[Heb-NACO] Use of email form of name?

[Kuperman, Aaron]

We have a different catalogue code now, and more importantly, we can easily find online resources that reflect the Romanization that the author uses in “real life”.  So why even consider making up a fictitious Romanized form (which is what systematic Romanization is - metadata invented by catalogers that no user would ever think to look under), when we can find the form of name the author actually uses and is likely to be look under.  Virtually all authors currently writing in Hebrew script also use Roman script, and they therefore have a Romanized form they actually use, and in many if not most cases it is quite different than what LC Romanization assigns to them.

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


From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+akup=loc.gov at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi G Lerner
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 11:11 AM
To: Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Use of email form of name?


Hi Rachel,



This question has come up before.  Here is a communication from  Hebnaco 2004:



I asked CPSO about this and here is the discouraging reply (plus my

query).  But still I think they can be helpful in cases like the one

Yossi cited--to justify a romanization--and maybe in others.  --Joan



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No, I don't think I can quite swallow a name in an email address to

justify a non-roman script heading when there is a Hebrew script form on

the chief source. (Email addresses don't always really convey a person's

preferred form--mine certainly doesn't!)

--Diane



>>> Joan C Biella 3/11/2004 4:12:59 PM >>>

According to LCRI 22.3C, a prominent roman-script form of name in a

Hebrew or Yiddish book can be used as a heading.  Do you think a name in

an e-mail address qualifies?  For example, would an e-mail address of

the form [EMAIL PROTECTED] justify creating a heading "Lovins,

Daniel"?  Or how about [EMAIL PROTECTED] that justify a

heading "Biella, J."?  (I'm assuming that these forms would be

compatible with the Hebrew-script forms of name on the chief sources.)

Thank you for your thoughts about this.

Joan



There have been other discussions of this nature I believe on PCClist and also within my own unit.





The key thing that was noted is that a form of a name found partly or fully in an email cannot be used as a preferred form of a heading although it may help in providing vocalization.



best, Heidi



Heidi G. Lerner

Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica

Metadata Dept.

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, CA 94305-6004

ph: 650-725-9953

fax: 650-725-1120

e-mail: lerner at stanford.edu<mailto:lerner at stanford.edu>

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From: Heb-naco <heb-naco-bounces+lerner=stanford.edu at lists.osu.edu<mailto:heb-naco-bounces+lerner=stanford.edu at lists.osu.edu>> on behalf of Rachel Simon <rsimon at Princeton.EDU<mailto:rsimon at Princeton.EDU>>
Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2016 7:02 AM
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Subject: [Heb-NACO] Use of email form of name?


I have a Hebrew book by Dr Eliyahu Lanyado (  ד"ר אליהו לניאדו). There is no explicit Romanized form of his name, but he uses “elilaniado” in his email. Can I establish his name from his email? I couldn’t find him in Facebook, LinkedIn [there is another guy with the same name], etc.



Thanks,



Rachel
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