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Progress on the revised Web edition of Maher's Hebraica Cataloging Manual [UPDATE. Joan Biella?]
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Recent developments in the RDA draft [UPDATE. Daniel, Carolyn, Heidi?]
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Bible Uniform Titles Proposal to JSC
(5JSC/LC/8) [NEW]
[Note: CPSO confirmed proposal is not yet posted to public website, but expected soon. CC:DA PDF copy forwarded to group, and Lenore to bring some hard copies as well. Accompanying documents available on CPSO website.]
Classification
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Proposal to cancel/replace DS135.G3-.G5; DS135.P6-.P63; DS135.R9-.R95 [NEW]
Romanization, Orthography
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Romanization proposal related to sheva (e.g., likatti/likateti) [NEW]
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Yiddish romanization proposals [NEW]
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Status of Judeo-Arabic romanization table [UPDATE. Joan?]
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Authoritative reference sources for new Hebrew words not in Alcalay or
Even-Shoshan. [NEW. Heidi] -
Rav-milim [print]: ha-milon ha-shalem la-Ivrit ha-ḥadashah : milon maḳif
ṿe-adkani le-Ivrit bat-zemanenu / Chaueka, Yaacov. 1997 -
Rav-milim [electronic, requires license] http://www.ravmilim.co.il/
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Milon Morfix online English-Hebrew, Hebrew-English dictionary http://www.morfix.co.il
Multilingual Cataloging and Unicode Implementation
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Advent of Hebrew script in OCLC WorldCat: implications for research and special library workflows
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Unicode issues, e.g., the impact of going beyond the MARC-8 repertoir
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Update on encoding of Judeo-German [UPDATE. Daniel]
Authority Control
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LC's discontinuation of series authority records: impact on AJL community of (see draft letter of concern) [NEW]
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Update on Non-Hebrew/Aramaic Place-names in Hebrew Contexts (e.g., Leykvoud, Bilgoraya). [UPDATE. Joan? Aaron T.?]
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Treating introductory title words Kuntres, Maamar, etc., as we currently do Sefer. (Has this been taken care of completely?) [UPDATE]
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Continue discussion on treating some piyutim (liturgical poetry) collections as uniform titles and others as form subject headings [UPDATE. a quick follow-up from last year, Peter Kearney?]
- Multilingual authority records and emerging "Virtual International Authority File" (Barbara Tillett will be discussing multi-script authority records on Monday, and our meeting might be an opportunity to sharpen questions we'd like to ask her.) [NEW]
Other Topics
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RLG's merger with OCLC: Impact on AJL (time permitting--there will be other sessions for discussing this issue) [NEW]
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Open source software, other forms of technological innovation, enhancing cataloging workflow and the OPAC interface?
- ISBN-13: Are Israeli publishers complying? Do we need a policy about UPC transcriptions?
Note: LC Cataloging Update takes place Tues., June 20, 8:30 a.m. (Tue I-4). Questions on descriptive cataloging and romanization may be submitted to Joan Biella; on subject cataloging and LC classification to Lenore Bell.