Dear colleagues,
I have made some updates to updates to Hebraica Cataloging RDA. As was decided
at the cataloging committee meeting at the AJL conference, I am sending out
these updates in an email. The cataloging manual with these changes can be
seen at https://yale.box.com/s/zzkyse2y5rpx21ucrpsyfcssgyw092sp
The changes are in light blue font.
Best wishes,
Jerry Anne
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Geresh and Gershayim
The geresh and gershayim in a non-roman field often indicate abbreviations.
…
Note that the geresh and the gershayim should be entered in the Hebrew
field using the “w” key on the Hebrew keyboard.
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Foreign Loan Words
The first sheṿa in a foreign loan word with an initial consonantal cluster
is generally treated as a sheṿa naḥ. For correct romanization it is necessary
to consult Even-Shoshan and Alcalay on a case-by-case basis. In the case of
foreign loan words of Latin or Greek origin, Alcalay should not be followed,
and an initial consonantal cluster is treated as a sheva naḥ. These initial
clusters retain the effect of vowel "heightening"--the sheṿa of the prefixes
be-, ke-, and le- becomes a ḥiriḳ: bi-, ki-, li-.
ALA-LC Romanization:
Israel. Lishkah ha-merkazit Ii-sṭaṭisṭiḳah.
ישראל. לשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה.
Universiṭah ha-‘Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim. Makhon li-ḳriminologyah.
אוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים. מכון לקרימינולוגיה
A few loan words are also treated as though exempt from the rules
governing the aspiration/ non-aspiration of b/v, k/kh, and p/f when preceded by
an open syllable.
be-Polin [not: be-Folin] (translation: in Poland)
u-bibliyografyah [not: u-vibliyografyah (translation: and a bibliography)
but:
u-frozah [not: u-prozah]; cf. Even-Shoshan (translation: and prose)
Beginning on page 46, page 48
Date of Publication, Distribution, Etc.
General (2.8.6, 2.9.6, 2.10.6, 2.11.1.3.1)
RDA makes careful distinctions among the date of production, the date of
publication/ distribution, the date of manufacture, and the copyright date. …
…
The date that is printed on the outside cover of books with the Danacode is the
date of the first edition of a book. This date should be used in 264_1 ‡c, in
the absence of an explicit publication date, in preference over a bracketed
date based on copyright data.
[cid:[email protected]]
Section beginning on page 51 – this whole section is new.
2.15.1.4 Recording Identifiers for Manifestations
Danacode<http://www.danacode.com/> is a unique numeric commercial book
identifier used mainly in Israel. Danacode’s 11 digits format is represented
in UPC-A 12 digit barcode label that includes a check digit at its rightmost.
The 11 digits consist of 4 digits Publisher identifier and 7 digits for unique
Publication Identifier for that Publisher. Danacode is recognized and
registered as Standard Identifier Source Code at The Library of Congress.
024
7
003100059961 ‡2 danacode
024
7
315996 ‡2 danacode
Some Israeli publishers put 12 digit catalog numbers where others put the
danacode. Therefore, 12 digit numbers which do not sayדאנא orדאנאקוד
explicitly should be approached with caution.
Section beginning on page 55, addition to page 57 – the addition of śiḥot was
decided on at the cataloging committee meeting.
6.2.2.10.3 Other Compilations of Two or More Works
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The Research Libraries, Archives, and Special Collections (RAS) Cataloging
Committee, Association of Jewish Libraries, in a recent memo to the LC policy
Standards Division, Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA, proposed a
list of Hebrew rabbinic genre terms that roughly correspond to the preferred
English collective titles for compilations of works by a single author
(6.2.2.10.2 and 6.2.2.10.3).[1]
Hebrew Genre Terms
English Genre Equivalents
be’urim, he’arot, heʻarot, perushim
Commentaries. Selections
derashot
Sermons. Selections
devarim, liḳuṭim, peninim
Works. Selections
halakhot
Religious laws. Selections
hidushim
Novellae. Selections
ḳuntresim
Minor works. Selections
ma’amarim
Essays. Selections
mayśes̀, ertseylungn, sipurim
Anecdotes. Selections
pesaḳim
Decisions. Selections
she’elot u-teshuvot, she’elot, shut, teshuvot
Responsa. Selections
shiʻurim
Lectures. Selections
śiḥot
Discourses. Selections
…
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[1] Note: Several library constituencies, including the Research and
Special Libraries Section of AJL, have petitioned the LC Joint Steering
Committee to cease requiring these conventional collective titles for
compilations by a single author. Pending the decision, LIJS/LC always applies
6.2.2.10.2 and 6.2.2.10.3 when appropriate.
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