AJL RAS CatCom agenda items

Dear colleagues, If you have agenda items to contribute to the AJL RAS catalog committee meeting, could you please email them to Jasmin and me? Jasmin has kindly offered to help organize/facilitate this meeting as I've been on special assignment at Yale for the past few months. FWIW, a whil

[Fwd: [nonenglishaccess] Call for Nominations]

Dear colleagues, Any thoughts on nominations from within the AJL community? Or is one of us already involved at some level? Thanks. Daniel Original Message Subject:[nonenglishaccess] Call for Nominations Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:36:52 -0600 From: MAGDA EL-SHER

RAS Cat Committee 2008 meeting schedule

bwiki.com/Agenda+June+2008. Just click the "Edit page" button toward the top, and add text the way you would in MS Word or WordPerfect. Thanks! --Daniel Chair, RAS Cataloging Committee Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog & Metadata Services Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520

RAS Cat Committee 2008 meeting schedule

rascat.pbwiki.com/Agenda+June+2008. Just click the "Edit page" button toward the top, and add text the way you would in MS Word or WordPerfect. Thanks! --Daniel Chair, RAS Cataloging Committee Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog & Metadata Services Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520

Fwd: [RDA-L] Outcomes of the October 2007 Joint Steering Committee meeting

Web site. New sections of RDA will be issued for review in December 2007. John Attig for the Joint Steering Committee Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog & Metadata Services Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: display of brackets, paranthesese, etc. in Hebrew script fields in OCLC

nicode Control Characters for Left-to-Right embedding. Sincerely, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Hebraica/Judaica Cataloger Catalog Dept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog & Meta

RE: Uniform titles and dates

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel Lovins Sent: Mon, August 20, 2007 12:59 PM To: heb-naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu; heb-naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Joan Biella Subject: RE: Uniform titles and dates Good point, Joan.

RE: Uniform titles and dates

Good point, Joan. I think part of what is motivating this proposal is that in certain cases the date of publication is so useful and recognizable that it almost functions like an extension of the title. Leah's example was the Amsterdam Haggadah of 1695, where the year carries information usef

Uniform titles and dates

be helpful to add the date and so for that reason, this rule should be optional. Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog & Metadata Services Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Fwd: [ACAT] Non-English Access

rentissues/nonenglishaccess/Non-EnglishReport07.pdf). ALCTS continues to support an e-mail list for discussion of issues related to non-English access. To subscribe see: http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/nonenglishaccess ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association. Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Lead

Re: LC Institutional Records in OCLC?

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Re: Wiki page ...

Sorry about that. Pasword is "cleveland08" / Daniel At 10:40 AM 7/10/2007, Jasmin Nof wrote: we can't get in to edit without a password. do you know what it is? is it the same as our password to the online ajl directory? jasmin Daniel Lovins wrote: Hi Jasmin, Yossi, Nan

Re: Wiki page ...

ttended in the span of 10 days...) thanks, jasmin Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog & Metadata Services Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: RAS Cataloging Committee meeting at convention

ot but it was too late. Not sure why the change was made in the first place, but I'll try to get our old slot back for next year. I'll send out a preliminary agenda for the meeting shortly, and invite you and others to make comments and/or suggestions. Thanks. / Daniel Daniel Lovi

Re: RAS Cataloging Committee meeting at convention

a discussion of the immediate future of Hebrew references in authority records! I'll bring this up at the Sunday meeting. Joan Daniel Lovins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/05/07 10:26 AM >>> Hi Stanley. I'm not sure if anyone responded yet, and I apologize for not doing

Re: RAS Cataloging Committee meeting at convention

and any linked documents that might help you contribute to the discussion. http://www.library.yale.edu/~dlovins/ajl/agenda20070617.html Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog & Metadata Services Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 <mailto:[E

Re: RAS Cataloging Committee meeting at convention

utes from last year (linked to agenda) to be prepared to approve or make corrections when we meet. Also, please print out the agenda itself and any linked documents that might help you contribute to the discussion. http://www.library.yale.edu/~dlovins/ajl/agenda20070617.html Daniel Lovins

Re: RAS Cataloging Committee meeting at convention

y the change was made in the first place, but I'll try to get our old slot back for next year. I'll send out a preliminary agenda for the meeting shortly, and invite you and others to make comments and/or suggestions. Thanks. / Daniel Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog &a

Re: RAS Cataloging Committee meeting at convention

vention has the meeting scheduled for 9pm Sunday night, as well as for 9:30pm Monday night. Does anybody know when the committee will actually meet? Thank you. -Stanley Nachamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog & Metadata Services Sterling Memorial Library Yale Unive

Re: li-kerat vs. likrat

talog Dept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Daniel Lovins To: <mailto:heb-naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>

Re: li-kerat vs. likrat

19 fax: 416-978-1667 or 416-946-0635 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

RE: AJL 2007 call for speakers / non-roman practices

ew grammar are particularly welcome this year, I'd like to know about any cataloging-related topics on your mind. Also: I'm gathering my notes from last month's ALA meeting so I can send you an update on RDA, etc. More on this soon. Daniel Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Cat

