[Heb-NACO] Milon Ariel

[Kuperman, Aaron]

Systematic romanization isn't supposed to be user friendly.   Users who can read a language read it in the original script.  Just ask yourself how often you've read something in  English written with Hebrew letters.  The library Romanization system was designed as a work around of library catalogs being unable to process non-Roman characters  We probably could save a lot of time and money if we went back to the way LC Romanization worked 40 years ago (245 $a and the 1xx/7xx headings - but not the rest of the description).

Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section.
This is not an official communication from my employer


From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Neil Manel Frau-Cortes
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 8:13 AM
To: Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Milon Ariel

Has there ever been a user survey to see how effective and user-friendly is this Romanization system?


Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D.
Judaica, Hebraica and Metadata Cataloger
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone (301) 405-9337
nfrau at umd.edu

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