Quoting Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér <[email protected]>: I am now > merging some various author variations of Gogol, but: Should some kind > of detail not reflect the particular spelling applied in the individual > book?
In library data, the odd field called "statement of responsibility" transcribes the author exactly as it appears on the title page of the book. So if you are making changes on an edition and turn on "Librarian Mode", at the bottom you will see a box for a "By statement" e.g. "by Nikolai Gogol" [1]. That's where you can put the name as it appears on the book, if you wish. kc [1] I couldn't find an example for Gogol, but go to this page: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL1270769M/The_tortilla_curtain/edit and click on "turn on librarian mode" and you'll see what I mean. Note that it is used by libraries even when the name is the same, but you probably won't want to bother unless the name is different. > As I was trained in Russian at university, I personally learned the > depths of frustration that transliteration issues can bring one to. > There are varying conventions in every country, and often several over > the course of time. > Please advise? > Also, I came across two empty entities as well, > http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL4020164A/Nikolaij_Gogol and > http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3374482A/Nicholai_Gogol - these should > just be nominated for deletion. > > Sincerely, > Morten > __ > Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér > http://syntaktisk.dk * [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
