Hi Margo, and any others who are seeing dots before their eyes: This heading was established in 1943, well before the advent of AACR2 rules, the current Hebrew romanization table, or the English *Encyclopaedia Judaica*. It was derived from the name given to this author in *The Jewish Encyclopedia" (1916 edition), an authoritative English-language reference source at the time. The encyclopedia gives the mark that looks like an umlaut (it's called a "diaeresis") over the "i" in "Meir," so that's what went into the heading.
Perhaps you cannot see it in your catalog, but there is a 952 note in the authority record saying "RETRO," which means that the heading was not reformulated by AACR2 rules when they became available. Joan Biella Hebraica Team Library of Congress 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
