I agree with Joan. With the application of non-roman references in authority records on the horizon, it is not practicable to consider standardizing our current (but likely-soon-to-be-phased-out) approach to parallel fields in bib records.
Lenore >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/30/05 1:42 PM >>> The awkwardness of changing keyboards and text direction made adding dates to headings undesirable for LC in RLIN Terminal for Windows days. It's much easier to achieve good-looking results in RLIN21. However, I for one would not be pleased to suddenly be "required" to add something to headings that folks have gotten along without in my cataloging for some 23 years. Let's hope the subject becomes moot when nonroman references are added to authority records, not shoehorned into parallel fields in bib records. Joan >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/30/05 1:22 PM >>> As OCLC is beginning with implementation of Hebrew records - I am getting to see more practices by other libraries as they deal with Hebrew headings. In one case I saw LC's record (LCCN 2005352261) with a romanized heading for Kadish, Alon, 1950- (NAR n 82033529) but the parallel Hebrew script heading does not have the birth date attached. Could we agree that if there is a date in the romanized heading - we will apply it also to the Hebrew heading? Yossi
