Re: Vacation 7/11-22

2005-07-07 Thread Marlene Schiffman
ENJOY ENORMOUSLY! mrs At 06:31 AM 7/7/2005, you wrote: Maybe this is a good time to tell you that I will be on vacation from August 1st through 16th or 17th! An enormous vacation! Joan >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/06/05 3:50 PM >>> Dear funnel participants, I will be on vacation from July 11-Ju

Re: problem in RLIN 21 with Unicode control characters?

2005-07-14 Thread Marlene Schiffman
I asked Karen Smith Yoshimura about this at the convention.  She called it a "bug." MRS At 11:41 PM 7/13/2005, you wrote:   Dear RLIN 21 catalogers,   Have any of you had the following problem when creating bib records in RLIN 21?   a right-to-left input problem when an initial Unicode control c

Re: [ALA-CCDA:4881] responses to 5JSC/Chair/5, specialrules in Chapter 21

2005-07-18 Thread Marlene Schiffman
I agree with Steven.  If you're going to transcribe the chronogram,it will be pretty much gibberish if you only give the letters that add up.  The other way, at least it's a Biblical verse or whatever.  it might even allude to the subject or the author's name.  That would be a piece of important

Re: adding Hebrew to bib records

2005-07-27 Thread Marlene Schiffman
Our policy is never to "go back." We have enough to deal with going forward. MRS At 02:17 PM 7/26/2005, you wrote: Hello fellow catalogers, Here at Maryland we've just migrated to Connexion 1.4. Now having the ability to input Hebrew, I'm faced with the decision of whether to add Hebrew to

Re: Subject headings help...

2005-07-27 Thread Marlene Schiffman
I have seen records that would classify it under Bible. Deut. 21:1-9.  I guess I would look for headings under murder and guilt. MRS At 01:05 PM 7/26/2005, you wrote:  I have a book in hand about the meaning of the formulaic statement of innocence/request for forgiveness recited by the elders

Re: months

2005-09-26 Thread Marlene Schiffman
We should get people to submit their "months" to some central location, and some people at this central location would keep compiling the list until it is a list like the Princeton romanization list, and then we can put it on the web. MRS At 04:08 PM 9/23/2005, you wrote: Colleagues, I have a

RE: AJL 2007 call for speakers

2007-02-01 Thread Marlene Schiffman
I don't know if there is any room on the program as of now, but there ought to be a session on evaluation of the new Encyclopedia Judaica, 2nd edition. MRS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yossi Galron Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:3

RE: RAS Cataloging Committee meeting at convention

2007-06-06 Thread Marlene Schiffman
I'm not sure we have extra time. My recollection is that the meeting always runs overtime. MRS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joan C Biella Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 4:24 PM To: heb-naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED];

RE: Author of Sefer Heshbon ha-nefesh

2007-08-13 Thread Marlene Schiffman
I routinely send these types of things to Joan Biella, and she straightens them out pretty efficiently. MRS _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 10:48 AM To: Heb-Naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Author

RE: Materials from 2000 LC SACO Training Workshop

2008-03-14 Thread Marlene Schiffman
That's the one where we worked on the heading for the Expulsion of 1492! I remember it, but can't find the materials as yet. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heidi G. Lerner Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:01 AM To: heb-naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Cc:

RE: Materials from 2000 LC SACO Training Workshop

2008-03-18 Thread Marlene Schiffman
PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Marlene Schiffman <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: heb-naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:35 AM Subject: RE: Materials from 2000 LC SACO Training Workshop That's the one where we worked on the heading for th

q and s

2008-05-08 Thread Marlene Schiffman
Please be aware that Jay Weitz, Senior Consulting Database Specialist at OCLC is aware of this problem and will probably take care of the OCLC documentation to reflect the usual LC practice (using s). Marlene Schiffman Judaica Cataloger Mendel Gottesman Library Yeshiva University 500

RE: Roger's: Subject tentative weekly list 08/387

2008-09-11 Thread Marlene Schiffman
Vernacular photography? And not even a cross-ref to Amateur photography? IS it too late to express an opinion on this? MRs -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Kohn Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; heb-nac

RE: Rut Ariel (Rapaport)

2009-03-09 Thread Marlene Schiffman
IF it was published by a newspaper, I contact the newspaper or the publisher. They usually have the right name for the author and very often the Hebrew name of a book subsequently published in English. MRS _ From: owner-heb-n...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [mailto:owner-heb-n...@l

