The new Toolkit is deliberately vague because the RSC is trying to move content which is biased in favor of a specific religion/cultural group out of the basic Toolkit and into the Resources tab. We know that religious works is an area which does require guidelines in the basic Toolkit, but at the same time, as part of the internationalization effort, we will be convening a working group to look what is common to all and what (like the old Christian lists of Books of the Bible) needs to be moved to Resources. We hope to come up with guidelines which serves catalogers working with a variety of religious works without the overtly Christian bias of previous Anglo-American cataloging rules.
- Ahava [cid:image001.jpg@01D6F360.6E918990]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.nli.org.il/__;!!KGKeukY!jA4lVQC-yHlWJggqS3ZsPa2mmDDb8Lg-8DaZSqiNljcMAWZh8exIYKZ5-1QrXYd32hIZ$ > Dr. Ahava Cohen |Head Hebrew Catalogue Department Mobile: +972-54-549-3644 Tel.: +972-74-733-6231 The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem ahava.co...@nli.org.il<mailto:ahava.co...@nli.org.il> | https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.nli.org.il__;!!KGKeukY!jA4lVQC-yHlWJggqS3ZsPa2mmDDb8Lg-8DaZSqiNljcMAWZh8exIYKZ5-1QrXfp5XxCQ$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/Pages/default.aspx__;!!KGKeukY!jA4lVQC-yHlWJggqS3ZsPa2mmDDb8Lg-8DaZSqiNljcMAWZh8exIYKZ5-1QrXaj4Q-i0$ > [cid:image002.png@01D6F360.6E918990]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.facebook.com/NationalLibraryIsrael__;!!KGKeukY!jA4lVQC-yHlWJggqS3ZsPa2mmDDb8Lg-8DaZSqiNljcMAWZh8exIYKZ5-1QrXfZ_6blG$ > [cid:image003.png@01D6F360.6E918990] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.youtube.com/user/NLI2010/featured__;!!KGKeukY!jA4lVQC-yHlWJggqS3ZsPa2mmDDb8Lg-8DaZSqiNljcMAWZh8exIYKZ5-1QrXQgv1rQh$ > [cid:image004.png@01D6F360.6E918990] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://instagram.com/nli_israel__;!!KGKeukY!jA4lVQC-yHlWJggqS3ZsPa2mmDDb8Lg-8DaZSqiNljcMAWZh8exIYKZ5-1QrXboQTK1Q$ > [cid:image005.png@01D6F360.6E918990] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.flickr.com/photos/64126959@N03/collections/__;!!KGKeukY!jA4lVQC-yHlWJggqS3ZsPa2mmDDb8Lg-8DaZSqiNljcMAWZh8exIYKZ5-1QrXVeMnw62$ > From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+ahava.cohen=nli.org...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi G Lerner via Heb-naco Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 6:27 PM To: Hebrew Name Authority Funnel; rtalb...@library.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Sacred work Hi Bob, Thanks for your response which makes total sense. As a matter of fact, in the new version of the Toolkit the term "Sacred scriptures" does not appear. What we do have is "Religious works" in definitions which is vague. religious work A work that is held sacred by a religion and its followers, or a work that has a direct association with a sacred work. Best, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Metadata Dept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail: ler...@stanford.edu ________________________________ From: Robert M. TALBOTT <rtalb...@library.berkeley.edu> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 7:51 AM To: Heidi G Lerner <ler...@stanford.edu>; Hebrew Name Authority Funnel <heb-naco@lists.osu.edu> Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Sacred work Hi Heidi: Outside of the obvious sacred works, I think it's up to the individual library to decide what gets treated as a sacred work and what doesn't since there isn't an official list. For my money, the Zohar is not a sacred text. Important, intriguing, wrapped in mystery and goof-ball Aramaic, and unmistakably one of Judaism's greatest hits, yes, but not sacred in a global sense the way the Bible, the Mishnah, the Talmud et al. are. LC agrees. Do a subject search in LC's catalog under "zohar" and you'll discover that there are 265 instances of 63000 Zohar and only one 63000 Zohar $v Commentaries. Still, we live in an age of "do what you feel" so whatever you decide is best for your library is in fact best for your library. My two cents. Bob On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 8:47 PM Heidi G Lerner via Heb-naco <heb-naco@lists.osu.edu<mailto:heb-naco@lists.osu.edu>> wrote: Hi all, I have a question: for purposes of correct application of LC Subject Heading Manual and RDA, is the Zohar considered a Sacred work. Thanks , Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Metadata Dept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail: ler...@stanford.edu<mailto:ler...@stanford.edu> _______________________________________________ Heb-naco mailing list Heb-naco@lists.osu.edu<mailto:Heb-naco@lists.osu.edu> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/heb-naco -- Bob Talbott Hebraica cataloger/Curatorial Assistant to the Judaica Collection UC Berkeley 250 Moffitt Berkeley, CA 94720 Lue musaraba shu biburueada Bilgameshe nam habadabkure.
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