Kevin said:

>But that is making the assumption that the person using the catalog
>to find the item is fluent in the language of the item.


More common in my experience is someone looking for an item in his/her
first languge, and having difficulty with English.  That's why we add
RVM and Bilendix subject headings to records for French and Spanish
materials. I understood some US libraries were doing that now?


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