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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello Heidi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'>I would like to clarify one important point concerning the upcoming RDA manual. The new manual which I have been working on for many days is <b>not </b>an update or a revision of Paul Maher’s Hebraica cataloging; <b>it is</b> a completely new RDA based document (guideline of “best practices”). The only notable old practice which I retained word-by-word is, of course, the everlasting ALA/LC Romanization practices. Everything else related to descriptive cataloging, A</span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>à</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>Z is new.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hopefully, once reviewed by PCC libraries and once I receive editorial comments from colleague librarians, I will update the document and the draft will “officially” replace AACR2 practices of the past. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'>My completion target for the draft, as you mentioned, is early June.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'> Benjamin Fryser<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Senior Cataloger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hebraica Section<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Library of Congress<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> heb-naco-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:heb-naco-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heidi G Lerner<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Heb-NACO] RDA in Israel<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>HI Elhanan,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This is very exciting. I eagerly look forward to seeing your materials and joining the listserv. We hope to also complete the draft version of the RDA update to Paul Maher's Hebraica Cataloging by the beginning of June.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sincerely, HEidi<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center id=zwchr></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>"Elhanan Adler" <<a href="mailto:elhanana@savion.huji.ac.il">elhanana@savion.huji.ac.il</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Hebrew Name Authority Funnel" <<a href="mailto:heb-naco@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">heb-naco@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, February 20, 2014 2:45:26 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Heb-NACO] RDA in Israel<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'>Shalom all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'>a few items which you may find of interest:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'>The Israeli academic libraries will begin full-RDA original cataloging soon and you should be seeing Israeli RDA records in Worldcat around May or June.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'>The Israeli inter-university cataloging committee has just opened a listserv on implementation of RDA in Israel. If anyone would like to join, sign up at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://listserv.tau.ac.il/cgi-bin/wa?A0=IL-LIBRARIES-RDA" target="_blank">http://listserv.tau.ac.il/cgi-bin/wa?A0=IL-LIBRARIES-RDA</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'>Rochelle Kedar (Bar-Ilan U.) and I are writing a new book "Omanut ha-kitlug" (the art of cataloging) which is based on RDA and Israeli best-practices as decided by the universities cataloging committee. It is an open-access e-book. The book is a work in progress and not all chapters are complete but you are welcome to view it at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/Hebrew/infochannels/librarians/Cataloging_Art/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/Hebrew/infochannels/librarians/Cataloging_Art/Pages/default.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'>The site of the Inter-University Cataloging Committee contains many materials relating to RDA in Israel:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/Hebrew/infochannels/librarians/cataloging_committee/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/Hebrew/infochannels/librarians/cataloging_committee/Pages/default.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'>Riny Goldsmith and I plan to be at the AJL conference in June and will be glad to discuss RDA developments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'>Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Elhanan</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Elhanan Adler </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:elhanana@savion.huji.ac.il">elhanana@savion.huji.ac.il</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Mobile tel.: 972-54-6829657</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Tel. (home) 972-2-6515977</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Fax (home): 972-2-6517129</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL><span dir=LTR style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Heb-naco mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Heb-naco@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">Heb-naco@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/heb-naco">https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/heb-naco</a><span lang=HE dir=RTL><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Heidi G. Lerner<br>Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica<br>Metadata Development Unit<br>Stanford University Libraries<br>Stanford, CA 94305-6004<br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:lerner@stanford.edu">lerner@stanford.edu</a><br>ph: 650-725-9953<br>fax: 650-725-1120<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>