[RDA-L] Arabic translation of FRBR

Hi all, I would like to share with you that FRBR translated into Arabic, and the official translation available now at IFLA web site: http://www.ifla.org/publications/translations-of-frbr#ar The Arabic version translated by Doaa Aly the lecturer in Cairo University, Department of Librarianship

[RDA-L] Mellon Grant Awarded to NISO to Encode E-Resource License Templates in ONIX-PL

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the National Information Standards Organization a grant to support the encoding of a collection of template licenses for e-resources into the ONIX for Publications Licenses (ONIX-PL) format. The encodings will be deposited into the GOKb and KB+ knowledgeb

Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

This practice almost certainly predates computer filing. In A.L.A. rules for filing cataloging cards (Chicago: ALA, 1942), p. 19, we see the example: Brown, A. G. --Ben Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 From: Reso

Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

Gene Fieg wrote: > Heidrun, as to the "why", I have no idea. Perhaps, it had to do with way > computers read letters only, and by putting a space between them, it could > read better. > It might even go further back than that, to card filing rules--at least for the spacing in headings. -- Mar