Judaic Studies collection lends itself e.4) evaluation and planning
in the formative
N,
4\
'90
APPENDIX-2
PROJECT OUTLINE
I.
A.
IT.
B.
C.
D.
facilities.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
B.
C.
Inventory
l/
Counting the shelflist
1.
Checking periodical holdings
2.
Checking selected lists as a means to assess the quality
3.
of the collections'
4. 'Determine strength of supporting collections
Inquire re special collections - archives, manuscripts
5%
(preliminary)
7----
D.
91
In
86
E.
Evaluation
1.
Quantitative'
2. Aualitative
Areas orsubjeht strength
3.
B.
C.
Appendices
Charfs
Statistics
C,
"
.4
0.
ti
.
X
CO
Su
ect Area
Collections of minographs
"5
CivillzatloJlgwish Rel.
\
s
APPENDIX 3
3a
.caries
Bin hii'M
150, .
75
1.
IL
75
<
Cornell
13
1
213
188
113 ;
-not counted
B ffalo
.4,
17
100..
ochester
971
University
Alban
14
Classification
Num er
AC101-104
059.9J5
45
AP91-93
CB241
CD2011
CB5354
CE35
CN745
....Hebrew CalendLr
Jewish InscrlbCions
E725.5.14
E269.J5
E540.J5-
E184.J5
E29.J5
D810.J4
CS3010
Jews in U.S.
Jews in America -
Jewish NaMes
F3021.J5
Jews in Revolution
Jews in Argentina
F3359.:15
F2659.J5
in Bolivia
Jews in Brazil
F1035.15
..;.:!ws
Jews in Canada
".
Brook
23
1;
S rac
75
100
85
Ston
"
4-
46
Subject Area
JeWs in Chile
.
.
APPENDIX 3
Binghamton
UniyersityLibraries
...
Albany
1
.
5
....'
'Buffalo
..'
.,
..,,"....
'
v.,,,.
/ .1
..
....^
...
.......".
Cornell
1
-6
11
41
,3
t
, 1
Rochester
...,
_.... __..c
11,
11
37
2
..-
'
..__.
10
-.
5 *
---s.
,.
It
4-
_ .
-Stony Brook
.....7-__
4
Jeos in ColomlliA
Jews in Cub
G2235-2450
c2450
F2799.J4
F2239,./5
F1392.J4
1i3799.J4
Jews in Ecuador
...
F1419.J4
Jews in Mexico
....,
4---
GN547
GN75.P2
Jews - Ethnology
CR,75.W3
Pre-historic Skull
Wandering Jew-
CR98
cf3Wo
CV1703-.P3
11832C5
12
ii
C7500-7504
Maps - Israel
GB284
9
.
Geography of Israel
GB457.76
Coasts-Geomorphology
.0
Ca'rume.. Hebrew.
Israeli Folklore
Dress.
Dancing 1.0.Israel
Statitics
.
.
..
._
.e--
Syracuse
...
.2,
..
it
*.
---._
..,
- ..
at
"
...
<7)-
e,
4,
..
CO
A'
Subject Area
Albany
'
'
APPENDIX 3
Libra
HV17
HS2226-30
Pi
.1
Buffalo
Cornell
6'
13
20-
15
'
Al.
la
2
1
5
60
-16
C.
18
Rochester
,-...._.
8.
14
11
4
12
4
32
Binghamton
SeEret Societies
HV3191-93
Through 2'
Shelflist Count for Library of Congress Classes
cluded in the Major Areas of Judaica 'Resources - Continued
' _6 Not
Classification
Numbet
1
HD6305.J5
HF369
HN10.114
incient
Labor..>
HN40..15
Commerce,
HQ507
Marriage, Aricient
HQ792
Marriage ',Jews
HQ1132
Philantrhopy
HQ1172
, Women
J693.1,2-7-
(Ancient State)
Political Theory
+ 25
1Q1$25.P3
JQ1825.13
25
JS7499.I8-83
12
12
+
JV6895.J6
/1
:
#8
16
11
LC47I
LC701-775
LA1440-1444
..----dIA749 18
717471mip3-
es tine
y, etc.
coup
general works,
Brook
ti
/Syracuse,
;#3,
14
12"
.'
