Fwd: Romanization in bibliographic records: draft report

[Guest guest]

This may be of interest to list members. I'm sorry, I should have thought to

forward it earlier. The deadline for comments was yesterday, Dec. 8, but I

suspect that it won't really be all that strict.

 

I think omitting romanization makes non-Roman materials more exotic and

therefore likely to be left out of account when people are doing research. I

also think it makes the records and the books easier to deal with both for the

librarian and for the researcher. Not just author and title, but place,

publisher, and series should be romanized, to make it easier to order a copy

from the publisher if one can't get one from the library system.

 

Allen

 

Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.

Senior Reference Librarian

Team Coordinator

South Asia Team, Asian Division

Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150

101 Independence Ave., S.E.

Washington, DC 20540-4810

tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr

The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of

Congress.

 

>>> " Patton,Glenn " <pattong 11/25/2009 9:58:25 AM >>>

 

Forwarded on behalf of the ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on

Romanization, with apologies for multiple postings ...

 

 

Robert Rendall [rr2205]

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:24 PM

nonenglishaccess

[nonenglishaccess] Romanization in bibliographic records: draft

report

 

Colleagues,

 

Please forgive duplication and forward this announcement as appropriate.

 

The ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on Romanization invites

comment on its draft report, posted at:

 

http://connect.ala.org/node/88651

 

The Working Group was established by the ALCTS Non-English Access

Steering Committee to examine the current use of romanized data in

bibliographic and authority records and to recommend whether

romanization is still needed in bibliographic records. This draft

report was developed by the Working Group in collaboration with the

members of its open discussion forum on ALA Connect.

 

The Working Group will submit its final report to the Steering Committee

 

on Dec. 15, 2009. Comments are requested by Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 and

may be sent to rr2205.

 

Thank you,

 

Robert Rendall

Chair, ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on Romanization

 

--

Robert Rendall

Principal Serials Cataloger

Original and Special Materials Cataloging, Columbia University Libraries

102 Butler Library, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027

tel.: 212 851 2449 fax: 212 854 5167

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Allen,

Jay Jinendra

 

I agree with you.

 

As a publisher of Prakrit/Sanskrit/Apabhramsha literature, I make sure that

the first page of the book is always in English. We export books to various

universities abroad, but even in India, not all librarians know

Hindi/Devanagari. So it is always better to romanise

Author

Title

Publisher

Series

Place of Publication

Year of Publication

Contact information of the Publisher

Copyright information of the title

Cataloging Information

 

We do this for all publications of ours.

 

HINDI GRANTH KARYALAY

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series

 

best regards,

 

Manish

 

 

2009/12/10 Allen W Thrasher <athr

 

>

>

> This may be of interest to list members. I'm sorry, I should have thought

> to forward it earlier. The deadline for comments was yesterday, Dec. 8, but

> I suspect that it won't really be all that strict.

>

> I think omitting romanization makes non-Roman materials more exotic and

> therefore likely to be left out of account when people are doing research. I

> also think it makes the records and the books easier to deal with both for

> the librarian and for the researcher. Not just author and title, but place,

> publisher, and series should be romanized, to make it easier to order a copy

> from the publisher if one can't get one from the library system.

>

> Allen

>

> Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.

> Senior Reference Librarian

> Team Coordinator

> South Asia Team, Asian Division

> Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150

> 101 Independence Ave., S.E.

> Washington, DC 20540-4810

> tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr <athr%40loc.gov>

> The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of

> Congress.

>

> >>> " Patton,Glenn " <pattong <pattong%40OCLC.ORG>> 11/25/2009

> 9:58:25 AM >>>

>

> Forwarded on behalf of the ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on

> Romanization, with apologies for multiple postings ...

>

>

> Robert Rendall [rr2205 <rr2205%40columbia.edu>]

> Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:24 PM

> nonenglishaccess <nonenglishaccess%40ala.org>

> [nonenglishaccess] Romanization in bibliographic records: draft

> report

>

> Colleagues,

>

> Please forgive duplication and forward this announcement as appropriate.