AJL 2007 call for speakers

Dear group, I'm still looking for one or two additional panelists for the cataloging session at AJL 2007. While topics dealing with Romanization and Hebrew grammar are particularly welcome this year, I'd like to know about any cataloging-related topics on your mind. Also: I'm gathering my not

Re: Fw: [RDA-L] Outcomes of October 2006 JSC meeting]

be a revised chapter 3 in early 2007. Nathalie Schulz Secretary, JSC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: Uniform Titles for Bible (5JSC/LC/8)

Thanks very much, Lenore. I'll try to get a new report draft up quickly that will include yours and others' recent comments. And I'll add the various points that have been made to Confluence over the weekend.. Daniel At 12:02 PM 8/25/2006, Lenore Bell wrote: Hi Daniel, I think you raise excellen

Re: Uniform Titles for Bible (5JSC/LC/8)

posal, since the other two were relatively minor (e.g., substituting abbreviated forms with spelled-out forms). I would like to get an up or down vote from each committee member so I can speak on behalf the full committee. If there turns out not to be a consensus--or even majority opinion--I ca

RE: Uniform Titles for Bible (5JSC/LC/8)

-- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Lovins Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 5:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Rettberg, Dan; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Rabenstein,

Re: Uniform Titles for Bible (5JSC/LC/8)

rom each committee member so I can speak on behalf the full committee. If there turns out not to be a consensus--or even majority opinion--I can indicate this in the report too. I also very much value input from those not on the committee. Thanks for your interest. Daniel --

Uniform Titles for Bible (5JSC/LC/8)

out not to be a consensus--or even majority opinion--I can indicate this in the report too. I also very much value input from those not on the committee. Thanks for your interest. Daniel --- Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial

Uniform Titles for Bible

ok forward to hearing back from you. Sincerely, Daniel Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231 Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterli

Uniform Titles for Bible

at not everyone is able to read email with embedded HTML, so I'll try to provide the URLs in plain text from now on (i.e., rather than just redirecting through hyperlinks). Daniel Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240

Bibliography of Hebrew Book (Letter of support)

I know Elhanan is anxious to hear back from us, so please let me know what you think (and/or cast your vote) as soon as possible. Thanks for your help. Daniel Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 [EMAIL PROTE

agenda20060413

documents.  Looking forward to seeing you in Cambridge Daniel http://www.library.yale.edu/~dlovins/ajl/agenda20060618.html Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: Proposal for AJL letter on LC SARs decision

st part continues to play -- in all aspects of the library profession. We hope you will reconsider your decision on series authority control, and we look forward to many future years of fruitful collaborative efforts. Thank you for your consideration. Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Cata

Re: Proposal for AJL letter on LC SARs decision

Lenore, I'm convinced now too. Thanks for reinforcing Caroline's point. Also, as suggested by Caroline, I've added some language about AJL and Non-Roman script-specific concerns (see revised draft below). I tried including a specific example, but found it was too hard to represent no

Re: Proposal for AJL letter on LC SARs decision

materials. Using keyword searching to access series data in these materials will be either severely limited or impossible. Caroline Miller (voicing her own personal opinion; not speaking for UCLA or for the PCC) --On Friday, June 02, 2006 1:28 PM -0400 Daniel Lovins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Proposal for AJL letter on LC SARs decision

Dear colleagues, I've made some changes to the draft based on your very thoughtful comments and suggestions. Before this kind of letter can be sent, the AJL Council would need to agree with its contents and sign off on it. Considering that we're in the midst of Shavuot, and many AJL members

Re: Fw: Africans Librarians Counceil letter sent to LC re SARs decision

Dear colleagues, Here is a second attempt at an open letter from AJL. Very interested in your feedback. Thanks. Daniel Dear Director Wiggins, We are deeply concerned by the decision of the Library of Congress (LC) to discontinue creation of series authority records (SARs) effective June 1,

Re: Fw: Africans Librarians Counceil letter sent to LC re SARs decision

man > intervention. Indeed, it is precisely through excessive and repetitive > editing and redundant record creation that the cataloging costs are > driven upwards, and is precisely by cutting back on standards that we > undermine data integrity and interoperability for our libraries and &g

Re: Fw: Africans Librarians Counceil letter sent to LC re SARs decision

recisely by cutting back on standards that we undermine data integrity and interoperability for our libraries and patrons. We thank you for your consideration. Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: Fw: Africans Librarians Counceil letter sent to LC re SARs decision

r Head, Monographic Cataloging and Authority/Database Maintenance Sections UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center Charles E. Young Research Library [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: Fw: Africans Librarians Counceil letter sent to LC re SARs decision

ant record creation that the cataloging costs are driven upwards, and is precisely by cutting back on standards that we undermine data integrity and interoperability for our libraries and patrons. We thank you for your consideration. Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: Fw: Africans Librarians Counceil letter sent to LC re SARs decision

Dear Safranim, I realize there may not be concensus on this issue (I read, e.g., Sara Spiegel's thoughtful email this morning, and just now saw the ARL statement in support of LC's decision), but I'd still like to propose sending a letter of concern from AJL (at least the Cataloging Committee?

