Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 2 no. 78 October 2, 1992 1) Introduction (Max Schoeffler) 2) For Moshe Taube (Ellen Prince) 3) For Mikhl Herzog (Dvosye Bilik) 4) For job-seekers (Elizabeth F. Miller) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 13:23 EDT From: mss3@homxb.att.COM Subject: Introduction As per your request, an introductory statement. Ich bin a yid wos is gekommen nach America in 1939 fun Germany (Berlin). My Yiddish is not as fluent as I would like, so I'm reverting to English rather than breaking my tongue (fingers?) trying to continue in Yiddish. Finding a group like this is, for me a lark. I have no particular agendaexcept, perhaps to have contact with Yiddishkeit. Professionally, I am a research psychologist and am currently a consultant at AT&T Bell Labs. Max Schoeffler 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 17:52:18 -0400 From: "Ellen F. Prince" Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 2.77 for moshe taube: sorry, moshe!!! i'm just very disorganized and don't have a copy of my paper on hand. but i shall root thru the rubble that is my office and find one--if you promise to send me a copy of your paper, the one you gave in jerusalem. and, if you would be so kind, a copy of your handout with all that great data, which i carried to tel aviv but managed to lose somewhere between there and here. a dank dir! as for the mendele discussion, mikhl asked what those funny little es's that are not in initial position and are not arguments of the verb are doing. and so far no one's come up with an answer, as i recall. so what are they doing? ellen prince 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 04:00 EDT From: Dorothy_BILIK@umail.umd.edu Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 2.75 dear mikhl, azoy is es. your remarks were very enlightening to another litvak.Please communicate if you are getting my messages. zayt ir beyde gezunt un hot a gut yor Dvosye.r e 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:22:20 -0400 From: "Elizabeth F. Miller" Subject: Library of Congress Vacancy - Hebraic The following is being cross-posted to LIBSUP-L, ACRLNY-L, FEMINIST, MENDELE, JUDAICA, and HEBREW-L: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Washington, DC 20540-2295 *** VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT*** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Vacancy Announcement Number: 21217 ^ ^ Opening Date: August 31, 1992 ^ ^ Closing Date: October 23, 1992 ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ GENERAL POSITION INFORMATION: Title: Library Technician (Processing and Reference Assistant) GS-1411-6 (198) $19,713 - $25,626 Tour of Duty: Flexitime Promotion Potential: Promotion plan to GS-7 Position Location: Hebraic Section,African & Middle Eastern Division, Collections Services; John Adams Memorial Building Type of Appointment: Permanent, Non-supervisory, bargaining unit position Number of Vacancies: One (Subject to Congressional funding authorization for fiscal 1993 beginning October 1, 1992) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: Participates in the processing of existing and incoming materials by creating preliminary bibliographic records of uncataloged materials. Receives materials from and delivers materials to the other Divisions, including Serial Record, Serial, Order and Exchange and Gift. Collates materials for microfilming or binding, prepares necessary forms, checks returning microfilms for completeness. Helps in the interfiling of cards in the Section's union catalogs, adds location symbols, cross references and added entries. Searches book catalogs and offers from publishers and dealers. Shelves books and bound serials and files microfilms and brings books and bibliographic works and reference tools. Maintains records and statistics on incoming and outgoing materials. Participates in the day-to-day administrative housekeeping of the Section, maintenance of loan records, and the daily inspection of readers' tables, desks, and shelves. Translates and transliterates as needed. Performs miscellaneous duties as assigned. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must meet all of the requirements detailed below. EXPERIENCE: One year of general office clerical or general library experience and six months of specialized experience are required. Specialized experience must have demonstrated a knowledge of library procedures and activities and must have been at the GS-5 level in the Federal service or at a comparable level of difficulty outside the Federal service. FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: Knowledge of written Hebrew or Yiddish sufficient to recognize titles, dates, and subject matter and the ability to romanize Hebrew characters according to the Library of Congress system. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Two full years of undergraduate education (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours or the equivalent). SUBSTITUTIONS: A. A bachelor's degree may be substituted for the general experience requirement. B. Graduation from high school and two years of general experience may be substituted for the education requirement. TEST REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must pass the Library's clerical test and an approved typing test with a net speed of 25 words per minute. A copy of these test results must be attached to the application. Library of Congress staff members must also pass the typing test unless they have held a position within the last year which required typing. To waive the typing test, staff members must indicate on their SF-171, in item 24, "Work Experience" their exact position title and the number of words per minute their position requires, i.e., typing at 25 words per minute. QUALITY RANKING FACTORS: Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications requirements will be evaluated on the basis of the Quality Ranking Factors. Applicants are encouraged to submit with their SF-171 a supplemental statement addressing each Quality Ranking Factor separately. The supplemental statement should be prepared on plain 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper and should briefly describe how the applicant's experience, education, training, self-development, outside activities, awards, and commendations relate to each Quality Ranking Factor. 1. Knowledge of library functions. (50%) 2. Knowledge of Hebrew or Yiddish. (35%) 3. Ability to work and deal effectively with others. (15%) NOTE: In order to receive credit for Quality Ranking Factor #2, you must fully describe how you gained your language skills and the amount of experience you have had with the language. Applicants also should list all coursework taken in the language, including the number of credit or classroom hours, level of study, grade received, and completion date for each course. If your language skill was acquired by speaking the language at home please indicate the number of years. 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Please categorize yourself in terms of race, sex, and ethnic categories below. First read definitions of subcategories. _________________________________________________ DEFINITIONS The racial and ethnic categories for Federal statistics and administrative reporting are defined as follows: _________________________________________________ ETHNICITY - HISPANIC. A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. RACE - AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America, and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition. - ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa. - BLACK. A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. - WHITE. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ A. Race | | | B. Sex | | | C. Ethnicity | | |_____| | |_____| | |_____| | | 1 - American Indian or | 1 - Male | 1 - Hispanic Origin Alaskan native | 2 - Female | 2 - Not of Hispanic 2 - Asian or Pacific | | Origin Islander | | 3 - Black | | 4 - White | | 5 - Other _______________ | | (Specify) | | __________________________|______________________|__________________________ PAGE 2 ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 2.78 If your message is intended for MENDELE, please write to: mendele@vax1.trincoll.edu If you want to discuss personal business or have a shmues with the shames, please write to: nmiller@vax1.trincoll.edu Please sign your articles.