ir;
cIP
=a
.5.
os
Sdbject Area
i"
Jewish Music.- Genigal, specific,
-vocal, liturgical, etc'. $
Art, Israeli
NA250-245
N7415-17
N7277-78
APPENDIX 3
University Libraries
+
7
Binghamton
9
10
Buffalo
53
Cornell
tv. 1
ND199
30
-1
Stony Brook
5
35
17
35
10
50+
10
ND2935
+ 21
Jewish Painting
NK10381
NK1672
20
Rochester
Sibley
Library
150+
Albany
7
8
2
NK3636
NX684
:S425
Classification
Number
Arts Jewish
NA4690
M
ML
Jewish Architecture
NA6135
N3750
NB139.J5
aseum Guides
NI1199
Israeli
R135.5
NC1763.J4
Hebrew Agriculture
RA561
RA448.J4
1+ 2
6 + 2
R694
sh,Caricaturepfl
'
Jews as PhySicians
Z3476-3480
4,K128
by - National Bibliography -
SCiencewish)
Biblio
Israel
r-
Syracuse
10
.2
".
Hebrew, Yiddi$h
Hebrew
Subject Area
Bibliography of Jews; Bio-Riblio;
Collections; Religion; History;
Special Topics such as LAW and
Zionism
Philology.
12
,APPENDIX 3
+ 19
18 "+
Binghamton
University Libraries
Albany
25
H + E)
Stony Brook
Syracuse
19
Rochester
-29
COrnell
26
75
13Q
6
35
20
199
262
37 3
9
8
228
25
12
Buffalo
Z6366-6375
26605.114
27070
(Z7770
(Z7771
(Z77.72
999
365
288
APPROXIMATE TOTALS
Blank spaces under columns usually indicates no titles held in that classification number.
A-Z
Manuscripts.
Bible
Versions.
Parts
Note:
Approximate count
Subcounts
92
APPENDIX 4a
Program of Judaic Studies
Size of Faculty:
BA (approved as of 9/1/74)
5+
350
Title of Courses
Department
Judaic Studies
Undergraduate Fields
Hebrew
Yiddish
Bible
History
Philosophy
93
APPPNDIX 4a
Program of Judaic Studies
4
ontinued
Title of Courses
,Modern Yiddish Literature in Tr. slation
Modern Hebrew Literature in T nslation
IntroduCtion to the'Pentategeh
Inttoduction to the Prophets
oblem of EVil
The Book of Job and the
-Portuguese
Jews and,New Christians
Literature of the Spani
Talmudic and Medieval ewish Literature in Translation
The Literature of th- Holocaust in Translation
English Translation
Israeli Literature
Studies in an Indi,idual Judaic Writer
Topics in Jewish iterature
Literature of a .ubculture
///
///
99
94
APPENDIX 4b
Size of Faculty:
Major
250
Title of Courses
Judaic Studies
"Core Surveys
Electives:
Jewish Civilization:
The Biblidal'lieriod
The Hellenistic Period
Medie'Val Jewish History
Modern Jewish Histpry
Topics, in Jewish Thought an Society:
Elem
Ary
I
ermediate
eadings in Hebrew Literature
Modern Short Story (taught in Hebres4)
Modern Poetry (taught in Hebrew)
Biblical Literature (taught` in Hebrew)
Rabbinic Literature (taught in Hebrew)
Yiddish
Elementary
Intermediate
Readings in Yiddish Literature
Peripheral Courses
100
95
APPENDIX 4C
Program of Judaic Studies
State University of New York at Buffalo
Program Level:
Size of Faculty:
118
Title of Course
Chair of Judaic
Studies (under
Deit. of Classics
Undergraduate
Fields of Judaic
Studies:
Hebrew
Classics
History of Religion
The Septuagin
Independent Study
English
Philosophy
101
96
APPENDIX 4d
Program of Judaic Studies
Cornell University
Program Level: .B.A., M.A., Ph.D
Primarily offered on undergraduate level.
6+
Department
Semitic Languages
and Literatures
Undergraduateilields:
Hebrew
Biblical Literature
General Judaic
Studies
Modern Hebrew
Literature
102
,.
