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

2006-06-05 Thread Heidi G. Lerner
, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Daniel Lovins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 7:13 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Africans Librarians C

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

2006-06-02 Thread Daniel Lovins
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

2006-06-01 Thread Daniel Lovins
Lenore, Thanks for the clarification. / Daniel At 01:19 PM 6/1/2006, Lenore Bell wrote: In the current implementation of the new series policy, LC will continue to provide parallel roman/non-roman paired 490's. Lenore >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/31/06 6:02 PM >>> Dear Daniel and Safranim, I

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

2006-06-01 Thread Daniel Lovins
Dear Nancy, Thank you very much for your support, and for the ajl-council list name. I'll make some changes suggested by Lenore and Caroline and then resend the draft to hebnaco and the council. Daniel At 07:24 PM 5/31/2006, Nancy Sack wrote: Daniel, You can write to AJL council members at

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

2006-06-01 Thread Daniel Lovins
Dear Caroline, You make an excellent point about non-roman transcription and key word searching. I'll try to work it into my draft. I'll send it again later today, and please let me know if I've captured your point adequately. Daniel At 06:02 PM 5/31/2006, Caroline R. Miller wrote: Dear Dan

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

2006-06-01 Thread Daniel Lovins
Lenore, Thanks so much for the detailed feedback.This is very helpful. I'll try to revise the draft to include your suggested changes. / Daniel At 12:00 PM 6/1/2006, Lenore Bell wrote: Yossi--I always forget to copy you when I post to the list! I am resending my message. Thanks! >>> Lenor

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

2006-06-01 Thread Lenore Bell
In the current implementation of the new series policy, LC will continue to provide parallel roman/non-roman paired 490's. Lenore >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/31/06 6:02 PM >>> Dear Daniel and Safranim, I think it is important to point out the uniqueness of materials we catalog in multiple langua

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

2006-06-01 Thread Lenore Bell
Yossi--I always forget to copy you when I post to the list! I am resending my message. Thanks! >>> Lenore Bell 06/01/06 11:02 AM >>> Dear Daniel and Colleagues, Thank you for sharing this carefully crafted draft letter. As part of LC management (although not involved with the final decision on

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

2006-06-01 Thread Lenore Bell
Yossi--I always forget to copy you when I post to the list! I am resending my message. >>> Lenore Bell 06/01/06 11:02 AM >>> Dear Daniel and Colleagues, Thank you for sharing this carefully crafted draft letter. As part of LC management (although not involved with the final decision on series)

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

2006-06-01 Thread Lenore Bell
Dear Daniel and Colleagues, Thank you for sharing this carefully crafted draft letter. As part of LC management (although not involved with the final decision on series), I am in an awkward position with regard to participating in this response to LC. Nevertheless, as an AJL colleague, I would

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

2006-06-01 Thread Nancy Sack
Daniel, You can write to AJL council members at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nancy PS: I support AJL's sending a letter to LC and I like your draft. 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 st

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

2006-06-01 Thread Caroline R. Miller
Dear Daniel and Safranim, I think it is important to point out the uniqueness of materials we catalog in multiple languages and in Hebrew script. If only descriptive data is to be keyed in a a 490 0, then there would only be Hebrew script in those fields, in theory (will parallel romanized fi

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

2006-05-31 Thread daniel . lovins
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: Fw: Africans Librarians Counceil letter sent to LC re SARs decision

2006-05-23 Thread Caroline R. Miller
Joan and hevre, I can't answer for AJL but I can answer (very unofficially) for PCC. Mark Watson, current Chair of the PCC, is working on a response to Beacher Wiggins as well as some guidance for PCC libraries. I've seen the draft response, which does not include a proposal to request a Fed

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

2006-05-22 Thread Joan C Biella
Two questions: Is there any thought that AJL might prepare a similar letter? Is there any thought that the PCC may apply for a Federal grant to help it fill in for cataloging services LC ceases to provide? Joan This is not an official communication from the Library of Congress >>> [EMAIL PROTE

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

2006-05-21 Thread Heidi G. Lerner
-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Heidi Lerner To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; heb-naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:33 AM Subject: Fw: Africans Librarians Counceil letter sent to LC re SARs decision Dear safranim, This letter was sent to the Library

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

2006-05-21 Thread Heidi Lerner
Dear safranim, This letter was sent to the Library of Congress from the Africana Librarians Council. I am certain that our membership and the institutions that we represent share similar concerns. Thanks, Heidi Lerner   Heidi G. LernerHebraica/Judaica CatalogerCatalog Dept.Stanford University