Perspectives on Technology
Heidi Lerner's Column in AJS Perspectives

Heidi Lerner, Hebraica/Judaica cataloguer at Stanford University Libraries, writes "Perspectives on Technology," a column on technology-based resources related to teaching and research in Jewish studies, for AJS's biannually-published magazine, AJS Perspectives.

The AJS is pleased to make available her past columns, with links to the resources discussed:

Summary of links to resources from all past columns

Articles:

Fall 2009: "Online Resources for Jewish Economics"

North America: Data Archives/Statistical Information, Resources on Nonprofits; Israel Statistical, Economic, and Demographic Data; Jewish Law and Secular Life

Spring 2009: "Scholarly Communication in the Twenty-first Century: A Changing Landscape"

Open Access and Institutional Repositories; Blogs; Open Access Textbooks; E-Books

Fall 2008: "New Tools for Jewish Linguistics"

Annotated Corpora; Unannotated Corpora; Dictionaries; Audio and Sound Collections; Tools for the Twenty-first Century

Spring 2008: "Researching Orthodox Judaism Online"

Orthodox Judaism and the Media; Organizational Websites; Communication within Orthodox and Haredi Communities

Fall 2007: "Web-Based Learning and Teaching Resources for Jewish Studies"

Review of sites that offer Jewish studies teaching resources

Spring 2007: "Internet Resources for Jewish Biography and Autobiography"

Directories, Biographical Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias; Websites and Portals; Primary Sources: Digital Collections of Primary Sources, Finding Aids, Databases and Websites, Online Diaries and Weblogs

Fall 2006: "Jewish Political Studies on the Internet"

Gateways; Listservs and Discussion Lists; Think Tanks and Research Organizations; Multimedia (Sound and Visuals); Full-text Databases, Journals, and Books; Statistical Data; What's New?

Spring 2006: "Sharing Knowledge: Recent Trends in Search and Delivery Tools for Scholarly Content"

Open Content Repositories; Search Engines; Weblogs and News Services; RSS Technology

Spring 2005: "Treasure Hunting for New Judaic Resources on the World Wide Web"

Digital Resources on Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews; Federated Searching; Subject Portals; Open Archives Initiative (OAI)

Fall 2004: "Electronic Books in the Academic World and the Implications for Jewish Studies"

Review of sites that offer digitized materials and "e-books"

Spring 2004: "Hebrew in Bits and Bytes: An Introduction to Coding and Formatting of Hebrew Electronic Resources"

ASCII versus Unicode; Hebrew and MS Windows; Hebraica Resources; Definitions; Frequently Asked Questions

Fall 2003: "Historic Jewish Periodicals/Newspapers and the Web"

Review of digitized and scanned publications available online