[Heb-NACO] Milon Ariel

[Neil Manel Frau-Cortes]

I understand your position, but I don't totally agree. There are circumstances when users need to search the catalog using the Romanization (for instance, they can be at the library sitting at a station not configured to type in Hebrew). If not user-friendly, Romanization should at least aim to be discoverable and logical, which may call for certain simplification within scientific standards. Otherwise it may end up serving the need of catalogers, not of users.


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

From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+nfrau=umd.edu at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Kuperman, Aaron
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:11 AM
To: 'Hebrew Name Authority Funnel'
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Milon Ariel

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

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/heb-naco/attachments/20150728/8b8c4f05/attachment.html>