97
APPENDIX 4d
Program of Judaic-Studies
Cornell University
Continued
Graduate Fields;
Ancient & Medieval Arabic Liaterature
Jewish & Islamic Medie 1 Philosophy
N.B.
103
APPENDIX 4e
Program of Judaic Studies
University of Rochester
Program Level:
No BA in Judaic Studies
01-
es.
Site of Faculty:
390
Department
Title of Courses
Religious SLdies
Introduction to Judaism
(Courses as listed
in catalogs between
1972-1974)
Hebrew
Summer Session
1975/76
104
99
APPENDIX 4f
Size of Faculty:
3 tracks in a Major
1. Language and Literature
2.
Social Sciences and History
3.
Philosophy
3 + 1 past-time + interdepartmental
300+
ip
Department
Title of Course
Judaic Studies
Program
(Detailed information
about the program may
be obtained from the
\\
chairman)
Interdisciplinary:,
History
Sociology
(Spring 1975):
N.B.
105
100
APP
IX 4g
=
=
=
=
75+
75+
33+
50+
Department of
Religion
Jewish Studies
'4
Title of Course's
Department
.
(under this .
department)
Philosophy
Jewish'Philosophy
History
Languages
Jewish Literature
Not' listed
10
--
APPENDIX 5
Stony Brook
public
973/74
Rochester
private
----SVTacuse
private
1870
Cornell
private
1,238,866
Buffalo
private;,
public
850,000
1957
,1,400,00
463;074g,
1850
4,278,000,
850,000E
oode
17,499
1865
.
1946; 1950
.1,482,907
0,000
13,000
yes
Far East
no
$660,000
$700,000
no
no
yes
no
$750,000
1846; 1962
EVEN-UferEiiiiTTIITRLTE:TS OF
1844; 1960
671,000
ITEM
GENERAL INFORMATION
Type of Institution
Date Founded
805,000
---UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Binghamton
Albany
private
private;
publics
public
2,489,433
671,000
,4808,172c
805,000a
50,000
14,000
1966
$2,117,528
14,No+
13,000
no
$1,043,438
no
$700,000
no
$811,000
Near East
yes
.yes
3 R's.or
none
i.yes
yes
Far East
Non-European
limited
yes
'Yes
3 R's
Far East
CRL
yes
3 R's
Area(s) of exclusion
none, Near
East low
prioiity
Arabic,
Russian, etc.
yes
yes
FAUL
A111n-limited.
CRL
Arabic-PL480
Hebrew-PL480
yes
3 R's
CRLArabic -PL480
Hebrew -PL480
FAUL
PL480 So.East
Asia
44-
Russian
Some
Chinese
yes
' yes
FAUL
CRL:
yes
3 R's
Near East,
Limited
yes
yes
FAUL
way
Affiliations
CRL
yes
3 R's
Ar
OCLC
yes
FAUL
CRL
NYSILL
--
3 R'si
ttECIONAL
OTHERS
Ambrose Swasey
Library
LOCAL
../
.r-
o ,
APPENDIX 5
University Libraries
Albany
Binghamton
$2,000
Cornell
$1,500
Rochester
curr. impr.
$1,1)00
Stony Brook
curr. impr.
not available
Syracuse
$2,000
4
ACQUISITIONS-JUDAICA
$2,000
Buffalo
Free Money
curr. impr.
yes,
all
yes
-yes
gift'
yes
yes
(until 75/76)
(small)
in 1973)
no (PL480
disc ant-inu.ed
.
yes
yes
yes
yes
(until'74)
yes
no
(afil474)
yes
yes
'yes
yes
yes
yes
--- yes
no
yes
c'74)
(untilyep
(until'74)
no (PL480
discontinued'
in 1973)
none
yes
yes
none
Selector responsibility
Y9s
yes
none
Alumni gifts
yes
no'
no
Holocaust-
no
no
yes
Faculty,Desiderata
yes
no
no
requess
Enbowment of
Betngtein
Chair 1975+
no
none
yes'
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
curr. impr.
yes
...
-ye-I,
yeas
no'
yes
yes
yes
yes
nd
no
?roof ShcOlts
no
44t
Jewish
Community
yes
curr. impr.
curr. impr.
