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YAIR (Yeshiva Academic Institutional
Repository) : Retrospective Theses
& Dissertations (RTDs)
Collaboration under Covid
In Memory of Rabbi Dr. Mayer
Herskovics, zl (YU50B), author of
HALAKAH AND AGADAH IN
ONKELOS Ph.D. dissertation Revel
1950.
Thursday, October 15th
@1 PM EDT
ZOOM
Presenter:
Stephanie L. Gross, Librarian
Electronic Reserves & Scholarly
Communication
AJL-NYMA: Thank you!
Todays program
Welcome Note on PDE
What is YAIR?
 Focus on 5-6 slides
 Rest: lightening talks
Biography:
Human interest
story in pictures
Productivity tools
& websites
Q&A
Collaborative digital project
by Yeshiva University Library
staff (Summer 2020)
During Covid: Opportunity in Chaos
Mayer Herskovics presentation: Survivor, Thriver, YU Scholar
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Reset &
retool &
rejuvenate!
Every cloud has a silver lining
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Directed
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Mentoring:
Be a
mentor; be
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Employment
Mayer(Majer)
Herskovics, zl
,
Survivor, THRIVER,YU scholar ,
mentor, father
Why an IR? (OSU)
Types of content included:
Journal articlesPeer reviewed
Preprints
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Commons
Touro Scholar : User-friendly, visuals
 Author follow (handle)
 Plumx Metrics
 Digital Commons (Jewish
Studies)
 Share buttons
 Recommended citation
 Publishers Statement
Jewish Studies
Commons (Digital
Commons)
 Subject Repository vs. Institutional Repository
 Digital Commons vs. DSpace vs. Islandora
 Consortia vs. OpenSource platform without
 Vs. STEM arXiv
Bernard
Revel
Community
in YAIR
YAIR: Yeshiva
Academic
Institutional
Repository
Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies
(BRGS)
 Scholarly publications
 Podcasts and videos
 Journals
 Faculty CVs
Mayer Herskovics presentation: Survivor, Thriver, YU Scholar
ProQuest:
No Full-Text
Available!
Our work
begins!
Virtua (opac)
record of
print &
digital
formats
Early record
on YAIR
ILL Request is crowdsourced
Metadata Services
and Processing :
Status of Author
 QUESTIONS:
 Where to find the author?
 Who will sign the release form?
Genealogy to
the rescue!
Historic twist: The
1st Dissertation
A trip to the basement stacks to
retrieve the dissertation ..
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Photocopier with
copyright advisory
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Bibliographic references--- Still a way to go!
Bibliographic
References (GG)
 Bibliography
 Wikipedia (Hebrew): updated
Bibliography
 Hadarom
 Gilyonenu
 Or Hamizrach
 Talpiyot
 Sinai
 The History of R. Zvi Hirsch
Chayut and His Scholarship
Wikipedia
[Hebrew]
Mayer Herskovics presentation: Survivor, Thriver, YU Scholar
Linking YAIR to
Wikipedia
Full-text, Open Access to Dr. Herskovics 1950 YU Dissertation
Acknowledgment
from Menahem
Kasher ( 廬廨廩 )
" 廣廨廬廩廨廩廡廛廬廡廩廢廬廨 " (Preface.
Vol. 35)
Release form
 Open Access (OA): Creative Commons
Attributions 3.0:
 Non-Commercial
 No-Derivs
 YU Distribution Rights
Alternatives:
Restricted: Embargo 2 years
Opt-Out: No visibility to the public
YAIR RTD (retrospective
theses and
dissertations) Project
ProQuest to
YAIR:Connecting the
dots
Dissertation on Onkelos, YU Revel, 1950
Dissertation in memory of authors mother, who perished in the Shoah
Abstract of
the
dissertation
 Onkelos, a descendant of many Roman Officials, became a righteous convert to Judaism.
Living in the early Mishnaic period, he became a close student of the famous Tannaim R.