Re: Original language of Mendele's "Binyamin ha-shelishi"

iversity Press, c1996. (1st edition: New York, Schocken Books [1973].) Zachary Baker Stanford University Libraries Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Original language of Mendele's "Binyamin ha-shelishi"

e do the best we can, following conventions based on the romanizations Weinreich does provide--which give us seyfer, koydesh (subscript dot under the k), milhomeh (subscript dot under the first h), zikhroynes (acute accent on the s), and so forth. Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: problem in RLIN21 with Unicode control characters

ept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]         Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: Fw: [PCCLIST] Proposal to allow the addition of dates to established personal name headings

of LCRI >22.17 that requires all new headings to have dates added when these are >readily available). Note that catalogers would not be required to add >dates to existing personal name headings (other than to resolve conflicts) >but may exercise judgment and add the date or dates if these are judg

Re: Fw: [PCCLIST] Proposal to allow the addition of dates to established personal name headings

.252.2082 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: Agenda for R&S Cataloging Meeting

a nonpublic Unicode version of its database, and I could look at some copycat records in it and draw some conclusions, but I won't take the time unless I'm asked to do it.  Could you explain in more detail what sorts of things you would look for?  Are you thinking of how dates of birth and death in headings/references display, for example? Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: Agenda for R&S Cataloging Meeting

now if there are other agenda items that should be discussed. Thanks, Heidi Lerner (Chair: R&S Cataloging Committee) Heidi G. Lerner Hebraica/Judaica Cataloger Catalog Dept. Stanford Univ. Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: 650-725-9953 fax:650-725-1120 Daniel Lo

Re: yod'e binah/yod'e vinah

mmar? > E.g., I recently came across the title of a journal entitled Yod'e > vinah. The phrase is taken from the verse in I Chronicles 12:32 umi-Bene > Yisakhar yod'e vinah la-itim. > > I found a few clusters in RLIN under Yod'e binah, none under Yod'e vinah. > >

Re: u-fo'etit or u-poetit

am guessing "u-po'etit" but would like to hear from others. Thanks, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Hebraica/Judaica Cataloger Catalog Dept. Stanford Univ. Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: 650-725-9953 fax:650-725-1120 Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog

Re: [rlg-jewish-middle-east-studies] RLIN21 Bidirectionality Guidelines for Arabic- and Hebrew-Script

ter the end of the left-to-right string. Note that left-to-right *text* strings within a right-to-left field do not need Unicode formatting control characters to display correctly unless the left-to-right text begins with numbers. If you have any questions about applying these guidelines, pleas

Re: *Tenth* of Av? (Karaite fast day)--SACO proposals

s that any cataloger who is affiliated with a BIBCO- or NACO-program at their institution may contribute headings without undergoing specialized training. If anyone has more updated information, or I am wrong, please let me me know. Thank you, Heidi Lerner At 11:27 AM 10/14/2004 -0700, you wrote:

Re: *Tenth* of Av? (Karaite fast day)

ded there -- an indication of the Karaites' integration into Israeli society. Zachary Baker Stanford University Libraries Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: *Tenth* of Av? (Karaite fast day)

es the Karaite observance on its own terms? Incidentally, while we're on the topic, is there resource anywhere on cataloging Karaitic works? I'll check the index to Judaica Librarianship, since maybe articles have been written on the subject, but please let me know if you think of something off

*Tenth* of Av? (Karaite fast day)

ing Karaitic works? I'll check the index to Judaica Librarianship, since maybe articles have been written on the subject, but please let me know if you think of something off the top of your head. Thanks for your help. Daniel Daniel Lovins Hebraica Team Leader Catalog Department Sterling Memorial

Re: Biographical information on Haim Beer?

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/jewish/jewish.html Daniel Lovins Hebraica Catalog Librarian and Team Leader Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Biographical information on Haim Beer?

sn't have a subscription. There's a translation by Barbara Harshav of Be'er's novel Havalim with a 14 page introduction, where I figured I'd find some biographical information, but Yale's copy is regrettably missing from the shelf. Any suggestions? THanks! Daniel Da

Re: Question about proposal to treat "Kuntres, etc." like "Sefer"

;.   Is my understanding and application of this rule accurate?  If so, what is Paul Maher's reasoning for stating that a uniform title is used? (For the purposes of creating card indexes, I imagine.)  Am I alone in not creating uniform titles in this case or do others also not create them? Daniel Lovins Hebraica Catalog Librarian and Team Leader Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: RLIN cataloging

725-1120 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]         Daniel Lovins Hebraica Catalog Librarian and Team Leader Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231

Re: Psalms af Yidish

at is how the matter gets adjudicated (a choice would I >have?). But if "'Tilim' it has to be," then what is the justification for >including the silent "he" at the end of "milhomeh," "mayseh," "hokhmeh," >etc.? You won't find tha

Re: Psalms af Yidish

ot;milhomeh," "mayseh," "hokhmeh," etc.? You won't find that letter in Weinreich's transcriptions of these and analogous words. Zachary Baker Daniel Lovins Hebraica Catalog Librarian and Team Leader Sterling Memorial Library Yale University PO Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 tel: 203/432-1707 fax: 203/432-7231