>

> The ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on Romanization invites

> comment on its draft report, posted at:

>

> http://connect.ala.org/node/88651

>

> The Working Group was established by the ALCTS Non-English Access

> Steering Committee to examine the current use of romanized data in

> bibliographic and authority records and to recommend whether

> romanization is still needed in bibliographic records. This draft

> report was developed by the Working Group in collaboration with the

> members of its open discussion forum on ALA Connect.

>

> The Working Group will submit its final report to the Steering Committee

>

> on Dec. 15, 2009. Comments are requested by Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 and

> may be sent to rr2205 <rr2205%40columbia.edu>.

>

> Thank you,

>

> Robert Rendall

> Chair, ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on Romanization

>

> --

> Robert Rendall

> Principal Serials Cataloger

> Original and Special Materials Cataloging, Columbia University Libraries

> 102 Butler Library, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027

> tel.: 212 851 2449 fax: 212 854 5167

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Manish,

 

Why don't you send your comments to the contact listed in the message?

 

Allen

 

>>> MANISH MODI <gommateshvara 12/10/2009 12:20 AM >>>

Dear Allen,

Jay Jinendra

 

I agree with you.

 

As a publisher of Prakrit/Sanskrit/Apabhramsha literature, I make sure

that

the first page of the book is always in English. We export books to

various

universities abroad, but even in India, not all librarians know

Hindi/Devanagari. So it is always better to romanise

Author

Title

Publisher

Series

Place of Publication

Year of Publication

Contact information of the Publisher

Copyright information of the title

Cataloging Information

 

We do this for all publications of ours.

 

HINDI GRANTH KARYALAY

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series

 

best regards,

 

Manish

 

 

2009/12/10 Allen W Thrasher <athr

 

>

>

> This may be of interest to list members. I'm sorry, I should have

thought

> to forward it earlier. The deadline for comments was yesterday, Dec.

8, but

> I suspect that it won't really be all that strict.

>

> I think omitting romanization makes non-Roman materials more exotic

and

> therefore likely to be left out of account when people are doing

research. I

> also think it makes the records and the books easier to deal with

both for

> the librarian and for the researcher. Not just author and title, but

place,

> publisher, and series should be romanized, to make it easier to order

a copy

> from the publisher if one can't get one from the library system.

>

> Allen

>

> Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.

> Senior Reference Librarian

> Team Coordinator

> South Asia Team, Asian Division

> Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150

> 101 Independence Ave., S.E.

> Washington, DC 20540-4810

> tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr <athr%40loc.gov>

> The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the

Library of

> Congress.

>

> >>> " Patton,Glenn " <pattong <pattong%40OCLC.ORG>>

11/25/2009

> 9:58:25 AM >>>

>

> Forwarded on behalf of the ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on

> Romanization, with apologies for multiple postings ...

>

>

> Robert Rendall [rr2205

<rr2205%40columbia.edu>]

> Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:24 PM

> nonenglishaccess <nonenglishaccess%40ala.org>

> [nonenglishaccess] Romanization in bibliographic records:

draft

> report

>

> Colleagues,

>

> Please forgive duplication and forward this announcement as

appropriate.

>

> The ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on Romanization invites

> comment on its draft report, posted at:

>

> http://connect.ala.org/node/88651

>

> The Working Group was established by the ALCTS Non-English Access

> Steering Committee to examine the current use of romanized data in

> bibliographic and authority records and to recommend whether

> romanization is still needed in bibliographic records. This draft

> report was developed by the Working Group in collaboration with the

> members of its open discussion forum on ALA Connect.

>

> The Working Group will submit its final report to the Steering

Committee

>

> on Dec. 15, 2009. Comments are requested by Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009

and

> may be sent to rr2205 <rr2205%40columbia.edu>.

>

> Thank you,

>

> Robert Rendall

> Chair, ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on Romanization

>

> --

> Robert Rendall

> Principal Serials Cataloger

> Original and Special Materials Cataloging, Columbia University

Libraries

> 102 Butler Library, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027

> tel.: 212 851 2449 fax: 212 854 5167

>

>