Quoting rp braunov <[email protected]>:

>
> Another problem I've seen is, that it's not clear how to write, e.g. in
> kyrillic letters if the original title is in that language or in
> transcribed latin letters? Example: There is a book taken from the library
> of congress (
> http://openlibrary.org/works/OL16234335W/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%90%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8)
> where
> the title was transcribed into latin letters. I've changed this into
> kyrillic.

rp,

Before Unicode was available, libraries in the US transliterated all  
non-latin scripts into a standard latin-ized equivalent. That is why  
you see the latin letters in the title. It would be good to keep both  
versions in the record, perhaps with the latin-ized one as an "added  
title" since some people are accustomed to search for them in that  
way. Also, since many searchers will have latin-only keyboards, they  
can do a search for "Voina i mir" but they could not search on the  
kyrillic characters.

> Next problem: the German edition is printed in 2 volumes. I've
> added them as two editions of that one book?! Not very good/logic, I think.

Works printed in multiple volumes should be a single edition. In the  
pagination field you can put "2 v." Here's an example:

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL14017106M/Krieg_und_Frieden

That way the edition page represents the whole thing. There are still  
questions about how to handle tables of contents that go across  
volumes, but it's a known problem.

kc

>
> I hope for some clarification  and help.
>
> Kind regards
> R. P. Braunov
>



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