some Uk rabbinic headings

[Joan C Biella]

No, that "Uk" is not an adjective--it stands for United Kingdom and can be seen 
in the 040s of headings in the LC/NACO Authority File.

I'm writing to share with you the experience I've had recently with "Uk" 
rabbinic headings.  Some months ago, my attention was drawn to a few with this 
040, the LCCNs of which I can't now recall (or dredge out of my e-mail 
archives).  They were all established according to the form in the Catalogue of 
the Hebrew books in the library of the British Museum (pub. 1867), with no 
citation from the item in hand and no 67X for the Encyclopedia Judaica.

With the help of the Co-op Team, I got in touch with a person in charge of NACO 
submissions in the U.K. and reminded him of LCRI 22.3C on "Names of Persons 
With Surnames Written in the Hebraic Alphabet."  He replied that he would 
remind the U.K. Hebrew catalogers of it.

Recently I stumbled on another of these headings, nb2007026744 (Jehiel Michel 
ben Petahiah, 18th cent.), and asked the Co-op Team what I should do about it.  
Accept it, trusting that no more such headings are being made, or revise it on 
the basis of the item I had in hand?

After some back-and-forthing across oceans, I was told that I could revise such 
headings to make them conform to LCRI 22.3C.

Unfortunately, I had forwarded the book I had by that time, so I haven't 
revised the heading.  But this message to you from me is to give you permission 
to revise any such headings you may find.   

Joan