Dear colleagues, I need advice on how best to record Hebrew signatures in MARC format, on RLIN.
Did anyone notice whether Hebrew signatures (often printed alongside Latin signatures) correspond to Latin signatures, for which Gaskell's rule applies (I=J, U=V, W omitted)? Has anybody suggestions how to record Hebrew signature formulas *without* using Hebrew characters? Suggestion: alef-dalet[uppercase 4], hej-vav[uppercase6] Or should one follow Prijs/Basel, who records Hebrew signatures in Hebrew characters? One can of course enter Hebrew characters on RLIN. But local OPAC's that don't yet display Unicode would probably display much garbled formulas. Thanks in advance for your help. Silke Schaeper Hebraica cataloguer Bodleian Library - Department of Oriental Collections Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG Tel 01865-277 031 Fax 01865-277 029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