Eliezer ben Hurkanus and R. Joshua ben Hananiah. He became famous for his translation
of the Old Testament into Aramaic, the common language of Jews at that time. It
remains as the standard translation and is continuously studied today. It was meant to
be a translation. This thesis shows how the Targum Onkelos is more than just that. Very
often halakhic rulings can be derived by the choice of words or phrases Onkelos used. It
also serves at times a commentary by added phrases or Midrashic quotations given. The
author takes selected passages from the Torah with the Targum and examines their
content.
Full item
record :
Dublin Core
The dissertation in YULIS online
catalog
ProQuest Form for
Dissertation Submission
Author provides Subject Categories,
Keywords AND Contact information
Prof. Mayer Herskovics : Photo Album
Mayer Herskovics presentation: Survivor, Thriver, YU Scholar
Prof.
Herskovics
@ Kehillat
Jeshurun
 From YU Digital Collections
Mayer
Herskovics,
with students
@Yeshiva of
Flatbush HS
Prof.
Herskovics,
YU Masmid
YU
Appointment
to
Professorship
1972
YU Award
1975-1976
from student
government
Erna and Jakob Michael Award
Full view of plaque Zoom of text: 1975-1976
President
Lamm
confers
professor
emeritus
status 1979
Prof. Herskovics remembered in
2006 YU publication (R. Carmy)
 Who is wise? He who learns
from all human beings.[If we
remembered this], then you,
who probably hadnt heard of
Dr. Meir Herskovics until a few
minutes ago, would become a
link in his continuing legacy.
Prof. Shalom Carmy
remembers him
fondly
(Note:
YAIR author handle on YU
Faculty page)
Rabbi Dr. Mayer
Herskovics:
Honored by Israel
President & Mrs.
Herzog @
Beit Ha-Nasi, 1992
Sampling of YU
holdings authored
by Prof.
Herskovics
Mayer Herskovics, typing scholarly works on manual typewriter
 One more thing:
 I have very raw Word files of the Onkelos work my father did in the last year of his life.
Breishit and a bit of Shmot.
 I believe that my father, who was very meticulous and edited and proofread his works many
times before submitting them for publication, would NOT want this material made public. -GG
Appendix
Forms, Software, etc. (ongoing)
Creative Commons
3.0 License
 Website: CreativeCommons.org
 Good source of CC images!
Dublin Core &
DSpace
OAI-PMH
YAIR wufoo
self-deposit
form (pp. 2-
3)
10 MB file maximum
ISSN
application
(Library of
Congress)
SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition)
Wikipedia: Looking for
hackers
 Editing
 Hackathons
 Reference Tool
JewishGen.org:
 Our Mission
 To preserve our Jewish family
history and heritage for future
generations.
IAJGS: Intl Assoc.
of Jewish Gen.
Societies
 The International Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies (IAJGS) is an independent non-profit umbrella
organization coordinating the activities and annual
conference of nearly 90 national and local Jewish
Genealogical Societies (JGS) around the world.
Mayer Herskovics presentation: Survivor, Thriver, YU Scholar
ABBYY FineReader 15 OCR
software for Hebrew
 Interfaces with Adobe
Acrobat
 Import PDF file, renders
searchable Hebrew text
 Resave project as PDF
YouTube: How-to advice
 Help Desk Geek
Working from Home (WFH)
Help Desk Geek
 Software
 Tools
 Products
 Reviews
 DIY Tech Support
(WFA)
Cnet: Reviews & Community
Annotate images with TechSmith Capture
Design ideas: For a gallery look
Thank you! 廩廨 !
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SMC, MATESOL
Pratt Institute, LIS & NYS Board Certified School Media Specialist
Mentor
Member
AJL
ACRL/NY
ALA
ART
NYTSL
NYLC
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 Love to share .Love to learn
Q&A: Topics
for
discussion /
future
workshops
 Wikipedia hackathons
 Dublin Core
 Institutional Repositories (IR)
 LibGuides and Quick Reference wikis
 Presentation tools & best practices
 Zoom vs. other webinar platforms?
 Online teaching (DL listservs, etc.)
 Remote reference / chat (H3lp), Questionpoint
 Web compliance: copyright, ADA WCAG
 Personal information on the web: Confidentiality,
safety
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