[Heb-NACO] [ha-Safran] update from the AJL RAS cataloging committee

[Michelle Chesner]

Thank you, Jerry Ann!

Michelle

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 10:01 AM Dickel, Geraldine <
geraldine.dickel at yale.edu> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> Here is an update from the meeting of the AJL RAS Cataloging committee:
>
>
>
>    1. Rav Milim (online) and Morfix (online) are now authorized sources
>    of romanization of Hebrew words not found in Even-Shoshan.  The most recent
>    edition of Even-Shoshan remains our primary source for romanization.  Rav
>    Milim and Morfix are two different interfaces to the same database so there
>    should be no conflict between the two.  Rav Milim is by subscription and
>    Morfix is free.
>    2. We will Romanized דיט as deṭ, following the rule in our cataloging
>    manual that states that a yod is only Romanized as a consonant when
>    followed by a vowel (*HCM* p. 19).
>    3. We will Romanize unvocalized ברסלב as Braslav, from this point
>    forward.  We will not go back and “fix” earlier records lest we
>    inadvertently make the mistake of incorrectly changing the romanization of
>    a vocalized ברסלב.
>    4. In the case of a vocalized Tetragrammaton (yod-heh-vav-heh), best
>    practices will be as follows:
>       1. If it is vocalized with the vowels for Adonai or Elohim, we will
>       Romanize according to the vowels, i.e., Adonai or Elohim. The cataloger has
>       the option of adding a 500 note stating that the tetragrammaton is
>       vocalized.
>       2. If it is vocalized with patah and segol we will romanize it as
>       Yahṿeh.
>
> Note: this is a statement of best practices, not a rule.  We should follow
> this practice in the OCLC master record, but each cataloger has the option
> to make a different choice in their library’s local catalog based on what
> would be best for their library and their library users.
>
>    1. Haim Gottschalk will be leading a project to write a Hebrew grammar
>    for catalogers.
>    2. We will continue to hold off on major editing of our Hebraica
>    catalog manual until it becomes clearer how LC and PCC will handle updated
>    RDA.
>    3. My term as chair of the committee has come to an end, and I am very
>    happy that Heidi Lerner is now our chair.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jerry Anne
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