RE: Yitshak Berger vs. Yitzhak Berger

2009-04-28 Thread Marlene Schiffman
Berger, Yitzhak is a young man whose dissertation is the book Radak on Chronicles: (Ph.D.)--Yeshiva University, 2003. He edited Judaism, science, and moral responsibility, the 14th Orthodox Forum 2002. He writes in English. The other one (the Romanized Yitsh.ak.) apparently wrote in Hebrew. I a

RE: Yitshak Berger vs. Yitzhak Berger

2009-04-29 Thread Marlene Schiffman
. YitZhak Berger's curriculum vitae can be seen at http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/hebrew/BergerCV.html. Joan >>> "Marlene Schiffman" 4/28/2009 4:27 PM >>> Berger, Yitzhak is a young man whose dissertation is the book Radak on Chronicles: (Ph.D.)--Yeshiva Univer

RE: Yitshak Berger vs. Yitzhak Berger

2009-04-29 Thread Marlene Schiffman
means call him if you are concerned that dividing the works is an error. YitZhak Berger's curriculum vitae can be seen at http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/hebrew/BergerCV.html. Joan >>> "Marlene Schiffman" 4/28/2009 4:27 PM >>> Berger, Yitzhak is a young man w

RE: Yitshak Berger vs. Yitzhak Berger

2009-04-30 Thread Marlene Schiffman
o account for name changes or to resolve conflicts, in order to minimize bibliographic file maintenance for everybody. Joan >>> Yossi Galron 4/29/2009 4:48 PM >>> She'elat Tam (or Ehad she-eno yodea li-sheol): Why not add date of birth to the two Yitshakim (or to the two

RE: Draft Cat Com agenda

2009-06-29 Thread Marlene Schiffman
How does one access the Wiki? -Original Message- From: owner-heb-n...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [mailto:owner-heb-n...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Galron Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:37 PM To: heb-naco Subject: Fwd: Draft Cat Com agenda The following is a message that w

RE: Draft Cat Com agenda

2009-06-29 Thread Marlene Schiffman
, I can add you as a user, after which you can login and make changes to the wiki content. Please let me know if this answers your question. Thanks, Jasmin Marlene Schiffman wrote: > How does one access the Wiki? > > -Original Message- > From: owner-heb-n...@lists.acs.ohio

245 Hebrew field

2009-11-24 Thread Marlene Schiffman
A question about a bib record. Would you add a 240 for Vaad spelled with one vav as opposed to two? (a la Elhanan) MRS Marlene Schiffman Judaica Cataloger Mendel Gottesman Library Yeshiva University 500 West 185th Street New York, NY 10033 212 960-5381 FAX: 212 960-0066 <>

RE: 245 Hebrew field

2009-11-24 Thread Marlene Schiffman
iterature: http://hebrewlit.notlong.com Sent from Columbus, Ohio, United States On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Marlene Schiffman wrote: A question about a bib record. Would you add a 240 for Vaad spelled with one vav as opposed to two? (a la Elhanan) MRS Marlene Schiffman

RE: Subject heading: Orthodox Jews

2010-02-04 Thread Marlene Schiffman
? Orthodox Judaism -- Training of? That's where we need the headings for the persons as opposed to the type of Judaism. Marlene Schiffman -Original Message- From: owner-heb-n...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [mailto:owner-heb-n...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Lenore Bell Sent: Wednesd

Re: 'Avodat ha-kodesh

2010-07-26 Thread Marlene Schiffman
I have inquired of my husband, Larry, and he said that it is pronounced customarily ka'atu but more accurately, ka'ato. Found in Epstein, Dikduke Aramit Bavlit, p. 96. It means "they came." It is called a durative form. The past tense and the kuf makes it durative (even though kuf usually is a pre

Askandaryah

2010-10-14 Thread Marlene Schiffman
aghdad> , near the Euphrates <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates> River. Marlene Schiffman Judaica Cataloger Mendel Gottesman Library Yeshiva University 2525 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10033 212 960-5381 FAX: 212 960-0066 <><><><>

Re: Moving on from LC

2010-11-08 Thread Marlene Schiffman
Mazel Tov! They are gaining a wonderful worker! Wishing Aaron good luck in his new role. Marlene > Dear Colleagues, > > This note is to let you know that as of Nov. 8, I will be starting work in > my new position at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. I look forward to > our continued collabora

Roger Kohn's message

2010-12-07 Thread Marlene Schiffman
I cannot receive any messages from Roger Kohn-they are all garbled. Does anyone else have this problem? Marlene Schiffman Judaica Cataloger Mendel Gottesman Library Yeshiva University 2525 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10033 212 960-5381 FAX: 212 960-0066 <>