46
Blanketliirders
Hebrew
ves
yes
yes
no
Israel Ziblidkraphies
yes
none
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
yes.
no
yes
no
Isrbel
'yes
yes
yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
BOOK SELECTION
yes
yes
no
yes
no
'no
On regular basis
%ft
POPULATION
Student Enrollment
multiplied by 15)
TOTALS
Classes A.7.-Z,
Rank
Written policy
Beginning date of deliberate
acquisition
Level of collection building
Projected level (1-2 years)
APPENDIX 5
'
24,000
2,500
Cornell
16,000
30ak
3,300
7,885
none
300+
6,000
13,000
none
225+
3,000
Syracuse
18,000
Stony Brook
5,000
non available
none
Rochester
4,000
118
not available
Buff-a1
3,500
250
University Libraries
__
Albany
Binghamton
8,800
13,000
350
not available
B.A.(1974)
approved in
principle;
Major in
Religion
"Special
Major" ---
Malor hawbeen
Major
Certificate
4,268
courses are
offered
7,865
1770
'
12,955
1,920
No B.A. at
B.A.; also
M.A., Ph.D. by present;
special arrange- individual
went
programs
available
17,111
1,020
e'N
4,138
4,455
3 ' 721
10,028
2,505
199
+ 6,000
2,685
262
1,620
228
6'
5,047
4,203
1
no
1974-
no
22,566
999
7,008
365
13,333
no
4
3
no
1970
none
no
none
no
no
none
no
no
no
2/3
no
no
yes
none
A..
1972/73
no
11,629
- -620
'
ti
288
1960+
1972
no
no
none
''2
1/2
1969
2
3/4
VCS
yes
morr
N,
1970
ycs-
.
PERIODICALS-CURRENT SUBSCRIPTIONS
wapapers------
Hebrew
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.--
GEOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
Academic-local
Public
119
Buffalo
148
Cornell
55
Rochester
Beth El
B'rith Kodesh
Rabbi A. Karp's_
Collection
Colgate
Rochester
Divinity
School
N.Y. Public
Library
sciences
pamphlets
ephemera
holdinp physical
Cermlin-Judatca
rare books
and cerMtn-Jewish
facsimiles
Eastman-Sibley periddiCals on
Music Library 'microfilm, some
86
Stony Brook
APPENDIX 5
SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF JUDAICA RESOURCES - PROGRAMS - SERVICES - Continued
105
38
University Libraries
Binghamton
Albany
68
5
rare books
facsimiles
microforms
pamphlets
ephemera
none
none
2,0
Univ. of
Toronto
Beth Zion
Bureau of
Jewish
Education
none
Vertical file
(pamphlets)
rare bOoks
facsimiles
pamphlets
New York
City
Cornell
none
none
rare books
microforms
pamphlets
ephelfra
none
Beth El
Emmeth
N.Y.State
Library
New York
City
87
Syracuse
small number of
special items in
German- Jewish
History (Leopold
von Henke
Collection
none
o
-INTERLPBRARY LOAN STATISTICS
(for one year estimate)
Borrowing
Lending
Buffalo
1.00
Cornell
*5
25
Rochester
50
SO
25
25
Syracuse
50
100
Stony Brook
25
50
Binghamton
LIbr, rfes
APPENDIX 5
SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF JUDAICA RESOURCES - PROGRAMS - SERVICES - dontinued
tfniversit
25
25
Albany
25
no
yes
NYPL
HUC
Chicago
Harvard
no
yes
HUC
JTS
Buffalo
no
yes
L.C.
no
yes
HUC '
UTS; HUC
DROPSIE
Cornell
HUC
NUC locations
yes
no
L.C.
L.C.
serials only
L.C.
L.C.
yes
yes
L.C.
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
np
yes
record)
yes (internal
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
periodicals
only
yes
no
no
yes
yes
po
yes
yes'
no
no
only for
acquisitions',
no
yes (non-professional)
yes
no (except for
periodicals)
no
yes
Holocaust
Collection
yes
Cornell
HUC
Princeton
yes
no
L.C.%
Separate facility
Classification system
yes
no
no
yes
yes
Yes
Periodicals classified
Computer record,'
Print-out facility
CATALOGING
OCLC
Hebrew Cataloger
Hebrew typewriter
yes
yeS
yes
Yes
no
no
no
yes
yes
no
.
