1. Baltimore Hebrew Institute Collection at Towson University

3. “To preserve, generate, transmit and apply knowledge of Judaism through the teaching of its culture and civilization within the context of world civilization.” --BHU mission statement “To serve the institution, support the curriculum, and provide resources to scholars and members of the public.” --BHU library mission statement Scope of the collection

5. Contents Bible and Religion Rabbinics Jewish History Archaeology Jewish Philosophy Political Science Israel and the Middle East Sociology Jewish Education Language and Literature Fine Arts Genealogy Liturgy Juvenile books

7. Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Collection

8. Memorial books (Yizkor books)

9. Rare Book CollectionSpecial collections

11. Scope

12. Emphasis

13. Languages

14. ImprintsRare book collection

16. Books - 2nd floor stacks

17. Periodicals – 2nd floor stacks

18. Current periodicals – Periodicals reading room

19. Media – Media Resource Services

20. Rare books - Archives

21. Juvenile collection- 2nd floorWhere has it all gone?

23. Technical Services

24. Reference

25. ArchivesWhat does it mean to the library staff?

27. New collection identified by spine labels

28. New borrowers

29. Increase in number and type of ILL requestsCirculation

31. Cataloging

32. ProcessingTechnical Services

34. New programs

35. New faculty

36. New subject specialties

37. New languageReference

39. Other electronic resources

40. Journals

41. WebsitesResearch

42. Web Resources Reference JewishEncycolpedia.com Navagating The Bible (World ORT) A Page of Talmud (Eliezer Segal) Jewish Communities of the World (World Jewish Congress) Jewish Virtual Library (American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise) Jewish Search Tools Jewish.com Andrew Tannenbaum's Judaism and Jewish Resources MavenSearch: Jewish Web Directory Shamash: The Jewish Network Jewish Studies Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory Index of Electronic Resources for Judaic and Cognate Studies (University of Pennsylvania Library) Judaica Libraries/Judaica Resources (Association of Jewish Libraries) Middle East and Jewish Studies (Columbia University Libraries) Academic Guide to Jewish History (University of Toronto Libraries) JewishGen Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland Jewish Communal Service StaRGate: Gateway to Jewish Communal Resources The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore The Darrell D. Friedman Institute Jewish Education JESNA Lookstein Virtual Resource Center CAJE- Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education Center for Jewish Education Jewish Newspapers The Jerusalem Post Ha'aretz (Hebrew) Ha'aretz Online (English) The Forward The Baltimore Jewish Times

44. Subject gateways

45. Research Port

46. Journals

47. E-resourcesGuiding research

49. Problems involving multi-lingual records

50. Problems resolved with integration of BHU and TU databases

51. Accessibility of records:

52. In processBHI collection in the USMAI PAC

60. Enter search criteria (title, author, etc.)

61. Scroll down to “Limit availability to: Library Code___”

62. Enter “BHD”Locating BHI call numbers

67. Re-run search

68. Use LC number from any retrieved record to search BHI collectionLocating BHI call numbers

69. Tips

70. Hebrew is different from English. Tip #1

71. Hebrew (and Yiddish) reads from right to left

72. Hebrew (and Yiddish) books open from left to right

73. Hebrew-English keyboards exist. Tip #2

74. Hebrew-English keyboard

75. Cook Library will have workstations with a Hebrew word processing program. Tip #3

76. There are guides to English-Hebrew transliteration. Tip #4

77. Hebrew in transliterationhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html

78. Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Last word

79. Baltimore Hebrew Institute Collection at Towson University