<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">
<DIV class=WordSection1>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dear catalogers,</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 5pt"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Attached is a proposed list of collective titles for rabbinic materials in Hebrew and English that can be used for compilations by a single author, whether complete works in a single form or selections of works in a single form as prescribed in RDA 6.2.2.10.2 and 6.2.2.10.3.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 5pt"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> We have been advised by LC that we should attempt to </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=ZH-CN>“</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">use the language of the catalog (<SPAN class=zmsearchresult1><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: #fffec4">English</SPAN></SPAN>) so long as there is an <SPAN class=zmsearchresult1><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: #fffec4">English</SPAN></SPAN> language term. If there is no <SPAN class=zmsearchresult1><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: #fffec4">English</SPAN></SPAN> language term, use whatever would best identify that form of work </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=ZH-CN>…</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Extra points if the term is one used in a controlled vocabulary like LCSH (sh 85113223 ), but not a requirement." </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 5pt"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> We would like to solicit your comments and feedback on this list. Please send them to Heb-NACO or Joan (<A href="mailto:jbie@loc.gov" target=_blank>jbie@loc.gov</A>) and/or Heidi (<A href="mailto:lerner@stanford.edu" target=_blank>lerner@stanford.edu</A>) by Sept. 30. The AJL R&S Cataloging Committee will then collectively review the list and comments and make a final recommendation or decision on the contents of the list.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 5pt"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Thank you, </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Joan Biella (Senior Descriptive Cataloger, Library of Congress)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Heidi G. Lerner (Chair, AJL R&S Cataloging Committee)</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN></SPAN>Heidi G. Lerner<BR>Hebraica/Judaica Cataloger<BR>Metadata Development Unit<BR>Stanford University Libraries<BR>Stanford, CA 94305-6004<BR>e-mail: lerner@stanford.edu<BR>ph: 650-725-9953<BR>fax: 650-725-1120<BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></div></body></html>