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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Collective Wisdom,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Several of you have holdings on the records for the titles Sefer ʻalaṭah (ocn 881168787) and Tsurat ʻatid (ocn 972489390). You may or may not have noticed that the t.p., t.p. verso, spine and cover have a big black dot in the place of
an author’s name – that’s his symbolic pseudonym. (Surrogates attached for reference.) As per the DCMZ1 and BIBCO participant’s manual, “NARs are not made for personal names when the only clue to the person’s identity is a non-alphabetic or nonnumeric device,
topical subject headings, or geographic features.” (The <a href="http://uli.nli.org.il/F/GFQGAEA68TJPI42GD9R79VXIMBCXIU311G84EXD1R2YTRGKSJL-44053?func=find-acc&acc_sequence=010494230">
NLI</a> has disregarded this instruction and has him established as ·, with cross references from
<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">מחבר ספר עלטה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,
<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">נקודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and
<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">נקדה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nevertheless, I would think that there should be some representation in at least the descriptive fields, lest it appear as though it’s a compiled work with just an editor. Per the LC-PCC PS on 1.7.5 (Symbols) section 4, I have changed the
24500 from<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tsurat ʻatid = ǂb Future tense / ǂc ʻorekhet ha-sefer, Naʻamah Tsal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">צורת עתיד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> = ǂb Future tense / ǂc [<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">נקודה] ; עורכת
הספר, נעמה צאל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tsurat ʻatid = ǂb Future tense / ǂc [Neḳudah] ; ʻorekhet ha-sefer, Naʻamah Tsal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and added an explanatory 500:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the title page the author pseudonym appears as a black dot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(with similar changes to the bib for Sefer ʻalaṭah).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I do wonder, though, since the middle dot does appear in OCLC’s character menu (titled “dot in center of line”), i.e., it IS “represented in the character set” (LC-PCC PS) / and CAN “be reproduced by the facilities available” (RDA), should
I not transcribe it as is (as the <a href="http://primo.nli.org.il/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=NLI&docId=NNL_ALEPH003961242">
NLI</a> has done):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">צורת עתיד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> = ǂb Future tense / ǂc · ;
<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">עורכת הספר, נעמה צאל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tsurat ʻatid = ǂb Future tense / ǂc · ; ʻorekhet ha-sefer, Naʻamah Tsal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What think you all?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Jasmin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jasmin Shinohara<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hebraica Cataloging Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Pennsylvania<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3420 Walnut Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">T. 215-746-6397<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">F. 215-573-9610<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">jshino@upenn.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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