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This study looks at current workflows, practices and preparations for the future among North American Hebraica catalogers in academic, government and other special libraries and archives, The survey explores the demographics of the Hebraica cataloging community. Questions were asked about what types of materials this group processes, workplace responsibilities, and metadata practices and trends. The author was very interested to know what steps and types of training Hebraica catalogers are undertaking to learn about new technologies and tools being developed to describe bibliographic and digital resources.

The Internet and associated digital technologies are useful to Jewish Studies scholars who research, write, and teach Jewish biography and autobiography. Increasing amounts of secondary and primary sources originally preserved in manuscript or print form are now being digitized and made available as electronic resources. A number of newly created databases and web sites provide diverse biographical information. The Internet is also a vehicle for the creation and dissemination of various forms of life writing and self-narrative in textual, visual and audio formats. The incorporation of biography and autobiography into the multidisciplinary field of Jewish Studies is coming of age. This paper looks at the availability of biographical research materials and autobiographical expression on the Internet and helps scholars locate these resources.

Rapidly changing information technologies and networking capabilities are
transforming scholarly research in Jewish Studies. Computer screens work
alongside and even supplant the printed page as a research tool. The next
generation of Jewish scholars and academics must be prepared for these
changes or suffer the consequences of not keeping up with them. Jewish
Studies librarians, as information specialists, can help train researchers
in the use of electronic resources and searching techniques. Librarians
and scholars need to work together to integrate these new resources
into their research methodologies. Contemporary research methods courses
may be the best place to introduce and forge innovative, collaborative
teaching partnerships.