NEWSLETTER
July 2008
Dear Reader,
• Borrowing Books
The Computerized Borrowing System is being accessed almost every day
and handles requests by readers holding 3 books or less.
In order to receive books on a regular basis you should make sure you
are holding no more than 3 books at a time.
• Ordering Books
The library's serves thousands of readers with many different tastes
and fields of interest.
Receiving a wish list of 50 books from the reader makes our librarian's
job much easier and enables us to provide you with the books of your
choice.
We recommend that you use the Telesefer or the Internet Catalog in order
to be informed on the availability of old and new books and to have
more books on order.
We have recently started attaching a computer printout to on of the
book casings sent to the readers informing the individual reader of
the books he is still holding as well as the books on his order list
(partial). Please read the notes added by the librarians on the printout,
mainly inviting you to add books to your wish list.
• Handwritten Wish Lists
Some readers mail book lists to the borrowing department. We recommend
the use of the Telesefr and Internet for this purpose, since the librarians
are busy and cannot take the time to enter each reader's wish list on
the computer. This way every request gets entered directly into the
reader's card.
Readers should enter their lists by themselves. For a tutorial on entering
your lists please go to our web site. One may also apply for a tutorial
in Braille or on a CD. Should you continue to have difficulties please
ask a friend or a family member for help.
Readers are invited to enter the Internet Catalog in order to check
their reader cards and acquaint themselves with their status regarding
borrowings, books returned and books on order.
• New Arrivals
We are glad to inform the readership that we have recently completed
the recording of two fascinating books at the center of which is two
extraordinary figures that have greatly influenced the history of China:
- Maamarot Confucius, by Kung Fu Tse (the Analects of Confucius); a
record of the Chinese philosopher's conversations with his disciples
and others regarding the basic ethical ideas and placing humanity on
the highest level of morality. The book depicts a slow process of self
improvement on one's way to personal and public fulfillment.
(6 CD's; 23:10 hours; narrator: Ben Shlomy Dana)
The second book is the biography of one of the most interesting figures
in modern history – Mau Ze-Tung:
- Mau: Hasipur Ha-bilti Nodaa, by Chang Jung; Dvir Publishing House
(Mau: The Unknown Story). Mau's biography is based on ten years of research,
and is rich in revelations about the leader who stopped at nothing to
get his way and of how he tyrannized his people, his friends and his
many mistresses.
(4 CD's; 38 hours; narrator: Netta David)
Uri Cohen
Director
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