Mael, Elaine

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    The Baltimore Hebrew Institute Collection: A Jewish Studies Library Re-imaged
    (Association of Jewish Libraries, 2022-12-31) Mael, Elaine; Towson University. Albert S. Cook Library. Content Management
    The Baltimore Hebrew University (BHU) was one of a handful of independent Jewish studies institutions in the United States during the twentieth century. Located in the heart of the Baltimore Jewish community, it grew from a small teachers’ college to a doctoral degree-granting university over the course of its many decades. Several factors, including shifting educational trends, pragmatic economic considerations, and societal expectations altered the academic landscape for this institution; dwindling enrollment forced the once-thriving school to consider options for re-location, re-organization, or closure. A little more than ten years ago, BHU’s programs, faculty, and library were incorporated into a large public university located in nearby Towson, Maryland. As part of this move, the extensive resources of the BHU library were integrated with the much larger library of Towson University (TU), and both collections are now housed in one multi-storied building in the middle of a busy urban university campus. This article addresses the phenomenon of merging two disparate library collections and focuses on both the positive and negative results of consolidating academic libraries of different sizes, content, and cultural heritage. The author was a former librarian at BHU and is currently a librarian at TU.
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    Putting history in their hands: White Gloves Sessions as a user outreach tool
    (2017) Mael, Elaine
    This poster is from a poster session describing a program designed to highlight specific library collections through community outreach. Librarians at Towson University have been using White Gloves Sessions to showcase special library materials to various audiences. This poster addresses the concept, content, and methodology of using these sessions as an outreach tool for other libraries.