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
ne
no
yeS
yes
0
-0
APPENDIX 5
no
Syracuse
Cornell
no
Stony Brook
Buffalo
yes
no
Rochester
yes
50
yes
University Libraries
Binghamton
Albany
yes
25
no
1:000+
6,000 or less
in process
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
no
Yes
yes
no
bound periodicals.
kKoso;;itr Collection.
Lockwood Library excludes most periodicals and government documents; includes some serials.
d
eRiver Campus
.4
Buddhism
'
3,593
University Libraries
Binghamton
Albany
2,675
827
300
50
APPENDIX 6
Buffalo
3,750
Cornc157
3,600
Rochester
2,075
Stony Brook
Syracuse
508
9130
557
508
225
88
475
25
1,975
4,321
850
25
2,100_
837
50
2,100
4125
9,8363
25,920
adjusted to
45,720
Mar. 1975
3,288
1,565
1,135
1,420,
5,050
9,058
1,150
778+
(8,411)
74,352
.,
1,200
24,097
6,130
2,280
2,350
2,600
2,800
8,825
920
7,372
'
Christianity
BL
BQ
Judaism
BR
Bible
BM
BS
Doctrinal Theology
BT
8V
BP
..,
Practical Theology
BX
TOTALS
3Stonv Brook figure for B1, BM, RP, RR, BS (1-1830 only) and BX.
-^"."....
CO
0
."-
i.
II.
532
538
755
990
488
.36
APPENDIX 7
University of Toronto
N.A.
Brandeis
9,625,
Columbia University
N.A.
11,475
--
4,400
6,000+
6,525
N.A.
3,250
20,000+
(4,600)a ,
3,000
8,575
6,775
1,400
1,300
N.A,
3,500+
4,160
5,200+
N.A.
N.A.
Not Available
Count is estimated
frn
4This figure is included in the 4,625 titles (ca ds) for Brandeis.
Count only pnce.
2,790
1,575
3,213
Spertus College
.25
SEER EI
(.17)
.10
26,650
100Z
.20
.32
.12
.12
BS
.32
DS
.21 /
13P38
1090ti
PJ
Total bards
109
APPENDIX 8
1.
tant resource for the study of the history of printing in general, and
the development of Hebrew printing and publishing in particular.
the literary creativity of Moroccan Jewry ranging from Bible and Talmud
commentaries and liturgical works. to popular and folkloristic literature
as well as communal records..
3.
The vol
from the E. N. Adler Collection, the Enelow Memorial Collection, and khe
M. Sulzberger Collection.
4.
Included are
115
110
6.
PHILOSOPHY MANUSCRIPTS
medieval Jewish thought.
7.
8.
include:. V
Polemical Manuscripts
Karaite Collection
Enelow and Adler Misc llaneous Manuscripts
.4*
French Collection
Science
\\
116
111
-novo Us
1.
3.
Ibid., p.
4.
5.
Ibid.
6.
FAUL Handbook.
(Syracuse, N. Y.: Five Associated University Libraries,
May 1970). inside cover:
7.1
8.
D.C.:
z.r
9.
'
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
PaUl)Feldman, ed. and others, College Guide for Buffalo Jewish Youth,
,1974-1975 (Buffalo -N. Y.: B'nai B'rith JFS Group Guidance Program,
1974), p. 40.
112
16.
Applebaum, p. 1.
17.
18.
19.
,20.
ibid., p. 42.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Ibid., p. 5.
25.
p. 6.
d., p., 29.
2-6
1;)
'27.
'28.
29.
College Guide,
p. 32.1
30.
31.
.Ibid., p. -41-
32.
Columbia Survey, Nov. 1956 in Tauber, 'M F., ed., LibrS rye s
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1967), pp. 263-265.
33.
34.
Ibid., p. 11.
35.
oz"
36.
Robe
B. Downs, "Uniform Statistics for Library Holdings,"
Quarte ly, 16 (1946): 63..
37,
38.
Ibid.
39.
40.
41.,
Ibid. , p. 5.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
Ibid.
47.
Ibid., p. 173.
48.
Ibid.
49.
Berlin.
50.
Ibid
51.
"Library Resources,"
Library
pp. 40-41.
4.1
119