A brief update before my question: I have left my position as cataloger at the Jewish Theological Seminary and am now working as a cataloger at <http://www.ccsu.edu\>Central Connecticut State University. Regretfully, I am no longer cataloging Hebraica/Judaica exclusively. However, I do intend to maintain a presence on Hasafran.
Now my question: I am cataloging a book titled, "Al Qaeda in Europe : the new battleground of international jihad / Lorenzo Vidino.". I found copy for this book on OCLC and as I began updating my library's holdings I noticed that the second indicator in the 245 field was set to zero. As I am sure you may be aware, the Arabic word "al-" is a definite article and when an article--be it definite or indefinite--appears as the first word of a title in a 245 field, we set the second indicator to skip over that word. Yet, in searching OCLC for other titles that began with the words "al-Qaeda", I found not a single record that skipped over the "al-". Should all of these records be changed or is there something that I'm missing? Steven P.S. For a nifty article about the word "al-" see <http://www.slate.com/id/2144707/>http://www.slate.com/id/2144707/ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Steven Bernstein Assistant Catalog Librarian Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley Street New Britain, Connecticut 06050 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ PHONE: (860) 832-2079 FAX: (860) 832-3409 E-MAIL: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
