[Heb-NACO] Obvious error in romanized form of name

[Robert M. TALBOTT]

Thank you, Heidi and Aaron.

Yes, the notion that the "u" might be a legitimate romanization
occurred to me, but it also occured to me that the "u" key is located
between the "y" and "i" keys on the qwerty board, and a typo certainly
seems possible if not likely. Nevertheless, it seems reasonable to
provisionally make the "Levu" form the AAP.

Cheers

Bob

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Heidi G Lerner <lerner at stanford.edu> wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> I agree with Aaron about not second guessing the publisher. I looked at the
> subject headings and catalog record for the "ha-Yasmin ha-ḳadosh " and they
> appear to indicate that the author is Iranian in origin, and that the book
> is an autobiography which might account for the different vocalization of
> the surname. I am not that familiar with all the types of Iranian Jewish
> surnames.
>
> I personally would use the romanized form as found since we do not have any
> concrete evidence that the form is incorrect. Very often found romanizations
> within the resource being cataloged do not match AL/LC systematic
> romanization, but we are told that in the absence of a found romanized form
> in one of the reference sources listed in LC-PCC 9.2.2.5.3 we use the
> romanized form that is found in the resource. And the NAR can always be
> updated later.
>
> You could also contact the publisher to verify the romanized form and change
> the heading after you hopefully receive a response.
> best, Heidi
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Heidi G Lerner" <lerner at stanford.edu>
> To: rtalbott at library.berkeley.edu, "Hebrew Name Authority Funnel"
> <heb-naco at lists.osu.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2015 10:03:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Obvious error in romanized form of name
>
> Hi Bob, could you provide the title of the book?
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Robert M. TALBOTT" <rtalbott at library.berkeley.edu>
> To: "Hebrew Name Authority Funnel" <heb-naco at lists.osu.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2015 9:44:11 AM
> Subject: [Heb-NACO] Obvious error in romanized form of name
>
> Folks:
>
> I encountered a problem this morning.  I have an author whose name
> appears both in Hebrew and in Latin script.  The problem is that the
> romanized form has an obvious error.  In Hebrew, Yaakov Levi but in
> Latin script, Yakov Levu.  I've looked on the web, and I haven't found
> any Latin script versions of his name. So what should the heading be?
>
> A workable solution would be to code the record as provisional and
> make the Hebrew script form of the name the provisional authorized
> access point, but there may be better ways.  Any ideas?
>
> Bob
>
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>
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>
> UC Berkeley
>
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Bob Talbott

Principal cataloger/Hebraica cataloger

UC Berkeley

250 Moffitt

Berkeley, CA 94720

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