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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Dear Collective Wisdom, I’m writing to inquire as to what other institutions do for captions in holdings and item records, either in the cases of multi-vol. sets or for serials:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">When a multi-vol. set has
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:KO">ספר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><span dir="LTR"></span>,</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:KO">כרך</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:JA">
</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:JA"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">or</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:KO">חלק</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA">
</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">as the volume designation, are those captions (in the language of the work) retained
in the 866, or do people translate to English (i.e., the language of the cataloging agency, v. or vol.)? If you keep the Hebrew, do you abbreviate (e.g., s./k./ḥ.1-3) or spell it out (e.g., sefer/kerekh/ḥeleḳ 1-3)?<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">If a multi-vol. set lacks a caption, is a caption provided in the holdings/item record in English (e.g., v.1) or in Hebrew (e.g. sefer/kerekh/ḥeleḳ 1), or is no caption
assigned? <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">If a multi-vol., multi-part set lacks a caption (or only assigns a caption to the first level of enumeration, e.g.
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:KO">ספר א:2</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><span dir="LTR"></span>), is a caption provided for the sake of clarity? If so,
is the caption in English (e.g., v.1:pt.2) or in Hebrew (e.g. sefer 1:ḥeleḳ 2)? Or something else? (sefer 1:2 or sefer 1:pt.2)<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">If a serial issue has the caption
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:KO">מס'</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><span dir="LTR"></span>, do you retain that in the holdings/item record (mis.), or change
to English (no.)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">If seasons are included the serial caption, do you retain that in the holdings/item record, or change them to the corresponding English seasons?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks for your time and input. Best wishes, 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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