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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Hi Jasmin,</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Please see my comments below. Hope it helps. Best, Heidi</p>
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<p>Heidi G. Lerner</p>
<p>Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica</p>
<p>Metadata Dept.</p>
<p>Stanford University Libraries</p>
<p>Stanford, CA 94305-6004</p>
<p>ph: 650-725-9953</p>
<p>fax: 650-725-1120</p>
<p>e-mail: lerner@stanford.edu</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Heb-naco <heb-naco-bounces+lerner=stanford.edu@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Shinohara, Jasmin <jshino@pobox.upenn.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Heb-NACO] captions</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="">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:</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style=""><span style="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="">When a multi-vol. set has
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ספר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style=""><span dir="LTR"></span>,</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">כרך</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="">or</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">חלק</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="">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></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">We </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">use <b><i>We use the language that the captions on the resource are presented in (in our case usually but not always Hebrew. We abbreviate captions according to the list approved abbreviations
in RDA Appendix B.</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style=""><span style="">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="">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? We are always required
to use a default of "v." on our item records if no captions are presented on the resource or are implied (by use of brackets) in the 505 Contents note in the bib record.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style=""><b><i>If IfIf no captions are provided either in the resource or bib record, we do not supply captions in the MARC Holdings.</i></b><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style=""><span style="">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="">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"">ספר א:2</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style=""><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></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">Her<b><i>Here at SUL we would not provide a caption for the 2nd level of enumeration if not is present in the resource in the MARC Holdings, AKA, Sefer 1:2</i></b></span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt;"><i> </i></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style=""><span style="">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="">If a serial issue has the caption
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">מס'</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style=""><span dir="LTR"></span>, do you retain that in the holdings/item record (mis.), or change to English (no.)? </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">Ke<b><i>eKeep it "mis."</i></b></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="">Kep</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style=""><span style="">5.<span style="font-variant: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b style=""><i>
</i></b></span></span></span><b><i><span dir="LTR"></span></i></b><span style=""><b><i>If seasons are included the serial caption, do you retain that in the holdings/item record, or change them to the corresponding English seasons? We retain the name in the
language as it appears on the serial.</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Many thanks for your time and input. Best wishes, Jasmin</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Jasmin Shinohara</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Hebraica Cataloging Librarian</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">3420 Walnut Street</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">T. 215-746-6397</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">F. 215-573-9610</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">jshino@upenn.edu</p>
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