[Heb-NACO] A question re. the draft of Hebraica Cataloging

[Kuperman, Aaron]

1. What does romanization have to do with anything in this case.  The rules for parallel title apply whether in the original script field (an 880 as we now do them) or the 245 field.

2. I’m not sure how correct the material in the manual is as of today both in terms of order (PSD seems to keep changing its mind) and what qualifies as a “parallel title”, as opposed to other title information found in the work.  For example, if the title in Roman script is not a translation of the Hebrew title, is it a “parallel title”?

Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section.
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From: heb-naco-bounces+akup=loc.gov at lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+akup=loc.gov at lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Robert M. TALBOTT
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Subject: [Heb-NACO] A question re. the draft of Hebraica Cataloging

Good people of the Heb-NACO-sphere:

As I've been reviewing the draft of the HC RDA, something keeps popping up with regard to the structure of 245's with parallel titles, to wit:

A. p.43  Emek ha-shaveh = $b Emek hashave : mahzor shirim

structurally, that's 245##$a [romanized] = $b [parallel $a] : [romanized sub title]

I've seen this construction before and it has pleased me not one bit, and I doubt that I'm alone.

A formulation that I like much better because it more closely approximates my algebraic approach to cataloging:

B 245## Emek ha-shaveh : $b mahzor shirim = Emek hashave*

The Bob-pleasing structure is

245## [$a romanized] : [$b rom. sub.] = [parallel of $a]*

My questions:

1) Is structure A endorsed anywhere in RDA explicitly?

2) Is the choice of structures a matter of cataloger's judgement?

*I'll have you know that I would shamelessly include the parallel sub-title as well.

B
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